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Just upgraded both of my Synology DS416 to DSM 7.0! Looks like a nice upgrade, with some configuration stuff to work through. ✨

Synology DSM 7.0 welcome screen highlighting Streamlined and More Intuitive, Easier Management and Maintenance, and Faster and More Secure features with a Start button.
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We got our pottery shipment from Express Yourself Art Barn in Saugatuck today. When we finished our stuff was ready to go in the kiln. I love how everything turned out! 🤩

Glazed pottery pieces on a white counter: three painted mason jar lanterns, a stacked turtle figurine, and six colorful garden markers labeled herbs and vegetables.Six hand-painted ceramic garden markers labeled greens, basil, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, and oregano, with colorful root illustrations.Finished painted pottery pieces on a white counter including three colorful lantern jars, a stacked turtle figurine, and six painted garden stakes labeled with vegetables and herbs.

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Peach season is a big deal in our house. 🍑

Open cardboard box filled with dozens of ripe peaches, with shipping boxes stacked in the backgroundAbout 20 ripe peaches lined up in two rows on a white quartz kitchen counter, with a utensil holder and wire fruit basket in the background.

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Grand Rapids & Hibbing Log

Weather: Cool. Mist and rain in the morning. Cool and mostly cloudy throughout the day.

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Great beer flight at Boomtown Brewery in Hibbing tonight. Blueberry Wheat, Orehouse IPA, Nitro Milkshake IPA, and Enoremous Double IPA.

Four small glasses of craft beer on a slate flight board at Boomtown Brewery, labeled Enoremous DIPA, Orehouse IPA, Blueberry Wheat, and Nitro Milkshake IPA.
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It was cool to check out the giant mining equipment on exhibit by the Hull Rust Mine View.

Giant yellow mining haul truck numbered 166 on display outdoors with three children standing beside its massive tires and an adult on the upper deckLarge yellow Detroit Diesel engine on display at Hull Rust Mine View in Hibbing MinnesotaTwo giant excavator buckets flank a paved walkway leading to a concrete gateway overlooking an open pit iron mine.Three kids standing inside a massive iron ore mining shovel bucket on exhibit at the Hull Rust Mine in Hibbing Minnesota

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We took in amazing views of the Hull Rust Mine today. Incredibly large open pit mine. Looks like a man-made Grand Canyon.

Vast terraced open pit iron ore mine with rust-colored rock layers, haul roads, and trucks visible, surrounded by green forest.
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We saw this giant Iron Man statue in Chisholm, MN today and had to stop and check it out. I thought it was awesome! 85 feet high, making it the 4th tallest in the US. Weighs over 4 tons. Had to listen to Iron Man while there. 🤘

Sign for The Iron Man Miners Memorial in Chisholm Minnesota with the 85-foot steel miner statue visible behind itGiant Iron Man statue in Chisholm MN depicting a miner holding tools atop a stylized bundle of iron ore rails under a blue sky.

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I liked this art from Clarence Morgan that we saw at MacRostie Art Center today. It reminded me a bit of the Squiggle project from ArtBlocks.

Four framed abstract drawings with colorful interlocking loops and swirls hang on a gray gallery wall under spotlights.
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We won the “Rock’n the 50s” Escape Room at Itasca Historical Society in 40 minutes! Room 36!

Group of seven people celebrating inside a 1950s-themed escape room, several holding up small tokens and smiling at the camera.