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Happy 70th Jim (Taken with instagram)

Happy 70th Jim (Taken with instagram)

Try to out-cute this. From Imgur.

Try to out-cute this. From Imgur.

Great morning to ski in the Canaan Valley of WVa.

Great morning to ski in the Canaan Valley of WVa.

Sparkling snow, Canaan Valley; Jan. 29, 2012. (Taken with instagram)

Sparkling snow, Canaan Valley; Jan. 29, 2012. (Taken with instagram)

Not everyone may understand, but my Yorkshire pudding this year was classic Memmott-style, if I do say so myself.

Not everyone may understand, but my Yorkshire pudding this year was classic Memmott-style, if I do say so myself.

Our two great kids (and their cousin Jake in the background).

Our two great kids (and their cousin Jake in the background).

Celebrating an early Christmas Eve, Slovak-style.

Celebrating an early Christmas Eve, Slovak-style.

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OK, I like snow. But it’s only Oct. 1. The view this evening in the Canaan Valley, W.VA.

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Oct. 1, 2011, and it’s already snowing on the mountain in WVa’s Canaan Valley.

555 feet above the ground, atop the Washington Monument today. Photo by Paul J. Richards /AFP/Getty Images. Video, more information here: 
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/27/140839487/happening-now-rappelling-at-washington-monument
 

555 feet above the ground, atop the Washington Monument today. Photo by Paul J. Richards /AFP/Getty Images. Video, more information here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/27/140839487/happening-now-rappelling-at-washington-monument