I was made in France around the thirteenth century. I was the proud craft of the button makers guild and I remember King Louis IX of France, pointing to myself and my brothers, proclaiming loudly that we would be used to make his jacket. I was excited as I was sewn strongly and wth prideContinue reading “The Boring Life of a… Button?”
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Abashiri Lake
Location – Japan (Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan) – 43°58′N 144°10′E Size – Surface area 33 km2, Catchment area 1,380 km2, Shore length 44 km Depth – Average 7.2 m, Maximum 16.1 m, Surface Elevation 0.4 m Course – Water exits the lake through the Abashiri River and flows 7 kilometres to the Sea of Okhotsk. Inlets are from the AbashiriContinue reading “Abashiri Lake”
Maxine the Magnificent 