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" National Button Day is observed annually on November 16.  Founded in 1938,  the  National Button Society   recognized button collecting as an organized hobby.  Both novice and advanced button collectors celebrate  the enjoyment collecting on this day." Quote from the site: Who knew?  I've never heard about this hobby but it does make sense.  If you can collect coins and stamps, why not buttons?  I don't think I'll start collecting buttons myself though.

I found this video on the Plowing Through Life Blog.  It was on an excellent post about Remembrance Day (Veterans Day in USA). Enjoy the video and visit the blog post: Plowing Through Life: Remembrance Day

"Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and the ..."   Wikipedia These videos have very annoying sounds! Please turn down the volume. On this site the author shows some of the patterns he found. Physics demonstrations: Chladni patterns | Skulls in the Stars Watch these two videos for an explanation. 

At Clearbrook Park they're starting to decorate for Christmas.   It seems a bit early but maybe they need the time. Looks like Santa needs more time to practice. Or maybe he's celebrating early.

Yesterday My wife and I took a ride to the Holy Cross Monastery.  It was a pleasant unusually warm November day. The Abbey is set back down a long road. I felt a quiet peacefulness. I wish I had a stronger faith. The monks help support themselves by baking and making jams.  We bought a couple of jars and some candy at the gift shop. I wasn't able to take a picture of the building or chapel but you can find them on the web if you like. Here's a video featuring the very same monk we bought the jams from.  He's explaining how he became a monk. Video