Thursday, January 19 (Aa)

     With the school year having started, everything is falling into a normal routine, and not many new things are happening.  So I've decided to take my Grandma Joy up on a suggestion and do shorter posts about smaller things - according to the letter of the alphabet.  Today's letter: Aa.
     A is for animals.  And apricots. And atlas.  
Our dogs, Minnie and Max, are doing well.  They run a lot and love chasing bunnies and chickens.  They also love to snap at dragonflies around the pool.  Both of them, but Max especially, are petrified of thunder and he is right in between Mom's legs whenever there is a thunderstorm on the horizon.
     The fruit here is wonderful, and the dried fruit is just as wonderful.  Tomorrow for snack (we pack our snack bags the night before to take to school) we're having dried apricots.  I especially love the dried mango, as well.
     Some fun atlas facts: The distance from Seattle, Washington, which is an hour north of our hometown, is 10231.1 miles.  10231.1 miles is also 16465.4 kilometers and 8884.7 nautical miles.  The approximate flight duration time from Seattle to Johannesburg is 21 hrs, 15 mins.
Seattle's latitude: 47° 38' North
Seattle's longitude: 122° 20' West

Johannesburg's latitude: 26° 08' South

Johannesburg's longitude: 27° 54' East