tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285204812024-03-05T05:03:04.310-08:00humboldt homesteadMy Online Journal of the seasonal flow at home. The images, experiences, poetry, impressions and facts of the trees, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs, wildlife and pets that live here.jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-8928846530588047292010-04-26T20:17:00.000-07:002010-04-26T20:36:32.892-07:00Let Spring Win!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrZKS1XWF94qMcDO7v2o6ITvMYn_bW7Hj6ZL9rGvcTqSdKh80mQXsvVTz4hSWGKhq9g03zxfghDUkIIOEcm5_EYwOujs9-27qRGRyYuAjYEi-dl6Ze7PoNa5Z-TTJd68aduo8/s1600/april26bee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrZKS1XWF94qMcDO7v2o6ITvMYn_bW7Hj6ZL9rGvcTqSdKh80mQXsvVTz4hSWGKhq9g03zxfghDUkIIOEcm5_EYwOujs9-27qRGRyYuAjYEi-dl6Ze7PoNa5Z-TTJd68aduo8/s320/april26bee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653273311487666" border="0" /></a>Honey bees are hard at work...on the sunny days. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIFXNz8yTjbrJY_d7_hVhUN0d1jN3Y9dRrmod-k3D4i5fA6zvbgQSGy4KUWdTX-HnEz-6kE8xXQ4Aliu_1g65aA3PtJ5rbEuzGu2Jd6_oIWoUaZPy4FoDjnZelVG1bvpAsAUo/s1600/april26applebee.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIFXNz8yTjbrJY_d7_hVhUN0d1jN3Y9dRrmod-k3D4i5fA6zvbgQSGy4KUWdTX-HnEz-6kE8xXQ4Aliu_1g65aA3PtJ5rbEuzGu2Jd6_oIWoUaZPy4FoDjnZelVG1bvpAsAUo/s320/april26applebee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653256329728754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbODblgZ_4pWvR3IQ4OLae0Wh-SrI1WZW2cziwIIMqpULTmHa6tLGRU7o5c5aQTSb42t3MZ66WAfET0tbQF4KPpmzAO72YiXoTSsfCQXz5E98Pz71dRYVG6oHBEeOou136k-14/s1600/april26applebee2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbODblgZ_4pWvR3IQ4OLae0Wh-SrI1WZW2cziwIIMqpULTmHa6tLGRU7o5c5aQTSb42t3MZ66WAfET0tbQF4KPpmzAO72YiXoTSsfCQXz5E98Pz71dRYVG6oHBEeOou136k-14/s320/april26applebee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653263086188370" border="0" /></a>Below, gloom hangs over the Eel River Valley.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a_nDB3FwDLvBaKgYews0_HwKSURTHia8OcfYZO4ArJpMZ1GYpJoIZqoaPeL-ozHMzeOVcKMu2V7ede9g7WGeVtUED6nH83OKs7R62EHlJtKjE-NV9Jv5dl9FTW0godyRO4p9/s1600/april26weather.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a_nDB3FwDLvBaKgYews0_HwKSURTHia8OcfYZO4ArJpMZ1GYpJoIZqoaPeL-ozHMzeOVcKMu2V7ede9g7WGeVtUED6nH83OKs7R62EHlJtKjE-NV9Jv5dl9FTW0godyRO4p9/s320/april26weather.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653692935203682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcgwdCWRwAKeYEkrvrEMaSKTVomPymPJeLwP1Ffxm5WOIu5FQ6y_nXH8PgYMSodaQyVkXMvp48jeysQbJkC0endWu8ojwgQz9QMOvAVdJzgPro3h6z6oTRX718C2zeI1s3pCG/s1600/april26od.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcgwdCWRwAKeYEkrvrEMaSKTVomPymPJeLwP1Ffxm5WOIu5FQ6y_nXH8PgYMSodaQyVkXMvp48jeysQbJkC0endWu8ojwgQz9QMOvAVdJzgPro3h6z6oTRX718C2zeI1s3pCG/s320/april26od.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653688560783458" border="0" /></a>rOaDie is rocking my wrrld...story<a href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com/"> here.</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiCaLNfSSNxcqQesetx6yp9jOdjy8v9xsxEtClHRXEgYVl-gTXWezT-P8CSlfQp_3UMRbrHldEYJHyKiVnZ6W1gq_tD1shkHOdXmJ_N5KMrwkJDRYPO3dElIWxsoHWNu54GJl/s1600/april26crab.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiCaLNfSSNxcqQesetx6yp9jOdjy8v9xsxEtClHRXEgYVl-gTXWezT-P8CSlfQp_3UMRbrHldEYJHyKiVnZ6W1gq_tD1shkHOdXmJ_N5KMrwkJDRYPO3dElIWxsoHWNu54GJl/s320/april26crab.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653287624675458" border="0" /></a>Crab Apple...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCEdQBQLjE29rQYmJGbGOG63IlGmPVgCw2a7Oaav6BmoG71gbEI3w-I2wgx5r77Z_DWurlYJCfyBzFCPelzDN6oCwS1KtmnOFRVKthcmT1X69aQng32UC5S_ttbZuBQ0L8pyg/s1600/april26apple.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCEdQBQLjE29rQYmJGbGOG63IlGmPVgCw2a7Oaav6BmoG71gbEI3w-I2wgx5r77Z_DWurlYJCfyBzFCPelzDN6oCwS1KtmnOFRVKthcmT1X69aQng32UC5S_ttbZuBQ0L8pyg/s320/april26apple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464652569762273522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDKQcmy36E12HEj9k5ey1xBIAZ0SkosqDhcq39y-EpLyu2iq7pGS7g_3dhMN0sZ2xK4Nqjg2Xt4nSMIrY-ZKoZUpPid-rwL2wt_HtmHUoOfAMzG9DZGIDq6x970VNfpKo74dz/s1600/april26lupin2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDKQcmy36E12HEj9k5ey1xBIAZ0SkosqDhcq39y-EpLyu2iq7pGS7g_3dhMN0sZ2xK4Nqjg2Xt4nSMIrY-ZKoZUpPid-rwL2wt_HtmHUoOfAMzG9DZGIDq6x970VNfpKo74dz/s320/april26lupin2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653678828156338" border="0" /></a>Wild Lupin...Below, Chard having survived the winter grows lush and green.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6NchAwTt_TBLAC0DLgTxwICkeYPFbighy6_vx-1X3mBgDk4cnKstQRDeft29um8KNN8tRnYmsWEdzw-VTpUDGU0Sc-EpZcmbflKXbmMDYHpwXNU2pSITgwXFMSeOcmQtW9r3/s1600/april26chard.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6NchAwTt_TBLAC0DLgTxwICkeYPFbighy6_vx-1X3mBgDk4cnKstQRDeft29um8KNN8tRnYmsWEdzw-VTpUDGU0Sc-EpZcmbflKXbmMDYHpwXNU2pSITgwXFMSeOcmQtW9r3/s320/april26chard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464653274151589154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lfpt9iTpudNvZIc_3GVdGp_Dk-zam5h558GlNonQpvhaUrtgPP2P15Wl0bsCYcMUu3GKcJD3Lhx2hsx_VEKyDwCb0u65kbbEGukF4m6DKea84224XcNCXD_99jz8mod7Lpvi/s1600/april26grape.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lfpt9iTpudNvZIc_3GVdGp_Dk-zam5h558GlNonQpvhaUrtgPP2P15Wl0bsCYcMUu3GKcJD3Lhx2hsx_VEKyDwCb0u65kbbEGukF4m6DKea84224XcNCXD_99jz8mod7Lpvi/s320/april26grape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464652597620802386" border="0" /></a>Grape Vines are sending out initial shoots...Below, Gravenstein Apple on a sunny day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tillXE-evZucHzyX-U2QTYNS3xtVvOyjEWBrS5ZkGVYtRpmiMsFtJoif_S2RNE7N3h0BtCVBC3Omr0umCZq_OgX2_sKbrjdZK2xKOqMzB5C-XcLkQJT4G0dpllw1JXYmlLb-/s1600/april26appl2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tillXE-evZucHzyX-U2QTYNS3xtVvOyjEWBrS5ZkGVYtRpmiMsFtJoif_S2RNE7N3h0BtCVBC3Omr0umCZq_OgX2_sKbrjdZK2xKOqMzB5C-XcLkQJT4G0dpllw1JXYmlLb-/s320/april26appl2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464652588476097058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnJtEliKx2TQ-ABXWhjPk_6vMdnzEayXB1u2W9kr1NCcIZjYiz1oGqP3KgHwqrVvkmFXwRhnWnr51ZX66_rcLOOu_Y9hvby6nXBwDoQrA7IJW0m3eId67FIi0Jqwn0mH9wcaU/s1600/april26apple4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnJtEliKx2TQ-ABXWhjPk_6vMdnzEayXB1u2W9kr1NCcIZjYiz1oGqP3KgHwqrVvkmFXwRhnWnr51ZX66_rcLOOu_Y9hvby6nXBwDoQrA7IJW0m3eId67FIi0Jqwn0mH9wcaU/s320/april26apple4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464652583371324642" border="0" /></a>Spring embraces me and these hills. Nights are warmer and in spite of the rain and wind bright blossoms are finally winning out over the void of winter.jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-65365020885872123192010-04-03T22:54:00.000-07:002010-04-03T22:58:12.734-07:00winter and spring are slugging it out<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7QJo1rp_oKNZYuP_lsMFvaeJ6HbZeafNfIexzhET3Or0pGGhz19rgaAEYNUAODkOT_1rJJTZ8WP3PXhM20KppbkFUg7wa3BRwrpQ0VV20GczQWd9Wt2jrPUT2ojBR02i3Arj/s1600/aprilrb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7QJo1rp_oKNZYuP_lsMFvaeJ6HbZeafNfIexzhET3Or0pGGhz19rgaAEYNUAODkOT_1rJJTZ8WP3PXhM20KppbkFUg7wa3BRwrpQ0VV20GczQWd9Wt2jrPUT2ojBR02i3Arj/s320/aprilrb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456157191472836034" border="0" /></a>Rainbow Shining...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmic2UBFQUORJwlOfm3cYx-E4O5H5XHseIFFZUuC9stsBZTQj2yB6lfVxT7rWr6ANytu-LGRML9Kfxgy8r5qBYWwnAz05Py_hyphenhyphen3HUBgj22wDtY7DybGHD5h6bP2A1mx-rbe5OJ/s1600/april1tulip.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmic2UBFQUORJwlOfm3cYx-E4O5H5XHseIFFZUuC9stsBZTQj2yB6lfVxT7rWr6ANytu-LGRML9Kfxgy8r5qBYWwnAz05Py_hyphenhyphen3HUBgj22wDtY7DybGHD5h6bP2A1mx-rbe5OJ/s320/april1tulip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456157185353987522" border="0" /></a>Tulips and Pear...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FowWQ7uvY9VQX2aK2G1p9BC8WHbLhdzB_JpWGrhAyzomzjb1kC1UZev2F6xM4GeXj9PZAjjGWFY0pEeJbYNAB82PHd0n8ZcS_FtyWNkN59ZhyphenhyphenKlsDgrLgvaQJ5uCfXqqsDi-/s1600/april1pear3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FowWQ7uvY9VQX2aK2G1p9BC8WHbLhdzB_JpWGrhAyzomzjb1kC1UZev2F6xM4GeXj9PZAjjGWFY0pEeJbYNAB82PHd0n8ZcS_FtyWNkN59ZhyphenhyphenKlsDgrLgvaQJ5uCfXqqsDi-/s320/april1pear3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456157180609082178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy3SWCnDehw7TIKC5jy90WI6_V6MVC0S6e526NInjF21w-1Qj3tU6ROFB7k4yRC1WumG7l28r_6Mut70ahNObebxpNOh0QYccQ7me6j8oQzuoi5QrSBDjl5FBrba30A3BWspd/s1600/april1pear2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy3SWCnDehw7TIKC5jy90WI6_V6MVC0S6e526NInjF21w-1Qj3tU6ROFB7k4yRC1WumG7l28r_6Mut70ahNObebxpNOh0QYccQ7me6j8oQzuoi5QrSBDjl5FBrba30A3BWspd/s320/april1pear2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456157178623835906" border="0" /></a>It has been a long week of snow, rain and freezing temps. Sunshine has been minimal and rainfall in excess. I hope spring wins, soon!jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-354003125263143732010-03-21T20:06:00.000-07:002010-03-21T21:44:01.687-07:00Feb/Mar 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUa12iMuXFMNP2zOsRUbRvByb8WX4lEZPrWrGc7N1a3wDzCEW7cq1LQztCxC5Cj8E91p-QqZadYSirTyurI-i_5s3YUCVBpk1PvSVXnGl-Rdoh0fcZFZe-9qmwren6P_1__NBB/s1600-h/fwb1plum.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUa12iMuXFMNP2zOsRUbRvByb8WX4lEZPrWrGc7N1a3wDzCEW7cq1LQztCxC5Cj8E91p-QqZadYSirTyurI-i_5s3YUCVBpk1PvSVXnGl-Rdoh0fcZFZe-9qmwren6P_1__NBB/s320/fwb1plum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451312041449835474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlRmhYKRm2f2WjhzeB1DRjWTvyYyyekS62eCLZY3pMT_wU-3eJ7qcrdN0LYmVAnkNrlo-8H_ST5CwlMViIA9m06Q01SpVhUWT2VfQJttpBR97EY5TW_p8OxMOW3JlpTMWUSv4/s1600-h/mar13roadie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlRmhYKRm2f2WjhzeB1DRjWTvyYyyekS62eCLZY3pMT_wU-3eJ7qcrdN0LYmVAnkNrlo-8H_ST5CwlMViIA9m06Q01SpVhUWT2VfQJttpBR97EY5TW_p8OxMOW3JlpTMWUSv4/s320/mar13roadie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451308715842953026" border="0" /></a>New PUP comes to the homestead!! Full Story<a href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com/"> >HERE<></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeqI74QTxNTiB7doz8Bd9pl5nQ74uwLGhw-8aGuOojY00v-VTaS4qWfh4ltNjx5h27u_R4aRuPeuCEwMNaQqNFeTY6YNdrlBBoyuWjF1By07Huezpj-4QzZX-VSsTcj4_8wQk/s320/mar16odart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451308715349049026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDe9jkKdSocMf4PR0FtCdDNzLqQX2DDVgojR0XMaTERNhx1jv41Bdy0nD7HhsLF3eAzIEuTIczlMxa_bG5TzORF0OcFKxZT1riuIvzvf1Aaz8SI11P_d1ruobQG5DOeYlbbmAo/s1600-h/mar10snoopy1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDe9jkKdSocMf4PR0FtCdDNzLqQX2DDVgojR0XMaTERNhx1jv41Bdy0nD7HhsLF3eAzIEuTIczlMxa_bG5TzORF0OcFKxZT1riuIvzvf1Aaz8SI11P_d1ruobQG5DOeYlbbmAo/s320/mar10snoopy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451311626573789138" border="0" /></a>It SNOWED!! A pretty good snow fell in early March...Snoopy and Pepper LOVE the snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3iSXJHouJYUB6tQ4NQLH1xj8B30PEQ-LlpBdZ1k8bHt_xN3LDh0JuVJCvebObAbm_AgI6zM1kCNH6JeCvPFu1CBb-xV4PTmHDXBKEjU4R1NpRxLkAZKHSjUzQyMiKkm8mTJF/s1600-h/mar10pep.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3iSXJHouJYUB6tQ4NQLH1xj8B30PEQ-LlpBdZ1k8bHt_xN3LDh0JuVJCvebObAbm_AgI6zM1kCNH6JeCvPFu1CBb-xV4PTmHDXBKEjU4R1NpRxLkAZKHSjUzQyMiKkm8mTJF/s320/mar10pep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451311638142262626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuMUY4Wm1Q3r3U3hjN9BExiwZBgDJLPOIWT_mYRNelnbPNJNa_mop0Wqu6IMSTMTthi_vhClYPn_N-sZwEsxrfAvJAtlcUJkXjVQOAwtX2KkKyrdAm-Rzd1P1Ak6sDBTHFmWQ/s1600-h/mar13vista.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuMUY4Wm1Q3r3U3hjN9BExiwZBgDJLPOIWT_mYRNelnbPNJNa_mop0Wqu6IMSTMTthi_vhClYPn_N-sZwEsxrfAvJAtlcUJkXjVQOAwtX2KkKyrdAm-Rzd1P1Ak6sDBTHFmWQ/s320/mar13vista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451313403556598354" border="0" /></a>Snow covered hills and blue skies. Below, almonds are in bloom.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPUbyd-zorzB6faROB-5W7EsutAmvMJtC8BDHmCahSAzk2gjPw9UgyhXyf2d66jNlyAM_n-sGZsM2cKxxa0AULs-YrrkdBby_pMYH5bj2Va5QSpKcDSHnll145ynOiqznwZ-k/s1600-h/mar16alond.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPUbyd-zorzB6faROB-5W7EsutAmvMJtC8BDHmCahSAzk2gjPw9UgyhXyf2d66jNlyAM_n-sGZsM2cKxxa0AULs-YrrkdBby_pMYH5bj2Va5QSpKcDSHnll145ynOiqznwZ-k/s320/mar16alond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451313400625148754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6tq-FXTbWf5iroJkTxURjXrs-C2RPHJRt_s0qK-D5-ZHkshoPcep5NHFv3-HxUmK5qyaCBLyo6fYyht5Ao_NeYS4b5gMrkrt9Er6RSuo7pFlguVGfbWgsUDXBwSI7-sO-87t/s1600-h/mar16amen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6tq-FXTbWf5iroJkTxURjXrs-C2RPHJRt_s0qK-D5-ZHkshoPcep5NHFv3-HxUmK5qyaCBLyo6fYyht5Ao_NeYS4b5gMrkrt9Er6RSuo7pFlguVGfbWgsUDXBwSI7-sO-87t/s320/mar16amen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451313405929558226" border="0" /></a>Spring means FLOWERS!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcG0csR9i__Dnmm1y67GueZ2GeLI6trxegKIfPqrNYnAm6XNOJ7Qfi1tTxAIu0_vnChwTqLlh2DpCpKPQYPkR4n1q54uU66SFZazgqtJ2JikSrSHBg0SsCAkO41iVjcFxIEjl/s1600-h/feb1daf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcG0csR9i__Dnmm1y67GueZ2GeLI6trxegKIfPqrNYnAm6XNOJ7Qfi1tTxAIu0_vnChwTqLlh2DpCpKPQYPkR4n1q54uU66SFZazgqtJ2JikSrSHBg0SsCAkO41iVjcFxIEjl/s320/feb1daf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451312047522915426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCN6JFHTHJSVda-112VKpww4a9sMIt_mrSfJ7dE-KG9jdg-YqWQUCvXyr0c74fsNhTKViYpLZFv27cvg6Pszp6kj9nWbvDpMAtXfAERSQwH_SuAwksPc9vNMwdaI1dx6qpND8/s1600-h/feb1.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly9Nb8xXRknGeCpHaP4M26O7JG10JMpfLrQBCp59YDsYuG7xYsd_g4sWX6qa4EVGpZ_xujwlPk3fh68Y0PKeY4xC4DfaSIyEaOb55zMkft-AXXUfEAhtp3wuX14KpD_OG3L9i/s320/mar10morn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451312031786686146" border="0" /></a>Chilly snowy morning ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3qy0s_i1oINnoIh11vPCRCMJD-h33diYa0H59PYCwfdNmHcgz_8VlgNmRVt_vjsObokkMU1eJBywBhlz6dGg1IdWMZeyrn93w-G2f6MHE2jqajWiovASZkrQsizd82dbtt4C/s1600-h/mar10pixyvista.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3qy0s_i1oINnoIh11vPCRCMJD-h33diYa0H59PYCwfdNmHcgz_8VlgNmRVt_vjsObokkMU1eJBywBhlz6dGg1IdWMZeyrn93w-G2f6MHE2jqajWiovASZkrQsizd82dbtt4C/s320/mar10pixyvista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451311633053482194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3q89f5ow3ujPjjnoO-_j_PGJ8BcXjTMJAIe6l6Wzb5XSDODssoMml1GD2qd2Tt8guZhz7B1zawBZemilhrAUmJ3SP5ug2wbDetI31j53lS1EM2paeceDfBS7KfJqwFf9l7aw/s1600-h/mar10plum.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3q89f5ow3ujPjjnoO-_j_PGJ8BcXjTMJAIe6l6Wzb5XSDODssoMml1GD2qd2Tt8guZhz7B1zawBZemilhrAUmJ3SP5ug2wbDetI31j53lS1EM2paeceDfBS7KfJqwFf9l7aw/s320/mar10plum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451311628271792514" border="0" /></a>When does it snow in Nor Cal?? When the PLUM TREES ARE IN FULL BLOOM - OF COURSE!! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh255ywfZ-_AUKLSVGG9PEJiyVP3Zrg-fX6Ek1KUIwyoAtN7Rjm-8ieea386jyaHUMqyn7vuof21EWRKtLGSGyCK9Ks6UHzL4PNT5W0_iBp7Y3neheke6_bx9ivOtNUbM6bxLZX/s1600-h/mar10pear1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh255ywfZ-_AUKLSVGG9PEJiyVP3Zrg-fX6Ek1KUIwyoAtN7Rjm-8ieea386jyaHUMqyn7vuof21EWRKtLGSGyCK9Ks6UHzL4PNT5W0_iBp7Y3neheke6_bx9ivOtNUbM6bxLZX/s320/mar10pear1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451311645600914274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCs6ZF8scYmQe3-4Ds5YC5jbW9cQIUYuSE221v6AIY4UvTLne7-vs9RrB85hyo59chCezcjpOOSrTia8tf5HOR6dY1n-gxvujJVniMWR5r77jc8irHvzkEqDXkhtzCniuElnH/s1600-h/mar10pear.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCs6ZF8scYmQe3-4Ds5YC5jbW9cQIUYuSE221v6AIY4UvTLne7-vs9RrB85hyo59chCezcjpOOSrTia8tf5HOR6dY1n-gxvujJVniMWR5r77jc8irHvzkEqDXkhtzCniuElnH/s320/mar10pear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451312030945136162" border="0" /></a>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-81138539494440659072010-01-12T19:54:00.000-08:002010-01-12T20:17:01.606-08:00January 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sXQ_4n5TfPbmcoJ_l6dYSLsCZGvOEtTXlFYgKukHY6qpFlYdGOsHZBOgYdaWWDejj27JYNc5N4q9MuNHUbFcImtFSbkSFtYMfxAa2rmiz_Nr7YV6xHwk4ZbHHzSf8NZvezz_/s1600-h/tjan1unr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sXQ_4n5TfPbmcoJ_l6dYSLsCZGvOEtTXlFYgKukHY6qpFlYdGOsHZBOgYdaWWDejj27JYNc5N4q9MuNHUbFcImtFSbkSFtYMfxAa2rmiz_Nr7YV6xHwk4ZbHHzSf8NZvezz_/s320/tjan1unr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426073357104999778" border="0" /></a>Sunday sunrise. Makes my day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIEMiSW9kR6iiCTU3CB4VlQHlwGwHwOEpD07iDBkuUqzjajOTfLYa685w9wX9jN6Y3_XYrbVSZcC0pnEuhLy_HV884pLUjeYz2tVBuxV1DWN6OOEd6IjjEnChyRvMOS7BgoW6/s1600-h/jan1sunrise.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIEMiSW9kR6iiCTU3CB4VlQHlwGwHwOEpD07iDBkuUqzjajOTfLYa685w9wX9jN6Y3_XYrbVSZcC0pnEuhLy_HV884pLUjeYz2tVBuxV1DWN6OOEd6IjjEnChyRvMOS7BgoW6/s320/jan1sunrise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426073354140214978" border="0" /></a>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-78410905843785860682009-12-14T19:31:00.000-08:002009-12-14T20:41:18.339-08:00SUMMER '09 WRAP UP cont...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R31bJxadzWN9OAiuL5lYsXCo_tt3lw-j0s6XSjjMOkH93Ft6ohFDGyZfRZ2njgWshYJZbe7cbUzRFfj4TqqGx57qbFF-ybtPiB3s41wg_5vzQWkR4n3u7TpcP3DzpGHi8CzQ/s1600-h/decvista.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R31bJxadzWN9OAiuL5lYsXCo_tt3lw-j0s6XSjjMOkH93Ft6ohFDGyZfRZ2njgWshYJZbe7cbUzRFfj4TqqGx57qbFF-ybtPiB3s41wg_5vzQWkR4n3u7TpcP3DzpGHi8CzQ/s320/decvista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415310721814620578" border="0" /></a>Vista shot. LOVE the early morning mists that drift through the valley. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1dVXraQ9XfijYDqwfFxVs25ZMyRFVmZ4lNKu5zYBh-Es8CfKNkEeZnBsfFtjQ0Rkbi-fBlMedPAyuNT2R_-EYsfB-P9gWT7JP9Uv7t8ZvdUurktZ0ndwp6d3QPdNzuljoX9W/s1600-h/decsunrise.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1dVXraQ9XfijYDqwfFxVs25ZMyRFVmZ4lNKu5zYBh-Es8CfKNkEeZnBsfFtjQ0Rkbi-fBlMedPAyuNT2R_-EYsfB-P9gWT7JP9Uv7t8ZvdUurktZ0ndwp6d3QPdNzuljoX9W/s320/decsunrise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415309775717291154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9INgK5Mx1O5aiGW0NeoeHyJXSmj83gd-M4YTJcV9Z6ouMW_IKI5DkoUZQfl7vrLaqvIOWJSQvBC5BiDUDo5ei1zMbzUxa_SKHeTS9Uuk_ZmxXMkeTlMHYXgmSa-Hm1cZOSeZ8/s1600-h/decpix.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dkwzM2Egvg7wcdq8cY9LBoGjAzh2QNV-0xAmZwZzc8iaXqZ4GgfULHwl1yYQE40Up8HdohhF_fbRgJENDvh2sAGMhJkakAdXyZDpczlaXUkes6BRo76MkOKis6sIcrnOPiLB/s320/dectomato.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415309779075055394" border="0" /></a>Garden abundance: Tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers, pears, nectarines, almonds, grapes - some real bad (wasted) with the powdery mildew after August RAIN - cucumbers, and corn! i love the honeybee working the sweetcorn!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWJ3FDTk4lQAlzt4f_O-fB1GcZ8tUtc4Ca2893wu5f0uao3K3oRBTcDvG1Xy11Gvl65enS2-jWDqvSadxa6ddPDSaq_0q0FxdZxH3OxCd_QFHdff8tCVCvf7mM_iG7No9665Z/s1600-h/decpump.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWJ3FDTk4lQAlzt4f_O-fB1GcZ8tUtc4Ca2893wu5f0uao3K3oRBTcDvG1Xy11Gvl65enS2-jWDqvSadxa6ddPDSaq_0q0FxdZxH3OxCd_QFHdff8tCVCvf7mM_iG7No9665Z/s320/decpump.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415309770649844098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMdg8cASlWJnVy8dkMMxIP_HYu-QxD3IsOYVoLeSb86GIv4I3nKw3aup9igyfFvHXiiQovT4PSLmAnKmtDKG0YVy9FXp5smYpoK_KZNXtB27ER3gc985f5NoHJNPibjr1X_Zg/s1600-h/decpepper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZskYRe9I5nWR7hB4Vmf2Q6DJsXi4VA3lC0ggnsHwh0-bxoHT63QuTpK9nZEdosDSLbeNkid0-mpIBZ4VXbaJxTGjDIvBspeO6_NarmaMEz_53IwUFS1wM_jNGySOWIvEv7F8g/s320/deccorn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415301101849878290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvU2ux4DERZC9us_mQbhnu4Dor5-W-suXfwaT3Ze5IPELuydR1ElN1F43A5_PK2aeNOchiB3CBBgNGHLRsr8x1FUnT0cG51JKhsrdkb7x92-fOFRenMkJR9ydBPSFwNmkAQgB/s1600-h/avi2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvU2ux4DERZC9us_mQbhnu4Dor5-W-suXfwaT3Ze5IPELuydR1ElN1F43A5_PK2aeNOchiB3CBBgNGHLRsr8x1FUnT0cG51JKhsrdkb7x92-fOFRenMkJR9ydBPSFwNmkAQgB/s320/avi2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415314967711892882" border="0" /></a>Fall was punctuated by the tragic loss of my dear friend Avi Livingstone (abbie rush) in late September. She arrived with me to Humboldt County in 1982, and was a friend and sister for many years. Details of her death <a href="http://www.salem-news.com/articles/september282009/fatal_grants_oass_9-27-09.php">here.</a> She left behind her adult children Eshaih and Shoshona, 12 year old Elon, and 8 year old twins: Hana and Coby. ...Uncertain if there really is<span style="font-style: italic;"> fate. </span>Below, circa 1983 with my firstborn daughter....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG6cwYIp9btKH7LdJiKaV1C88cyGgJ-ADuR2XVOTfrCDVM5bxU8e6VMU31O64dX7WQ2oUNy9cF5qMw0GP1z-oWZEP9EW7N_Cnv36Fe0tOoHXlbGooIyqf90uqPUcJ3fy931HQ/s1600-h/avi18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG6cwYIp9btKH7LdJiKaV1C88cyGgJ-ADuR2XVOTfrCDVM5bxU8e6VMU31O64dX7WQ2oUNy9cF5qMw0GP1z-oWZEP9EW7N_Cnv36Fe0tOoHXlbGooIyqf90uqPUcJ3fy931HQ/s320/avi18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415314965105090338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuX2k3r3ROWLck6kSPtxNluvdZ9F9PWbmVG017fQ7Me_BFzfq3aJBslEQ7Fq50m96qMPCqjRda0QETcopuMc0DM03Ma1N9Pebih3ln2-Zb1dGnv06b7bc5Yy6C64NjLHMS346s/s1600-h/quilt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuX2k3r3ROWLck6kSPtxNluvdZ9F9PWbmVG017fQ7Me_BFzfq3aJBslEQ7Fq50m96qMPCqjRda0QETcopuMc0DM03Ma1N9Pebih3ln2-Zb1dGnv06b7bc5Yy6C64NjLHMS346s/s320/quilt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415310741425434578" border="0" /></a>AND we won this beautiful community crafted quilt from Salmon Creek Community School. Confident there is<span style="font-style: italic;"> magic</span>. i have close ups of the quilt to share, and more pics of summer '09.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsozK26OteQMUpnO1LOknYtZTi9g2t3MdUyZpteCOO8gj39r3CWcChh8V51dMuNbW7IEo6I_q1izcaDdnuemlneXUenrE3JSxbpzj8zFSwO8WZVJdJ8NiC9dhYHA7p6SLv2wd2/s1600-h/deczinn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsozK26OteQMUpnO1LOknYtZTi9g2t3MdUyZpteCOO8gj39r3CWcChh8V51dMuNbW7IEo6I_q1izcaDdnuemlneXUenrE3JSxbpzj8zFSwO8WZVJdJ8NiC9dhYHA7p6SLv2wd2/s320/deczinn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415310732564980562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm0NGJJmWsaoY5ZWZ0CH1E3YhVwlaN5AVRv89o_7_IpQKFmp0fBVLkoF7tfL_nAn8-LC_QmHxpnj-qzlwU4ErdWjxdXNGvwmBqGNCvCVN6mEqZn2ORUP7T1azwVzYiBwdt9DP/s1600-h/dechh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm0NGJJmWsaoY5ZWZ0CH1E3YhVwlaN5AVRv89o_7_IpQKFmp0fBVLkoF7tfL_nAn8-LC_QmHxpnj-qzlwU4ErdWjxdXNGvwmBqGNCvCVN6mEqZn2ORUP7T1azwVzYiBwdt9DP/s320/dechh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415309243497750610" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-55366103328347232612009-12-12T18:49:00.000-08:002009-12-12T19:44:40.805-08:00SUMMER '09 WRAP UP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ2XV_USM2oWViqVtGF4dZ8HwolN7gJ1X528bC_cJDCaQQEKSBffA4_MudAlC6w2nmHa0_8vBxtDTZpxJMglfbgtJ4J84YximhZbHClH4WV3U0lN6IfX48VtiElEI9AaCHyr5/s1600-h/decvista2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ2XV_USM2oWViqVtGF4dZ8HwolN7gJ1X528bC_cJDCaQQEKSBffA4_MudAlC6w2nmHa0_8vBxtDTZpxJMglfbgtJ4J84YximhZbHClH4WV3U0lN6IfX48VtiElEI9AaCHyr5/s320/decvista2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414559427105175250" border="0" /></a>What can i say? I have been sucking at blogging. Traumatized by my computer crash and loss of entire winter '09 photos, and seriously sucked into FaceBook i have been avoiding my photo journalistic hobby for too many MONTHS!!?!??! OMG! HOW can one document the happenings of an entire summer and autumn? I can't. Oh well. So highlights it must be. Photos are all ready to go...so i will post over the next couple days. Welcome back to my life above the fog.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVhyJ1OLhVa3RO0i90DHZ2zjf85JVYLiHKp6-w7gY7DJo1Q_9i1Idp3ktNWHdeDD8M0_ZMzvUE0ykJPu7AXD74TKFeejXYzMPH3I-7y6JAH177PipCZoux_eOhqPgVfO_BLB3/s1600-h/decgrape.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVhyJ1OLhVa3RO0i90DHZ2zjf85JVYLiHKp6-w7gY7DJo1Q_9i1Idp3ktNWHdeDD8M0_ZMzvUE0ykJPu7AXD74TKFeejXYzMPH3I-7y6JAH177PipCZoux_eOhqPgVfO_BLB3/s320/decgrape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414559424362467202" border="0" /></a>Grapes, prior to hard freeze in Nov. Below, Verrrryyy interesting face-shaped clouds....seen sometime this fall...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4xBPpvZbgoUnMDQazG4aN1zM0Pm5uS5OD_grVGCB-tDRdbch621N_7h-9rNJnv7XR-YgGQqFKJPM0rhYQpNaBWtAE9X4pHv14pIuRZhcF6CYamIlmN6uP_rzo-vXN4X-fbEr/s1600-h/deccloud.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4xBPpvZbgoUnMDQazG4aN1zM0Pm5uS5OD_grVGCB-tDRdbch621N_7h-9rNJnv7XR-YgGQqFKJPM0rhYQpNaBWtAE9X4pHv14pIuRZhcF6CYamIlmN6uP_rzo-vXN4X-fbEr/s320/deccloud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414559420072678386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgibS_B3o8PPFZZgzGdZz-BT6JJfyhKFyKiUmSXWf0OLL8sUmN-OqJ9ci_hnUFKzRpk9Kauxn0kyTaJAnpZtibkEu33ylXix2EpMfAdf_4EHgNs6cKMiglXKm3P98MZo2Me5en/s1600-h/deccloud2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgibS_B3o8PPFZZgzGdZz-BT6JJfyhKFyKiUmSXWf0OLL8sUmN-OqJ9ci_hnUFKzRpk9Kauxn0kyTaJAnpZtibkEu33ylXix2EpMfAdf_4EHgNs6cKMiglXKm3P98MZo2Me5en/s320/deccloud2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414559412495089282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_8kz4RLJ9FWv3kXdEanc58H_6IwQBqz4Fmnz7BiehRhnT-lMiTy4a_EEoCu6apFSazI4anDqDMT5iToHs1DWqs7AHtyLnHRkE-DdjSipjQ_iyqBQ8zh3fF-VhtKpL8k3Mh_8/s1600-h/decbuck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_8kz4RLJ9FWv3kXdEanc58H_6IwQBqz4Fmnz7BiehRhnT-lMiTy4a_EEoCu6apFSazI4anDqDMT5iToHs1DWqs7AHtyLnHRkE-DdjSipjQ_iyqBQ8zh3fF-VhtKpL8k3Mh_8/s320/decbuck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414559409282908290" border="0" /></a>Buck at predawn. My commute sees me greeting the day before sunrise. Plenty of wildlife are up with me!jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-44997138173768747672009-07-28T15:50:00.000-07:002009-07-28T17:56:57.004-07:00Smiling Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtSddrXtBjlndhrhU5pqK87ElNfhVKCC4COZhgwcw5KcWJmUE0At_TOYtMBuQcuWLzTKqBLan55dOYmzwkiAfBCNCztGIy-5XNIa9HwuNiE2fqeIZSwCaChUcz75X4f2ik_b9/s1600-h/sunnybestfriends.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtSddrXtBjlndhrhU5pqK87ElNfhVKCC4COZhgwcw5KcWJmUE0At_TOYtMBuQcuWLzTKqBLan55dOYmzwkiAfBCNCztGIy-5XNIa9HwuNiE2fqeIZSwCaChUcz75X4f2ik_b9/s320/sunnybestfriends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363655602884616002" border="0" /></a>Smiling Faces. Like sunshine - a real day brightener!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8Sz9-zDADKm1Vzcgj9QN-tYQLl5JW7zo5fNybGoNxav7hiLojWcXp-uVvMn7FfuPQNvB_0HKtLNKXBRJqvm4FQRUjyZ1AOwkjcLmxabz4D0Er-PXzxDmPIN4GFmndLjzK6oY/s1600-h/july25grrls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8Sz9-zDADKm1Vzcgj9QN-tYQLl5JW7zo5fNybGoNxav7hiLojWcXp-uVvMn7FfuPQNvB_0HKtLNKXBRJqvm4FQRUjyZ1AOwkjcLmxabz4D0Er-PXzxDmPIN4GFmndLjzK6oY/s320/july25grrls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654760088649122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPbKDo2VMijZuLsB2IbjAGPR6MdHNiE3MVXbkmEmDbP6g2L-nXyqVODjZ4XFWNdPKb0yjNAvJk2RAqm9pN2bMqJp4J_07dYPoHA3pJkhZyKp7rRjWWCBRDKmkDMk94iR2h929/s1600-h/july25swarm2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPbKDo2VMijZuLsB2IbjAGPR6MdHNiE3MVXbkmEmDbP6g2L-nXyqVODjZ4XFWNdPKb0yjNAvJk2RAqm9pN2bMqJp4J_07dYPoHA3pJkhZyKp7rRjWWCBRDKmkDMk94iR2h929/s320/july25swarm2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654755844698562" border="0" /></a>Oh, and the <a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-1st-2009.html">Queen newly hatched for which I was waiting on a mating flight</a>? Guess again. The hive swarmed 3 days after "piping" was first heard! (just as described in a bee keeping manual!) I came home to an EMPTY (nearly empty) hive !! Luckily they played it beginner-style for me and lighted on a baby fir about 50' from the hive. Swarm was just 4-5ft up in the tree. EZ!! Dana was a HUGE help that day and calmly assisted me in capturing it. Exciting! That was many weeks ago...alas. BLogger grrl had the blahgs. Regardless the hive is today doing well enough. I will state that I am sorry to say I cannot say the same is true for the remaining cluster of the primary swarm (leading to further discussion: had they ALREADY swarmed and these were the after-swarms...?) The anemic cluster of bees that remained I installed into a nuc (literally one frame -at most- of bees) The queen mated and actually began laying a respectable brood nest. But the cluster dwindled... and at last inspection (a few days ago -6 weeks out from swarm) was queen-less - with laying workers! So I dumped it out, and gave it up. :( I have a sneaking suspicion the Italian hives are falling prey to the buckeye poisoning...Bee foraging on California Buckeye below. Bad bee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpc4-VJtZj_IN0PY7tC2cDdIN1oVw9XRQD5R0sNH2V8mHesHgZG47Nwu0zBcIHOvpSQ6_vSGd2eBrK2UURF9HK5a4TRv-usAQ5JEcjVvsrMdi3soTk2xRVLakTVTmHdBK0dos/s1600-h/aug1buck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpc4-VJtZj_IN0PY7tC2cDdIN1oVw9XRQD5R0sNH2V8mHesHgZG47Nwu0zBcIHOvpSQ6_vSGd2eBrK2UURF9HK5a4TRv-usAQ5JEcjVvsrMdi3soTk2xRVLakTVTmHdBK0dos/s320/aug1buck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363663495455677234" border="0" /></a> My carniolians are in SUCH better shape. They have already put away 1/2 super of excess honey and are busy busy busy all day. The Italians have a lack luster energy that does not impress me. Brood nest OK in both remaining hives though. We'll see. Close up of swarm below..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VQzIubSKMo08knWsl_QHuOT_mGgwzL_rLD9zV1Qc-CCy5T4bVJQMJPo3EPUc8Gn6XmTkMinQG07mhyvFBF8oohNyKtFV_5KM-AvvWwygxhWex-J0TDGFzqiNrpmuOvCK9GIO/s1600-h/aug1sw2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VQzIubSKMo08knWsl_QHuOT_mGgwzL_rLD9zV1Qc-CCy5T4bVJQMJPo3EPUc8Gn6XmTkMinQG07mhyvFBF8oohNyKtFV_5KM-AvvWwygxhWex-J0TDGFzqiNrpmuOvCK9GIO/s400/aug1sw2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363676265961775362" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtPs5PI_env4u57UW_55h0tLSGjtL4yvzUDxCp6Vdpz6bah8meTzbtXZ6Ydtj2OcdHJWuSGTxeXwUFH9pJyHdmEKA1Atk2upxzH7cuLY0WFKfhJOoKZszT1vZ5oj85MEzhH17/s1600-h/july25swarem.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtPs5PI_env4u57UW_55h0tLSGjtL4yvzUDxCp6Vdpz6bah8meTzbtXZ6Ydtj2OcdHJWuSGTxeXwUFH9pJyHdmEKA1Atk2upxzH7cuLY0WFKfhJOoKZszT1vZ5oj85MEzhH17/s320/july25swarem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654753533231842" border="0" /></a>Pretty Massive Swarm...This is 7 WEEKS after being installed on drawn comb as a 3 lb package! Impressive.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBp-mlSwuLn73ejxLvYnu3EpdTP3eVL9ESRsUNtj6AiNM1R4gF0aTvWgnru1M3By4TT4c09VyDRAFBxRx0VNb7Dq-QXrEZzi9TeMSV8bzA5G4mFLoplFlbOOZBdjb_gaEqt6C/s1600-h/july25zuch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBp-mlSwuLn73ejxLvYnu3EpdTP3eVL9ESRsUNtj6AiNM1R4gF0aTvWgnru1M3By4TT4c09VyDRAFBxRx0VNb7Dq-QXrEZzi9TeMSV8bzA5G4mFLoplFlbOOZBdjb_gaEqt6C/s320/july25zuch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654117390216834" border="0" /></a>Zuchinni... Pumpkins....& Winter Squash.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREjBIQaCT8TScqaT8ARYqckp5DfPU2UXW13QtKU_WAcjlaj9vQQZfN3YjwQOAQVOVNt60BIeezgR72mzh1MxqJMk8qazIi3He5HoJfTxdQTLGkkG_mZaybynKpWUP6XFt_YyHFw/s1600-h/july25-pum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREjBIQaCT8TScqaT8ARYqckp5DfPU2UXW13QtKU_WAcjlaj9vQQZfN3YjwQOAQVOVNt60BIeezgR72mzh1MxqJMk8qazIi3He5HoJfTxdQTLGkkG_mZaybynKpWUP6XFt_YyHFw/s320/july25-pum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363650102172261650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1nMvfPJSiTAW4sggTgMSLhyphenhyphenEuXFpZaZKjk2dnrJ_90-W9ef8bmuMPkY6zUNUggI0aUAjhMrNoh0te0S26JcB51pnu45It8e2QmuT6s3o_Ym_U-ZPXFnpQBz86sXWj7-YkU0ygw/s1600-h/july25pumkjpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1nMvfPJSiTAW4sggTgMSLhyphenhyphenEuXFpZaZKjk2dnrJ_90-W9ef8bmuMPkY6zUNUggI0aUAjhMrNoh0te0S26JcB51pnu45It8e2QmuT6s3o_Ym_U-ZPXFnpQBz86sXWj7-YkU0ygw/s320/july25pumkjpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363650095739224530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq1A86EmsU7Y9QuCW5uGi32Sjy47UEsyntRD6FbfZqPoamUC5P07McUYcpzQTD42a8LzZp2sVgF4RDPLxbD3Pwi5ym90ce99k-6RdfCPPLbIU9VFtNIt2b_UUOiMIiSiDCedB/s1600-h/july25sunny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDq1A86EmsU7Y9QuCW5uGi32Sjy47UEsyntRD6FbfZqPoamUC5P07McUYcpzQTD42a8LzZp2sVgF4RDPLxbD3Pwi5ym90ce99k-6RdfCPPLbIU9VFtNIt2b_UUOiMIiSiDCedB/s320/july25sunny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654115162995970" border="0" /></a>First of the Sunflowers. Roses Galore...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigT2M8XFx71Ioc6sqX-znh1uE0Cc2drNhNdJeDnvuXquXDuBTqqLRVSFiJ3L6PYSGCqkRznajyg07ZIZ2rBrYKUp2GFMhPxOTmfZj0aFl_ap0WQXF8aIbK9SluyM3S7LTEyDmI/s1600-h/aug1rose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigT2M8XFx71Ioc6sqX-znh1uE0Cc2drNhNdJeDnvuXquXDuBTqqLRVSFiJ3L6PYSGCqkRznajyg07ZIZ2rBrYKUp2GFMhPxOTmfZj0aFl_ap0WQXF8aIbK9SluyM3S7LTEyDmI/s320/aug1rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363663504558325954" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve1IuOxIUhleok9wI1iXhn2fEfqlNxRncdtuW1-xosc2fE62wIr6JGfKK68xinf4epajf_1ARyZd8Uy1ERGHs5u0jzeiQns8W5GgpUacxOWzYoCiUDBc398DAd_XBBX3mXkRY/s1600-h/aug1sno.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve1IuOxIUhleok9wI1iXhn2fEfqlNxRncdtuW1-xosc2fE62wIr6JGfKK68xinf4epajf_1ARyZd8Uy1ERGHs5u0jzeiQns8W5GgpUacxOWzYoCiUDBc398DAd_XBBX3mXkRY/s320/aug1sno.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363663500719279602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDw_AxcBPFb_NLJorxV5sLbA5oSaC6NkipuK2JMzp92yQOisrdVosxdx8Q89c8ErRy-tBEoEw7xphGo0hUvYXXZOtMzNlirxkm3QfpT_BDFcnFgpKeYidDH2fXXwLeVnmwfHrU/s1600-h/aug1stick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDw_AxcBPFb_NLJorxV5sLbA5oSaC6NkipuK2JMzp92yQOisrdVosxdx8Q89c8ErRy-tBEoEw7xphGo0hUvYXXZOtMzNlirxkm3QfpT_BDFcnFgpKeYidDH2fXXwLeVnmwfHrU/s320/aug1stick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363663497455493858" border="0" /></a>Snoopy's Sticker Issues. I swear. Damn wood ticks at our throats 9 months out of the year, and the remaining 3 months are a nearly equally frustrating infestation of STICKERS! Gah~!~ His fluffy border Collie Style coat, with an impossibly thick Kelpy Style undercoat, is SOOOO good at collecting stickers! Deep ones! 40 minutes of brushing daily, and still, I could dig out fox tails that had burrowed their way in. PLUS - with the 100* + weather we have been having, he was becoming a <span style="font-weight: bold;">terminal mouth breather</span> and driving us all nuts! So, to the groomer he went. And lovely he looks. It is a short military-style-do and it brings out the <span style="font-style: italic;">buffcake Pitbull </span>(just 1/16th!!) in him. Now, the stickers are easily brushed off and the mouth breathing has abated. Besides he is OH SO FUN to pet now! Furry, like a koala! I love it and will continue to treat his coat this way in the warm months. Pre-shave pics above and below.... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu6_iRdauHxDH1iSYJsZloCYLzrkbtWS9u_O8KRkfHK0qdxtZ7RZky03gCTZuNgyNod8vlUbYZzwAOnXXRMGlUzCGpo7byR_qrgaa9L1J_4Uye5pJTGtvZZJhWhl0ZzvJuwut/s1600-h/july25snoopy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu6_iRdauHxDH1iSYJsZloCYLzrkbtWS9u_O8KRkfHK0qdxtZ7RZky03gCTZuNgyNod8vlUbYZzwAOnXXRMGlUzCGpo7byR_qrgaa9L1J_4Uye5pJTGtvZZJhWhl0ZzvJuwut/s320/july25snoopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363653206119483682" border="0" /></a> And Post Shave. What a nice smooth pup! He is silvery grey, i like it a lot.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq38D_QHIXyCoF4rPi0CQAyj10xUGcM1BHctuUlA6bCTrphQgRvntObEG40FwXwZBi_XMpGPCOVvzDpRg62PdYL9OR1OBnDNCVtgLH_WAdQh3lw612g4lt7AdHeQAUKjjIgPOV/s1600-h/july25snoopyshave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq38D_QHIXyCoF4rPi0CQAyj10xUGcM1BHctuUlA6bCTrphQgRvntObEG40FwXwZBi_XMpGPCOVvzDpRg62PdYL9OR1OBnDNCVtgLH_WAdQh3lw612g4lt7AdHeQAUKjjIgPOV/s320/july25snoopyshave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654107925354722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4X_Sb-Lzq8Oy5TgVmQ4PhMyXbz4Gr5JRrUtYOXRDeey2sMeSq4WDKOmB4BeHx35tT7sGqnlocsxQWHdn-GhNRKcstTVn95iC6WDWVo5yMIJMlQ2jGN5T7-Spb4l6DrROwt7-/s1600-h/july25seals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4X_Sb-Lzq8Oy5TgVmQ4PhMyXbz4Gr5JRrUtYOXRDeey2sMeSq4WDKOmB4BeHx35tT7sGqnlocsxQWHdn-GhNRKcstTVn95iC6WDWVo5yMIJMlQ2jGN5T7-Spb4l6DrROwt7-/s320/july25seals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363653202430284850" border="0" /></a>Ocean Trip to celebrate End of School. Seals! Kite Flying! And Sunset Supper with good friends. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUVM848-HSE9YCbQ4lbBXQLQ-rcZTgdja6gQrjAvdJ7cAF6CmKmZB09GQzV0YRGjmqcDn6S1o_NxY9gTJHAGqz-KTQL8w8heZ8s6ebOxldk2BwMX1_FpOG3oqylwv7UVBstiw/s1600-h/july25dave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUVM848-HSE9YCbQ4lbBXQLQ-rcZTgdja6gQrjAvdJ7cAF6CmKmZB09GQzV0YRGjmqcDn6S1o_NxY9gTJHAGqz-KTQL8w8heZ8s6ebOxldk2BwMX1_FpOG3oqylwv7UVBstiw/s320/july25dave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363655594580442482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrl-TW9SbgHOdlCWdupFto4F4tk9crHBkMvGW08RJu9VjQE6-IDsIZUMUTci_8RZicLN3gfEVwHscrvVsp6KkTCqnWMGjdXIUL9jilMtt0q-uWZBvEMNBAVpHBCKKGvYCxWsU8w/s1600-h/july25lighth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrl-TW9SbgHOdlCWdupFto4F4tk9crHBkMvGW08RJu9VjQE6-IDsIZUMUTci_8RZicLN3gfEVwHscrvVsp6KkTCqnWMGjdXIUL9jilMtt0q-uWZBvEMNBAVpHBCKKGvYCxWsU8w/s320/july25lighth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363648610364071538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtC8Smru6qk72p0A88VPbMBfEIQIAl_KJcydFRmm6twkxRw1KK30f_NPZ9sHwL8tXnpLEWX8C2XUqY4NNGYukss03BN7caLJvnWhu-LCGniD3ygdK3eRAsBzjMbRSUsYhffJ8/s1600-h/july25sarah4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtC8Smru6qk72p0A88VPbMBfEIQIAl_KJcydFRmm6twkxRw1KK30f_NPZ9sHwL8tXnpLEWX8C2XUqY4NNGYukss03BN7caLJvnWhu-LCGniD3ygdK3eRAsBzjMbRSUsYhffJ8/s320/july25sarah4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363653196451950194" border="0" /></a>As promised - More Shots From Rainbow Buffet. This is S. She did a modern dance piece. These pictures capture two moments of tension in her piece. Great lighting and angles on these shots if i may say so... Beautiful subject doesn't hurt!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfSk8vhZ-zhLQR3icAsdDVrkdbgPnaBTuA0Xs_xIDH52yZn1lzmKJxlsu4XJb0lYcnqQhSbLY5tJSVHx21rhb0N3k2yreZ3D3s9zw6yqdR_EdtPWHz4k5EnJy_EcHVsFUagdP/s1600-h/july25sarah2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrfSk8vhZ-zhLQR3icAsdDVrkdbgPnaBTuA0Xs_xIDH52yZn1lzmKJxlsu4XJb0lYcnqQhSbLY5tJSVHx21rhb0N3k2yreZ3D3s9zw6yqdR_EdtPWHz4k5EnJy_EcHVsFUagdP/s320/july25sarah2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363653192868203106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1afRTuC017DTX5DhRTzEnU0D8qw-RPh5hFK-5tm879xONnFgdprFuz3iT75LNfCkol8V3lBtWvmtN85Q-OWDupV5r-qxMUBfAHca0voS7mqbl1w9pTWEBqALIw2UMOyCxiirm/s1600-h/july25sarah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1afRTuC017DTX5DhRTzEnU0D8qw-RPh5hFK-5tm879xONnFgdprFuz3iT75LNfCkol8V3lBtWvmtN85Q-OWDupV5r-qxMUBfAHca0voS7mqbl1w9pTWEBqALIw2UMOyCxiirm/s320/july25sarah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363653189471079394" border="0" /></a>Close Up of S. & T. Intense Nature Love Story. Saw it three times, still not sure i get it...cool image though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzynWvloIq4idhLmKodJrDd0f_lWmv5aRNn1d-tk7jd9ANw5gXV4_X_eWmCgGap04Qg9duRU77lmaOCWVxT8FgCshdz7byh7QgQWpBQtJoiLL_jA0g7VgmKAm97FkGru4-til/s1600-h/july25rubycool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzynWvloIq4idhLmKodJrDd0f_lWmv5aRNn1d-tk7jd9ANw5gXV4_X_eWmCgGap04Qg9duRU77lmaOCWVxT8FgCshdz7byh7QgQWpBQtJoiLL_jA0g7VgmKAm97FkGru4-til/s320/july25rubycool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363652690263866962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZIcWC2lokmFTWF3UKwAy_FfVhUkvngKgNnLRdho2pHTuyIH66kT9dEa4y0RxoXgFMNJ62qShw7lO8H36xfkoQ5Urx7iRkypiVj-C8QU8z1bDIzKGndoAUCA3UDY8Y865VMD7/s1600-h/aug1rr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZIcWC2lokmFTWF3UKwAy_FfVhUkvngKgNnLRdho2pHTuyIH66kT9dEa4y0RxoXgFMNJ62qShw7lO8H36xfkoQ5Urx7iRkypiVj-C8QU8z1bDIzKGndoAUCA3UDY8Y865VMD7/s400/aug1rr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363676268845395106" border="0" /></a>R. and R.! at SAF. It was a brightly lit stage and the backdrop provided additional flash. Great day, awesome performance<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWFuAaIEiCOB1Tn9TvQdBOXr8HQO2uPmsCiN4wj5EJRrL66NoBGemxd4rtC_LLYWHHNzjdznCMrPvrm9B9I5GfyEaj7nNP5gSlLXsCEjXCZxzlscGv-XNLRyEAm6uYxnrrscpUQ/s1600-h/july25ruby2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWFuAaIEiCOB1Tn9TvQdBOXr8HQO2uPmsCiN4wj5EJRrL66NoBGemxd4rtC_LLYWHHNzjdznCMrPvrm9B9I5GfyEaj7nNP5gSlLXsCEjXCZxzlscGv-XNLRyEAm6uYxnrrscpUQ/s320/july25ruby2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363652687051109762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0-jncC-WZjDHQO35bhAV-ObAVow_tFpOOCFqoVCppafaYf7N8MAGZBEaeti4sLM3RAADdIpOhhHdVsydBdoeThGcsVLuJON4Hi7WeQSwNoAg68oHwV8FoRusS9cHRmpEvPrefw/s1600-h/july25ruby.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0-jncC-WZjDHQO35bhAV-ObAVow_tFpOOCFqoVCppafaYf7N8MAGZBEaeti4sLM3RAADdIpOhhHdVsydBdoeThGcsVLuJON4Hi7WeQSwNoAg68oHwV8FoRusS9cHRmpEvPrefw/s320/july25ruby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363652682723707010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FrAiJtC-eAelXO_YTTvpEvqIDkr0GI6EX8Lm4YXLFqAZ8v9QmN5oJ9_vdnetg5gllIbmc5TO3cj0O_WL3p0BqSd_ZvaEQYQlBbsN5egaDlC-TP2q__jc4judpJy0YUSbkj9wVQ/s1600-h/july25rrb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FrAiJtC-eAelXO_YTTvpEvqIDkr0GI6EX8Lm4YXLFqAZ8v9QmN5oJ9_vdnetg5gllIbmc5TO3cj0O_WL3p0BqSd_ZvaEQYQlBbsN5egaDlC-TP2q__jc4judpJy0YUSbkj9wVQ/s320/july25rrb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363652679804942994" border="0" /></a>Odd Disc Shaped Rainbow that just hung in the sky in Mid June. These have a name...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J5Aj2BhNV0pBgdGvBR-GedtJntLqLxnYA2Zsg6vKss1okFssNEY7KQWM6HE4CA2asdhsakIa9sKj8OBFU5iiNKae8neC1KUZ5pfBvGfJy7tz1B7ZkOdRU_xxIDQlwdi-XMd9Yg/s1600-h/july25rb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J5Aj2BhNV0pBgdGvBR-GedtJntLqLxnYA2Zsg6vKss1okFssNEY7KQWM6HE4CA2asdhsakIa9sKj8OBFU5iiNKae8neC1KUZ5pfBvGfJy7tz1B7ZkOdRU_xxIDQlwdi-XMd9Yg/s320/july25rb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363652677867301698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pi1c5OWRoSDJdZM5lX8uXttn-BsQXEjwVDTwJiMm9ZIioKoUmlbcjG3_kYcQYsvXsc-oLR_VqL9bz0KE822XUR46hmghNl2fCArt-wBMPK9RHixmUQGZ0ri3iYf2SXXRPFMuyg/s1600-h/july25poppy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Pi1c5OWRoSDJdZM5lX8uXttn-BsQXEjwVDTwJiMm9ZIioKoUmlbcjG3_kYcQYsvXsc-oLR_VqL9bz0KE822XUR46hmghNl2fCArt-wBMPK9RHixmUQGZ0ri3iYf2SXXRPFMuyg/s320/july25poppy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363650093000338546" border="0" /></a>Poppies. Wow are they EZ to grow! Toss out the seed nearly anywhere late September and they mope around all through the winter quite well actually and provide dramatic swaths of color from May onward that we, and the bees, really enjoy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaBecEqqffIY7a-7sJ8gSb-MjG4vONQP53ADYbkutsMDvXdu1e6KJ5AyDZJy1rJLz3t9u179nsg7AcfItUSmgzYjm9EZxU4C6p5G3GH64gyRnI29WzKub1dOLXxWVxQWsTkv7oA/s1600-h/july25pop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaBecEqqffIY7a-7sJ8gSb-MjG4vONQP53ADYbkutsMDvXdu1e6KJ5AyDZJy1rJLz3t9u179nsg7AcfItUSmgzYjm9EZxU4C6p5G3GH64gyRnI29WzKub1dOLXxWVxQWsTkv7oA/s320/july25pop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363650089811797410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrRTUYJjgtesp7vZpZVwwgKDIFfF13AbkIOgtXTQ4JoReZuM_GPBh5Sdk7CdohD8djAOcJ7LJRWuqP62Cui7Xt0yG_RtFYTV-LMAPrMBTK_rlw_fTLfg092oSmKnMfWx0s_6ExQ/s1600-h/july25persim.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrRTUYJjgtesp7vZpZVwwgKDIFfF13AbkIOgtXTQ4JoReZuM_GPBh5Sdk7CdohD8djAOcJ7LJRWuqP62Cui7Xt0yG_RtFYTV-LMAPrMBTK_rlw_fTLfg092oSmKnMfWx0s_6ExQ/s320/july25persim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363650086214991874" border="0" /></a>Persimmon. This tree has a suicidal amount of fruit set this year. Last year less than 10. This year more than 1000, i swear...doubles everywhere, and like 15 on every damn twig! Trying to thin....Below, Nectarine. The birds are being complete jerks this year and are going after apples and plums before they are even close to ripe! Very discouraging, and annoying. I even say "I hate birds" sometimes...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l_uBsJ_hT6yfSv9mrw63h1Dc3jESwWTirwPMYJeNwoRddj4Tup8tpEbETkzsZKAZA5suNQU1sD3qnY-Vl0n5azqVaQ2NKU0VQn9IkopxUChXoNKCOmXNxnYftBC1GM5PVIXGog/s1600-h/july25nect.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l_uBsJ_hT6yfSv9mrw63h1Dc3jESwWTirwPMYJeNwoRddj4Tup8tpEbETkzsZKAZA5suNQU1sD3qnY-Vl0n5azqVaQ2NKU0VQn9IkopxUChXoNKCOmXNxnYftBC1GM5PVIXGog/s320/july25nect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363648622670506834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMdobLBrsHAgBU5jA3i6KyPchiXkFoYv4Ou7ioQXsQn7wWNNRrSewl8k9boKvijQXLWT6o2_MurOjDYLTbIEEORPxqifpOcT54X3zvmmxGz39prSlq30PMUesyxvBo-uGuF_drA/s1600-h/july25lily2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMdobLBrsHAgBU5jA3i6KyPchiXkFoYv4Ou7ioQXsQn7wWNNRrSewl8k9boKvijQXLWT6o2_MurOjDYLTbIEEORPxqifpOcT54X3zvmmxGz39prSlq30PMUesyxvBo-uGuF_drA/s320/july25lily2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363648618304141474" border="0" /></a>Day Lillies. Love 'em. Below, oddly enhanced Onion Blooms and a Midnight Black Hollyhock. The hollyhock in that shade is OK ... but kinda boring... especially if you planted them EVERYWHERE!! Sheesh! One argument for buying the mixed packet!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgwHjgL9iofSSgJmYjlPUH_7VpROXo3r0k6tk9QDOeS3ANEBLQGTEwie0eFY32GX2rphYOXgY9cDAA5wEj3JBEh2MG-5WsJ6qJ0laS6Al7X_b3ov_hzqE0Ffpp3cCXCUZRcE0XQ/s1600-h/july25lily.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgwHjgL9iofSSgJmYjlPUH_7VpROXo3r0k6tk9QDOeS3ANEBLQGTEwie0eFY32GX2rphYOXgY9cDAA5wEj3JBEh2MG-5WsJ6qJ0laS6Al7X_b3ov_hzqE0Ffpp3cCXCUZRcE0XQ/s320/july25lily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363648617276275906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVXtSNRYidlicuqe0mHJ17seQaenLNEX3p8pv4dziJ-lofRirXXrDMpvM4T57x43l4HJge-S0g2twYhu2TBFltLFV1va4i_fzg6Mxz9FvrK7Qr3G7CsWaI-e98XHsonG2N0WU/s1600-h/july25weird.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVXtSNRYidlicuqe0mHJ17seQaenLNEX3p8pv4dziJ-lofRirXXrDMpvM4T57x43l4HJge-S0g2twYhu2TBFltLFV1va4i_fzg6Mxz9FvrK7Qr3G7CsWaI-e98XHsonG2N0WU/s320/july25weird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363654116449978898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm2gBQQhq08rZgRR7Ma4VUvXIQGJKGw8e7J0RBTDr3Yrdj4JaRacxd2a0JCzXqla8iA9Fdmh8UNNTNKKQhEbs_spa-Ts3qzMte_tW9r2C3gy4tt8R4ffPlp1L8QCdWL95i_ST/s1600-h/july25hh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSm2gBQQhq08rZgRR7Ma4VUvXIQGJKGw8e7J0RBTDr3Yrdj4JaRacxd2a0JCzXqla8iA9Fdmh8UNNTNKKQhEbs_spa-Ts3qzMte_tW9r2C3gy4tt8R4ffPlp1L8QCdWL95i_ST/s320/july25hh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363668834549305730" border="0" /></a>The garden is really jumping in the heat we have had over the last two weeks. Daily temps in excess of 90*. Hot nights. I irrigate and mulch. We watch the sunflowers literally fly skyward! Just 3 weeks until we begin school again for the '09-10 school year. Many changes are abreast for my family and we anticipate them with curiosity. Meanwhile, I am glad to have finally updated this blog and hope to return to my more regular style of posting. Or not. ;)<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDrnWeaoUE1nQN9jOo2HqTdQwD64HT4FQ3ygII7-u6vg3km134PRYy8qgZaUdSwqfNvjfiPMCm4SiCplcrp-2LD2kHSgxrh8oaTtVFuapnKqdnWePUQ8xxq0eTg5J9cSHRJ2m/s1600-h/aug1end.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDrnWeaoUE1nQN9jOo2HqTdQwD64HT4FQ3ygII7-u6vg3km134PRYy8qgZaUdSwqfNvjfiPMCm4SiCplcrp-2LD2kHSgxrh8oaTtVFuapnKqdnWePUQ8xxq0eTg5J9cSHRJ2m/s320/aug1end.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363663509847899842" border="0" /></a>THE END.jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-29490940732594330352009-07-26T20:50:00.000-07:002009-07-26T21:34:49.930-07:00i only facebook now...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNStacN1Rzw2Zyul1_Uk-aYELwU3V2PMmbpf4cYDWotoBXhAhib0RyOtvcRC5rNlShOlPr40Lxb-mBOS6bURqWeQnST3sULuyx0ied5jJ6xP3lHp96r91hVW11ZJs04EVdAgxAzg/s1600-h/july25grape.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNStacN1Rzw2Zyul1_Uk-aYELwU3V2PMmbpf4cYDWotoBXhAhib0RyOtvcRC5rNlShOlPr40Lxb-mBOS6bURqWeQnST3sULuyx0ied5jJ6xP3lHp96r91hVW11ZJs04EVdAgxAzg/s320/july25grape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990360849525458" border="0" /></a>Grapes Set and Plumping...Glads R Glad.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1QRJ8xWiW0Bd7QyZwK_ed2ga1Rm8eVFS5SdmtmdXWNoscwC8teMOpFlyrifZ0EDYgBjnvR3-edZcSHteyvu8Ip9Vo6fm2T_o7h5tOstXYg7cHb0R-UTdD-lDOfQGAa5OV_lLYw/s1600-h/july25glad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1QRJ8xWiW0Bd7QyZwK_ed2ga1Rm8eVFS5SdmtmdXWNoscwC8teMOpFlyrifZ0EDYgBjnvR3-edZcSHteyvu8Ip9Vo6fm2T_o7h5tOstXYg7cHb0R-UTdD-lDOfQGAa5OV_lLYw/s320/july25glad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990362438972674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFhroXT___rStrqKFj9WKK0OHhwRyGdtT3ApYcFUUS4aivc0ghZEjkvwzVEafsswAbwEQ9NlvXiipHgRBp8jtC0mT30q3ct-5kSUryam0Z7cE1cPotJQLt_VZ7IDGYHmgKih0_A/s1600-h/july25garlic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFhroXT___rStrqKFj9WKK0OHhwRyGdtT3ApYcFUUS4aivc0ghZEjkvwzVEafsswAbwEQ9NlvXiipHgRBp8jtC0mT30q3ct-5kSUryam0Z7cE1cPotJQLt_VZ7IDGYHmgKih0_A/s320/july25garlic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990349609304194" border="0" /></a>Garlic PreHarvest, Mid Shower...curly! Echinacea Skyward.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2d20Uh1KT_d1qP6Trwp0df3u2DNDIIWFkM9oTrBBPLJD_JpRGuQhjLZCunbqqiK69sLVLqHLmHrvKU7KYQNkHArBMo264XVNPZht0yhniKTR2XF_0TQIMtUWaqRnpYB1Dom9-Q/s1600-h/july25ech.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2d20Uh1KT_d1qP6Trwp0df3u2DNDIIWFkM9oTrBBPLJD_JpRGuQhjLZCunbqqiK69sLVLqHLmHrvKU7KYQNkHArBMo264XVNPZht0yhniKTR2XF_0TQIMtUWaqRnpYB1Dom9-Q/s320/july25ech.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990346088692418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcjAYUJCGHsit5nIU4lweo9BXBXFnLkhtEzny1UQlaeHzOsAyAlcoVCD2iuSBth1totVVQKgLKM73OPxv8lFRP9kBQrE4xpPC3FIlEnAhE1Et3SyGasip6ees7Ke9ZmFjbypBfA/s1600-h/july25cuke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcjAYUJCGHsit5nIU4lweo9BXBXFnLkhtEzny1UQlaeHzOsAyAlcoVCD2iuSBth1totVVQKgLKM73OPxv8lFRP9kBQrE4xpPC3FIlEnAhE1Et3SyGasip6ees7Ke9ZmFjbypBfA/s320/july25cuke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990349241279842" border="0" /></a>Baby Cuke. Cute! Cherries...We actually ate some! Old news.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiqWaOcJJMpKXOOZ8wD2LuhfErwu1Y3EqdpAKM_fifrm4NI-qaGeuRNS6qtgHt3-f_xFmkyqCTpwfnK7uiQvq6JNazJm_aEP7Nhkk_OFCzh77-Qc4udAUUNS_tszbeORQJDL32A/s1600-h/july25chery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiqWaOcJJMpKXOOZ8wD2LuhfErwu1Y3EqdpAKM_fifrm4NI-qaGeuRNS6qtgHt3-f_xFmkyqCTpwfnK7uiQvq6JNazJm_aEP7Nhkk_OFCzh77-Qc4udAUUNS_tszbeORQJDL32A/s320/july25chery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362988876768250546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2ILRm9fngkmtDyRE4PuqdJBWo33pUJSs2EOlegB6Ov1ePn4amehYMW8thVcD3InBx7C_WzZOdX44IXvN5ci2d9muSLMNEtONl8TwmPnQygyBW1QHM5vlM6FuNtruX311BQoXQg/s1600-h/july25cherry2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2ILRm9fngkmtDyRE4PuqdJBWo33pUJSs2EOlegB6Ov1ePn4amehYMW8thVcD3InBx7C_WzZOdX44IXvN5ci2d9muSLMNEtONl8TwmPnQygyBW1QHM5vlM6FuNtruX311BQoXQg/s320/july25cherry2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362988874332239026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc74cVxamFlxnZbA1xmjl2QEJ_1_rjr2ESQysnONNQWBp2svSboAdJCutIvJrw5VEFpgcRNHHU_-eq2q1P5YDdWzdlQNUmTE9g3RFeSu-dfiZsyjaPxEOt6VDCCKubttUCbssn-w/s1600-h/july25buckeye.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc74cVxamFlxnZbA1xmjl2QEJ_1_rjr2ESQysnONNQWBp2svSboAdJCutIvJrw5VEFpgcRNHHU_-eq2q1P5YDdWzdlQNUmTE9g3RFeSu-dfiZsyjaPxEOt6VDCCKubttUCbssn-w/s320/july25buckeye.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362988871029578594" border="0" /></a>California Buckeye. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/05/HOJB189LJJ.DTL">Toxic to bees.</a> Notice: the bee does not seem to have gotten the news. One more thing to worry about...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQB5v7l2mqyfEB9MSg0PYMVX-5pkzws6bBGZ_C9pavfWG62AKdIEgjYK2Kd8Ju91RlKQ4fEDXVSed4fMFhIZuk8okBlQkuoyLV8meMjH96IG6FIMaTsiKvAOMzSKj3F-c70B_14A/s1600-h/july25buck2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQB5v7l2mqyfEB9MSg0PYMVX-5pkzws6bBGZ_C9pavfWG62AKdIEgjYK2Kd8Ju91RlKQ4fEDXVSed4fMFhIZuk8okBlQkuoyLV8meMjH96IG6FIMaTsiKvAOMzSKj3F-c70B_14A/s320/july25buck2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362988866591362146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FHLNmc6-a4nD8V6hKOEMeixmmQ9cVP6QMztPhykAiLrYIUlY8s0U0OJVh17X_T_W0J4KjlTApFdcPOaOVS32Ze6FL_GONJ-jfesTRsk5mPMfab0EENoILplS7U0nAJJDn-wtEg/s1600-h/july25bees.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FHLNmc6-a4nD8V6hKOEMeixmmQ9cVP6QMztPhykAiLrYIUlY8s0U0OJVh17X_T_W0J4KjlTApFdcPOaOVS32Ze6FL_GONJ-jfesTRsk5mPMfab0EENoILplS7U0nAJJDn-wtEg/s320/july25bees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362988860162515746" border="0" /></a>I lovelovelove my bees. The bees love Onion Blossoms.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2nI3VDf0ysjnzois27pn4w3S8Ifaj_KkJnQHzjVas45QiLX_9SbFICzLqbHp-rwLYnMHo5BCKyKOeonpmWqEadmbfFFjTozuQcxWtJK422Iqr_7T2mf_VtN35OI9IC9wl4vRKA/s1600-h/july25bee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2nI3VDf0ysjnzois27pn4w3S8Ifaj_KkJnQHzjVas45QiLX_9SbFICzLqbHp-rwLYnMHo5BCKyKOeonpmWqEadmbfFFjTozuQcxWtJK422Iqr_7T2mf_VtN35OI9IC9wl4vRKA/s400/july25bee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362983594311595666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIRkwParICA_9u9-SIRIWU2JmB8Cf8VLVYdh8e2dI1akXi7FT6mL04RVO-xBIsFdu8cRfEgqTApW-K8taAt-eBBt3MKqMy6D8eH5S1RfzQZtJvNuekw8dU1s8wd1hfU2GIheDdQ/s1600-h/jly25sarah5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIRkwParICA_9u9-SIRIWU2JmB8Cf8VLVYdh8e2dI1akXi7FT6mL04RVO-xBIsFdu8cRfEgqTApW-K8taAt-eBBt3MKqMy6D8eH5S1RfzQZtJvNuekw8dU1s8wd1hfU2GIheDdQ/s400/jly25sarah5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362983595481361634" border="0" /></a>Random Shot of S. and T. from Rainbow Buffet. More to come of those...Below, Intimate with Rose.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKF6GbwYwR9sW4eIBh0umIaSP0v2CoHLpKY_yqIFlKA3RVTewZksAGlDwHzZDAFuYLyOUUIOJCl68TDwZqglV5x35mI6vBUx1DonLOeiADa4SDmvvX_mj29lJdUsdaRg1Q5Eaiw/s1600-h/jly25rose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKF6GbwYwR9sW4eIBh0umIaSP0v2CoHLpKY_yqIFlKA3RVTewZksAGlDwHzZDAFuYLyOUUIOJCl68TDwZqglV5x35mI6vBUx1DonLOeiADa4SDmvvX_mj29lJdUsdaRg1Q5Eaiw/s400/jly25rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362983592828383826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XUP0O02nbXi7S94E2yxw9BSS5ZSGnizYPC1CXh7BFxofV3Ws8J9wVLtkVR2UKlTr0pJHr8yUJjhN1tMHdvEtyKs8Ww8DFxER8rAKKjIplG-bLSoKCf7egebnWuG4_GQhB5575Q/s1600-h/jly25plum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XUP0O02nbXi7S94E2yxw9BSS5ZSGnizYPC1CXh7BFxofV3Ws8J9wVLtkVR2UKlTr0pJHr8yUJjhN1tMHdvEtyKs8Ww8DFxER8rAKKjIplG-bLSoKCf7egebnWuG4_GQhB5575Q/s400/jly25plum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362983588937164194" border="0" /></a>Plums Set like Mad. Below, Summer Blooming Calla.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln2ETflHprDOdHKp2ZWIAXsUkezOYWhygRe2wpiCs65y675NW8e3YegrBrlY4fsfz2XkGOHJ0IkkDCuGTlZWgcLRC_wQmQkOE_F4SQFlNSg_a2u2G01RSmiEeeu-Sub5RlwWJtw/s1600-h/jly25calla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiln2ETflHprDOdHKp2ZWIAXsUkezOYWhygRe2wpiCs65y675NW8e3YegrBrlY4fsfz2XkGOHJ0IkkDCuGTlZWgcLRC_wQmQkOE_F4SQFlNSg_a2u2G01RSmiEeeu-Sub5RlwWJtw/s400/jly25calla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362983581110254178" border="0" /></a><br />SO disorganized. sorry. Back ONline slogging my way through nearly 300 (!!) pics from this summer. Anxiety over computer tantrums have kept me away, and besides. I only facebook now. heh heh. short post with TONS more to come, i promise.jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-59663967222007633462009-06-01T19:13:00.000-07:002009-06-01T20:51:09.200-07:00June 1st, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjTvBR6I0qZZ7oMDb-ODoOQout71Q4AMEprQGW2GvDEwv0Oo83NTOeOKkC7zQ11bgy5KuuacL_p5eQn7Z1AVsbTvxV1td1a1Z-mddZxoO1rghasJaECAcKKitdTVRN0dILbzzgw/s1600-h/june1chive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjTvBR6I0qZZ7oMDb-ODoOQout71Q4AMEprQGW2GvDEwv0Oo83NTOeOKkC7zQ11bgy5KuuacL_p5eQn7Z1AVsbTvxV1td1a1Z-mddZxoO1rghasJaECAcKKitdTVRN0dILbzzgw/s400/june1chive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342552906066309522" border="0" /></a>Chive in Full Bloom...The chives bloomed early and fast this year. I love the fuchsia center. Below...Flowers Galore.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheFeGd_8aOcPDKxqKcc9m6ugR6ZrTNCabIMxHBwtZ6cl3Id9prmiMw783JYmHVZ3h5sbsRBK-4Z_MxpDh4YBFtcfISjlu8U_6ymbOg0uShwkzwRttAfNFGEIqvdq_02nlOo9yZA/s1600-h/june1rose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheFeGd_8aOcPDKxqKcc9m6ugR6ZrTNCabIMxHBwtZ6cl3Id9prmiMw783JYmHVZ3h5sbsRBK-4Z_MxpDh4YBFtcfISjlu8U_6ymbOg0uShwkzwRttAfNFGEIqvdq_02nlOo9yZA/s320/june1rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342551646620189570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-RgWkJVM-1EUhG4GKqdGnuy17KLA7s5lVFpNce1GogBk2UvoWtTbcGiPBVyLpuyRuxFLHzRaD2_IyJ_H6SSqesHgpj-B_uhGoGQPbxmfwYNTybcPbFpDUKs8P6tTONGsmTzQRQ/s1600-h/june1calen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2dJu5HLhiT4vdByeQLCEmVfsHqqoqpA7wIadIVjRtlwRdAavcbJ4gmYZAGxK70WuoneV_Ja22qh5Q6euxvnu-P4DWme7Ev8GqJl-kZV9ft2v10uM9P-xoiAQJVvpxx8GaSutHQ/s320/june1massplant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550987406270594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xnoKKekjjIfjs88m7pTiUrQNo0PzzS40APdr2yvlSgU6F3iyDqRyDiPzeBI-0dSUAitb2bV-AzrbEnFgxIw3Q1ChFSigaatM6DZ9LxaKJGp0jR-RUd1Q1Y3jsEIdq4n0LGnM4w/s1600-h/june1iris2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xnoKKekjjIfjs88m7pTiUrQNo0PzzS40APdr2yvlSgU6F3iyDqRyDiPzeBI-0dSUAitb2bV-AzrbEnFgxIw3Q1ChFSigaatM6DZ9LxaKJGp0jR-RUd1Q1Y3jsEIdq4n0LGnM4w/s320/june1iris2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550989266306882" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOARpAzzjq2w3x2DMGPXjPJnVFrGaH03bP5YaOTKjfj-bPIvgTXlAcIlj3GX-S9TByeYg6BHEgbRbIGVVczn-roO0BaHQR1wVCQ1DT23KNuqGRpvY4woFmwZ9pmgB1S1O1CTIRg/s1600-h/june1iris.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOARpAzzjq2w3x2DMGPXjPJnVFrGaH03bP5YaOTKjfj-bPIvgTXlAcIlj3GX-S9TByeYg6BHEgbRbIGVVczn-roO0BaHQR1wVCQ1DT23KNuqGRpvY4woFmwZ9pmgB1S1O1CTIRg/s320/june1iris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550986347343650" border="0" /></a>Blossoms Catching Light...Bright!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2aqcB5V9AIluGzx08Q0YoXRX6IE-AMEJZt7MQ5EUvvryrQogEDhKchJE93ZeVxrvFx2sMbPGZ3tNVk602Caf-yNMrNOmWeEwaFscWaolQjd2gEYt50lRWbXl6ivUuUyK3TJgjQ/s1600-h/june1colo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2aqcB5V9AIluGzx08Q0YoXRX6IE-AMEJZt7MQ5EUvvryrQogEDhKchJE93ZeVxrvFx2sMbPGZ3tNVk602Caf-yNMrNOmWeEwaFscWaolQjd2gEYt50lRWbXl6ivUuUyK3TJgjQ/s320/june1colo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550620689038578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLcfgBEJV57V3J98lMc7BupnETfz0k1raoO36vyTfbC4bDpiLGfHuzl7vbRDtajLCKwgC7vagrqg9Or9YUvSy0wxz9t6CAXNCW0R5TH3c5KW0sTyZJNAHod2hjzl5ypsTat6bKA/s1600-h/june1onione3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLcfgBEJV57V3J98lMc7BupnETfz0k1raoO36vyTfbC4bDpiLGfHuzl7vbRDtajLCKwgC7vagrqg9Or9YUvSy0wxz9t6CAXNCW0R5TH3c5KW0sTyZJNAHod2hjzl5ypsTat6bKA/s320/june1onione3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342551636075967922" border="0" /></a>Globe Onion in Bloom...Honey Bees LOVE onion blossoms!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-0a0YQMrMlbDY3EmQM97JBGQPTM9EFs2K53jEwZgAgFijPGkXJT0MC4_KiUxzAetrE_NX1XywMdSoCeAh3BsBHdj8441blbxpoVPLXa4b1yHwO_I1Q6oowVwOq5dqEsRaIfcGQ/s1600-h/june1-onion2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-0a0YQMrMlbDY3EmQM97JBGQPTM9EFs2K53jEwZgAgFijPGkXJT0MC4_KiUxzAetrE_NX1XywMdSoCeAh3BsBHdj8441blbxpoVPLXa4b1yHwO_I1Q6oowVwOq5dqEsRaIfcGQ/s320/june1-onion2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342551632448304642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo9AymLqngWIzutzzsr35DU_hq_KpvxLweHKpB4Jhfr15dsU2_lw6wY1b-4YAwXlvrZMnwe1N91Yls809_iAEy4QFcs2ZZm4mC5EzIUz35Hp1B1ouqVa6hYMtxO-JFng890QlGw/s1600-h/june1onion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo9AymLqngWIzutzzsr35DU_hq_KpvxLweHKpB4Jhfr15dsU2_lw6wY1b-4YAwXlvrZMnwe1N91Yls809_iAEy4QFcs2ZZm4mC5EzIUz35Hp1B1ouqVa6hYMtxO-JFng890QlGw/s320/june1onion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550999516848850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3-mBk_zKm6FBGxtLhN2Ci5LRsvCb2lJAYv9n4E1N1-3eNvOBcLw6rLstRDm8uvrjHGKC3E4MaFtLn4R7P_FFl6h-nhmMOVgB-sI2KNIqtJBTW7EM12UPlABYTnOnrPEs1cRj6g/s1600-h/june1cherry2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3-mBk_zKm6FBGxtLhN2Ci5LRsvCb2lJAYv9n4E1N1-3eNvOBcLw6rLstRDm8uvrjHGKC3E4MaFtLn4R7P_FFl6h-nhmMOVgB-sI2KNIqtJBTW7EM12UPlABYTnOnrPEs1cRj6g/s320/june1cherry2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550611904252290" border="0" /></a>Cherry Trees Doing Their BROWN ACT...What is up with these trees? Beautiful blooms result in impressive fruit-set, only to be followed by a bizarre brown-out-shrivel-up-and-drop-off act. What gives? <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw6yYVt_wxOJIyOmLV0pz2hYLWuAldF94gYMUSzwf3X-npapzKfinP0ayQA1IGLRSFpXMjgJSatJoA3t_SyYY_gx_Aj6nylsrA6V1fJ_KLG7jjdnNLXMp2Q8SBTL3xr-94WJuww/s1600-h/june1cherry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw6yYVt_wxOJIyOmLV0pz2hYLWuAldF94gYMUSzwf3X-npapzKfinP0ayQA1IGLRSFpXMjgJSatJoA3t_SyYY_gx_Aj6nylsrA6V1fJ_KLG7jjdnNLXMp2Q8SBTL3xr-94WJuww/s320/june1cherry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342550605050858098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9k78XOCTxuLOh-a28Yb1bXBo0uhj9XWdZo2MIxyRDhnAZXxSwJS_-2OrbGaRIldbN7eoh05ldEYkzxWto85xzoMS0ugdZ7fkCuVtL4ygh751nJzybUYAjdze26tlM6jztMsPtQg/s1600-h/june1pear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9k78XOCTxuLOh-a28Yb1bXBo0uhj9XWdZo2MIxyRDhnAZXxSwJS_-2OrbGaRIldbN7eoh05ldEYkzxWto85xzoMS0ugdZ7fkCuVtL4ygh751nJzybUYAjdze26tlM6jztMsPtQg/s320/june1pear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342551635615839330" border="0" /></a>Pears. Now there is a reliable fruit for this micro-climate.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXba9B8azdqk3Oygxfq6CnEYD4xT40EdsUl3hUm8DLmtt28ye6lTOFlCYtg90ni1WaBNjeASzmvhm2q75m9qeU_MR4t0vem2BCasnBqbIH4Egp5eS9izWmaKqSs2rMYq4VgmvYg/s1600-h/june1beestand.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXba9B8azdqk3Oygxfq6CnEYD4xT40EdsUl3hUm8DLmtt28ye6lTOFlCYtg90ni1WaBNjeASzmvhm2q75m9qeU_MR4t0vem2BCasnBqbIH4Egp5eS9izWmaKqSs2rMYq4VgmvYg/s320/june1beestand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342547907720232098" border="0" /></a>The Bees New Hive Stand. New bees too. I am behind in my bee tales. Both hives from last year were a total loss bee-wise. They simply dwindled. Was it CCD, queens short of sperm or what? Both had abundant stores at the time of their demise and I am still at a loss as to the reason. I am looking at using SOLID BOTTOM BOARDS through the next winter, maybe switching over to russians. What you see here are my three packages ordered and installed mid- april. More Italians and one Carniolian (they are from Russian descent). They were installed on the wonderful drawn comb and honey/pollen stores from my previous hives. Overall they are building up fine and in the case of two of them the brood nest is full of eggs/larvae and capped brood. The middle hive has gone through a supersedure, where they replace their queen. This can happen for many different reasons. <a href="http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php">Learn more bee facts/fancy here! </a>I inspected Wednesday and found 5 queen cells, two of which were so translucent and ready, I swear, I could see the queen through the cap! Some bee-keepers might do a hive split at his point, putting a frame with queen cells and bees, and a frame or two of foundation, into a small nuc. This is to insure that if the remaining queens fail to breed and start laying, they will have a back up. I am down with a bum knee, and am really trying to simplify things. So I am letting nature take its course. If they fail, I will combine them with one of my other hives. So what is happening in there now you may ask??? A lot. By Saturday, at least one queen had hatched and we got to hear her distinctive <a href="http://hemingwaysouthcarolina.com/sounds/queenpiping.wav">PIPING. </a>This is a high pitched "peeping" sound made only by virgin queens, and it is a battle cry of sorts. We heard her loud and shrill. And we also heard a muffled version, a bit less distinctly. It was the unhatched queens communicating THROUGH the cell to their rival! Typically, the first queen to hatch will systematically kill the unhatched queens. If more than one is able to hatch, they normally will fight to the death with the workers urging them on! The virgin queen continues her piping noises and eventually (within a week) decides to take her first mating flight. The queen then flies to a Drone Congregation Area where the males bees tend to hang out, about 30' up a tree. These are not drones from her own neighborhood though. Nature wants diversity I guess, so, providing the day is sunny and warm, and after an orientation flight or two (to get the location of her hive learned) the queen will travel up to a mile and 1/2 away to mate with up to 10 different drones (...the sex organ of the drone is ripped out during the act, ending his life. ) THEN she has to find her way home again! (which way IS north??) She may be gone several hours. She may go out several days in a row. Once mated, providing she safely finds her way home, she will begin laying eggs and do that task entirely for the course of her relatively long life of 3 years, never to leave the hive again, unless they swarm. So we wait. We curse the cool weather and the clouds, and we listen attentively to the piping from inside the hive. We anticipate her departure and pray for her safe return, and we look forward to the sight of those first precious eggs. If she fails to mate within a week, she would become a drone laying queen. We really need some high pressure weather, and soon!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicCcCjtoYNrIDC2qOmOq0r0Ow3-bhEgXgXT1aArMavL4N9yTgj2_hxbYZrAsxdM68czL0Q3w3SjkeoF3ZLr6ZZYACxfHCWwIMKAy18ekWekFfDxwaj6C5aH5rW8-k82DdXgVI8A/s1600-h/june1bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicCcCjtoYNrIDC2qOmOq0r0Ow3-bhEgXgXT1aArMavL4N9yTgj2_hxbYZrAsxdM68czL0Q3w3SjkeoF3ZLr6ZZYACxfHCWwIMKAy18ekWekFfDxwaj6C5aH5rW8-k82DdXgVI8A/s320/june1bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342547911113055394" border="0" /></a>Blackberry, Looking Innocent and Beautiful. Who knew what destruction it can bring to your landscaping!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdYuZh9IiL26EmWhlMDGImB4AdauollInU9qzcI0KYpKWyXiGjb9Jf0inBlx3AuoF3hyphenhypheniajT3RpidEHOEVubivdcksiqN4OSi_MAhiRq2HARoorKjdKHRsTH9WSzZxtTDlakvSw/s1600-h/june1almond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdYuZh9IiL26EmWhlMDGImB4AdauollInU9qzcI0KYpKWyXiGjb9Jf0inBlx3AuoF3hyphenhypheniajT3RpidEHOEVubivdcksiqN4OSi_MAhiRq2HARoorKjdKHRsTH9WSzZxtTDlakvSw/s320/june1almond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342547894776670274" border="0" /></a><br />Almonds. Great year for almonds.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBthE9_6-Cr8TYN_NqZJ3SijURi96rhUe-MmC5TBa4KkFDZ7uDgl9AVzkMo25_ZP4aKFdgHALazRXrFBFBy8gDj0cBFAgTksg40JBVtO9QiWjJlmyi1k8Etmbas0A4Oh_9Dj-_qA/s1600-h/june1almond2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBthE9_6-Cr8TYN_NqZJ3SijURi96rhUe-MmC5TBa4KkFDZ7uDgl9AVzkMo25_ZP4aKFdgHALazRXrFBFBy8gDj0cBFAgTksg40JBVtO9QiWjJlmyi1k8Etmbas0A4Oh_9Dj-_qA/s320/june1almond2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342547901155419906" border="0" /></a>I have been on a bit of a blogger holiday. I am sad to report that we are already WAY behind in terms of pics and videos around here at the Humboldt-Homestead Blogspot. I have way more flora/fauna pics and too much AWESOME video from our spring field trip to the radical <a href="http://www.greatcatsworldpark.com/index.html"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wild Cat Park</span> </a>(just checked their site btw; they have<span style="font-style: italic;"> two new baby African Servals</span>!! too cute! That place was OUR FAVORITE of all touristy things to do in Oregon. Great scene.) Anyway, i probably won't be getting around to that until DECEMBER at the rate i am going!! Bum knee is healing so fast, but not fast enough. Why is that? Blessed with a blessing and still whining. hmmmmm. Going back into the garden to listen some more. I think i mighta missed a message.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BLe0A99GVGODEL0OCsDuNP9I6P5PzZGfmvGi2FHQ2GXL-4pBGUCbUYiYXUji5d-MCocVZrbPqIHH5iUPlY_VlQiCCVd-y0O6jzguKlTynYHU1Exeupds-3igtCaIB3nDfB8IUg/s1600-h/june1poem.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BLe0A99GVGODEL0OCsDuNP9I6P5PzZGfmvGi2FHQ2GXL-4pBGUCbUYiYXUji5d-MCocVZrbPqIHH5iUPlY_VlQiCCVd-y0O6jzguKlTynYHU1Exeupds-3igtCaIB3nDfB8IUg/s320/june1poem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342551641557799522" border="0" /></a>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-83909822987521750012009-05-18T12:51:00.000-07:002009-05-18T13:06:32.718-07:00Nearly Two Weeks ...& Counting...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo8a4a_n021BGrqmpFt7fmTVxLKVEyI57sb1y8RwQXrttdg52e3ZT7YZeB96pCFWdJTB-i3-M4KdUthx1zAEt6UuercQRQqnQn7mYmQqSDgZ0V3VE55B2y59s4xyjZZenk9BhsQ/s1600-h/simbaposterweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo8a4a_n021BGrqmpFt7fmTVxLKVEyI57sb1y8RwQXrttdg52e3ZT7YZeB96pCFWdJTB-i3-M4KdUthx1zAEt6UuercQRQqnQn7mYmQqSDgZ0V3VE55B2y59s4xyjZZenk9BhsQ/s400/simbaposterweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337254912210614690" border="0" /></a>Sometimes Lost Kitties Come Home...sometimes they don't. We are hoping for a miracle <a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008/08/entered-food-chain-or-on-summer-holiday.html">like last year! </a>Pretty weird couple weeks overall. Lost cat, Dog with Lyme and I crashed<a href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com/"> bikejoring</a> messing up <a href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com/2009/05/bum-knee-ii.html">my knee </a>for real. Sigh. Summer -relentless in coming- has urged the poppies, irises and clover into bloom, grapes are setting like mad and warm temperatures have driven the weeds skyward. Some (of the weeds...) are over 5' tall!! Sadly, computer time is not conducive to my rehab. More later.jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-75230130820052314312009-04-29T19:24:00.000-07:002009-04-29T21:13:23.675-07:00Spring Happens Fast at 85*<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-taF68Fcdzjbmuk5px2kvgdUBvCUkdT1WdSp5i6tPhlirkjXINVD6-VZPPTPagnjkP9BThAWifBpNvTduopYyAqqfZrzvLdnoRnJmwsUPll0_enGpzGb-40KrKlWo4TNUGbjUA/s1600-h/april28cherry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-taF68Fcdzjbmuk5px2kvgdUBvCUkdT1WdSp5i6tPhlirkjXINVD6-VZPPTPagnjkP9BThAWifBpNvTduopYyAqqfZrzvLdnoRnJmwsUPll0_enGpzGb-40KrKlWo4TNUGbjUA/s400/april28cherry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330308100970118530" border="0" /></a>Apple Blossoms...White and Unblemished; No Rain. 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Below, Trillium...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IlahUQ-SH_cgWHZhizWTQQ0HRM2UBDrmqEWqZ_lHLG5xeFHf4fEpPBMKsPUsp1klgiirNKeRzm8KsM3DvTqfWVbethjwBCHQoclqh4BZybrDUAD8ft2Qvay0Pxu9qcaeQYZayg/s1600-h/april28pollen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IlahUQ-SH_cgWHZhizWTQQ0HRM2UBDrmqEWqZ_lHLG5xeFHf4fEpPBMKsPUsp1klgiirNKeRzm8KsM3DvTqfWVbethjwBCHQoclqh4BZybrDUAD8ft2Qvay0Pxu9qcaeQYZayg/s400/april28pollen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330313247133608130" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwoJmKPIHctTg4uK9h1yWy1xluHwlk8iCmdUf1bd4X8Lx7WHNbjCHKTyIhMenk2FHhDDteIFynvUoRCwHkrjoUDz7Rre16lyo2rwCZIt158cbsiC3N1W9jmxAfnTIx5d_0jpAWw/s1600-h/april28tulip2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwoJmKPIHctTg4uK9h1yWy1xluHwlk8iCmdUf1bd4X8Lx7WHNbjCHKTyIhMenk2FHhDDteIFynvUoRCwHkrjoUDz7Rre16lyo2rwCZIt158cbsiC3N1W9jmxAfnTIx5d_0jpAWw/s400/april28tulip2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330316483933141026" border="0" /></a>Spring Flowers: Tulips, Lilac, Iris, Daffodil, Clover, and Anemone, all In a Hurry in our Recent Heat Wave...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0qdSzwbSwJ3HBIssPIjeMXdSUDZDubvUMo-sTGLE9y6gGFKKEKCCrApSGa2Qf6no2xRi93DFjuajlAdweyD7qlq8W5PcuhQQyc73VjkfkiFrSD8SdhXKq5mwnbGIOqQR_BZEjA/s1600-h/april28tulip.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0qdSzwbSwJ3HBIssPIjeMXdSUDZDubvUMo-sTGLE9y6gGFKKEKCCrApSGa2Qf6no2xRi93DFjuajlAdweyD7qlq8W5PcuhQQyc73VjkfkiFrSD8SdhXKq5mwnbGIOqQR_BZEjA/s400/april28tulip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330315619704456610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRO3AkgKFBssSPSQWRhDB61GT-bSIfASoGcp5c6OJYT2e9ehIDZtEki2fDYb8WPtdHp-AQ3fayTiDsEADQOIeVmqBQvCJOS04R352_rKnDef4NusChob_vtODtXCOOPjaDHMRGLA/s1600-h/april28pixamen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRIN68yuZWSM48WmPOlGgxjJnVFVrkvBU2UK4jwCO1KGYz0lWbE2rMFHzUTLA6RD9B162IG54AF0whxZP2l2CgBGZkoFHkTSkZWu_FdBmL_LrZaCE7IPdpFOLL-H166-9onBAcw/s400/april28daffodil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330309657593156434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoa3cIAdBA0e4qAC3jGmjWfbzZ5RpaXghYWh6znZhyphenhyphenVobABuiiRgBuW1ZEd_SWqWnBgLa-6gXpQXiv8XOhbbXaTCb_6izCsGCql93BAv2rPvJCLIc6wWEnD-xAg6NbSE851SR0g/s1600-h/april28clover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoa3cIAdBA0e4qAC3jGmjWfbzZ5RpaXghYWh6znZhyphenhyphenVobABuiiRgBuW1ZEd_SWqWnBgLa-6gXpQXiv8XOhbbXaTCb_6izCsGCql93BAv2rPvJCLIc6wWEnD-xAg6NbSE851SR0g/s400/april28clover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330309656697587186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdT6Qqxkl6dxaB6Yk20HdCjxoE_3m_RkJ2_FN9_zwdds-iGi5K-BYRMYh6K01d9a_PWyd3g1riOlJkWm7cweD_w08y4BjW2owpiSE8U1nYF4xbU69f5U46BOxqUsxXX9hYVZyKJQ/s1600-h/april28cave2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdT6Qqxkl6dxaB6Yk20HdCjxoE_3m_RkJ2_FN9_zwdds-iGi5K-BYRMYh6K01d9a_PWyd3g1riOlJkWm7cweD_w08y4BjW2owpiSE8U1nYF4xbU69f5U46BOxqUsxXX9hYVZyKJQ/s400/april28cave2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330308104180790946" border="0" /></a>Cool, Weird, Cave Formations. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/orca/">Oregon Caves:</a> Worth the Visit.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxhHEp2epIaVsldvXH8LdmLSHxbpWwrsF5T3iEb0a-RSVtQK9sJQyYmaNH3n1QhweoEivhjAfwOrAx_njFvn34e8lw1Q_Tzm-vlDvp1NjPyZTykxQlPRhloZaynAvDv-rKDgC-Q/s1600-h/april28glowflow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxhHEp2epIaVsldvXH8LdmLSHxbpWwrsF5T3iEb0a-RSVtQK9sJQyYmaNH3n1QhweoEivhjAfwOrAx_njFvn34e8lw1Q_Tzm-vlDvp1NjPyZTykxQlPRhloZaynAvDv-rKDgC-Q/s400/april28glowflow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330310449732600226" border="0" /></a>This bizarre mineral flowing deposit <span style="font-style: italic;">glowed </span>in the dark...Below, Dripping Ancient History...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxaSKVW0qo_3WLYBc6UoStxCe6mPq4lAT5fx4gPOp6OsxQBR65pehGK3Z-5fisNhyphenhyphenxKHbjasWW86MjFO2dElDnPLEWtD77K3kuW-XuRRbFcBMgenqjozM0bIOnKQzfmfPCkfmug/s1600-h/april28cave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxaSKVW0qo_3WLYBc6UoStxCe6mPq4lAT5fx4gPOp6OsxQBR65pehGK3Z-5fisNhyphenhyphenxKHbjasWW86MjFO2dElDnPLEWtD77K3kuW-XuRRbFcBMgenqjozM0bIOnKQzfmfPCkfmug/s400/april28cave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330308097594180114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLZqiRGxW8t-xir_6chDvqqc4DSfPlUAJhFmSmb23vqXBXn4Oumvb2RaiyXUDTIg67T4ZiPJMyCsJ_YES9P5DeDL4aNlt87JtkH2dvdsWDonuTxpFjro9feRfGozV1NvcixqGCQ/s1600-h/april28dog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLZqiRGxW8t-xir_6chDvqqc4DSfPlUAJhFmSmb23vqXBXn4Oumvb2RaiyXUDTIg67T4ZiPJMyCsJ_YES9P5DeDL4aNlt87JtkH2dvdsWDonuTxpFjro9feRfGozV1NvcixqGCQ/s400/april28dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330309660301670754" border="0" /></a>Tourist Stop # 1 <a href="http://www.treesofmystery.net/">Trees of Mystery.</a> Very Cool Redwood Chainsaw Carvings. I love the pup! This park also features a Very HIGH Sky Ride. Scary.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSONCVSNIvp6u6SfyJn6TC94QHy5QelY3DMzzigSWC_WNtAOu9Z_ovQCCzkB2ILl7bZ1YN2Bl-XemyJdeDjKMplKkmiLRZqDjt7q5BlJHe59yHvPPRtiIQHW-ssvcINaarIbqcMw/s1600-h/april28carving.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSONCVSNIvp6u6SfyJn6TC94QHy5QelY3DMzzigSWC_WNtAOu9Z_ovQCCzkB2ILl7bZ1YN2Bl-XemyJdeDjKMplKkmiLRZqDjt7q5BlJHe59yHvPPRtiIQHW-ssvcINaarIbqcMw/s400/april28carving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330308100135100626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotaKELWk8zHYFeJ_Qm-sgQHMDHT6Dn55SHM1xeIKKYatVpQJP8UZU9FjQMEATMpWm8vMHZbFmQDPGWpy1pxOPx69qGgG1l5n45I7_wkLPNMOdnMHBffnppWvJG7FgqQxMaqYRxg/s1600-h/april28root.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotaKELWk8zHYFeJ_Qm-sgQHMDHT6Dn55SHM1xeIKKYatVpQJP8UZU9FjQMEATMpWm8vMHZbFmQDPGWpy1pxOPx69qGgG1l5n45I7_wkLPNMOdnMHBffnppWvJG7FgqQxMaqYRxg/s400/april28root.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330315614851068162" border="0" /></a>Roots...and Gourds. Gourds? Yes, still holding strong ; paying tribute to Fall of 2008 ...so long ago.... <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW6-8CMG2rXV35gLCbZGst196ngZGu8ORkTJRJcMcX9p_f32KvzTkK3gNwOmMTFv5RRdOe3T5JzPt6nnvgpuqKdwQZu0KLhCHrCmWsW7xJUtFnQ8LzZ0j5fVtcVG36kfOQ1Gbig/s1600-h/april28pumpkins.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW6-8CMG2rXV35gLCbZGst196ngZGu8ORkTJRJcMcX9p_f32KvzTkK3gNwOmMTFv5RRdOe3T5JzPt6nnvgpuqKdwQZu0KLhCHrCmWsW7xJUtFnQ8LzZ0j5fVtcVG36kfOQ1Gbig/s400/april28pumpkins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330315614666329842" border="0" /></a>I have taken a serious blogger break and am OK with being back. I have lots more great orchard shots, and random photos/impressions from our Oregon Field Trip to share soon. THIS post is for<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Brian</span>, who I know appreciates what happens here. xxoo Jj<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50dEghBX2qA7C3HWJRAuT5hpI1XFgiVFycOK-qPTCDaa3hmEXcsZX_JX0dMEq-V1hwzSF7oP12NhsPAbm8T3hSucIVJt2z69pN055Od319fl0qPHhTH8hqHxgjMWeenDdhsgN0g/s1600-h/april28bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50dEghBX2qA7C3HWJRAuT5hpI1XFgiVFycOK-qPTCDaa3hmEXcsZX_JX0dMEq-V1hwzSF7oP12NhsPAbm8T3hSucIVJt2z69pN055Od319fl0qPHhTH8hqHxgjMWeenDdhsgN0g/s400/april28bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330307474321653842" border="0" /></a>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-58334402854059457532009-04-01T12:20:00.000-07:002009-04-01T12:24:54.765-07:00New Mushing Video<embed src="http://jaycut.com/flash/preview.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file=http://jaycut.com/mixes/send_preview/49417&type=flv&returnUrl=http://jaycut.com/&locale=en&author=jojoroxx&autostart=false&mixerUrl=http://jaycut.com/mixer&inviteFriendsUrl=http://jaycut.com/myjaycut/friends/invite&createGroupUrl=http://jaycut.com/group/create&image=http://jaycut.com/mix/49417/thumbnail_big.jpeg&profileUrl=http://jaycut.com/user/jojoroxx" width="408" height="324"></embed><br /><br />My main love..what can I say. I am of the belief that all dogs love to run and yes, even a little mini pin X dachshund like Tyke, can mush! Albeit a bit slower than the rest, Tyke proves himself to be a trooper to the end. Gotta love his swimming stylee...jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-71911075207526186182009-03-16T20:42:00.000-07:002009-03-18T10:40:45.294-07:00Mid March Come and Gone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeg_0i860W5sA9Ya5Hk8uic4pDbZbuvtTBBbv4T-TnaRQOrQ8f6xsYMwo2ipAn6lnAtO9q6c2M7pSJC5h3fgr8_8xnktV346-bTzCKqRJG2ejGFR0hBNnIjH0wjEZgLCKreuxilw/s1600-h/mar15bwvista.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeg_0i860W5sA9Ya5Hk8uic4pDbZbuvtTBBbv4T-TnaRQOrQ8f6xsYMwo2ipAn6lnAtO9q6c2M7pSJC5h3fgr8_8xnktV346-bTzCKqRJG2ejGFR0hBNnIjH0wjEZgLCKreuxilw/s400/mar15bwvista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314002269826935138" border="0" /></a>Welcome Rain comes to the Eel River Valley. Below, first of many Pear Blossoms drenched in blessed rain.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenYdkwpa5nSB33NJgVA5EVdbevdkFuGqKIWj18FX04qJUeOlWSX_yp5Y3FIgIuQJpLQvNv81aX37Oijzq5SEiCKtSHxHKjVKRvwS9JWvk4X_eDkUeUOe1c21aASVkjZeS6BzkWA/s1600-h/mar15almond3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenYdkwpa5nSB33NJgVA5EVdbevdkFuGqKIWj18FX04qJUeOlWSX_yp5Y3FIgIuQJpLQvNv81aX37Oijzq5SEiCKtSHxHKjVKRvwS9JWvk4X_eDkUeUOe1c21aASVkjZeS6BzkWA/s320/mar15almond3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001824609473650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjB7yRA2HS0C4OoJLhExMql9ES3DIocAB_9IbcTG9n001g3Q23S9RdPDuwWEwosF1OjMHPR6bkd2soCdjxrSXhxxYGWs5lbZgSM2x6-g8ITclFffsu3c2k1JVhkSiu811rAi-yuA/s1600-h/mar15almond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjB7yRA2HS0C4OoJLhExMql9ES3DIocAB_9IbcTG9n001g3Q23S9RdPDuwWEwosF1OjMHPR6bkd2soCdjxrSXhxxYGWs5lbZgSM2x6-g8ITclFffsu3c2k1JVhkSiu811rAi-yuA/s320/mar15almond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001811518810274" border="0" /></a>Almond Blossoms. Below, Pond on FULL.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVknpPcMYD1oTQR7qkU4AvP4U7W4IXfADD-rFCuW6E-aPYmrMurztHYjH84Ha_zWMn2LZcip4VPMmjgN15izT2PcTVfMQAUNMNUsRP_MHkZ5rSl4AOC1GCWW6awhdUcL-nCerQEg/s1600-h/mar14pond.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVknpPcMYD1oTQR7qkU4AvP4U7W4IXfADD-rFCuW6E-aPYmrMurztHYjH84Ha_zWMn2LZcip4VPMmjgN15izT2PcTVfMQAUNMNUsRP_MHkZ5rSl4AOC1GCWW6awhdUcL-nCerQEg/s320/mar14pond.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001807040625346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqus2CXbjCKMjyhqMBJwRfUu1t_fcNdvCMflYAqyK8uvASU7wQ0DadUnOHrNNN__o7VJoAoaptLxzT11AgPgSk3vRFI_0ZzujDH3ySzShyNOS2DH47TbpVXDazFUKpLN9i-NsMg/s1600-h/mar14plum3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqus2CXbjCKMjyhqMBJwRfUu1t_fcNdvCMflYAqyK8uvASU7wQ0DadUnOHrNNN__o7VJoAoaptLxzT11AgPgSk3vRFI_0ZzujDH3ySzShyNOS2DH47TbpVXDazFUKpLN9i-NsMg/s320/mar14plum3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001793742541586" border="0" /></a>Yellow Shiro PLum. I love this tree. It's mid-season, pest-free and bears fruit like crazy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnuk6lbadBAUlg0yVDFUkug5qNC44r9wwbBU0IRG0Ryfd7aDSDpy17gYKVJrQCKk-aibrHy8shkdbywg4NifRyTIPh8wdox-Fab2iXskcNkp1OlT6gIL-zU64df-VbITIZHMrEg/s1600-h/mar14plum2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnuk6lbadBAUlg0yVDFUkug5qNC44r9wwbBU0IRG0Ryfd7aDSDpy17gYKVJrQCKk-aibrHy8shkdbywg4NifRyTIPh8wdox-Fab2iXskcNkp1OlT6gIL-zU64df-VbITIZHMrEg/s320/mar14plum2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001402306569218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PCmDmIB-dbyd4Fvwb1jhfs9niZ7fcJuz3XF7rY-RdVfk-UNCqshiozKr_Nx27Dw4yjfKJKLd2aexEXFF1afrp6jwpEAoCF0v4B92uJEVojFJBddKNdUGGKBDox6OWeU9Fn5diQ/s1600-h/mar14plum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PCmDmIB-dbyd4Fvwb1jhfs9niZ7fcJuz3XF7rY-RdVfk-UNCqshiozKr_Nx27Dw4yjfKJKLd2aexEXFF1afrp6jwpEAoCF0v4B92uJEVojFJBddKNdUGGKBDox6OWeU9Fn5diQ/s320/mar14plum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001400370011794" border="0" /></a>The bees got in a few good days of work this week before the appreciated rains of the weekend. Full Bee Report later.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzfpv6LAOTdcOMcPzqU1nzre66qOTRRbDSoWWsML3x7ysyJKZ2NbI9cBWVcDCvhd85vqa65IVzjJWJLTfkGBYYsB7f-RdheK-_V4c7YmBN1hyphenhyphenEvtzUpcpscKWR3-7ruyIsLqh-g/s1600-h/mar14lassik2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzfpv6LAOTdcOMcPzqU1nzre66qOTRRbDSoWWsML3x7ysyJKZ2NbI9cBWVcDCvhd85vqa65IVzjJWJLTfkGBYYsB7f-RdheK-_V4c7YmBN1hyphenhyphenEvtzUpcpscKWR3-7ruyIsLqh-g/s320/mar14lassik2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001395385112370" border="0" /></a>Distant Vistas still covered in snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOtNze0ckZX6MNioYaOtIIQp2h665csmJ_l43lYXM1lsAraVmjd4cC1EYvclPSb9D62aDeNqMYLsc2D3KKq7hSm8Udwgja3xQCgMAMoansVdHfVD5o7NaYoXN2kisOmgrwxFQ5g/s1600-h/mar14lassik.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOtNze0ckZX6MNioYaOtIIQp2h665csmJ_l43lYXM1lsAraVmjd4cC1EYvclPSb9D62aDeNqMYLsc2D3KKq7hSm8Udwgja3xQCgMAMoansVdHfVD5o7NaYoXN2kisOmgrwxFQ5g/s320/mar14lassik.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001393377329634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2be95GcaPlZK0NmOrmJj7gDOvVGzUy_pnLlYm6O7QMao1_c4kA9hAY3y6x34OkZRcSTkWLexqqy7r0j9fCHlFcbi2RnrG2CLFqcvaKUMdl8AWpodiMnBfZhpw1yxkAnEDkNI8pg/s1600-h/mar14crocus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2be95GcaPlZK0NmOrmJj7gDOvVGzUy_pnLlYm6O7QMao1_c4kA9hAY3y6x34OkZRcSTkWLexqqy7r0j9fCHlFcbi2RnrG2CLFqcvaKUMdl8AWpodiMnBfZhpw1yxkAnEDkNI8pg/s320/mar14crocus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314001388650105874" border="0" /></a>Crocus. Below, LOTS of Busy Bee Shots.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrGQWrmBXFHDk1yL2-qbARLqb3R3XdoMWh4k0pBsMWxaj_XaKCOSQpRpKCz2VfjhGUjiMnO_InitibGv2kMd52lc1hKeBTTwF8xTY5M28wNfgCkp58NZK5d2MF10-6KCCDjI0KA/s1600-h/mar14bee5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrGQWrmBXFHDk1yL2-qbARLqb3R3XdoMWh4k0pBsMWxaj_XaKCOSQpRpKCz2VfjhGUjiMnO_InitibGv2kMd52lc1hKeBTTwF8xTY5M28wNfgCkp58NZK5d2MF10-6KCCDjI0KA/s320/mar14bee5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314000848798314754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0V3tJRIsiMPXfAnSDHoH936UhBkmGEk8n9mh25CMexAXNA4xVWgcya72ZxrlcRIjyV4NqP3AoiFEHBjzggwT4YBGvMiwduCnIGUVBg-h3PAjgoKXgSlJADargaNlzFh-WOCySQ/s1600-h/mar14bee4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-0V3tJRIsiMPXfAnSDHoH936UhBkmGEk8n9mh25CMexAXNA4xVWgcya72ZxrlcRIjyV4NqP3AoiFEHBjzggwT4YBGvMiwduCnIGUVBg-h3PAjgoKXgSlJADargaNlzFh-WOCySQ/s320/mar14bee4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314000846385773522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWsn2RYrx_s7GZSkjMVrYB_aRMz7wUj0Pj7-PCU5YTVOcTnRVRip4-1duFb_koWroPcljQjp3xvnIdVhlcKYvnS-vA_x1V4pXfKYMruF6Ddw86u1jxe03k6TNbkZ4Vu6K96IRFg/s1600-h/mar14bee2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWsn2RYrx_s7GZSkjMVrYB_aRMz7wUj0Pj7-PCU5YTVOcTnRVRip4-1duFb_koWroPcljQjp3xvnIdVhlcKYvnS-vA_x1V4pXfKYMruF6Ddw86u1jxe03k6TNbkZ4Vu6K96IRFg/s320/mar14bee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314000847789933938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRIqw5o7_mO1cCf66uHpJsSCOT98m1y7dde1GWwxJKq8LH-KIO3P8hYOKZmNB6IKpfWinmSiX2xFj1Xx7VBVu2psovMGif-Kqpyz2hxqLNcMKbliVfwfL-_O-edzSo_S5nCDIvw/s1600-h/mar14bee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRIqw5o7_mO1cCf66uHpJsSCOT98m1y7dde1GWwxJKq8LH-KIO3P8hYOKZmNB6IKpfWinmSiX2xFj1Xx7VBVu2psovMGif-Kqpyz2hxqLNcMKbliVfwfL-_O-edzSo_S5nCDIvw/s320/mar14bee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314000844294731794" border="0" /></a>Wow. I've been suffering from a bit of computer PTSD; feeling only an aversion to interacting digitally since the loss of my winter photog efforts, coupled with some putative measures and weird glitches on YouTube that rendered a number of my videos trash. I have a computer love hate relationship right now, but I am trying to jump back in (with a deeper appreciation for the value of backing up - EVERYTHING!!) I have made meager efforts at replenishing my photos. Dry weather this week made for some great bee shots, and with the rain of the weekend there are more moist shots on deck. For now, I must report on my weaker bee hive, that finally met its end this week. At my last inspection I suspected that it had indeed gone queen-less (again) but waited until the weather warmed to again open it, inspect, and act if need be. So this week I opened it up on a warm afternoon and there were barely any bees inside the hive. Cells with numerous eggs in each confirmed my suspicions that there were laying workers. I disassembled the hive and shook what bees there were onto the grass about 10 feet from the other hive. Any non laying workers would seek refuge there (they will be welcomed, as they will come laden with nectar, pollen, or honey from having gorged themselves when I smoked them) The LAYING workers, being unable to fly, would remain in the grass. Really, barely any bees to speak of - no loss. The hive still had <span style="font-weight: bold;">at least 30 pounds of honey</span> in two deep boxes, with oodles of beautifully drawn out comb. I sorted it all out, filled 2 nucs and one deep in readiness for packages I have arriving next month. I sealed each one in a giant trash bag. I will check them once a week until I use them. There was only slight evidence of wax moth which I removed, so hopefully they will be fine. My strong hive will benefit from the (few) extra workers and in need be, the honey stores, should they run low during any extended rains this spring. My strong hive had a good cluster of bees, I saw the queen (she was balled -sign of stress during rehab of hives -best to ignore) a small but nicely patterned brood nest, lots of pollen, and a pretty full super of honey above. The lower deep which was FULL of bee bread, had moisture issues - at least 4 frames were moldy the rest yucky and wet. So I removed the whole mess, and reduced the hive to one deep and a super. They should do really well. They have a clean, tight space with lots of open cells for egg laying. Central open cells are surrounded by pollen, and honey - in that order- from the inside out in all directions. I am happy about this hive and not mourning the loss of my other hive. They put in great effort and I will benefit from it. The packages that I install into their wonderfully drawn comb with stores of honey in place, will be poised for an impressive build up. I understand now the need to have (way) more than one or two hives. You need other hives to absorb the stores of any failed hives and you need the stores of stronger hives to help supplement the growth of weaker ones. Onward.jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-64640856594368931672009-03-02T14:40:00.000-08:002009-03-02T15:04:17.678-08:00Quickie Early March Post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs5ZVREP3kdrODTllyva_uRmezfeS73xxxw7SiZ-V8VDVnmnelsNgtOSZKIHowumXaM-5mbiYhGi63cRY1pinjnRiSYBKKzHYQDRsCFiD8QOQ41SETxjT1wd9SCeOmopSO3h89Q/s1600-h/nectarine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJs5ZVREP3kdrODTllyva_uRmezfeS73xxxw7SiZ-V8VDVnmnelsNgtOSZKIHowumXaM-5mbiYhGi63cRY1pinjnRiSYBKKzHYQDRsCFiD8QOQ41SETxjT1wd9SCeOmopSO3h89Q/s400/nectarine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308724797181978290" border="0" /></a>Nectarine Blooms...Below Early Morning View of Snow Dusted Mt Lassik.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpXcCgGIJ8AqmGxjzqbEV9SQOSlE901B1GzNpeifc9DF0GcUQSt5hEBdt5u6hr-5EoSxqGbhITuC1WBJxjR221h4z9p1np2iWO6umSYBqOspTCe7lKnODA8H7QgNrMKF0q2dTyw/s1600-h/vista2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpXcCgGIJ8AqmGxjzqbEV9SQOSlE901B1GzNpeifc9DF0GcUQSt5hEBdt5u6hr-5EoSxqGbhITuC1WBJxjR221h4z9p1np2iWO6umSYBqOspTCe7lKnODA8H7QgNrMKF0q2dTyw/s400/vista2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308725144915742610" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF-HgjlEGi7L_Y2NuIOSSj9TGDXX8cZtTN7MPW_8QWl99YNWw6QwaUR2xX5KX0xd5PoAu6wT264PR6kM6a8kRA-yFlp_ZGS-DXEeRV3jXwAGdlh52o9Y7dlUDCzQ_AR0eF4PsPA/s1600-h/vista.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF-HgjlEGi7L_Y2NuIOSSj9TGDXX8cZtTN7MPW_8QWl99YNWw6QwaUR2xX5KX0xd5PoAu6wT264PR6kM6a8kRA-yFlp_ZGS-DXEeRV3jXwAGdlh52o9Y7dlUDCzQ_AR0eF4PsPA/s400/vista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308725141216929490" border="0" /></a>Playful Clouds Precede the Rain...Below, Massive Plum Bloom. Alas, all weekend, and all this coming week they will do it in the rain and cold, leaving little hope of any visits from valuable pollinators.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQE0z5Hg43AJmXgrkAqlBMfd4GcR4wZ2Efb4eLtLiw2ZmieI2Ztq0tYdBuQSJ3x2jlqw_3Qk2Mqd3GF9IfWasbT9Yzba4wtbIrhKeWoV3Q3SNILDRGH_JNGEdWKrCQJJO1wBRcQ/s1600-h/plum2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQE0z5Hg43AJmXgrkAqlBMfd4GcR4wZ2Efb4eLtLiw2ZmieI2Ztq0tYdBuQSJ3x2jlqw_3Qk2Mqd3GF9IfWasbT9Yzba4wtbIrhKeWoV3Q3SNILDRGH_JNGEdWKrCQJJO1wBRcQ/s400/plum2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308725128038531090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCvHsKC9ikhYselMYMG_cyfrXO53U9eEfyG14_QejdAcUUHFe63C2Z_fljB4Ye9Lza736r6A67HVMnpUm_sfLALJrFrQCuHvPMkTE466NZGRhgFd9DOp1epUtqx1V9i_B2-U4QA/s1600-h/plum.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCvHsKC9ikhYselMYMG_cyfrXO53U9eEfyG14_QejdAcUUHFe63C2Z_fljB4Ye9Lza736r6A67HVMnpUm_sfLALJrFrQCuHvPMkTE466NZGRhgFd9DOp1epUtqx1V9i_B2-U4QA/s400/plum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308724802990583042" border="0" /></a>Busy Bee... Trying to beat the recent spring storms...Below, Miniature Narcissus and a Lone Daffodil.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkuyLUY5MC8aCfk9bTIXrYdguw7ainqeluJ0L85BJa2cB-VmTaRbg8LGXIRaEpgshcEFzKPgJ8QLd6hv5LMACmpaCEt81IS-dcrWrOeL3c6_Pd1hZCLWBTvTV_sSP98j5vK6EhA/s1600-h/narsis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkuyLUY5MC8aCfk9bTIXrYdguw7ainqeluJ0L85BJa2cB-VmTaRbg8LGXIRaEpgshcEFzKPgJ8QLd6hv5LMACmpaCEt81IS-dcrWrOeL3c6_Pd1hZCLWBTvTV_sSP98j5vK6EhA/s400/narsis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308724797851634290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uf3VaWNwPNEf4Wa2IzsTTGtH2jBXDvWpFssCzOkZNhKphP2JjTWd0rNiCwW3LjO3fjzd_qpbBRx8jThyVTesTBI_YCccQyKWQEdM-JkD6C8WKGni9isoHa7ZLbjnWdrq9Nm4Xg/s1600-h/bloom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uf3VaWNwPNEf4Wa2IzsTTGtH2jBXDvWpFssCzOkZNhKphP2JjTWd0rNiCwW3LjO3fjzd_qpbBRx8jThyVTesTBI_YCccQyKWQEdM-JkD6C8WKGni9isoHa7ZLbjnWdrq9Nm4Xg/s400/bloom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308724796440379794" border="0" /></a>The weather has been blustery, rainy, and cold. I have made small headway on the pruning and am generally tidying up in preparation for spring. The days are noticeably longer and we are looking forward to another beautiful and inspiring spring. The recent rains have lessoned water concerns somewhat and with yet another week of the wet stuff in the forecast we are feeling truly blessed. I am riding with the dogs in the mud and rain, a lot. We are loving it. Updates from our dog sled racing escapades <a href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com">HERE.</a> On a sad note, one of my beehives has gone queen-less in the last month, same one I was forced to re-queen in June. They have NO brood and what appears to be <span style="font-style: italic;">multiple eggs</span> in some cells. This is a clear sign of laying workers, which can only result from lack of a good queen. What just two months ago was a respectable, feisty and normal looking hive, has been reduced to a anemic little cluster of bees that should really just be combined with my good hive and forgotten about. But I am hesitant, and waiting for warmer days. Sigh. Full report to come.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ioQzYXO-9Y8a2mytXdAqb7OZ03vddLUpupggnvSKmxl4e-DYdohqjoBXjb-3B91fi9Bxf-pvHFAMLaRwURY3bALnRbaeRnqfhk54ggfSRPK5zvKZn4ckjlO9f6-WytUbN3RzxA/s1600-h/bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ioQzYXO-9Y8a2mytXdAqb7OZ03vddLUpupggnvSKmxl4e-DYdohqjoBXjb-3B91fi9Bxf-pvHFAMLaRwURY3bALnRbaeRnqfhk54ggfSRPK5zvKZn4ckjlO9f6-WytUbN3RzxA/s400/bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308724788959962322" border="0" /></a>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-72228592272820522492009-02-21T16:40:00.000-08:002009-02-21T17:15:24.882-08:00HUMDOG adoption fair tomorrow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwehob42JBSk7CjgX14XIigSUM2j3DSzoHMbxtnj9CpcWXR-WViQs_D5GscAVG7kYTyQGWMfAHh38npRwVBfbZJmKW6Z3VgJ0pG52KBSreKXuh-QlVmaWYoDd_P5YB70g80f8G7Q/s1600-h/wewish.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305423126574128562" style="WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwehob42JBSk7CjgX14XIigSUM2j3DSzoHMbxtnj9CpcWXR-WViQs_D5GscAVG7kYTyQGWMfAHh38npRwVBfbZJmKW6Z3VgJ0pG52KBSreKXuh-QlVmaWYoDd_P5YB70g80f8G7Q/s400/wewish.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnl34E83cvajB8ZFx7dZtEc7pOjvaJ8Qei8fzYCLi30LKjH8d6QjXe_HcPfuuJZ7nqUlawfI-uBCheB53_CH5KnLiKE6t4vR53nzSURa-Xly7uyFmM_9mzQJMxLlWv3NzXqx25sg/s1600-h/harness.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305423122480126594" style="WIDTH: 90px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnl34E83cvajB8ZFx7dZtEc7pOjvaJ8Qei8fzYCLi30LKjH8d6QjXe_HcPfuuJZ7nqUlawfI-uBCheB53_CH5KnLiKE6t4vR53nzSURa-Xly7uyFmM_9mzQJMxLlWv3NzXqx25sg/s400/harness.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAN7M1yhKbxqs1ZXHFAvvsHrYwNDmp2ROECFZTChUDmSjmMFkW2DESOnGUDcEGtt1Q9EdqmXp15MjQ5idPM-clXze3VIY_1yZah-ff7Mcewq6ZjX4hwEHI4RNyJgNfICaYiVxCw/s1600-h/gooddogs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305423122879287394" style="WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAN7M1yhKbxqs1ZXHFAvvsHrYwNDmp2ROECFZTChUDmSjmMFkW2DESOnGUDcEGtt1Q9EdqmXp15MjQ5idPM-clXze3VIY_1yZah-ff7Mcewq6ZjX4hwEHI4RNyJgNfICaYiVxCw/s400/gooddogs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6nWUDPNy7kK6GijYr_5Z0kZlsC49eSEAHxRip38VvipNZGnoIw1BYOnhIqntuw5JvJ-zFCkKhsqx5j-bnGV8sOHM4YYdHi2QW1IEZlCZVdRbz033IHsqZ35YDTX0SUIvF68-rg/s1600-h/farmdog2web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305422915259998258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6nWUDPNy7kK6GijYr_5Z0kZlsC49eSEAHxRip38VvipNZGnoIw1BYOnhIqntuw5JvJ-zFCkKhsqx5j-bnGV8sOHM4YYdHi2QW1IEZlCZVdRbz033IHsqZ35YDTX0SUIvF68-rg/s320/farmdog2web.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTfxYYpo7sEj9UH_WnawaGaHBbRnBoxjD9bFRvVHvG_9yqSaD0EuFYnAPd5wHsWJ7akSHyog_9mdoRLozfmMDV_bLOs_hDq9hCZLEnYUZ_EYquGG-Ti-pOtQl1991dd9KpVqwOA/s1600-h/farmdog.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305420008797392802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTfxYYpo7sEj9UH_WnawaGaHBbRnBoxjD9bFRvVHvG_9yqSaD0EuFYnAPd5wHsWJ7akSHyog_9mdoRLozfmMDV_bLOs_hDq9hCZLEnYUZ_EYquGG-Ti-pOtQl1991dd9KpVqwOA/s400/farmdog.gif" border="0" /></a> Looking for that perfect farm dog? Humdog adoption fair & show sunday REDWOOD ACRES SUNDAY!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xg4LFo1ZBYHb4VVjxAhK7DoaOI8UCdfD_YLEIg8uXvFtVnU3L26mI7TQg6B6teOMJq69hfyUMf6wfRfi8FclZV18miBiWt4W75nkaGv7JDQPAZuBmBOHi8pzRVvEB-uU64hHjQ/s1600-h/bad_good_dog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305417460365211010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xg4LFo1ZBYHb4VVjxAhK7DoaOI8UCdfD_YLEIg8uXvFtVnU3L26mI7TQg6B6teOMJq69hfyUMf6wfRfi8FclZV18miBiWt4W75nkaGv7JDQPAZuBmBOHi8pzRVvEB-uU64hHjQ/s320/bad_good_dog.jpg" border="0" /></a> If you are looking for that wonderful working dog for your farm or garden, Come this weekend to Redwood Acres, Both the arts and crafts building AND the main hall will be filled with lovables looking for quality homes and all things dog. SUNDAY 11 TO 4PM AT REDWOOD ACRES!!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4q_drm6j_a6IqaCLCJNk5NuEaz2gU12oT5rPYPjUXhV7RlzTuzUCFQq9CRuYC9ZOlb3m0bEQQgKCSHtL90wIAaF5jwSilBBHusiFu1kah0BItSTETVlwFFvxtnf7rg5P6fCAG8w/s1600-h/cartoon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305417370657395362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4q_drm6j_a6IqaCLCJNk5NuEaz2gU12oT5rPYPjUXhV7RlzTuzUCFQq9CRuYC9ZOlb3m0bEQQgKCSHtL90wIAaF5jwSilBBHusiFu1kah0BItSTETVlwFFvxtnf7rg5P6fCAG8w/s320/cartoon.jpg" border="0" /></a>Are you looking for your best dog? Do you want to tell your story about your new pal? If you want a wonderful working dog or family pet, you MUST check out the Humdog event this Sunday at Redwood Acres! This is not a small event by any means! Two buildings full or wiggling fun! Lots of activities and special animals from every corner of Humboldt County! There will be fun treats, collars, leashes, toys, clothes and food for your pets, tons of rescue groups and dogs wanting a loving home, and much much more! PLEASE come if you can activities will be in the Franchisi Hall and the Arts and Crafts building. 11 to 4PM this Sunday! We who are participating look forward to seeing you there!!!!! </div><div>Found on <a href="http://humboldt.craigslist.org/">Craigslist </a>and reposted here. See you there?<br /><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://www.travelingdogs.com/jokes.html">Dogs Rock</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-59747255847661837162009-02-17T19:33:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:54:17.299-08:00Mid February Post -<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyQwIdKUzAi1dCwQi_H53qAeIKFhGbrbHG0WLdHjk2VWfD7i_LpN0TRhtaQrAb3lw2B64zm3qrpJiS7jwhfYbco1_Vo-aWZdXYk4ZTZN6VqdRddrANPPsh6nLG90FL80AmiqJiQ/s1600-h/11web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303978029954243698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyQwIdKUzAi1dCwQi_H53qAeIKFhGbrbHG0WLdHjk2VWfD7i_LpN0TRhtaQrAb3lw2B64zm3qrpJiS7jwhfYbco1_Vo-aWZdXYk4ZTZN6VqdRddrANPPsh6nLG90FL80AmiqJiQ/s320/11web.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mid Winter Web...and Impressive Pre-Storm Sunrise...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTUURzSYh7mVNJTApWFxW8ORpukfUGQrbyCkBajoCkoTJdcAjHFAsEQwcpLZQCmrSdY4EbKXcAC9iLWnedqwkiaTo1emE0e7Zh5bqDfPNloC0M9xnSpCSOFHd7AgXf2MFuDXn-A/s1600-h/11sunr3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303978021860562754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTUURzSYh7mVNJTApWFxW8ORpukfUGQrbyCkBajoCkoTJdcAjHFAsEQwcpLZQCmrSdY4EbKXcAC9iLWnedqwkiaTo1emE0e7Zh5bqDfPNloC0M9xnSpCSOFHd7AgXf2MFuDXn-A/s320/11sunr3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXAhnf-BZzxcykpzRKgAlTdPxnkMBUso0uVyjnedWw1juFOyqv6ZLNIym7WFQKOLKWd8XGXtUSO8miSTxg5zMMi1LQbIM-INSMar6qrcPKQ8tI-UuCOvbp-ileNj0gEeWyWZOyw/s1600-h/11sunr2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303978018612337042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXAhnf-BZzxcykpzRKgAlTdPxnkMBUso0uVyjnedWw1juFOyqv6ZLNIym7WFQKOLKWd8XGXtUSO8miSTxg5zMMi1LQbIM-INSMar6qrcPKQ8tI-UuCOvbp-ileNj0gEeWyWZOyw/s320/11sunr2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6bGfDb9PL-ewAiYAIjOt_tuth1OKikLyTcE7D9IET1tQxmfsaHUQrvmQdglqlgLzD9OPSfjo-AiIr1fzwY2Xmm4mbzEoCaVpPTcxiR5jA0j9yVlybm2XTwhVP_KjgN-zkAWvmg/s1600-h/11sunr1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303977133138250434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6bGfDb9PL-ewAiYAIjOt_tuth1OKikLyTcE7D9IET1tQxmfsaHUQrvmQdglqlgLzD9OPSfjo-AiIr1fzwY2Xmm4mbzEoCaVpPTcxiR5jA0j9yVlybm2XTwhVP_KjgN-zkAWvmg/s320/11sunr1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrrHRlAlp2HMiLef9g3iYcCcRTLT-IDrwCbB782gEmD3JkpwDh4rDfSro4wVC4Y67zQf4lQIsQ_vscPHJDDzYiM5Xm874hYGLBrN4l0iUmHmjjq_7aNTfu0fyr_T0sswHRHS-9Q/s1600-h/11tree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303978025237521986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrrHRlAlp2HMiLef9g3iYcCcRTLT-IDrwCbB782gEmD3JkpwDh4rDfSro4wVC4Y67zQf4lQIsQ_vscPHJDDzYiM5Xm874hYGLBrN4l0iUmHmjjq_7aNTfu0fyr_T0sswHRHS-9Q/s320/11tree.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div></div><div></div><div>Coastal Beauty...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpM04HAfd8FFLD-_pLqKIXjQOYKVwIYavOTkqdIksFeTc68NjFUtzZOd0IjOIg5yc8KEyoDr1RAPmA0xAGiw2RT7UZXH-Z4soQ3jHpQaYGbqk0_T92lLHry2wL2ApgJ0NnKVJmVw/s1600-h/11rb5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303977132764380450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpM04HAfd8FFLD-_pLqKIXjQOYKVwIYavOTkqdIksFeTc68NjFUtzZOd0IjOIg5yc8KEyoDr1RAPmA0xAGiw2RT7UZXH-Z4soQ3jHpQaYGbqk0_T92lLHry2wL2ApgJ0NnKVJmVw/s320/11rb5.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2d2uPj7lY-BeIIiIDCsPpxrJ5Tu8jJXZ9n-vy7SXCSPFjilgpWSbVzmnYkvTs0eD1X_nef-V2fZNrF1C5zfCYyGgqSBUdj4MjINWST26D_njdPeHx6S2ojChmPAOpBAASb3T52g/s1600-h/11rb4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303977126819011426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2d2uPj7lY-BeIIiIDCsPpxrJ5Tu8jJXZ9n-vy7SXCSPFjilgpWSbVzmnYkvTs0eD1X_nef-V2fZNrF1C5zfCYyGgqSBUdj4MjINWST26D_njdPeHx6S2ojChmPAOpBAASb3T52g/s320/11rb4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFulzW8mUbys6LpR3Egylk4yb1h3GaC1sBozDvEbVGxN8-q830tmip208tTpyXDaCoVAHvzlSwIYzphgLF3jbKPegrmZ0WV_45D4sP2Kps4hwZlCkv3h99bFvdkJmwlkN0Q0TPQ/s1600-h/11rb2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303977121010080754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFulzW8mUbys6LpR3Egylk4yb1h3GaC1sBozDvEbVGxN8-q830tmip208tTpyXDaCoVAHvzlSwIYzphgLF3jbKPegrmZ0WV_45D4sP2Kps4hwZlCkv3h99bFvdkJmwlkN0Q0TPQ/s320/11rb2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSAH1cHno6uplVwCpN-DMZyQ1cn4qb-kbWMRtmzZwNuWCNo2o8cpq4cNEKRQSRBErT1Nw__2vPT3vJWW3OF5sqhieKpYjKwm5_rC5EMALAmUyvJ47aUrlobLhHSEs1lRBjvDfIw/s1600-h/11rb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303977121594097234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSAH1cHno6uplVwCpN-DMZyQ1cn4qb-kbWMRtmzZwNuWCNo2o8cpq4cNEKRQSRBErT1Nw__2vPT3vJWW3OF5sqhieKpYjKwm5_rC5EMALAmUyvJ47aUrlobLhHSEs1lRBjvDfIw/s320/11rb.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloMd0qwrtFlTviDAQ4BbdYDjsP3yaJ8E6Ij4jxWTlfid5QliuU0n7SrlhyHM5sZ43iP7FjF2wDkE9BuheVT_IXgxMjaPh7y6JPKYkw-eLy__XQHxoWmRZGf_OoJPd5kckmviz6A/s1600-h/11plum4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303976280114577810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloMd0qwrtFlTviDAQ4BbdYDjsP3yaJ8E6Ij4jxWTlfid5QliuU0n7SrlhyHM5sZ43iP7FjF2wDkE9BuheVT_IXgxMjaPh7y6JPKYkw-eLy__XQHxoWmRZGf_OoJPd5kckmviz6A/s320/11plum4.jpg" border="0" /></a> Plum and Almond Blooming ....<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoiOPcGNoCj0etT8d45owWbRXtzOlEnnu4r1AdA8Thztaem85rXJtFDtPpzr1Fc11M158hPwOjOfBrC6LZNJcWAlGMLe7irVvSj03CmrM2RtrqUryS-gGtUpHgpYGjRUYHevJNA/s1600-h/11plum3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303976271655361986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeoiOPcGNoCj0etT8d45owWbRXtzOlEnnu4r1AdA8Thztaem85rXJtFDtPpzr1Fc11M158hPwOjOfBrC6LZNJcWAlGMLe7irVvSj03CmrM2RtrqUryS-gGtUpHgpYGjRUYHevJNA/s320/11plum3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvHsb6Rc2GPOzpYVMiysGQoDN_k-eQ0UTpm0nL_ToQFxjZZgWYbVAI9LyRCwcIShH6mBO0y1dsoj0wFImxjKwv6s4NwTpe5U9sXPdVJw1vpPmm2IBUQSY16fBJ4-QryECllne7Q/s1600-h/11plum2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303976272131182194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvHsb6Rc2GPOzpYVMiysGQoDN_k-eQ0UTpm0nL_ToQFxjZZgWYbVAI9LyRCwcIShH6mBO0y1dsoj0wFImxjKwv6s4NwTpe5U9sXPdVJw1vpPmm2IBUQSY16fBJ4-QryECllne7Q/s320/11plum2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECczDLVMimXsOF_K6xp84WejuPzKVyWzTPJGA43T3pzKbb_65jT9ee-eIUW4Kx0-5d4RVSkuGRQ3Nkgni7AG5lwVyjlvTWUwFYXCCSB8cPyOaa1r9BGEceNPUv2S1ba9m7IZl6g/s1600-h/11plum.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303976272234459730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECczDLVMimXsOF_K6xp84WejuPzKVyWzTPJGA43T3pzKbb_65jT9ee-eIUW4Kx0-5d4RVSkuGRQ3Nkgni7AG5lwVyjlvTWUwFYXCCSB8cPyOaa1r9BGEceNPUv2S1ba9m7IZl6g/s320/11plum.jpg" border="0" /></a> We have been blessed with abundant moisture in the form of rain and snow. I was away for the bulk of this last storm which dumped over 6" of snow and is still lingering here and in higher elevations. After our warm dry January the Almonds and Plums are attempting to bloom in temps of 30* with days of swirling snow, cold and wind. Sigh. Below, Store Bought Springtime.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92DqLCK-MiiT2GQZNbLyIXcGQ1WWZCEx6Jb2pXMay_acgpPpRi5YLA-gGae9ur4ni6JwwTDPqyBr1Dl6GPNZR-4cRmc-qg1c0vuwRUGzQA_zkhyphenhyphenP66somKGb7ugTlTiViUR2vJA/s1600-h/11bloom.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303976267249728306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92DqLCK-MiiT2GQZNbLyIXcGQ1WWZCEx6Jb2pXMay_acgpPpRi5YLA-gGae9ur4ni6JwwTDPqyBr1Dl6GPNZR-4cRmc-qg1c0vuwRUGzQA_zkhyphenhyphenP66somKGb7ugTlTiViUR2vJA/s320/11bloom.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-25666066932856408982009-02-08T13:40:00.000-08:002009-02-08T15:41:59.568-08:00What's NORMAL anymore?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9wMk0lfQY8p9MFojGqigKz6lcKUbizgBmsFqmdxFKv7GBHWOEH8e12MzOQIWJ_8BE7_y9uA-IpY89s3ieP6eOEMytMnruR7AZBhWvRsuVLGsUZGRMLH6ZeR6gkn-aJMRYr6byA/s1600-h/2greengage2web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300564566705372562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9wMk0lfQY8p9MFojGqigKz6lcKUbizgBmsFqmdxFKv7GBHWOEH8e12MzOQIWJ_8BE7_y9uA-IpY89s3ieP6eOEMytMnruR7AZBhWvRsuVLGsUZGRMLH6ZeR6gkn-aJMRYr6byA/s320/2greengage2web.jpg" border="0" /></a> Plum and Forsythia <em>Normally</em> Signal the Arrival of Spring...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fe1Cu-jqlFcT2kZJZQZqY-yMzYFaosoyR4FME2LF8LV2-zp2F6vjPtwARxpl9qWeA6EwiCDIB8FRu70BrocqlT5pXLOsvD7yelwkBdpTWX6D8QFf1fmX272kbGSTfMQag-1FxQ/s1600-h/2forsythiaweb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300564559658321154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fe1Cu-jqlFcT2kZJZQZqY-yMzYFaosoyR4FME2LF8LV2-zp2F6vjPtwARxpl9qWeA6EwiCDIB8FRu70BrocqlT5pXLOsvD7yelwkBdpTWX6D8QFf1fmX272kbGSTfMQag-1FxQ/s320/2forsythiaweb.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10Pgmy97X2ceL8bww5wjlKHrhu_kUQDFCF8pCH-m9_Sqbli22qi8jQrMv5Vf1KvMMOdBgz8ifN2dEnOZe4UAEI2P_IlSUMfaTxCyKnRmCr8PszB37h5gGkyHKw1CVr_BJClUFlA/s1600-h/2bearbutte2web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300564560209422578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10Pgmy97X2ceL8bww5wjlKHrhu_kUQDFCF8pCH-m9_Sqbli22qi8jQrMv5Vf1KvMMOdBgz8ifN2dEnOZe4UAEI2P_IlSUMfaTxCyKnRmCr8PszB37h5gGkyHKw1CVr_BJClUFlA/s320/2bearbutte2web.jpg" border="0" /></a> Valley Fog Drifting Over Bear Butte...I love early morning.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluxgifw_vv9zWqB7uieTire8aghjUqGS4Wn9-HdxB2QlcbvSYT7mote3OTmSnQ4_Ju9pITYgrrtp1C7OCdDmJst2XvFoMY4IKckz7t-EdZBmPeVGQuEMzB0Chh3QGjfReZfQhBA/s1600-h/2bearbutte1web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300564561047579202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluxgifw_vv9zWqB7uieTire8aghjUqGS4Wn9-HdxB2QlcbvSYT7mote3OTmSnQ4_Ju9pITYgrrtp1C7OCdDmJst2XvFoMY4IKckz7t-EdZBmPeVGQuEMzB0Chh3QGjfReZfQhBA/s320/2bearbutte1web.jpg" border="0" /></a> On the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">home front</span> I have been resisting the mundane, and am having for all the world what appears to be a mid-life crisis. <a href="http://www.sohummushers.blogspot.com/">Dog sled racing</a>,<a href="http://sohummushers.blogspot.com/2009/02/video-of-our-first-sled-run-12909.html"> dog driving </a>in any form, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ixjwOmKpA">training the dogs</a>, or <a href="http://www.spinning.com/">myself</a> for said activity, is pretty much all I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">willingly</span> to do, willingly. The rest? I raise a cry like you've never heard. Actually, I did manage to prune ALL the grapes, and have started on the smaller trees with only minimal whimpering. I did a giant Santa Rosa Plum tree yesterday, that took over an hour... Looks good, but really - must it have SO many branches? FACTOID: we NEED to prune fruit trees because they have been essentially "<em>domesticated</em>" and are <strong>freaks</strong> that grow too many branches, so they have to be managed!!! If you don't like to prune much, try planting <em>European </em>Plums ( prune plums) not the <em>Japanese</em> plums (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Santa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Rosa</span> and sweet freestone varieties.) European plums and virtually all pears require very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">minimum</span> pruning. They are pruned for shape, and to eliminate crossed and broken branches only. Mulberries and Raspberries are also low maintenance/easy on the pruning. Apples and all Japanese Plums are the worst. Peaches, nectarines and apricots (if you can get them to grow) all fall somewhere in the middle. The weather has been very dry and unseasonably warm for all of January. Finally this weekend we have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">semblance</span> of a storm that has dropped just under 2" in my yard. It is raining again now...there were rumors of possible snow tonight. Still, in the back of my mind I am planning the "desert mode" revisions that may need to be made to my orchard. Basically, my plan would be to chain saw anything that has failed to produce and mulch the remaining trees generously. I see cherries, figs and a couple other weak and spindly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">specimens</span> that should have been removed long ago, all falling. I would like to go with established trees, and only re-plant that which has proven itself up here: Golden Delicious and other late apples, the late plums and for sure pears, and maybe more almonds. All the grapes will be spared as they do pretty well under drought conditions. I am mulching everything in preparation for possibly NO irrigation this summer. Watch, come March, I'll be reporting on a flood...we'll see. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDUrCc014-4_i6VIiecS2NX-kka5UodzusMqxPTRfdbqGSgjmtV_r6HGfZkXmK5jRgLbhqHC4DBtUjiZL8urbjPPOSIvSFItmAdMj6SzlGhK1j_mVgFNPwOAvVJrrqwL00oPbbA/s1600-h/1hd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300545037441196642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDUrCc014-4_i6VIiecS2NX-kka5UodzusMqxPTRfdbqGSgjmtV_r6HGfZkXmK5jRgLbhqHC4DBtUjiZL8urbjPPOSIvSFItmAdMj6SzlGhK1j_mVgFNPwOAvVJrrqwL00oPbbA/s320/1hd.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-87453637364297454152009-02-03T12:19:00.000-08:002009-02-03T12:32:22.407-08:00A New Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAOUS3_7QX1o0NSu0L5nuZjGoaqaGYDkXGNLTMdJd1izPMV4eTcKq8BZzHbvgjGg_MYourQsShc_5x0AjV-7qVUb1zbWXdIMTO2VkZX5nP2gc6HAq9qTl_-Ug1pbwtpPGdwxfXw/s1600-h/stencil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298669864948453586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAOUS3_7QX1o0NSu0L5nuZjGoaqaGYDkXGNLTMdJd1izPMV4eTcKq8BZzHbvgjGg_MYourQsShc_5x0AjV-7qVUb1zbWXdIMTO2VkZX5nP2gc6HAq9qTl_-Ug1pbwtpPGdwxfXw/s320/stencil.jpg" border="0" /></a> Still Riding the Inaugural High....I wish this administration the best of luck in sorting out the chaos within our government. Nuff said... See my <a href="http://www.sohummushers.blogspot.com/">MUSHING BLOG </a>for the best of my adventures in this new year.<br /><div><a href="http://www.sohummushers.blogspot.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298669864746028738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP52aDgvLgQUvF2ckEiiw0Kr_jYqcSxOkyDgaXGApkDUUO_XdUGSyMglkS5N_AgW-lD_WXq_yvjP6_GBGz7Q_jvoNNG50uuBbpDhQV9PgfLQbyyq86Bh8K9vThnYiAeK9LIf5bEA/s320/shadow2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHQIy0-0_fOkpOdjfLIz6gJkBIiTGIhK1uY2bPOKY4KxWtgUlMhqgQNWqFFiPETFHw85TtEx92hmXoXiQ6bl0NhpkETtVAbXKdRCRztEI9D9JwMhtwn5rbJqV77QxTeuRGpy5Dg/s1600-h/shadow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298669861652955154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHQIy0-0_fOkpOdjfLIz6gJkBIiTGIhK1uY2bPOKY4KxWtgUlMhqgQNWqFFiPETFHw85TtEx92hmXoXiQ6bl0NhpkETtVAbXKdRCRztEI9D9JwMhtwn5rbJqV77QxTeuRGpy5Dg/s320/shadow.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJhRpUWmT2LP-6ki80Uw45NJh5KsbQQIcYUkPRmM6eKNOnk9NSrL_oHWPIuw53w-DlS6Yr5XW7eH4D8_ZW6lhspx-IWovYILsOXhBDT0Vaz5J23F0LI7o_pr9b7HW4GioycQctQ/s1600-h/cake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298669862389683826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJhRpUWmT2LP-6ki80Uw45NJh5KsbQQIcYUkPRmM6eKNOnk9NSrL_oHWPIuw53w-DlS6Yr5XW7eH4D8_ZW6lhspx-IWovYILsOXhBDT0Vaz5J23F0LI7o_pr9b7HW4GioycQctQ/s320/cake.jpg" border="0" /></a> 44 Blueberries...One for each president, with one for Obama right in the middle. More soon.....real soon.</div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-14680548852103271232009-01-22T18:14:00.000-08:002009-01-23T09:19:05.868-08:00Quickie Mid-January Post<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQqv9i-SBLP7ZKHq0xxoTCTSCDu240KgEeEsHU17ooQQoJuz3ji-12R2bMOMgDrtTNSLVBVnviivDOymo1oRbthC-zreM2La7bo1Rxf34XMZFX79rdg7kiDPrLQ-fohhj568bFg/s1600-h/bees2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294319508797510626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQqv9i-SBLP7ZKHq0xxoTCTSCDu240KgEeEsHU17ooQQoJuz3ji-12R2bMOMgDrtTNSLVBVnviivDOymo1oRbthC-zreM2La7bo1Rxf34XMZFX79rdg7kiDPrLQ-fohhj568bFg/s320/bees2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Bees Gathering Pollen...crucial food for brood rearing which should begin in earnest in February. I inspected the hives last week and both queens have started (continued?) laying. One hive in particular had nearly 2 frames of brood, in all stages. Beautiful! Below, Coyote Brush in Full Bloom.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyemDa4eP0iNfG5koprcHhjWJyACYOydwG2PZPYHCgB3YDKfnXJIJ9_kkwrRGMm6uee4nnBIoFq1tdxwlwJKzXmKV4cbXPrZcjcaTo1nqHbpb8DqXcSIOvQRtpOIDSHsiEd58Rw/s1600-h/coyote2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294319503465029218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyemDa4eP0iNfG5koprcHhjWJyACYOydwG2PZPYHCgB3YDKfnXJIJ9_kkwrRGMm6uee4nnBIoFq1tdxwlwJKzXmKV4cbXPrZcjcaTo1nqHbpb8DqXcSIOvQRtpOIDSHsiEd58Rw/s320/coyote2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE4cCcy9zthrcqYnb-FF-qyvQmFjS6qohHR3LbNju0mh1GFjTIIOUXgy9pYJ0nZq_YJRFOsmhKpQZjY5fFaTRJrVaeGVgcS4rRGk-18btJBzWRa0qy9guKLA4s0-CxyUksj7wLQ/s1600-h/coyotebu.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294319500699410066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFE4cCcy9zthrcqYnb-FF-qyvQmFjS6qohHR3LbNju0mh1GFjTIIOUXgy9pYJ0nZq_YJRFOsmhKpQZjY5fFaTRJrVaeGVgcS4rRGk-18btJBzWRa0qy9guKLA4s0-CxyUksj7wLQ/s320/coyotebu.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSMz4pgfueqVAe8Z_mgDuM7RNVUsLiMGpG8TCB-IryAbHZOY-RA-3-J0BbCJjAnRB8QEEq2l9puNSNyZch_StrsSS7nGbBRubkwC-AL9WkLUBfIZMYUYrMU46ZImycpF_TZI6fg/s1600-h/Dcreedk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294319501082836530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSMz4pgfueqVAe8Z_mgDuM7RNVUsLiMGpG8TCB-IryAbHZOY-RA-3-J0BbCJjAnRB8QEEq2l9puNSNyZch_StrsSS7nGbBRubkwC-AL9WkLUBfIZMYUYrMU46ZImycpF_TZI6fg/s320/Dcreedk.jpg" border="0" /></a> Low Flowing Creek...Mid January should see these creeks rushing, and even overflowing their banks. Two weeks of temps nearing 85* (!) has the waters running low, and the plum blossoms plumping. More images to share soon.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioohEyUSzInx0vD_eq55aSp3rSZnYnSlZ4mmo0drAA-4ACWr9z1udvMgMlS-tMU_RRemRH9DYhFvZ0QE7JGI4lz1i1l0K-VsU4IXa5fvJFmxFmRqtlGP8k41dMVTUWfKf04foDCQ/s1600-h/bees.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294319501894781890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioohEyUSzInx0vD_eq55aSp3rSZnYnSlZ4mmo0drAA-4ACWr9z1udvMgMlS-tMU_RRemRH9DYhFvZ0QE7JGI4lz1i1l0K-VsU4IXa5fvJFmxFmRqtlGP8k41dMVTUWfKf04foDCQ/s320/bees.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-26589473043530864452009-01-08T20:21:00.000-08:002009-01-08T21:32:18.030-08:00JULY -DEC '08 YEAR IN REVIEW -no posts in sept!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9c1j7teEYMsMbiGx-bAj05VkGNRFf7yEcvBnEyvmMpdQrZXFum3rnMWwHR1eg9yCyDkpSeY-_5_Qywxm1_5RBblGyVuap20XUsH4sjcgRaFKjbJwFAKZD4XwnDCH0rFwSTxC6_A/s1600-h/july22nect2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154663013860994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9c1j7teEYMsMbiGx-bAj05VkGNRFf7yEcvBnEyvmMpdQrZXFum3rnMWwHR1eg9yCyDkpSeY-_5_Qywxm1_5RBblGyVuap20XUsH4sjcgRaFKjbJwFAKZD4XwnDCH0rFwSTxC6_A/s320/july22nect2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html">JULY</a> Fires, Smoke, Heat, raspberries, mega fruit and way too many flowers...1st honey harvest!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtqT_Yxc1nwowd4OvYs06h86gxFXMPO-yOaZajDp2i3zLS01UWNmtIreQh-cHXgvc7nRTEtblWuB5Mbv6HXRVmvGVGvrZqzUJ9nh8Y578Q_UnXBhAxpK4rnMbRCUqlMy1I_ReGw/s1600-h/july22honey2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154662872319970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtqT_Yxc1nwowd4OvYs06h86gxFXMPO-yOaZajDp2i3zLS01UWNmtIreQh-cHXgvc7nRTEtblWuB5Mbv6HXRVmvGVGvrZqzUJ9nh8Y578Q_UnXBhAxpK4rnMbRCUqlMy1I_ReGw/s320/july22honey2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkUlOWfFSOA7XRJ3P0ZoIqW-m6EJVkhJfi-azw1LbunvrjQazG6MHH6_EDkEjNvwcZVZV1y9KkX-VQO6hTJX_9AJ-acpdHtdbT5oCJ9VKgXYmnqyyUmL8sG1SkkDkfV6Q1EbaqA/s1600-h/july22fl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154655013962930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkUlOWfFSOA7XRJ3P0ZoIqW-m6EJVkhJfi-azw1LbunvrjQazG6MHH6_EDkEjNvwcZVZV1y9KkX-VQO6hTJX_9AJ-acpdHtdbT5oCJ9VKgXYmnqyyUmL8sG1SkkDkfV6Q1EbaqA/s320/july22fl.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154654237205938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQAzrUDqM3YT3Uvys0NsK6ukoh0qzW_xPBgwtcOhCTeVQWWjZhumV_rveZJ8LTYTa59ZmkZwA8aIZ75cN9JcIdkJ6nzwFDVlCVaE4fajUND6S_jVn6b9R53kCh_wzqd-BKyfj1A/s320/july10pear.jpg" border="0" /> AUGUST</a> Apples, Grapes, Greens and Beans. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tigger</span> comes homes after a 2 week <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">absence</span>~<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZTtQ0cxwaaedopXJukbYfOZcIFWFess6pt5m05h7sO3NZEGZu_RTN6CHQzLbTCKzKWErpeMQd32nS6kljVoV4YqxsNLyKdOnsxoyvdubTlZYo_n3MiyVDydS1EFgSEKQWfGnyQ/s1600-h/AUGvistapple.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154346490068450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZTtQ0cxwaaedopXJukbYfOZcIFWFess6pt5m05h7sO3NZEGZu_RTN6CHQzLbTCKzKWErpeMQd32nS6kljVoV4YqxsNLyKdOnsxoyvdubTlZYo_n3MiyVDydS1EFgSEKQWfGnyQ/s320/AUGvistapple.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxcSAn66hLb1yfAv7fSY0Hx9PyybuQWqUKEs-awqPy1SOxTPuulNN77ymMg6ZlOuw_jiW-TedjHgnUk-ORLSDWsGO6i-H1JaqKDib723rutNg5qgfQoaSP0sEEx6WkUiAbwEW4w/s1600-h/AUGgreens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154340230277042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxcSAn66hLb1yfAv7fSY0Hx9PyybuQWqUKEs-awqPy1SOxTPuulNN77ymMg6ZlOuw_jiW-TedjHgnUk-ORLSDWsGO6i-H1JaqKDib723rutNg5qgfQoaSP0sEEx6WkUiAbwEW4w/s320/AUGgreens.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOeZmlx34j9u3VCXPJSInNrRii9nmDBjZIbtJsW7e_WDIhG9Gnu8SNzAnEBPgd2Ked8mD8foYyyNKBGi-kcIyYsYoezFNAQhXKjWdBONwAiKPmypc5y651rP9s0yL2lp_s9tk-w/s1600-h/AUGgrape.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154337367515026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOeZmlx34j9u3VCXPJSInNrRii9nmDBjZIbtJsW7e_WDIhG9Gnu8SNzAnEBPgd2Ked8mD8foYyyNKBGi-kcIyYsYoezFNAQhXKjWdBONwAiKPmypc5y651rP9s0yL2lp_s9tk-w/s320/AUGgrape.jpg" border="0" /></a> September - no posts! shame on me.... <a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html">October</a> Head in the clouds with the vista shots...seemingly endless pears and greens, flowers for days and more bees tales... </div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj1PerIbachXzStAV_4z2V7lvnRM1cPrhv7IhIAgrsX3mldfjIGtOohwukgG_79Jm_VfAdfpRIOnfLOqeheF-rOHjAQlBGYlkfFqW9BWt09CXulB7V4avS7iElM02UnYRWMf4mQ/s1600-h/aug13pumpkin2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154334614999858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj1PerIbachXzStAV_4z2V7lvnRM1cPrhv7IhIAgrsX3mldfjIGtOohwukgG_79Jm_VfAdfpRIOnfLOqeheF-rOHjAQlBGYlkfFqW9BWt09CXulB7V4avS7iElM02UnYRWMf4mQ/s320/aug13pumpkin2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgn4U-BMkXReBpQzp_fnG_wIalC8BfM-OVvRABetADAHoxxiV3zrlXhyphenhyphenGwGNW4URXLu2GTTCWRYRiHVAUyBtF9aVXkK2lfNnxO-13HpqiGhuq_1w42KBKGFIqsQ6nwliDCU5XbQ/s1600-h/aug13goldens.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289154330930945762" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoHDe3x8HcKKQtSW61Kjm9b6_7UoLL_sm5zWR_Rt4FXp0N2G6pn_oj1qOi5xogJjr8zfBVDUy0hBjUTVo2fLBKxk5LgcyxGyOeUnSjxmU_VBajp_qesywmXBbYGei4161ojLPAA/s320/oct17fog2.jpg" border="0" /> NOVEMBER</a> Late fall, Tomatoes, Apples, Bees, Fall Colors and Flowers...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GMuPS36YTJw7Tze-qqfq9keXuN1-VQiEohhyphenhyphenaHZ-plCsL5-syVjT2cB_NDWTGKPL8uPCVqfq6sxmI3yYX18T_mHvfP85G5iUJsa37nP07eZLqXGCwf5maFfJZY7wqezb9dQR7g/s1600-h/oct17asterjpg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289153022969262898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GMuPS36YTJw7Tze-qqfq9keXuN1-VQiEohhyphenhyphenaHZ-plCsL5-syVjT2cB_NDWTGKPL8uPCVqfq6sxmI3yYX18T_mHvfP85G5iUJsa37nP07eZLqXGCwf5maFfJZY7wqezb9dQR7g/s320/oct17asterjpg.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Jq9PkGK4-I_hfZvj1XOd87hg0xcAsUr_12JoBdR5aozIzmCsscj7Tw5-uWvNiwT7o6KItKGwf7gH78TZGTJzmtix_NGSkbN1ongtf_18PX-Y_p_UmwQch198JTaocQst0byoYQ/s1600-h/nov20pers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289153018967365826" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE-apVDqittn89oYYTzd_EgENzmqCMg9Stl8IMc8BEibEtnVtFv8e-BO5EkYxi8lwHgv5UNb5j5I08DQVSMydwwL0_yo8QJSkPkHiTUvhWkRkfyl9E9YUvCSHbxD3_-33lzo_DQ/s320/nov20ahaiku.jpg" border="0" /></a> .......pink rose unfolding</div><div>............pear tree with leaves of fire</div><div>...............green is winter's dawn<br /><div><a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289151935903699090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGbVRiSK-DNNIa_mztJJ9jgbhArPzP0H5ldVyVP_IZZwgsfUxlrbzM5wKA8nl8_jZygXEsTI1u6Sbh7-g58tXPa-CF2C9tyT-zxPRF6Hb36sBXKj88tfypU5OMrR63uLcjpwUUw/s320/dec15road.jpg" border="0" />DECEMBER</a> ...Seems just a day ago...Snow, Late Cold, Holidays <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYOJjAjjKbtc99bf3_0JhLT5_AE_WhMlBto715yLO1xXOxNa4Jo4RKleKMyUj_ISFqvQj1vJqJmc-EIFORVbwIu8G6rqSWtcYRMtJGDyiH9Wij7RNj7jTtjwK3yvUFMVMavTlzg/s1600-h/dec15grape.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289159628991591506" style="DISPLAY: block; 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For more on Dec...scroll up. For more on last year in general, check out archives: Click and Marvel. I'm moving forward into 2009 gratefully. Thanks for joining me in this mystery. xxoo Jj<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiasE0leiyD4HAHBAPCGVH-wBgCWq0Z2OyQ2OJAcktnZII3Nnl7iKFr1HhGsT7EoNFlhN71VgnGDr65MVzpAg8oSnFC_Cf_fhn5ZepVCIQ_qqV1NJ3J0T8710OrwYhS_FtYCEu-Q/s1600-h/dec15pear.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289151931878116194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiasE0leiyD4HAHBAPCGVH-wBgCWq0Z2OyQ2OJAcktnZII3Nnl7iKFr1HhGsT7EoNFlhN71VgnGDr65MVzpAg8oSnFC_Cf_fhn5ZepVCIQ_qqV1NJ3J0T8710OrwYhS_FtYCEu-Q/s320/dec15pear.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-16472003605204416772008-12-30T20:51:00.000-08:002009-01-01T19:08:56.299-08:002008 YEAR IN REVIEW * JAN - JUNE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-9IXFFIqHrqxjGGCaWaxnYY-xkKIXH_uG_BVldNKay5QUUTCL8UpKmy2qKo7kGu2E2aFbreb89pVVCmLDNQyrg-YmAMiKN5cZx20IdpAfnSn71xdJokLP6jRjqaqvawgY1FSvg/s1600-h/jan08pepperpier.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286518490311844498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-9IXFFIqHrqxjGGCaWaxnYY-xkKIXH_uG_BVldNKay5QUUTCL8UpKmy2qKo7kGu2E2aFbreb89pVVCmLDNQyrg-YmAMiKN5cZx20IdpAfnSn71xdJokLP6jRjqaqvawgY1FSvg/s320/jan08pepperpier.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://humboldt-homesteadjjanuary.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html">JANUARY</a> Lots of Snow, Dramatic Cloud Cover, Vacation and Mushing...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dTZdpnWiy63Ccwt6i3f3R38Gv-GfLJbyxFfDtkDErQiLhPe05vXYijLgC_QG4K8yw3bLPnNMzxWCmZk-i5a1hyphenhyphenRzfJG6ToShVVrVG6hiTY-GG1VJSLX8tHH5pZXlFfgmtrAj2g/s1600-h/jan08pismo2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286518482883505954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dTZdpnWiy63Ccwt6i3f3R38Gv-GfLJbyxFfDtkDErQiLhPe05vXYijLgC_QG4K8yw3bLPnNMzxWCmZk-i5a1hyphenhyphenRzfJG6ToShVVrVG6hiTY-GG1VJSLX8tHH5pZXlFfgmtrAj2g/s320/jan08pismo2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtgoMYEx1wBhzcU9VHdlBRLr2cD_daIcW7wdEXBK0QyvkecJUahgu_lekkZto1cibKSBiZb6xADl7vEOClTid7hRCIYbefYvn1LpFHn1zRXBNmJ5wagdzUX5SNhEnNNvMoCou0A/s1600-h/jan0822dogs2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286518484440198114" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSl324TurP3v-BYeV0VelFrXEro2xIZGi1CorTn74hdKJ021R4DptbWN30jRxSTRvXe5Md4kW-O13t_HhccoAhgsVzMDcWDB6NuHponzLeoenRx8TA4DfV2uiinelionbSbNFCA/s320/jan08pyracantha.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html">FEBRUARY</a> More Snow, Clouds and what? more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpfAHm0k9c">Mushing</a>!?! </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2jlCWi6_of_hdL3n4_VY0VjLpdoVPGT-oowvpGNoh18wXE-S0CRjRlWe5xCMh5Np8ImjhqcSaHnyYayn-NM0dad1SnDG8TWxDowSZcRjTxRJC1Pj4v3eumuaw77zXVaLWpkMuA/s1600-h/feb08poem.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285821026890838786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2jlCWi6_of_hdL3n4_VY0VjLpdoVPGT-oowvpGNoh18wXE-S0CRjRlWe5xCMh5Np8ImjhqcSaHnyYayn-NM0dad1SnDG8TWxDowSZcRjTxRJC1Pj4v3eumuaw77zXVaLWpkMuA/s320/feb08poem.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-Zb1T2x4PJn9gzkWkXIqw62HsBYjA8wwKZVSFHK19mqkLwvtSROQ-0yM4LkueWM6y7xHXG1qbudP1QSXn9Ua6GiRorhClo0aANo28QCqDVsVO5pL1UIiitDVZt0sle7jAM_NiQ/s1600-h/feb15eel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285821024894777490" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJcj53GS8hnOTDEooRQqKfyYKsmVa-JpdbWBHl0Yr2MPUvW_2YGbEIufEBQqQRmeOFbsoFyw3TMT4JRE5czM9MkVOq21qwqDqh4X_ZRyEI8NhkDDOT_4_lLn3ZQjpeQjnKvuYxA/s320/may15calend.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DRtYI0URspUJm8hEmNY1VZs8tS4scrSqex8fLxz5EaFK9B8oYlYiqfd_fAbnBvVqPrYI14Q-8c7yh_KYOhM1Gp6vyAOErsM7sP8DBRa2dFc7OP6ZRVzPLcLa8X9dTUZeM8Y4nA/s1600-h/may15jerks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285818161203971586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DRtYI0URspUJm8hEmNY1VZs8tS4scrSqex8fLxz5EaFK9B8oYlYiqfd_fAbnBvVqPrYI14Q-8c7yh_KYOhM1Gp6vyAOErsM7sP8DBRa2dFc7OP6ZRVzPLcLa8X9dTUZeM8Y4nA/s320/may15jerks.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://humboldt-homestead.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html">JUNE</a> Great Bee Pics, Amazing Display of Flowers, Fruit, Fires, More Mushing... </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheh4eOvzYWiSG3uyXYmENY2UiVMsgvMMfFshny8wOrV2g0Ot8xrxPitMHjPIqk448DsDNxKWE5px7E181z2KVCffykXC-78S4x8n5-SV3Ofn1XrZqEuuyGfGyy7i-EXIPfXnYjIQ/s1600-h/may28apple.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285818162228358258" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvyRTHfL_iSs7Ue3MOX6nAr24WLR82EB3cdaBBfG21nJkBzIviiYkr9QgXMqC_IHHunMhwwD3TQXIqfYHxKWuF_D59-oDjj0MvihwJdIj8MLJIAOPZDIKwN0Xrt5EzRdjLKjROw/s320/june25straw.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlE0qQz7nO_OczyLOMiZSPWj6LEJbchpog6lkOQFFRknbhqNz-xO0t5Di_yz3KEdx-puR9uXImCRPoQnyI0GFw-zuuYHzBZbhTuu50LL57_R5C6hVnNviCdsn5o-Ej-8LxH2EIA/s1600-h/june26eggs3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285817760701857426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlE0qQz7nO_OczyLOMiZSPWj6LEJbchpog6lkOQFFRknbhqNz-xO0t5Di_yz3KEdx-puR9uXImCRPoQnyI0GFw-zuuYHzBZbhTuu50LL57_R5C6hVnNviCdsn5o-Ej-8LxH2EIA/s320/june26eggs3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutv-ZXi6EjZh6_1A5oE7QO-A6Wbit8hmgvg36n7DGTSrmL5mjHhFcOk2yZ8AYAZtGr5tzNT1-tFGTIgIGP4bOos3pGlUyW9j2OqTBQYhoGi2lavI2O3VDrSTTU3xNhtMpx11HAg/s1600-h/june26fire.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285817757111946754" style="DISPLAY: block; 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Coming Soon, Aug-Dec 2008.<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-27599128558501435622008-12-22T20:09:00.000-08:002008-12-23T08:10:21.122-08:00Holiday Joy to You and Yours<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XGc8xDduVBebjO4NaYSXZk4QWBbq6usFNxSThO27zCailwd1yRHwHi0bmKe1GeuQbDzrnPIZVRUIEJbotufwS2rKJd-GoFCr4N8D2olbMKg46OhfoPQSqXuVjpo71tJXQnlGMg/s1600-h/23holidaygreeting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282839104408584162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XGc8xDduVBebjO4NaYSXZk4QWBbq6usFNxSThO27zCailwd1yRHwHi0bmKe1GeuQbDzrnPIZVRUIEJbotufwS2rKJd-GoFCr4N8D2olbMKg46OhfoPQSqXuVjpo71tJXQnlGMg/s320/23holidaygreeting.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHz6NnD_CyvSQzzd0Thbq_zr1H1VPHztJkgRksx3NcUsW7dj9ByC3c4Vtq1ccB7boJ9EpGJVHzW8MuZjzmfbolV7SF1V0_kXj5z3FDytVPUuF2rfOPKdxq29MZ6TOKKReOoZAmg/s1600-h/23vista.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282836130991233298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHz6NnD_CyvSQzzd0Thbq_zr1H1VPHztJkgRksx3NcUsW7dj9ByC3c4Vtq1ccB7boJ9EpGJVHzW8MuZjzmfbolV7SF1V0_kXj5z3FDytVPUuF2rfOPKdxq29MZ6TOKKReOoZAmg/s320/23vista.jpg" border="0" /></a> Winter Arrives.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE58G64_iJ9KHCvEn-fm8XjL_KLeBOV0Ft1S9Cp_To6lqTUFwenjNHMS07ZB_e-QQy_546abdxShZoLSYrTrWzRLF07BrBLNCPXlNoNZcoqRkD4dtphTNYccFzaJ6XIm7HaPXtTw/s1600-h/23tree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282836128826771778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE58G64_iJ9KHCvEn-fm8XjL_KLeBOV0Ft1S9Cp_To6lqTUFwenjNHMS07ZB_e-QQy_546abdxShZoLSYrTrWzRLF07BrBLNCPXlNoNZcoqRkD4dtphTNYccFzaJ6XIm7HaPXtTw/s320/23tree.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuq2wMVxGpMhGPzFIie_WLHcZbJjQcwH1Mxdop7wHa4tmJpRctYz1_WqJr5vNUOATZRvG2hXHyTNZkEBNtG2Wy1KXCwAKfr4nFkMpw3DqPdwLKkgrvNEGUYCxP5hKmQL-XiW6row/s1600-h/23sun.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282836124029326642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuq2wMVxGpMhGPzFIie_WLHcZbJjQcwH1Mxdop7wHa4tmJpRctYz1_WqJr5vNUOATZRvG2hXHyTNZkEBNtG2Wy1KXCwAKfr4nFkMpw3DqPdwLKkgrvNEGUYCxP5hKmQL-XiW6row/s320/23sun.jpg" border="0" /></a> Fir Trees Laden with about 7" of snow. Below, Stump Snow Sculpture and Persimmon.<br /><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaW3_ItEl3TD32YSIJplttOjOCO1ylwMuJH3byBogxslGE4MnHYkqpaxv-Ls1fFBZnHHIRbJYN-w4iIeYhDFSQ6tHLNFdNyKjL8Xjp5bfPoQ3ltIvquYgApQTrHCdButg5jV2WQ/s1600-h/23stump.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282835828956648450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaW3_ItEl3TD32YSIJplttOjOCO1ylwMuJH3byBogxslGE4MnHYkqpaxv-Ls1fFBZnHHIRbJYN-w4iIeYhDFSQ6tHLNFdNyKjL8Xjp5bfPoQ3ltIvquYgApQTrHCdButg5jV2WQ/s320/23stump.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioziV1tmYNfo5Csd7JC6ehCgp07z2-V6yf7Tv_ROCiyNO1pM1jy9M3cvA-0w7LSRX9j4ScXYvAN0hEktnQKRXzYaFgNQZMUMfL89FQeU5ZxtO_UyTL1xUTMvljmWzybnz0E3kpmg/s1600-h/23pers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282839379181716114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioziV1tmYNfo5Csd7JC6ehCgp07z2-V6yf7Tv_ROCiyNO1pM1jy9M3cvA-0w7LSRX9j4ScXYvAN0hEktnQKRXzYaFgNQZMUMfL89FQeU5ZxtO_UyTL1xUTMvljmWzybnz0E3kpmg/s320/23pers.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r5fGu97xfFfl77q1u-Ko7_vOTi0og53InGDyBbNt_lADErmdMSGyaF_VbB2E3FIMzwV4sMgZ900wX5csDPO1MS96vnqGl63FjUyd-6DZacccnnf6Sttz0DuSckrkMa89jG1-1Q/s1600-h/23raingauge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282835827171088850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r5fGu97xfFfl77q1u-Ko7_vOTi0og53InGDyBbNt_lADErmdMSGyaF_VbB2E3FIMzwV4sMgZ900wX5csDPO1MS96vnqGl63FjUyd-6DZacccnnf6Sttz0DuSckrkMa89jG1-1Q/s320/23raingauge.jpg" border="0" /></a> Rain Gauge and Bee Hive piled high with snow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaAVIDTpcgQoSJyuieHyS9B2zYJMo5-SBvsw29d05oPRK5zg6bmCTKaP6U66omJfI7odZ7yx4DF54jIEv0pcoCF4bdEnUN7C2ETFTkyJGGUp-j3Rt8RzFLJyfdO0JVhZ06A1CNQ/s1600-h/23huve.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282835819169629138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaAVIDTpcgQoSJyuieHyS9B2zYJMo5-SBvsw29d05oPRK5zg6bmCTKaP6U66omJfI7odZ7yx4DF54jIEv0pcoCF4bdEnUN7C2ETFTkyJGGUp-j3Rt8RzFLJyfdO0JVhZ06A1CNQ/s320/23huve.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO4vBamysX-b3jYeY3YIMbFdsTBXfnZ58DklZgZNpLlPeHsGApuo0kSQiycaWv3X4SBtxZPzXciI0ITt7xrHO7eHlU_-lwQtk84llBWTvsuRB7n0nY_ZAjx3ZcTznz-YI6l5Idg/s1600-h/23pers.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WzJ_kvxsuEe10iwf1dZZRhfn8ghPfZRM92CLQEVtetRETWGjlrSEktfBVWmtAk5SG3joz2c2cWKSgv6Oyum4MyYQNNTLzkb4L6pHGeUxG5jF1WREOc8-S7Lpy5XH17Wvg4xBqQ/s1600-h/23peach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282834884672841794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WzJ_kvxsuEe10iwf1dZZRhfn8ghPfZRM92CLQEVtetRETWGjlrSEktfBVWmtAk5SG3joz2c2cWKSgv6Oyum4MyYQNNTLzkb4L6pHGeUxG5jF1WREOc8-S7Lpy5XH17Wvg4xBqQ/s320/23peach.jpg" border="0" /></a> Nectarine ...and Snoopy in Motion. Snow Dogs GO!<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X_IP8e87YIpRSRAzCJdVP1N6sUJAVWCLoIMcqx_JHYAnYQe51Wrxy8EHBcEAjYdQ0wEJDO8WkD8jfFthou_PL0VrUOKll0QELIt8tOWCMCsPVAYg6NWXvBlbSQyHWhvg5sJe0g/s1600-h/23mush.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282834879863597986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X_IP8e87YIpRSRAzCJdVP1N6sUJAVWCLoIMcqx_JHYAnYQe51Wrxy8EHBcEAjYdQ0wEJDO8WkD8jfFthou_PL0VrUOKll0QELIt8tOWCMCsPVAYg6NWXvBlbSQyHWhvg5sJe0g/s320/23mush.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWxzQ-FYo4D88U9wi6jdEY4VTkvh5XiF_Hmlowo2zSQ85ye_g070hAezVTnhRQ8SbbaxtFSi2KJ5barJW5Auj2o3vYQUUNVok8uYVdTwFZ2dDKgBMsFFCMrAw5WzLdIsMxqhzCg/s1600-h/23hive2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282842283260205346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWxzQ-FYo4D88U9wi6jdEY4VTkvh5XiF_Hmlowo2zSQ85ye_g070hAezVTnhRQ8SbbaxtFSi2KJ5barJW5Auj2o3vYQUUNVok8uYVdTwFZ2dDKgBMsFFCMrAw5WzLdIsMxqhzCg/s320/23hive2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Bee Hives Hunkered Down...notice wind break constructed of recycled pallets. And atop the hives are pieces of fire wood , to keep the covers from blowing off in severe wind. Below, Visiting Quail.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAryMi-8ZqHcglMCmClTImQP2KgCFElUgu57D-qrSOw3JOrjJLi_4cLpXOEzcbth6efQYgc6_SRIJTRSYAYiy8zonREPHI-gvcB7fRKqEf27ku0UwGwvYfiOndD5jCozBjL5e3A/s1600-h/22quail.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282834407695956450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAryMi-8ZqHcglMCmClTImQP2KgCFElUgu57D-qrSOw3JOrjJLi_4cLpXOEzcbth6efQYgc6_SRIJTRSYAYiy8zonREPHI-gvcB7fRKqEf27ku0UwGwvYfiOndD5jCozBjL5e3A/s320/22quail.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQLirmHBxudeVxvR_0Ks2QxWiwKnxvQ-kQh5MAJg1JUhyvOqOACyqxqZAZHfM1Qmx7I38WbNZbScJmj-fylcBr1sqRIPnnA4ECUZtSfouMvIxfJ5MAfE7erCON4nVRJPXHXOZ0Q/s1600-h/23angel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282841234769928882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQLirmHBxudeVxvR_0Ks2QxWiwKnxvQ-kQh5MAJg1JUhyvOqOACyqxqZAZHfM1Qmx7I38WbNZbScJmj-fylcBr1sqRIPnnA4ECUZtSfouMvIxfJ5MAfE7erCON4nVRJPXHXOZ0Q/s320/23angel.jpg" border="0" /></a> ~~COOKIES~~<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcDmRaXb_7A2EwxnVLD-3c8LXf6kEkrWyYMgWKtPp2Xk61L-A8Lnj3YEB17g0m69hJj2GI1cbOFIrWJoW2r1iHFmTLcVvyevvw73VySwflIvAC2qZZdaS4Cf6JuUlO_NZQTSgAA/s1600-h/23cookies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282834399697649282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcDmRaXb_7A2EwxnVLD-3c8LXf6kEkrWyYMgWKtPp2Xk61L-A8Lnj3YEB17g0m69hJj2GI1cbOFIrWJoW2r1iHFmTLcVvyevvw73VySwflIvAC2qZZdaS4Cf6JuUlO_NZQTSgAA/s320/23cookies.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p7bIp4-5u6-nNLS5_y79qM7A1QrzJKmV_a_-nXgIMsH6Z1QPOTJa3MZnydSc_1XYNQIHDnWUE-fvzgckcz0Xe5yDVll4aOS985-SYJwclHKszpG2hz2WC2Ubgmd5F1WdpWy9VQ/s1600-h/22rasatree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282835822530934194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p7bIp4-5u6-nNLS5_y79qM7A1QrzJKmV_a_-nXgIMsH6Z1QPOTJa3MZnydSc_1XYNQIHDnWUE-fvzgckcz0Xe5yDVll4aOS985-SYJwclHKszpG2hz2WC2Ubgmd5F1WdpWy9VQ/s320/22rasatree.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div>The Holidays are upon us and winter is in our midst. We have faired pretty well considering the severe storms and cold weather that has dominated the forecast for more than a week. The garden has been forced into submission. Many worker bees have died and I am finding their bodies covering the floor of and the entrance to the hives. Big strong hives have more bees to lose. So in a sense, it is a good sign. The numbers I am finding are not excessive (less than 100) but it is dramatic none the less. A knock upon the outside of the hive causes an audible "BUZZ" to well up from within. It is a reassuring sound when temperatures are below 30*, and snow is piling up all around. The dogs have been very energized, and we have had some really great runs this month. The lighted parade, and a bit of sledding with the kids, rounded out their week's activities. I hope to blog about it over at the <a href="http://www.sohummushers.blogspot.com/">sohummush</a> site...but we'll see how time goes. Busy busy busy. Hurry up and relax~!~ <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDizX3DnmICkoqM-5fV3pHm3I1JQutsA5nVo0Z0_FYQOHiISb9sFK0qMZTn6rs5rut0gn6T_M4G9T4Ek1WDTD380cWNE-wbMclHFB_U9_8X661SBr6Cki1kWnZrHNRwpOq5zjJw/s1600-h/23cookie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282834400993745506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDizX3DnmICkoqM-5fV3pHm3I1JQutsA5nVo0Z0_FYQOHiISb9sFK0qMZTn6rs5rut0gn6T_M4G9T4Ek1WDTD380cWNE-wbMclHFB_U9_8X661SBr6Cki1kWnZrHNRwpOq5zjJw/s320/23cookie.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-52295394512900706382008-12-15T20:46:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:30:48.404-08:00A December to Remember - My 100th Post!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Q-koXS-56hHN_s5EtIF5-9jnypXpbxzdKgGIGCM5w2XqapoL3FsP7XO5sUEHoAbLzdufjhT0_x1IolBImWmtiIqolVgd5hwQPL0zNQVy93O1iUg35RmepFQ-1-Hs6gTKqX9pcw/s1600-h/dec15vista2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247903318293058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Q-koXS-56hHN_s5EtIF5-9jnypXpbxzdKgGIGCM5w2XqapoL3FsP7XO5sUEHoAbLzdufjhT0_x1IolBImWmtiIqolVgd5hwQPL0zNQVy93O1iUg35RmepFQ-1-Hs6gTKqX9pcw/s320/dec15vista2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Vista Magic...First snowfall.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mnrfMjY4N2XGvcU6BkBr8VG6KvDL5glNIJG0tl0Q_iuQpXheHOsTiYR_09P7vYRVpGYs72-vWDqFavPCpy4whFTmreck63-dds_-5KreTVOlhLshdreocjVtdLd_1cPNP2IlAQ/s1600-h/dec15vista.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247488601639330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mnrfMjY4N2XGvcU6BkBr8VG6KvDL5glNIJG0tl0Q_iuQpXheHOsTiYR_09P7vYRVpGYs72-vWDqFavPCpy4whFTmreck63-dds_-5KreTVOlhLshdreocjVtdLd_1cPNP2IlAQ/s320/dec15vista.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nJ4USSno-fxXWyyPedRlvR9A07KW-B84KYWXBDP1G83n_Z4tRdOqUN8Wmprts9wQu9xy2tVHy2Oj9yQc0J8Dj2R4ZImioKVhaoAeMFAzKcu-N9o661MOV4I-SyImBUhY-OHysQ/s1600-h/dec15snow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247490988301170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nJ4USSno-fxXWyyPedRlvR9A07KW-B84KYWXBDP1G83n_Z4tRdOqUN8Wmprts9wQu9xy2tVHy2Oj9yQc0J8Dj2R4ZImioKVhaoAeMFAzKcu-N9o661MOV4I-SyImBUhY-OHysQ/s320/dec15snow.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8mKyc3LuWd7cGC6kf5d_OWGAGhK-HcCnIKku0jgKjvLmqzziJZEVxe21QYtKcNkg1k-F7bqcKBjq6ncRiNp5df_zE8isDuSvFgKfLRc_bL1zHjWi0GsY3UHWTy-NTZ4_nGVnoGg/s1600-h/dec15ruby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247484799527282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8mKyc3LuWd7cGC6kf5d_OWGAGhK-HcCnIKku0jgKjvLmqzziJZEVxe21QYtKcNkg1k-F7bqcKBjq6ncRiNp5df_zE8isDuSvFgKfLRc_bL1zHjWi0GsY3UHWTy-NTZ4_nGVnoGg/s320/dec15ruby.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ballerina Poised for Winter Performance...Below, the Winding Road Home.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nBPMXPC0TAQXf1bRPBeV5Xia7HJxSious0nAwc6j2J4Me9gbpt-_Rd4wYvYNqYOcDafMqqBysg3oJ47P1wuJP5_R29qS3xJxnISaBjc9hbRMDsUvPyTmJXmnsq3sWWAAePPFkA/s1600-h/dec15pixyroad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247485587497570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nBPMXPC0TAQXf1bRPBeV5Xia7HJxSious0nAwc6j2J4Me9gbpt-_Rd4wYvYNqYOcDafMqqBysg3oJ47P1wuJP5_R29qS3xJxnISaBjc9hbRMDsUvPyTmJXmnsq3sWWAAePPFkA/s320/dec15pixyroad.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbBuUC-uPq7U4Oc4I-Di4HEaMmT5Rh2L9BKJNpJbxUgTeL4DEYlROLlTKPsN7Xsk4ucK1_EpGhP4hewF1G1zXIWgk7PpIiMU8uWWpFlfvSii66MjIX1vWk960lonkFST7CAsNiw/s1600-h/dec15pippin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247014236507538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbBuUC-uPq7U4Oc4I-Di4HEaMmT5Rh2L9BKJNpJbxUgTeL4DEYlROLlTKPsN7Xsk4ucK1_EpGhP4hewF1G1zXIWgk7PpIiMU8uWWpFlfvSii66MjIX1vWk960lonkFST7CAsNiw/s320/dec15pippin.jpg" border="0" /></a> Last of Autumn, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hangin'</span> On <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZIHL8ij0-5XcsRP3ki0BllQ_yR34JciizX8y86tYI2koxV9PIjwHH312Ya5l4GY5TCL6U_E6MP8Eyz88P_tXjGxqs5wHVV5654MR1m-t6eALZqoYgSN9b18TW3zPh4fM9tC4OA/s1600-h/dec15flowers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280251296538644818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZIHL8ij0-5XcsRP3ki0BllQ_yR34JciizX8y86tYI2koxV9PIjwHH312Ya5l4GY5TCL6U_E6MP8Eyz88P_tXjGxqs5wHVV5654MR1m-t6eALZqoYgSN9b18TW3zPh4fM9tC4OA/s320/dec15flowers.jpg" border="0" /></a> Flowers Still Blooming and Fruit Hanging on the Vine ...taken just days ago. Below, Figs Flavorless...they resent being planted on an east facing slope, at over 2000' elevation. The summer figs are a small crop, but are much more dependable than the fall figs, which as you can see, even in the best of Octobers miss their mark. Sigh<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrYQUjddLvsh7GUJhQP9qLhcNIQa3b7TfvoBa9aGHKeidMneMllcoe8wzf5-m-n2KX5leviWG6gIBeRZ60cQTANvZY4LuX3-QncpbfXXDDLl-EgC85PDS8ALqK5_CuEfST2bCFA/s1600-h/dec15fig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280245096357543058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrYQUjddLvsh7GUJhQP9qLhcNIQa3b7TfvoBa9aGHKeidMneMllcoe8wzf5-m-n2KX5leviWG6gIBeRZ60cQTANvZY4LuX3-QncpbfXXDDLl-EgC85PDS8ALqK5_CuEfST2bCFA/s320/dec15fig.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FG-iO4I8M1p1CDqqcRYL-u4s6_tFpPNs8M8PnQjDC6VW2pQhV835SoDT1lzVMahjQ9V2zmTi1IsvsuMFlQOMrdJTLOjS9VI3emmLUjeM8DSu3wjz-OVqCMnixJxuZPAar4XvVg/s1600-h/dec15peppers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247006928666050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FG-iO4I8M1p1CDqqcRYL-u4s6_tFpPNs8M8PnQjDC6VW2pQhV835SoDT1lzVMahjQ9V2zmTi1IsvsuMFlQOMrdJTLOjS9VI3emmLUjeM8DSu3wjz-OVqCMnixJxuZPAar4XvVg/s320/dec15peppers.jpg" border="0" /></a> Last of the Peppers...and the Real Pepper!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUyOr6uos0iWs46xI0pEn2VjKvivoLgBBZJHLERugBpETRoUO4wlbtkWJr_AIUKX4ju4mrB8nSmCbFI_empe96F4dSZ1bSjbv29czt53WJJQJZ9MUUpW8MhismlQ53MMQcB5zpA/s1600-h/dec15pepe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247008170361298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUyOr6uos0iWs46xI0pEn2VjKvivoLgBBZJHLERugBpETRoUO4wlbtkWJr_AIUKX4ju4mrB8nSmCbFI_empe96F4dSZ1bSjbv29czt53WJJQJZ9MUUpW8MhismlQ53MMQcB5zpA/s320/dec15pepe.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG353C5sHH2vgv_RayUZdl4snTjSWtXvNud-rorxM5t5Hhxuv-YtNQgG1Qu22L5xWvQ6T7rSsODNQDmP6S5dCL_gcay410xUDxSmJONs2WRNEvnOi_qm23jNAw1MofZcCsKi5VTA/s1600-h/dec15pear.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280247004644561410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG353C5sHH2vgv_RayUZdl4snTjSWtXvNud-rorxM5t5Hhxuv-YtNQgG1Qu22L5xWvQ6T7rSsODNQDmP6S5dCL_gcay410xUDxSmJONs2WRNEvnOi_qm23jNAw1MofZcCsKi5VTA/s320/dec15pear.jpg" border="0" /></a> Beautiful Evening Sky with Autumn Colors Wearing Winter Gear...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BlMgyXQoddSGIXarxohAKDYbBuYCpaCrdVdqpObw2x28xb8F91DpEuG3Dqvsi1xjc6kV8vUgLs5iHaKk4iRlRpxy6C0_18NA-8MceUGRDWyI92MP1WEjOgiVNPR_nBFwEb5UrA/s1600-h/dec15nect.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280246301232293010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BlMgyXQoddSGIXarxohAKDYbBuYCpaCrdVdqpObw2x28xb8F91DpEuG3Dqvsi1xjc6kV8vUgLs5iHaKk4iRlRpxy6C0_18NA-8MceUGRDWyI92MP1WEjOgiVNPR_nBFwEb5UrA/s320/dec15nect.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQjPTutZO1nvf1id-exNo2wIXizDRv8QMMH7hvdNrho7i3yjs1hn0QsEUhbrPakr5JePiTFz_5Jand4tUGH03JCXATGY24LpK5zfmRTU0bCqIixZpAb6OoyxCo3Dn-zHfhxb7eQ/s1600-h/dec15nativity2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280246297259728690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQjPTutZO1nvf1id-exNo2wIXizDRv8QMMH7hvdNrho7i3yjs1hn0QsEUhbrPakr5JePiTFz_5Jand4tUGH03JCXATGY24LpK5zfmRTU0bCqIixZpAb6OoyxCo3Dn-zHfhxb7eQ/s320/dec15nativity2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Nativity... <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_lzN1AYooyy-taiDdr5J2jCergd5Qz4cLk7CPjMUaL7Yow435HitYso7_TD-tRkVp2Zr5oKVuKNm4Ru1Jui05OannNFhQIrSKW72FJCPEv1dZryaSse2vvmfhE4mZsoX7L-Zcg/s1600-h/dec15nativity.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280246292740860738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_lzN1AYooyy-taiDdr5J2jCergd5Qz4cLk7CPjMUaL7Yow435HitYso7_TD-tRkVp2Zr5oKVuKNm4Ru1Jui05OannNFhQIrSKW72FJCPEv1dZryaSse2vvmfhE4mZsoX7L-Zcg/s320/dec15nativity.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZCrShZ8QTnY9LeoWiuP5TH9hwdGF0LRGfGyET0I54OkhTf_ZpaW1a7icnsNLWWTgPpRp_76WktCBKcz8e8rbxFGjqxES1Mt6WnBeJV5lEKwxTbC2SmpZN3PBSsx3W8hZVLNSkQ/s1600-h/dec15mush.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280246290309297970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZCrShZ8QTnY9LeoWiuP5TH9hwdGF0LRGfGyET0I54OkhTf_ZpaW1a7icnsNLWWTgPpRp_76WktCBKcz8e8rbxFGjqxES1Mt6WnBeJV5lEKwxTbC2SmpZN3PBSsx3W8hZVLNSkQ/s320/dec15mush.jpg" border="0" /></a> Lights in the Dark of Winter...Below, Spotlight Eden Prairie Mn: View from Home. Sigh - of bliss.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44Y6U3D-ajNIDe0c1zyfVK00q_76Iu-miQYtU-EpTdn1iX8b1Hw9dSAh31jtzYiti6t5BNbQEtKuXKJcdg4eIUER-JH_gO_iyiIYV8sgoiLybjTtBZ-1fbYKBfLpGvYlIL0y2eA/s1600-h/dec15mn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280245552294980818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44Y6U3D-ajNIDe0c1zyfVK00q_76Iu-miQYtU-EpTdn1iX8b1Hw9dSAh31jtzYiti6t5BNbQEtKuXKJcdg4eIUER-JH_gO_iyiIYV8sgoiLybjTtBZ-1fbYKBfLpGvYlIL0y2eA/s320/dec15mn.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSt0Vy_cs1d-3rQDRkszPucl1pmVSwrbXsuZrymmLcLGFfBxiVoz0Fsl1CDyJWym9lwsKpT3WH3aW9pRuuXJahHarvh-qRs1DQrrfJsi0vB3uE0EjPSGaN9uxSJ_ILiV96YTDitQ/s1600-h/dec15jojo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280245547223026162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSt0Vy_cs1d-3rQDRkszPucl1pmVSwrbXsuZrymmLcLGFfBxiVoz0Fsl1CDyJWym9lwsKpT3WH3aW9pRuuXJahHarvh-qRs1DQrrfJsi0vB3uE0EjPSGaN9uxSJ_ILiV96YTDitQ/s320/dec15jojo.jpg" border="0" /></a>Long Shadows in the Dark of Winter.... I am (so) happy to be back on the blog. A computer glitch has <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">kept</span> me off my main PC for over 3 weeks. So, I taught my back-up PC all about Nikon tonight, and like magic, I am back online. December has been very warm (no hard frost ...yet.) Then, our first snows arrived Sunday, and temps are forecast in the mid-20's for this week! We have over 6" of snow here on the hill. It has been a blast, and very beautiful. More later. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">xxoo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jj</span><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6LeDlQhV6BwLyPvi_C0HuNUn-enwpG1LDsRNE80kbpp4_xU2-kPjfFylq8RMguk72xCg8mziXEe8RkKPgIvYcuEP7awlhKxDZOvdZHowxvcywaRWWpVzLWDRiuGmiaSjgQss7g/s1600-h/dec15grape.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280245545090027170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6LeDlQhV6BwLyPvi_C0HuNUn-enwpG1LDsRNE80kbpp4_xU2-kPjfFylq8RMguk72xCg8mziXEe8RkKPgIvYcuEP7awlhKxDZOvdZHowxvcywaRWWpVzLWDRiuGmiaSjgQss7g/s320/dec15grape.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDQx9Pr_6XuQ1zWMmO_lOl0zkSAYlAjllUEHqELjZLFtKcglSC7O_Ekkh_KaRQXUgdQWdHD4K7sYJyoNo4kWwKMQIhTPcZWMB7sspvUYLPZHz1ItLFbCkDFfdkv9sApaCn9hDLw/s1600-h/dec15artichjoke.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280245081180559954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDQx9Pr_6XuQ1zWMmO_lOl0zkSAYlAjllUEHqELjZLFtKcglSC7O_Ekkh_KaRQXUgdQWdHD4K7sYJyoNo4kWwKMQIhTPcZWMB7sspvUYLPZHz1ItLFbCkDFfdkv9sApaCn9hDLw/s320/dec15artichjoke.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-65474518737889876472008-11-22T11:18:00.000-08:002008-11-22T13:43:09.435-08:00And Still, The Crickets Sang...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDCvACkXHwOodQMTPq1f2nZWnbCL_NC0lfZI0aN4goMX_l0hXoYQaAe35v9pAt8XlXxrBcFab3vKr0bNCQELaPNFujqncWlL0LVB6v9hyphenhyphenDBcqat68l8nSn_JnJBgTZx3BwzgV7A/s1600-h/nov20vista.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDCvACkXHwOodQMTPq1f2nZWnbCL_NC0lfZI0aN4goMX_l0hXoYQaAe35v9pAt8XlXxrBcFab3vKr0bNCQELaPNFujqncWlL0LVB6v9hyphenhyphenDBcqat68l8nSn_JnJBgTZx3BwzgV7A/s320/nov20vista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271577772266253714" border="0" /></a>Dreamy Clouds Moving In...Putting an end to our unseasonable warm spell. Temps in the high 70*-80* with nights so warm doors and windows were left open we have been saving firewood. The crickets were singing mid November...when frost should have long ago silenced them. Three days of rain has stifled their song somewhat, but we have yet to receive a frost on the hill. I tore out the tomatoes and they were all still green, and blooming! Below, Green Tomatoes to bag up for December eating.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ey5VZhgHt9d5msm0L3Vunu4JfFsaoTcLhNtADnzWa4FSaA19zdk6qniO5areZy7Cz5Ayf-PbZxM5z6uR7fp-bZit6rR2cpvtATIYeo-qnwZSxc47aMhXJL4HeYQZX6XC_Mf0lA/s1600-h/nov20maters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ey5VZhgHt9d5msm0L3Vunu4JfFsaoTcLhNtADnzWa4FSaA19zdk6qniO5areZy7Cz5Ayf-PbZxM5z6uR7fp-bZit6rR2cpvtATIYeo-qnwZSxc47aMhXJL4HeYQZX6XC_Mf0lA/s320/nov20maters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576023952785522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ7cFvWhmsvSuRBH_foEErrcmX8ALXgwY6QOC6IuZroACsJe8mLlXz0dFvYhoihd_MlcXECmofnX4aJGK38_fd2OUMckxfZmqauoYRNTBW-ZZN01F-nuMw-7nIUhaR_jcdtbWqQ/s1600-h/nov20salvia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ7cFvWhmsvSuRBH_foEErrcmX8ALXgwY6QOC6IuZroACsJe8mLlXz0dFvYhoihd_MlcXECmofnX4aJGK38_fd2OUMckxfZmqauoYRNTBW-ZZN01F-nuMw-7nIUhaR_jcdtbWqQ/s320/nov20salvia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271577240218306306" border="0" /></a>Salvia in the Afternoon Light...Below, Roses Post Rain Shower.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAKuQVLbZp4DlTMQnetecxbPf0CKdp-Zsx24wGi31xcJzQv99_BIsiNUusxPFL7yv6WIFNOznW5oghwv8geuArfgT9EpER_SWbAAd7aIegzPmbZgTMH4jQacf5-Nwis3ifR76zQ/s1600-h/nov20rose2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAKuQVLbZp4DlTMQnetecxbPf0CKdp-Zsx24wGi31xcJzQv99_BIsiNUusxPFL7yv6WIFNOznW5oghwv8geuArfgT9EpER_SWbAAd7aIegzPmbZgTMH4jQacf5-Nwis3ifR76zQ/s320/nov20rose2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271577233466511042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0tbGT9ymRo8VQt67oHS1aUuzSzo3VCNMW5mkWSrLM5MmrmruT_KybKZp1zgp8l_3u6oV5o7sG5IWDmottUn_i7rOocpUzE0k6n_vt5g6xMd23lzSodN9VCxUlGjfjJtFpMFi9A/s1600-h/nov20rose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0tbGT9ymRo8VQt67oHS1aUuzSzo3VCNMW5mkWSrLM5MmrmruT_KybKZp1zgp8l_3u6oV5o7sG5IWDmottUn_i7rOocpUzE0k6n_vt5g6xMd23lzSodN9VCxUlGjfjJtFpMFi9A/s320/nov20rose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576691103287522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ga-a4KlOIVKHjc2ccOFjm6o9Ft35gr4ts3ORl5JMZOUqYX4SjqU8NmMG5_zF1O6nr4Jx07oIaOs0u_UGFpeEzw0KgrS0cwsQGMg6ppioXF9C6KNMaidpm5f121szeTqmgHSCMg/s1600-h/nov20bee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ga-a4KlOIVKHjc2ccOFjm6o9Ft35gr4ts3ORl5JMZOUqYX4SjqU8NmMG5_zF1O6nr4Jx07oIaOs0u_UGFpeEzw0KgrS0cwsQGMg6ppioXF9C6KNMaidpm5f121szeTqmgHSCMg/s320/nov20bee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271574743400940690" border="0" /></a>Honeybee Gleaning the Last of the Pollen...Below California Poppy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zXi56rV-iA8L5K51zXNQwFzYq28rkweUOHLMbqFEU2CyoqJEE_Sf_8GjX6DDDWnctNNsAqIGqhPeAJjLSu3dwtCfd9vuaRJYRoitgSa1MP-jyryGKRCRpZ5GHWiUAFp6V5il4g/s1600-h/nov20poppy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zXi56rV-iA8L5K51zXNQwFzYq28rkweUOHLMbqFEU2CyoqJEE_Sf_8GjX6DDDWnctNNsAqIGqhPeAJjLSu3dwtCfd9vuaRJYRoitgSa1MP-jyryGKRCRpZ5GHWiUAFp6V5il4g/s320/nov20poppy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576691366840786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDfFu9XLEpnWkNT-iQP7rAv-L0ovwGMg62n-WLJNhI8y_cfJFwqsRGXRgHHw1gQHCNSMHVkHbe4mgLT2o15i4tBzE3hxctZ5Y3QxAsXXRUG7wU1d6MyJwzkvmq8LXDKc046F7tQ/s1600-h/nov20persm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDfFu9XLEpnWkNT-iQP7rAv-L0ovwGMg62n-WLJNhI8y_cfJFwqsRGXRgHHw1gQHCNSMHVkHbe4mgLT2o15i4tBzE3hxctZ5Y3QxAsXXRUG7wU1d6MyJwzkvmq8LXDKc046F7tQ/s320/nov20persm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576682503661122" border="0" /></a>Persimmons After All! I thought the crop was a loss this year, but it turns out there are a half dozen or so ripening in the cover of the foliage. Beautiful. Below, Perssimmon in Changing Hues.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XanMLe1XLDBJTM0byejDS52ZGvPGXCEoL75OoGfKUv17ZXb3u4K7yIEfeHbJOEWL5F8pJZVh7ZzWuC-sfgzyLcgPMVaDmsJxQ9RRqUhr7hVBBOsgD7sygKKRTTTnHL56feW81g/s1600-h/nov20persimm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XanMLe1XLDBJTM0byejDS52ZGvPGXCEoL75OoGfKUv17ZXb3u4K7yIEfeHbJOEWL5F8pJZVh7ZzWuC-sfgzyLcgPMVaDmsJxQ9RRqUhr7hVBBOsgD7sygKKRTTTnHL56feW81g/s320/nov20persimm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576679043979298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6p_TneYXAi0ySATndD6fww0J9krhjfq_Rwm2HuKNoFwRm-luvhJTU05RHDDhsYVcRtpJQG10XtatUK5x5QGjKC6VanNXSz7aEeajqyLn0zH4My-YVzOmT_DJgVZXjuZc30F_N5g/s1600-h/nov20pers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6p_TneYXAi0ySATndD6fww0J9krhjfq_Rwm2HuKNoFwRm-luvhJTU05RHDDhsYVcRtpJQG10XtatUK5x5QGjKC6VanNXSz7aEeajqyLn0zH4My-YVzOmT_DJgVZXjuZc30F_N5g/s320/nov20pers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576026890264130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfQSZA1sIO1DVE_Vr2f2wPHA8RyGEprMRJD8Z6YWQU1HVVef0a3dZMBMBG7WVoamzkZNeUz_v2qfHaaEvP0nhmFsMcDC0l_lCC1ZmG4PppE-6i9ya1QFwG57bPAjyTJIUFRVTqg/s1600-h/nov20pear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfQSZA1sIO1DVE_Vr2f2wPHA8RyGEprMRJD8Z6YWQU1HVVef0a3dZMBMBG7WVoamzkZNeUz_v2qfHaaEvP0nhmFsMcDC0l_lCC1ZmG4PppE-6i9ya1QFwG57bPAjyTJIUFRVTqg/s320/nov20pear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576028724008546" border="0" /></a>Pear Tree on Fire. Below Strawberry Still Trying...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7DcyYA9bZbskkrXuYKIWUR7mUOjJ3Z-g7RKEt6MidghIG7IWlnZEDu4E11PKIT4zBwWMTmM-YD8X0MJboBagouXXplqOmF8fO3EABMSC6FjT0JA_w9EqEZU1Weboar8U0PHKaw/s1600-h/nov20starw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7DcyYA9bZbskkrXuYKIWUR7mUOjJ3Z-g7RKEt6MidghIG7IWlnZEDu4E11PKIT4zBwWMTmM-YD8X0MJboBagouXXplqOmF8fO3EABMSC6FjT0JA_w9EqEZU1Weboar8U0PHKaw/s320/nov20starw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271577242331743218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu9mXhxCxZv1_tJinYqAHVobULH0z3LYdDqnjriqagETGyGX_GBQyC_Q3hQJJGZM87kjip3FfG1f5D1Mg9uL4k2My1Qkn9qvv6WEDUG_DnweAscfKmjTcHvvIQ6U0L-AYtPMwew/s1600-h/nov20hazel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu9mXhxCxZv1_tJinYqAHVobULH0z3LYdDqnjriqagETGyGX_GBQyC_Q3hQJJGZM87kjip3FfG1f5D1Mg9uL4k2My1Qkn9qvv6WEDUG_DnweAscfKmjTcHvvIQ6U0L-AYtPMwew/s320/nov20hazel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271575469879175570" border="0" /></a> Hazelnut in Fall Bloom...Below, Fall Gardening: Leeks, Onions and Garlic. I am loving raised bed gardening.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjpLbNaNjr9ZkRPEnX4Wby4C0q_jm50PwqSuuQP3xAq-RwZCPn9Rp7whw3swmPEdeOnflCVyoWSSquKbkFFY6qY5xSJbU1oXc-TXg7q3rCZs1ygRG7cyry3GCLjHT0KMBJzMLZQ/s1600-h/nov20onion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjpLbNaNjr9ZkRPEnX4Wby4C0q_jm50PwqSuuQP3xAq-RwZCPn9Rp7whw3swmPEdeOnflCVyoWSSquKbkFFY6qY5xSJbU1oXc-TXg7q3rCZs1ygRG7cyry3GCLjHT0KMBJzMLZQ/s320/nov20onion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576023202778658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5_P0DU1HVoQDD7ytVIJfbwALBxFIdPTgro1bcxVnBTlCl2bDWui0kvhrUendArpcMCY3447LsRbYpn7Q4CJqBoxtbQSnmGkejYtl-D1Uu_N_OuKuhI-jlRID-U3nkOiiRgn5Mg/s1600-h/nov20garlic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5_P0DU1HVoQDD7ytVIJfbwALBxFIdPTgro1bcxVnBTlCl2bDWui0kvhrUendArpcMCY3447LsRbYpn7Q4CJqBoxtbQSnmGkejYtl-D1Uu_N_OuKuhI-jlRID-U3nkOiiRgn5Mg/s320/nov20garlic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271575470009476738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDob6Nx45D26tJ-7iLgn6KIDxyd0Kjet28dRkqDwqtmanvQ5JveRnLFx-zl3ZnpS2EGR6n8nsqpLomxS0_lyWpQXlpF2InBQXElneVGbujDepg2OtabayfrL36lUb8wrJBggd1A/s1600-h/nov20bee4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDob6Nx45D26tJ-7iLgn6KIDxyd0Kjet28dRkqDwqtmanvQ5JveRnLFx-zl3ZnpS2EGR6n8nsqpLomxS0_lyWpQXlpF2InBQXElneVGbujDepg2OtabayfrL36lUb8wrJBggd1A/s320/nov20bee4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271575462670331986" border="0" /></a>Honeybee Up Close and Personal. I gazed in the eye of a worker bee. Did I see its soul? My last hive inspection of year was performed about 2 weeks ago. It was a wonderfully warm day and my smoker stayed lit..for the most part. My intention was to calculate the honey stores for both hives, look for signs of mites and assess brood and pollen status. It is a thrill to tear into a strong hive. I am very impressed with the fall build up and have a good feeling about their ability to survive the winter. No mites were on collection boards. My strong hive is kicking butt, and I am going a little overboard by allowing the nearly full super of capped honey to remain on the hive. But, there are so many bees in there, they still had nearly 4 frames of brood raising going on, and their bottom box is virtually FULL of pollen and bee bread. So, I figure, they probably need it. Should they go into the spring with such abundant stores, I will have the option of splitting the hive and introducing another queen, or letting them raise their own. My weaker hive, which had been re-queened in June, has built up impressively. I fed it (sugar syrup 2:1-with cream of tartar or lemon) consistently throughout September, and they filled their upper box completely. It is suggested to feed bees in the fall, so they can store that surplus as honey, rather than introduce liquid nutrition (moisture) into the hive in early spring when their stores may typically fall low. Ideally, you feed until they start to make "burr comb." I was elated to find EVERY FRAME of this hive completely affixed to the lower frames, and top cover, with beautiful new comb. There was a couple frames of brood/eggs, and a good supply of pollen as well. I cleaned up the errant comb, moved things around only slightly, and closed up the hive confident that they are on a good path. Below, Check out the Evaporation Stance of the worker bees at the entrance. They will stand side by side, beating their wings rapidly, drawing air through the entrance in an effort to cool the hive and aid in evaporating the nectar, into the honey we know and love.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXX9zqUl9_nrQKJj2ANUJsVkTz3Ff1x1S7TQJxVLfpgxUfwLmcoW-chw8zs4Z6TNob6Ur-TpZwrLceUAq_g82iQc90g1fc-YaPlRUOFazu7coQpFZ_WEu7V_sFlcoox0Aj_w7DA/s1600-h/nov20bee3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXX9zqUl9_nrQKJj2ANUJsVkTz3Ff1x1S7TQJxVLfpgxUfwLmcoW-chw8zs4Z6TNob6Ur-TpZwrLceUAq_g82iQc90g1fc-YaPlRUOFazu7coQpFZ_WEu7V_sFlcoox0Aj_w7DA/s320/nov20bee3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271575466259002130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThVYRdPn-1IYrCfxeaG2vGWmUPj2gz5FHHjRcQyC6mYkKrEIqoM4wflDP7WkXW3prqtRKIMTgcNDs_MVSElpC_XsgCiX9MU90SvtW8fXcVqJx0G5JBoOX_c-nxoDLpY7OSsWqrw/s1600-h/nov20bee2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThVYRdPn-1IYrCfxeaG2vGWmUPj2gz5FHHjRcQyC6mYkKrEIqoM4wflDP7WkXW3prqtRKIMTgcNDs_MVSElpC_XsgCiX9MU90SvtW8fXcVqJx0G5JBoOX_c-nxoDLpY7OSsWqrw/s320/nov20bee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271574742806024786" border="0" /></a>Pollen Sac Full...Late fall, the bees are enjoying Dandelion, Calendula, Cosmos, Bachelor Buttons, Marigold, Zinnia, Borage, Brassicas like Mustard and Broccoli and the California Poppy.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHpPo-JC19ZAqGRnBFhgF09uqYW2_69fHr-fn06WuTR4IItVyfL3JnTx-kwMyMXK0730rYW9nH5MqffND69uIl25Y8IPLmWp3gV_Q9WiL10IYf0yxG8X5TjR8q0HzB4xRKviz-A/s1600-h/nov20cal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHpPo-JC19ZAqGRnBFhgF09uqYW2_69fHr-fn06WuTR4IItVyfL3JnTx-kwMyMXK0730rYW9nH5MqffND69uIl25Y8IPLmWp3gV_Q9WiL10IYf0yxG8X5TjR8q0HzB4xRKviz-A/s320/nov20cal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271569393698629922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncquCJhA4AzFZ-fe0aLhHq95a4Su0mt3xectMf38yYwn6MPIWcxEaWsX4kVDHrusFmSYB4xK-zArnTB9SzzHGy_Go4CgvwK-DAO1z9m9u2KdskFXVUVYNSZINYs0iLEhB-qFE-w/s1600-h/nov20cosmo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncquCJhA4AzFZ-fe0aLhHq95a4Su0mt3xectMf38yYwn6MPIWcxEaWsX4kVDHrusFmSYB4xK-zArnTB9SzzHGy_Go4CgvwK-DAO1z9m9u2KdskFXVUVYNSZINYs0iLEhB-qFE-w/s320/nov20cosmo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271570073320967170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y1KyIMeGg1dPvu43HfuSw2zseBRfrYUHP43WyZ2XgIe8i9eSTRiBaSC_mZtkFdrNghdk9-1LLB7CK40PaXBJhe2tieF2q91KyRhH5Xn4eTygXIbOYwtIl0Mrtq5crx1uUm2Nnw/s1600-h/nov20apples.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y1KyIMeGg1dPvu43HfuSw2zseBRfrYUHP43WyZ2XgIe8i9eSTRiBaSC_mZtkFdrNghdk9-1LLB7CK40PaXBJhe2tieF2q91KyRhH5Xn4eTygXIbOYwtIl0Mrtq5crx1uUm2Nnw/s320/nov20apples.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271574739352572770" border="0" /></a>Funny Dwarf Pippin...Late, late apple. Below, buckets of Granny Smith. I neglected to prune this stately tree, there was a late killing frost, and still we've too many apples from this tree!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZVMGomxeJYSA0KkHP82iCACrukZwSmvL7aq-tM_NRIqrECfwelyw3ZtRQlLS8BE-o4Rvnd1k0cxE6RY7saeyHWTwaTOFMtfokMo6CD0KFIVVEn4Y7JBE5oFFEUX4whoXaN0oeA/s1600-h/nov20apple.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZVMGomxeJYSA0KkHP82iCACrukZwSmvL7aq-tM_NRIqrECfwelyw3ZtRQlLS8BE-o4Rvnd1k0cxE6RY7saeyHWTwaTOFMtfokMo6CD0KFIVVEn4Y7JBE5oFFEUX4whoXaN0oeA/s320/nov20apple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271574740688796626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0As7sjCfXOAKNbUper0l72CuBt3RbrkCcXuYPWK8nLStrLAUEc5J3HC0UXDbD1ug1nYWCWWttateen2GtqyIaFpU7tr1NnfjQ8eTmlaQGBt2HASsh6YLTe5AVSE1kH2I-0IicZg/s1600-h/nov20ahaiku.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0As7sjCfXOAKNbUper0l72CuBt3RbrkCcXuYPWK8nLStrLAUEc5J3HC0UXDbD1ug1nYWCWWttateen2GtqyIaFpU7tr1NnfjQ8eTmlaQGBt2HASsh6YLTe5AVSE1kH2I-0IicZg/s320/nov20ahaiku.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271574733152557362" border="0" /></a>Haiku...St. Francis...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiMy3qulrg-j63z9C-bKbQQ6UfmJr9WBcndJ8I4w6v-w0ViuHjnpOiFs4l5gA0IO9daQhb2Fea1q5A2ggDgixmLVS4duRbpsUrpnrpF0ec-bvspHfkVixsSb5w-IGx3hBkFgOKA/s1600-h/nov20francis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiMy3qulrg-j63z9C-bKbQQ6UfmJr9WBcndJ8I4w6v-w0ViuHjnpOiFs4l5gA0IO9daQhb2Fea1q5A2ggDgixmLVS4duRbpsUrpnrpF0ec-bvspHfkVixsSb5w-IGx3hBkFgOKA/s320/nov20francis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271570077409281986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwH5wyNjy2OhvFYeUNVZCcBi7H4sM9V4thc83h06F_DoJgnLdRh0kHdFy9S5Nf0bxT0uhY_2OwpaWZwWvhllLMwBWdvJ9xuARlcMc2E1iUm3H6uCBCC4ssx8iWLQ_rFM-LXwaHA/s1600-h/nov20clover4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwH5wyNjy2OhvFYeUNVZCcBi7H4sM9V4thc83h06F_DoJgnLdRh0kHdFy9S5Nf0bxT0uhY_2OwpaWZwWvhllLMwBWdvJ9xuARlcMc2E1iUm3H6uCBCC4ssx8iWLQ_rFM-LXwaHA/s320/nov20clover4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271570074349550994" border="0" /></a>Cover Cropping ...Clover of two varieties that were planted prior to the rain. It was perfect weather for germination, the warm spell got it growing, and now with the return of cooler, wetter weather, I am confident they are going to be just fine. For me it's all about the bees now. If they like it, I want to plant it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrH8Hsck0edN7aN7XdToVlMfzWYZ-Db-JTYAF1fijx-3GJOyyqmI2-42ThEanrPGAqd2BPg7ZGdppYBgC3u8FgyYcvOBb6sVVCOEJVxVyXEGk4rqQh6gZiKaW4ibzArzV7eeerw/s1600-h/nov20clover2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrH8Hsck0edN7aN7XdToVlMfzWYZ-Db-JTYAF1fijx-3GJOyyqmI2-42ThEanrPGAqd2BPg7ZGdppYBgC3u8FgyYcvOBb6sVVCOEJVxVyXEGk4rqQh6gZiKaW4ibzArzV7eeerw/s320/nov20clover2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271570068574391842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTEgYhimVWpZjk5zlp2Vgc7RmZ57_gA8LR4FVcilE7nDqamfd6yQbYnFFsBsLDCNdaal1Hq8_IvR2uU2Cq9s5t2Cbvv9_2glKy7rpNU4FAmJ4GWbdRS5_qHnPLgLW390YK3T9aA/s1600-h/nov20clover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTEgYhimVWpZjk5zlp2Vgc7RmZ57_gA8LR4FVcilE7nDqamfd6yQbYnFFsBsLDCNdaal1Hq8_IvR2uU2Cq9s5t2Cbvv9_2glKy7rpNU4FAmJ4GWbdRS5_qHnPLgLW390YK3T9aA/s320/nov20clover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271570070441823826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZRsbUjW3U62V7mgmiQRqS3exyNNNFkDJ9W_TSzMK3OTlmK-0oYjIqJTVGc3AvfsP5K-ClQMnSpl1SyObQEzkSIrmvO8vg9hV3UBpiFtSHGwmdt_gbzZxZCKmSLPlGyLPMC2GCA/s1600-h/nov20cabbage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZRsbUjW3U62V7mgmiQRqS3exyNNNFkDJ9W_TSzMK3OTlmK-0oYjIqJTVGc3AvfsP5K-ClQMnSpl1SyObQEzkSIrmvO8vg9hV3UBpiFtSHGwmdt_gbzZxZCKmSLPlGyLPMC2GCA/s320/nov20cabbage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271569391181920866" border="0" /></a>Red Cabbage...Below Late Broccoli. These were planted in late August, and performed nowhere near as well as those planted the 1st week in Aug. Way Below, Early Broccoli Blooming. More bee forage!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqBG_kvRtkVuNUOfU4zfuexJl-I-EDeMF-Xd98I4xiekJ8V13wCuKFFl3smAqseLE4-gJFcsaKYlPhgstRgQmgCleeLiMG9fBCjsvc3pUbNPD5UehBuDUHpa_0bomE9KDIxxy5A/s1600-h/nov20brocc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqBG_kvRtkVuNUOfU4zfuexJl-I-EDeMF-Xd98I4xiekJ8V13wCuKFFl3smAqseLE4-gJFcsaKYlPhgstRgQmgCleeLiMG9fBCjsvc3pUbNPD5UehBuDUHpa_0bomE9KDIxxy5A/s320/nov20brocc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271569393190445026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbNS1YJMRNW3JqeXkSq8p4Me3oSYWsdh9XJSo7zk7j4fMIytkTFos6n4Mg4RiCT9fFHo1ZumIfScf5PU7ypQjBmO7C-6ETkEw020VB84I1nPtpD3OaOu6U7-LdN-v9AHM3IkTMA/s1600-h/nov20broc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbNS1YJMRNW3JqeXkSq8p4Me3oSYWsdh9XJSo7zk7j4fMIytkTFos6n4Mg4RiCT9fFHo1ZumIfScf5PU7ypQjBmO7C-6ETkEw020VB84I1nPtpD3OaOu6U7-LdN-v9AHM3IkTMA/s320/nov20broc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271569387906549794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvKOOTPou6R8_yHEratHH9IsFuFrHVBVkXh9xH735ZptxEG2RxXGljjulokQqAZv0YKhB3_tlB72dwAG7X6KoZc8fYCHIQsIQWs4X4tL03QU-lLPNLZXJSnHsEkQZLyvTlRUacg/s1600-h/nov20pixvista.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvKOOTPou6R8_yHEratHH9IsFuFrHVBVkXh9xH735ZptxEG2RxXGljjulokQqAZv0YKhB3_tlB72dwAG7X6KoZc8fYCHIQsIQWs4X4tL03QU-lLPNLZXJSnHsEkQZLyvTlRUacg/s320/nov20pixvista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271576684460716850" border="0" /></a>Pink Vista...Below, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pepper - Lives! READY FOR A</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">HORROR STORY? Amitraz Reaction! </span>I have used the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Preventic Collars</span> for years, for the control of ticks.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>I understand the toxic nature of them and am cautious in their use. I enjoy their effectiveness, and assumed they were "safe." I have never witnessed any sort of reaction in my dogs to them. But this time Pepper was found cringing in the wood shed about 3 hours after I put on her collar. I immediately took it off and gave her a bath. She continued to shake and looked very ill. The vet reported that the soap for<span style="font-weight: bold;"> AMITRAZ removal </span>is <span style="font-weight: bold;">LIQUID DAWN</span>, so I put in an order to my partner in town, and continued to monitor her condition. I thought she would be fine. Of course about the time the vet closed for the day, she went down hard, and had a fever of nearly 105*~! It was several phone calls to the preventic poison hot line, the emergency vet, a couple more baths, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">12 hours </span>before her fever went down. She never puked, had no diarrhea and I was certain there was no chance she eaten any collar pieces, so and I took a wait-and-see approach. It was a full day before she would eat <span style="font-weight: bold;">anything, </span>or even attempt her usual obsessive Jack Russel tricks and antics. (note: Pepper has been taught many tricks, one of which is "<span style="font-style: italic;">pick it up.</span>" So she often spends her spare time collecting pencils, and what-not off the floor bringing them to us in hopes of a goodie!) We were very concerned about her, and needless to say, I removed the collar off Snoopy as well, and am now using some lame organic tick remedy that appears ineffective - but safe. Amitraz is highly toxic to, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">can even kill your cat</span>. Most reactions in canines are dog specific. I just don't feel good about having in my home at all. I know more about Amitraz now, than I ever wanted to. Way Below, Snoopy - most likely harboring ticks - plays with Simba.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8u3AeazGAX2F1xfowwV_6A3zm8LV0300anOC7BjtBqjH3IlR6n8JrYgpnO57OXtnXNNQ9A1_VaqUrfV9jo4Y8eeTLUxs-r9m_gYthzuOvjAfM9HU6RyPBpcOW2c15LHf1Tfa7eg/s1600-h/nov10pep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8u3AeazGAX2F1xfowwV_6A3zm8LV0300anOC7BjtBqjH3IlR6n8JrYgpnO57OXtnXNNQ9A1_VaqUrfV9jo4Y8eeTLUxs-r9m_gYthzuOvjAfM9HU6RyPBpcOW2c15LHf1Tfa7eg/s320/nov10pep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271589290446127058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dl7J56Z3_0Gi6mrlfE-T63-AhEtjXOK85KjAfeSbVPJu0vgErlzF8zeHN5gAdNBXCOyVwwFZDII5X9ctt0pYRJ4itzIhaqnfWMKQO3hlhZiON9l5JmtO0RZvRQKV9zYWheJwXQ/s1600-h/nov20simbasnoop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dl7J56Z3_0Gi6mrlfE-T63-AhEtjXOK85KjAfeSbVPJu0vgErlzF8zeHN5gAdNBXCOyVwwFZDII5X9ctt0pYRJ4itzIhaqnfWMKQO3hlhZiON9l5JmtO0RZvRQKV9zYWheJwXQ/s320/nov20simbasnoop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271577239321153074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5FydqocKx9Yl9skATWd6M8jKn_7SK5IEiITSWyOWFLiMHWofbobMVNJoxCn2En7jyFRb4bxwkVcIfXulyXkDoVRuwFxHRnJCwxLOaetTwfdFYhTky-zjSmslD45NWgreLqFK6Q/s1600-h/NOV20SOUP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5FydqocKx9Yl9skATWd6M8jKn_7SK5IEiITSWyOWFLiMHWofbobMVNJoxCn2En7jyFRb4bxwkVcIfXulyXkDoVRuwFxHRnJCwxLOaetTwfdFYhTky-zjSmslD45NWgreLqFK6Q/s320/NOV20SOUP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271577238020926178" border="0" /></a>Carrot Soup...We enjoyed a few rows of carrots this summer, and with the last few stragglers I made a delicious autumn soup. They were not the sweetest carrots, so, to the above recipe I added a couple tablespoons of brown sugar. With that, and the sauteed onions, it turned out wonderfully rich and sweet. Spicy too!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G3Tau378Fa1c-eLz_oTAr2YKkIfb2Drrujb-kyB3_oiXb6h8O0ay2I_-FXogtuoy39z_YONJ2LD-MuBJyjkuQ4TbVbaQA0MXNK4LhMzkOUeVm2BGMetnYT4JQkoMbBJVFSU5wg/s1600-h/nov20carvig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G3Tau378Fa1c-eLz_oTAr2YKkIfb2Drrujb-kyB3_oiXb6h8O0ay2I_-FXogtuoy39z_YONJ2LD-MuBJyjkuQ4TbVbaQA0MXNK4LhMzkOUeVm2BGMetnYT4JQkoMbBJVFSU5wg/s320/nov20carvig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271569397910075778" border="0" /></a>Have a Blessed Thanksgiving. See you in December for the Year End Wrap Up. Do you have a favorite image from '08? DO tell. xxoo Jjjojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28520481.post-80441270036887554782008-11-10T19:15:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:42:29.410-08:00November Gold<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWHER1N0Jre1k_P-hG_f2pSfBzR-dd1qIUPnkap7NO8qU9F1uuBnJhYOsheHUmOw-WTtWEM61v35UXnTL7mEaE_WAKTM-MnnzMmdVS2iIBnsv1mBOsUCSvrQ5NBW-IECorU48pA/s1600-h/nov10bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWHER1N0Jre1k_P-hG_f2pSfBzR-dd1qIUPnkap7NO8qU9F1uuBnJhYOsheHUmOw-WTtWEM61v35UXnTL7mEaE_WAKTM-MnnzMmdVS2iIBnsv1mBOsUCSvrQ5NBW-IECorU48pA/s320/nov10bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234226576496530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9buFL99OuZzzcDAGfSRF8FHXe3zn2hF9xdHZDlS6I3Xl1bLudTvMHaYYvbaBRAo9m9V37ltH_cfnQ0PQz-jbKtfL_WKGfwQFQEcKVxaaVStjs5DWtQUAuvg3RxKsr2W8lsRWdLw/s1600-h/nov10pixsun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOmnNeumiEZiN-tqF3IliStB2YFTj2QEVd1_fBLM5nUCLnjJLaGx-hEa6PkV2rYfSBVI-aH2P99Nx-cb95tmVO4ty3TcYc8f7eArz2DZQzQFBia8XcFqrc7SNFKK7O20EHs8AlA/s320/nov10vista.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267236944059561026" border="0" /></a>Many Pics...Few Words...It's autumn, which in many ways is so much like spring here, everywhere.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCFCa2780wkNvfg3Yp0FXH_bKFO3ktFOYEiaVhSUEVYa-kR1HPlYWJOF6pjnMO2n80t60pwvO0IFbgyrMT-v4ofT7GuAe3kV5EZJWXma7_P5JveIX_SX6zUKz1YxyPZECldJGTQ/s1600-h/nov10green.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCFCa2780wkNvfg3Yp0FXH_bKFO3ktFOYEiaVhSUEVYa-kR1HPlYWJOF6pjnMO2n80t60pwvO0IFbgyrMT-v4ofT7GuAe3kV5EZJWXma7_P5JveIX_SX6zUKz1YxyPZECldJGTQ/s320/nov10green.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234974994084658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lr5vicL_kK-EEkNjC4oCoH8Bx2dXwIvzJ6Ju1z8Cb2asNJazioy7qkbkp_M0cXKTosy0SnB-wAWhvejVFrUAah5AUBBdwGsREwNgbxn4cwnrZtCnmoTbCnyje92oPMhHahY02g/s1600-h/nov10grape.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lr5vicL_kK-EEkNjC4oCoH8Bx2dXwIvzJ6Ju1z8Cb2asNJazioy7qkbkp_M0cXKTosy0SnB-wAWhvejVFrUAah5AUBBdwGsREwNgbxn4cwnrZtCnmoTbCnyje92oPMhHahY02g/s320/nov10grape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234976663491170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTet4sJpyKL-94ML1rfWmaElp1h6SyvWLtELe261eaLfj5T0YpPpJnwkCa8LvBDTE6cddpLXudWrfBbQu2q4C41pZ3EMc8RYh_u8WEHY9RddjM8WHH8uvMw69nQn14V27XPshVA/s1600-h/nov10fig2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTet4sJpyKL-94ML1rfWmaElp1h6SyvWLtELe261eaLfj5T0YpPpJnwkCa8LvBDTE6cddpLXudWrfBbQu2q4C41pZ3EMc8RYh_u8WEHY9RddjM8WHH8uvMw69nQn14V27XPshVA/s320/nov10fig2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234969980221954" border="0" /></a>Figs...So close and yet so far away...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbMQkAmn4Sr8Q0OcdAHnyhe7NJhVvPA3OeKoXfBlcErEBkRsXcod8M_Km8FPjUYQF0NeSEGvH6RQ2mu0_AsbNQrqd0XaVGx4O5NDO5a-cl_ptTO6g-5qdYmZDHZ684IG0qIh-Jw/s1600-h/nov10fig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbMQkAmn4Sr8Q0OcdAHnyhe7NJhVvPA3OeKoXfBlcErEBkRsXcod8M_Km8FPjUYQF0NeSEGvH6RQ2mu0_AsbNQrqd0XaVGx4O5NDO5a-cl_ptTO6g-5qdYmZDHZ684IG0qIh-Jw/s320/nov10fig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234970998540738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSzzRgsaYwXzKFxGzU4ycPnnS8oxQhqBanxhsgkiB9ObIVdGkQIT0PIWaLnDrqpRGVcDMBI_J5DOTgXk1U4EAX1bqqgQ7iAqVQpojlLIeqn3syqyV1XnyNB9lG_21AuXsidUuCA/s1600-h/nov10cosmos2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSzzRgsaYwXzKFxGzU4ycPnnS8oxQhqBanxhsgkiB9ObIVdGkQIT0PIWaLnDrqpRGVcDMBI_J5DOTgXk1U4EAX1bqqgQ7iAqVQpojlLIeqn3syqyV1XnyNB9lG_21AuXsidUuCA/s320/nov10cosmos2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234967328721714" border="0" /></a>Cosmos ...A carefree EZ Autumn Flower...The bees LOVE them - they are a great pollen source.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs8Tp20xuzbJ5uR7LvbedYi5qFKL3DXEPFcgy0qxT4-F2bdzAi7COw36S9GsgMYctTpgBMrpqHOgiFfUXOq4Bo3ruzPCzJEiB30NaZ2DnNRTUuiYmhmrmxP7kH0Wexmy4tcFErg/s1600-h/nov10cosmos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs8Tp20xuzbJ5uR7LvbedYi5qFKL3DXEPFcgy0qxT4-F2bdzAi7COw36S9GsgMYctTpgBMrpqHOgiFfUXOq4Bo3ruzPCzJEiB30NaZ2DnNRTUuiYmhmrmxP7kH0Wexmy4tcFErg/s320/nov10cosmos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234238309789906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9KcAPObkxz3MVi3fd_cd_iUUFVuiwNuGqqFqJg20okzq4f0-h1AFCGTOeQRlBIp5nB-E7bQa-7LelG3z-cUg749-QGBrZ0QDVna_E-sZr85GQAUXw6lUPpe2HMVXnqAwcOM-Gg/s1600-h/nov10brea.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9KcAPObkxz3MVi3fd_cd_iUUFVuiwNuGqqFqJg20okzq4f0-h1AFCGTOeQRlBIp5nB-E7bQa-7LelG3z-cUg749-QGBrZ0QDVna_E-sZr85GQAUXw6lUPpe2HMVXnqAwcOM-Gg/s320/nov10brea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234234876794386" border="0" /></a>Last of the Apples...Simba - All Grown Up! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmAXxCMPl6PSXhrhJt8pvKnCLa635av8r2K-AoozTVOru3Q0uZ9f9_hZGjLi0xzsplnksBxM2KdK7qZmO6SqCpyw8JIAiWdqY3En_kV_xpVXfxYLsDFmeDEIm2xlbz0FkTK6Y6Q/s1600-h/nov10simba2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmAXxCMPl6PSXhrhJt8pvKnCLa635av8r2K-AoozTVOru3Q0uZ9f9_hZGjLi0xzsplnksBxM2KdK7qZmO6SqCpyw8JIAiWdqY3En_kV_xpVXfxYLsDFmeDEIm2xlbz0FkTK6Y6Q/s320/nov10simba2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267236335681387314" border="0" /></a>Nothing wordy to share. Enjoy Autumn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVD62aCElPnjJb4DrJ9GWwWJTeOnh2hNHi3IdiWPJFB7CrlgIXJ8I8EOXqllttvbJUzjo5F9adKyIDNH0bsN-bNyvvnNdCw5Mt128DZ4xYX3zDEieAwMG8iEAq8xPcQza2NYGs7Q/s1600-h/nov10bachbutmandala.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVD62aCElPnjJb4DrJ9GWwWJTeOnh2hNHi3IdiWPJFB7CrlgIXJ8I8EOXqllttvbJUzjo5F9adKyIDNH0bsN-bNyvvnNdCw5Mt128DZ4xYX3zDEieAwMG8iEAq8xPcQza2NYGs7Q/s320/nov10bachbutmandala.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267234225202566546" border="0" /></a>jojo roxxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18335389077513821642noreply@blogger.com2