Texas Does It Bigger and Weirder - National Museum of Funeral History! Really? Yes Really

Ok I must admit this is one for the books.  They say Texas does it bigger, well why not have a gigantic collection in a museum dedicated to history of funerals.  Ya you are reading correctly, funerals.

The National Museum of Funeral History located in Houston TX houses a large collection of items related to funerals and the stories behind the artifacts.  The idea here is not to be creepy, but to show how the funeral industry developed and how funeral traditions were created.  Subjects covered include cremation, embalming and the development of the casket.  I chuckled when I read the motto of the museum, here it is "Any day above ground is a good one."  You have to admit that is witty.   

Learn more by visiting the site at https://www.nmfh.org 

Cliff T.

iKouii - Art Delivered By Disabled Creators Art Influenced By Disability

While searching for content for our flagship blog Candid Conversations I cam across this site via a press release, it's called iKouii.  

The site connects persons with and those who are not disabled who create art centered around disability.  This site is really cool looking.  I was going to seek out the contact for the group to do an interview for Candid Conversations but since this site is so visual and I don't add photos or video on Candid Conversations very often I felt that Mixed Nuts would be the best place to draw attention to this site, especially since I am a person with a disability myself.

Check them out at the following link https://ikouii.com/  

Cliff T.

Something Fishy For You To Sea

Do you like fish, not to eat but, to watch.  Well I do, but I would not want to do that all day.  There is something calming about watch fish swim around.  And some of the fish out there are really cool looking.  So I found some sites that have live cams for you to view fish.

1. Monerey Bay Aquarium has a variety of cams you can log onto, including a shark tank, no not the show the fish.  LOL

2. Ripley's Aquarium Canada, the one in Toronto, ooooo I want to see that up close but for now here are some cams to view.

3. YOUTUBE lots of live cams of fishies.

And of course you can just Google away and find others out there.

How about a live one from this site.  

Enjoy nd thanks again for visiting Mixed Nuts.

Cliff T.

Happy Canada Day - Now Lets Get Weird - Interesting Facts About The Great White North EH!

 

Ah yes Canada the true north strong and free.  And the true north weird?  Well yes we do have some weirdness in our home and native land.  There is the fact that even though we are an independent country we still have a queen.  Come on you have to admit that is kind of weird.  But, it's a good weird.  I found some  other facts that I think you will find weird interesting, funny and unique.  This is my way of saying Happy Canada day.

Did you know we have the longest highway in the world, yep the Trans Canada Highway is among the longest in the world, it covers all 10 provinces and spans about 5000 miles and Yonge Street is amongst the longest though it is not considered to be the longest in the world.  These are known facts but I found some that are quite interesting.  Here is a list of some interesting facts about Canada.

1. Nrarcisse MB, a place for snakes to get jiggy with it.  Yep in May you can visiit this town and see snakes mating yep mating.  About 70,000 are drawn to the town because it's cool and the soil is just right for you know getting it on.  The New York Times has an article about this unique event Written by Ian Austin.

2. in 2018 the Canadian Govern confirmed that Santa Claus is a citizen of Canada.  According to CTV News who contacted various agencies Mr. and Mrs. Claus are citizens of Canada and they do pay taxes according to the CRA,.

3. The X-Files probably did not cover this, but St. Paul AB is home to a UFO landing pad.  https://www.stpaul.ca/UFO-Landing-Pad.  Never been there but sounds like quite an interesting place to visit.

4. Wood Buffalo National Park, is home to bison and other animals is actually bigger than countries such as Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

5. Canadians are known for being polite and apologetic.  Interestingly there are laws across Canada that cover apologies called Apology Acts, here is the link to Googles results for Apology Act.

These are just five I found yes a bit weird funny and education and all true.  I found some links you can visit that have these and other facts about Canada.

Culture Trip 

Sons of Norway https://www.sofn.com/blog/20-fun-facts-about-canada/

Hike Bike Travel 

There are lots of other sites you can visit that have fun weird and true facts about Canada.  Check them out and thanks again for visiting this Canadian bloggers site.  It was fun putting this together for you.

Cliff T.