Geographer in the house

Living with a geographer has its pluses.  Talk of maps and GPS is something I find intriguing.
Greg recently commented we are located below the 49th Parallel.  Trying to give me a point of reference as to how far north we are, he said we're about parallel with Minneapolis.  I discovered that was incorrect (bad geographer) when I started looking on the map for where 49th Parallel ran.

St. John's is at 47degrees, 34minutes.  Minneapolis is 44degrees, 59minutes.
So we are on a closer parallel with:
Seattle WA:  47d, 36m
Grand Forks ND:  47d, 55m
Duluth MN:  46d, 47m
Caribou ME:  46d, 51m


The affection for this topic also informs some decorating choices - I love our new rug.

We got it at Attica, a home furnishings store that has two locations; here and Halifax.







I want to get this table from Ballard Designs.
It's a compass...and it works!