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The trees were ‘straight-jacketed’ in burlap and wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987223347-PBQEZB4IF508BV7Z9DVW/covercrop.jpg Home - The Rewards of Restoration - Cover crop We planted a cover crop, consisting of many cool-weather vegetables, grasses, and legumes, in the fall. We just scattered seed, watered, and it sprouted! The crop kept growing well into winter. These plants will enrich the soil in many ways and prepare it for native planting later this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987231541-8J62JCAHPJQFIL5GEX83/makingboxes.jpg Home - The Rewards of Restoration - Bluebird nesting box I built 10 nesting boxes for various types of birds, all ready for spring. 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The Rewards of Restoration - Ruby-throated hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612990058115-IVE69NCS800KRLQKL9YC/whitetail.jpg Home - The Rewards of Restoration - Buck whitetail pursues a doe during rut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612991066730-CUVY9X9KAGOGPADUKECO/IMG_2844+copy.jpg Home - The Rewards of Restoration - A walk in nature Spending time in wild places is essential for our well-being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612991050892-O9M1TRDTQIYFUMJ0SSLR/IMG_2652+copy.jpg Home - The Rewards of Restoration - Urbana farmer's market Farmers markets and sustainable agriculture are an important part of our future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612991083396-AO7MEGLSU1DOE2TUAK8R/IMG_2846+copy.jpg Home - The Rewards of Restoration - Restored prairie in the Sangamon Forest Preserve This field of prairie, restored by Champaign County, has hundreds more species than our suburban grass lawns. 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My family had a farm somewhere out here in the Jutland peninsula, but I’m not sure yet where. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579712836577-D5KQMDN9EE1FZK5Y0FTF/Stavanger_swords.jpg Home - Land of Reasonable People The Sverd i fjell (swords in rock) monument stands near Stavanger, Norway. Although the Vikings were large, they did not wield swords of this size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579712653818-3HKTHJVF6A82AGISUAIB/Dalsnibba.jpg Home - Land of Reasonable People Al and Laura present Dalsnibba, in the mountains of central Norway. The grand, steep curve of landscape is a recurring pattern in this country. 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You also get a peek at the old row houses of this color-coordinated city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715317392-9ZLSZS3GO2CJNM47FK30/Royal_Residence.jpg Home - Land of Reasonable People If you look at the Scandinavian flags together, you’ll see that they are a matched set, with different colors on the same cross. They are like siblings, sometimes bickering but always united. BTW, Scandinavia refers only to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. 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See the video of Inga playing the accordion at the end of this series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579712858546-PF9DBGBC47XLUTQ6UV00/Televag.jpg Norway Houses near Televag illustrate a quality that really stands out in Norway… tidiness! Throughout most of the country, all the houses are perfectly kept and wonderfully tidy. By the way, a white house was once a symbol of wealth in Norway because the color is more expensive to maintain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579712818156-0X1B0PXKKJ5OKNEK7N1N/Lillehammer_bicycle.jpg Norway They love bikes in Norway too! But perhaps less so than in Denmark. This two-wheeler in Lillehammer reflects a certain Norse spirit. The pipes are not functional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579712881819-BR8PXBD0IS9X5LK06H4G/Viking_Ship.jpg Norway Viking ships were remarkably seaworthy, light, and maneuverable, which is how these people got so many places. This restored ship lies in an Oslo museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579712868970-Y8OZZCS3PIJ16JXND9RY/Vigeland_sculpture_park.jpg Norway The Vigeland sculpture park in Oslo is a celebration of the cycle of life. Like so much Scandinavian art, it’s quite moving in person. It also shows how comfortable (and reasonable) Scandinavians are with nudity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716509802-JI4VC3J8D4C6YON3RR0R/image-asset.jpeg Norway Tak for mad! cry the sheep, at a farm near Bergen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716758607-PHHRZI8YPOMOHY19NAMI/image-asset.jpeg Norway Inga helps her mom run a family farm, along with Inga’s two sons, raising sheep and making fruit wine. We learned that Inga also plays Norwegian folk songs on accordion! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716789377-MIZ2ZG6AE5E358D8ZFE4/image-asset.jpeg Norway - Geiranger Port The ferries of Norway have nifty aprons they lift at port, as you see here approaching Geiranger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716855467-OUAZ05FCVK85X7LVL73Y/image-asset.jpeg Norway Sing along to the Norwegian folk song ‘Oldefar,’ at a cafe in Televag. https://www.kiplingknox.com/sweden daily 0.75 2020-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715286778-M5DT64TFD1PHYNKKJ0AC/Lake_Malaren.jpg Sweden The most surprising quality of Stockholm was its stunning beauty. It has all the grandeur of the great capitals of Europe—I guess because it is one! This is just a random cell phone picture from Lake Malaren. Any fool could take it—and this fool did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715286778-M5DT64TFD1PHYNKKJ0AC/Lake_Malaren.jpg Sweden The most surprising quality of Stockholm was its stunning beauty. It has all the grandeur of the great capitals of Europe—I guess because it is one! This is just a random cell phone picture from Lake Malaren. Any fool could take it—and this fool did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715257581-EW5TEY8KKM6CY1M5OP84/Gamla_Stan_at_night-2.jpg Sweden Gamla Stan, the Old Town, is the medieval city center of Stockholm. It transcends its touristy nature with a mystery and beauty, especially on a peaceful night like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715257577-P65DRLXJYODP9O9BVQ39/Gamla_Stan.jpg Sweden We had a delicious dinner here in Stockholm! You also get a peek at the old row houses of this color-coordinated city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715317392-9ZLSZS3GO2CJNM47FK30/Royal_Residence.jpg Sweden If you look at the Scandinavian flags together, you’ll see that they are a matched set, with different colors on the same cross. They are like siblings, sometimes bickering but always united. BTW, Scandinavia refers only to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. The others up there are called ‘nordic’ countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715342767-OZ04S7P6WN1EC00ZYXKD/Stockholm_city_hall.jpg Sweden Laura did not win a Nobel Prize (yet) but she did visit the Stockholm City Hall where the prizes are celebrated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715365332-WY2PRZAOF6CJPRYU6IPM/Vasa_Ship.jpg Sweden The Vasa is a neat old ship in a museum in Stockholm. It sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628. The ship was built by Swedes and piloted by a Dane, and they still argue over whose fault it was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715340116-MHD8E8KAR2A6I3LNFS81/Stockholm_Ice_Bar.jpg Sweden Ice bars are ridiculous but also fun. Scandinavians do a certain amount of ridiculous things, but in a reasonable way. This ice bar was Minnesota themed, in a sort of reversal of the usual homage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715292789-9LUYXH5H9Q23FXC1YO34/Grand_Hotel_Stockholm.jpg Sweden At the Grand Hotel they celebrate many nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716898359-B3FUPANB315PWTF9J7DA/image-asset.jpeg Sweden - Swedish Farms This is a boring video, but it shows how much the farm country of Sweden looks like the upper midwest, which is not boring to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716928299-72CVN9VSY4N7ZNR42PYU/image-asset.jpeg Sweden Cruising along Lake Malaren, we say goodbye to Scandinavia and hope to return soon. https://www.kiplingknox.com/denmark daily 0.75 2020-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715707660-GX4N51IZDXTCFCT5RHOF/Mermaid.jpg Denmark The Little Mermaid statue overlooks the sea at Langelinie in Copenhagen, representing a character from a Hans Christian Anderson tale. Although she is only four feet tall—or maybe because she’s so small—this sculpture has a strong emotional power in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715707660-GX4N51IZDXTCFCT5RHOF/Mermaid.jpg Denmark The Little Mermaid statue overlooks the sea at Langelinie in Copenhagen, representing a character from a Hans Christian Anderson tale. Although she is only four feet tall—or maybe because she’s so small—this sculpture has a strong emotional power in person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715729880-78GAEG4WI0JPSJ3D2EKP/Us_Copen_Harbor.jpg Denmark Laura, Al, and I pose on the Copenhagen harbor outside the opera house. The dome we are holding between our heads is Frederiks Kirke, or the Marble Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715573984-Y4PJSFVMVVG0O30I9SJY/Copen_Bikes.jpg Denmark Commuters ride bikes in Copenhagen. This is a common way to get around, and a popular alternative to cars among people of all ages and fitness. The reasonable Danes don’t wear helmets because they don’t crash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715569793-LTHME5RW7NM4ZOGOGFS5/Copen_Harbor.jpg Denmark You can rent electric boats and float along Copenhagen Harbor. Here a happy group of friends enjoys the sight of the Royal Danish Opera House, which was designed by Danish architects, of course—and whose high cost is often debated by the frugal Danes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715591100-HQSKB1XAUYQ22MJ8J9FD/Dinner_Lisbeth.jpg Denmark My mom’s cousin Lisbeth came from Viborg to have dinner and a walk with us in Randers. Lisbeth is wonderful company and educated us on many Danish things—which makes sense, because she’s a teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1580054414261-KEVKYB0UD5K0M8J61OK1/Randers_Horse.jpg Denmark Lisbeth, Laura, and Al stand by the great horse of Randers. My grandpa Peter Jensen was a Queen’s Hussar in Denmark before emigrating to the U.S., where he became a horse trainer. Family legend said he was a member of the ‘landed gentry’ before Germans stole their horses. Lisbeth explained, “No, they were probably ordinary farmers like everyone else.” Reasonable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715652618-NMGV3549S2UXER8X9W9H/Fredensborg_Castle.jpg Denmark Fredensborg Palace on the island of Zealand is the spring and summer residence of the Danish royal family. Danes seem proud of their cultural heritage and capable of enjoying royal traditions in a modern world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715629434-EROC22YPQF37E3HJAN9U/Frederiksborg_Queen.jpg Denmark Al appreciates a painting of the queen inside Frederiksborg Slot, a castle that is now a Danish art museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715703540-JCZGJBUWMH83IFUDJKG5/Harbor_Swim.jpg Denmark You can swim in Copenhagen Harbor! And we did! Once the Harbor was too polluted to swim, so the Danes quite reasonably decided to clean it up. Now you see lots of bathers on a warm sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715729876-U2VSYT6CEW4WEQQM7HBK/Randers_River.jpg Denmark Sunrise in a wildlife preserve outside Randers. My family had a farm somewhere out here in the Jutland peninsula, but I’m not sure yet where. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579715876213-Y3DYVOM695JXSIP308EE/image-asset.jpeg Denmark - Copenhagen Canal I remember how my grandfather, Peter Jensen, used to enjoy just sitting in a pleasant place. We witnessed the same kind of Danish relaxation all along the harbor and canals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579716425172-KDO8PZA073GLNOL0W814/image-asset.jpeg Denmark - Frederiksborg Carillon Listen to the carillon at Frederiksborg Slot! King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway had the castle built on an old estate in the mid-1500s. https://www.kiplingknox.com/swans daily 0.75 2020-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977317123-MET3N5OI53FYJSSN4SCG/Swans_edited5.jpg Swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977317123-MET3N5OI53FYJSSN4SCG/Swans_edited5.jpg Swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977094659-I75Z50YYY2RIC5INTDK1/Swans_edited1.jpg Swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977090914-DCD977WJHK5TNOOG7Q67/Swans_edited2.jpg Swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977277515-OS99N6VUABT31Y64JEM5/Swans_edited4.jpg Swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977316970-7ZBJ3OHONBPXKYSLNCQ5/Swans_edited7.jpg Swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1579977297984-Z0K9BUFS295E89636WX5/Swans_edited3.jpg Swans https://www.kiplingknox.com/new-home daily 0.75 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985981939-I4994RCJLT7UNBN5X9MX/confluence.jpg New home - Sangamon River The Sangamon River and Cobble Creek meet at the back of our new place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985981939-I4994RCJLT7UNBN5X9MX/confluence.jpg New home - Sangamon River The Sangamon River and Cobble Creek meet at the back of our new place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985615275-6ELW7KK0ZMELOZ8IS68R/confluence.jpg New home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985619464-55K6EOYC9RZLBEY7NDN6/mahomet.jpg New home - Village of Mahomet Champaign County has many beautiful and well-managed preserves, including in our new town of Mahomet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985610288-PC6D07JM0I1I6SOZW6MS/backyard_summer.jpg New home - Back yard The green is nice, but much of this part of the yard had invasive or noxious plants. This is where the prairie restoration is in progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612984472738-USB7XLDSFL8RKPNJFJ0Q/backyard_summer-2.jpg New home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985617285-F5JVTNIQXFWSU4KISTE7/DJI_0506+copy.jpg New home - New home from the air It’s nice to have a few habitats: riparian, woodland, forest edge, and prairie (to come). Those lawn circles are either the illustrations of aliens, or where the previous owner swirled fertilizer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612985621422-FZOWIICS8LT1A1RA935B/river_winter.jpg New home - Winter by the river Every season has its beauty. Cold and snow helps keep midwestern ecosystems healthy. https://www.kiplingknox.com/our-restoration-project daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987238858-PC6UO86ATZ3QM5IIUUVJ/tractors.jpg Our restoration project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987238858-PC6UO86ATZ3QM5IIUUVJ/tractors.jpg Our restoration project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987732261-BXZDFKWHQKZBEPSIJEU7/tractors.jpg Our restoration project - Tilling To remove noxious weeds and prepare the cover crop, we had to till the field. This was fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987448124-BJGZIKWK5U1SQC4I7H54/lauraplanting.jpg Our restoration project - Laura planting Laura plants ‘plugs’ of native prairie flowers and grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987351788-A4AC5DN2FAE06CYQF9S6/Kayla.jpg Our restoration project - Kayla Myers Kayla Myers, landscape architect and ecologist, has provided direction, knowledge, advice, and muscle to our project. Kayla owns and runs Jackalope Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987234871-KWIELBUC08C77PPUXA4U/soilsampling.jpg Our restoration project - Soil sampling kit We took soil samples from several parts of the property, to understand what will grow well, and what soil enhancements are required. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987381090-QPGESUJL6N3YUZYVFNFS/kamrocks.jpg Our restoration project - Kam and Zach Kam and Zach helped clear much of the rubble left on the misused property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1613057495804-60L1Q8TT9LCH0J80SX7N/alKnox.jpg Our restoration project - Al Knox saves trees Al Knox, software engineer and musician, helps replant these river birches. The trees were ‘straight-jacketed’ in burlap and wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987223347-PBQEZB4IF508BV7Z9DVW/covercrop.jpg Our restoration project - Cover crop We planted a cover crop, consisting of many cool-weather vegetables, grasses, and legumes, in the fall. We just scattered seed, watered, and it sprouted! The crop kept growing well into winter. These plants will enrich the soil in many ways and prepare it for native planting later this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987231541-8J62JCAHPJQFIL5GEX83/makingboxes.jpg Our restoration project - Bluebird nesting box I built 10 nesting boxes for various types of birds, all ready for spring. This one is a custom design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987469312-OHITHXKEZ3X7QLXD6Y1K/nestingbox.jpg Our restoration project - Nesting box on a cherry tree Here’s a chickadee box ready for new owners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987223820-XZ2F2QNVJHY0EW29ATVG/drafting.jpg Our restoration project - Planning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612987222318-Q3XINSYVE9JNWHR8HN7B/Aspirations+copy.jpg Our restoration project - It starts with a dream https://www.kiplingknox.com/wildlife daily 0.75 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612989413391-EB2TLVM8EGO9094V5UFD/whitetail2.jpg Wildlife - White-tailed deer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612989413391-EB2TLVM8EGO9094V5UFD/whitetail2.jpg Wildlife - White-tailed deer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e0c1341f4a632468cf0e79b/1612989072550-17DX8BN5PAODSFA0PQ3Z/cardinal.jpg Wildlife - 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