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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Mary Henderson thought she had bought her teenage son the perfect Christmas gift. He was fascinated by snowboarding after watching the Winter Olympics and decided last year that he wanted to take up the sport. He took several trips to Big Rock in Mars Hill, rented equipment and had a ball.

“He asked me for a snowboard for Christmas, so I got him one,” the Presque Isle resident said this past weekend. “And now he is itching to get out on some of the larger hills around our home to practice before he hits the trails, but there’s just no way.”

There’s no way, because in Aroostook County there is little to no snow. A surprising late October storm brought a few inches to the area, but that quickly melted and little has returned since. Patches of dead brown grass are prominent in the region, and intermittent rain fell Monday. Far northern Aroostook has a bit more snow than the rest of The County.

Businesses that sell winter equipment and apparel are taking a financial hit because of the lack of snow.

Source: Bangor Daily News

by Alice Clapperton

Looking like a vintage seventies piece, the vase has a tactile  "sprig" design and striking turquoise glaze.

Poole Pottery ceramics hail from a rich British design tradition which has made contributions to many significant artistic movements, from art deco through to modernism so this piece comes from quite a legacy and is all set to be a future classic.

The vase is 23cm tall and costs £84.50 from John Lewis - check it out online here.

Source: Retro To Go: Poole Pottery Abode Sprig Vase from John Lewis

Fashion mogul Christian Dior famously remarked, “Without hats we would have no civilization” How quickly the warm sunny days of summer have gone along with funky flip flops and cute summer frocks. However, you can still enjoy the winter fashion with chunky hats, and colorful gloves to give your persona some color amidst the winter darkness.

Hats are totally ‘in’ this season. This winter you’ll see everyone rocking a hat. Since most of your body heat escapes from head, it’s always safe to cover your head with something warm and cozy and let your thoughts remain warm throughout the day.

Just in case you want to mesmerize yourself with the mesmerizing appeal of winter hats and their huge variety, visit some online stores and I bet you’ll end up shopping online a bunch of some pretty little winter caps in floral, embellished, knitwear and ribbon designs.

There are a number of online stores such as Amazon, Village Hat Shop, John Lewis and many more, offering you hip winter stuff, including a dozen varieties of hats, gloves, scarves to keep you feeling warm and sizzling. Beanie hats, or "beanies" for short, is a type of headgear traditionally made from triangular pieces of cloth and sewn together at the sides and at the top. In olden days, beanie hats are a symbol of inferiority, usually worn by laborers who needed to keep the hair off their eyes. It was also characteristically worn by freshmen in some universities as a type of initiation, thus symbolizing their inexperience. Great designers make fancy clothes. By using various colors on women's Spyder ski jackets, such as red, gold or silver, the designers do their best to make the cold season feel warm. Thanks to the color, ladies become much more beautiful than before, the time when they only can buy jackets with boring colors like black or white. Of course, this innovation let the company got great attention, and a lot of fans. And the brand soon becomes a world leader in this field. You can chose from an array of floral knitted berets, fur hats, stylish newsboy, flower caps, knitted beanies, toque hats, cloche hats to satisfy your fashion aesthetics. Plus with our small guide on different types of hats, your online shopping will become much easier! So read on!

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