ALBERTA LANDSCAPE

When I lived in Alberta I became obsessed with the Blackfoot Native Americans visiting the museum quite regularly.  Today while surfing the web I found these coordinates that show something pretty amazing not too far from Medicine Hat.  Put into google Alberta 50° 0'38.20"N 110° 6'48.32"W, click maps and then click the earth icon.  Zoom out a bit  - very cool eh!!!   It looks to me like a scout Blackfoot Native American with an ipod in his ear.........and my husbands cousin told me that there is Blackfoot in their family line.  Buda Bing!!!

CHARLES WYSOCKI - A CARDINAL CHRISTMAS

My screensaver for over 3 months - there just is something about this image that I love.  I originally got it at a fleamarket as a puzzle but sheesh 1000 pieces.  It is now a collector and is going for over 40 dollars on ebay - ouch - gave it to St. Vincent.

TODAY - WHITE LION CUBS AT THE TDOT ZOO

Sweet video of the white lion cubs today from the zoo.  Click on the tunes first for some music to go with the 2nd video.

RICKY SYERS & DORIS DIETHER

Ricky Syers is an off-beat 50 year old street performer who found his calling as a puppeteer after a lifetime of manual labor. While performing in New York City’s Washington Square Park, he met Doris Diether, an 86 year old community activist. They became friends and he made a marionette that looks just like her. Now she’s joined his act and the two of them can often be seen performing together.

SOON

The weather surrounding us is snow-eeeeeeeeeee.   So, it will be here very soon.  Next month on the agenda will be our first ever purchase of snow tires.

LOWDOWN TRACKS

I still have the FALL look on here as we have not had snow yet.  As a matter of fact, as we were preparing the outside for winter, we were out in T-shirts as it has been a long Native American Summer here in Ontario.  Last night I was clicking thru the TV looking for something to watch and TVO had a wonderful documentary.  I hope you will take the 1.5 hrs to watch it.  Here is the link

http://tvo.org/video/documentaries/lowdown-tracks-feature-version

Inspired by depression-era folk songs, filmmaker Shelley Saywell and singer and activist Lorraine Segato set out to document the music and stories of those who live on the margins of society and bare their souls through their songs on the streets of Toronto. It's a journey that takes us along abandoned tracks, beneath bridges, inside shelters, rooming houses and alleyways, and celebrates the music and survival of those who live on the outside.

BOMBUS/APIS VERSUS HYMENOPTERA (scientific names)

Here is a great link to an animal encyclopedia 

http://a-z-animals.com/

BECAUSE OF HER, HE WAS LATE

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT

FLOWER TENT

This would be great with morning glories.

PERSEID METEOR SHOWER

Google it and check your weather.  We look good to go.  4 a.m. on Thursday, August 13th.

GARY LARSEN

CHICKEN OUTFIT

A friend out in Victoria sent me a picture of her 2 chickens who had found there way inside the house.  'Bad Girls', she said.  I told her to tell the girls they would have to wear these if they did it again.  I should make them eh?

Here is our gnome house at the bottom of the front tree.

MORE WEATHER BUT IN CALGARY

FOR CLR - LOL

Just saw this on FB and thought of you.  It was titled 'GUESS WHO TIRED EVERYONE OUT'

AWESOME STORM

Yesterday due to the fact that I am under the weather (no pun intended) I stayed in touch with Ontario Tornado Watch online viewing amazing photos of the storms that came thru.  Just before the following image came thru to go over the lake we were stowing away the many potted planters.  The image is coming south from downsview.  Saw it as it passed us.  Never seen anything like these shelf clouds before.

Outside of the city these ones were taken and I liked them because they had faces.

This was just added to OTW online - EF2 touchdown in Teviotdale - 220 km/h - northwest of Elora.  Here is what was said - This is my daughter's video. My husband was driving the vehicle at the time it was being shot. They pulled over immediately after she stopped recording this. They both said at that point it did take him using both hands to pull the car over to the shoulder and it was at that they described it becoming completely "black" in front of them as if they were in a "black dust storm". They said people did continue to drive right towards it and Chad was quite surprised they could control their vehicles. Tailor assured me the funnel cloud does look closer to them then it actually was but still too close for comfort.

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

July 2015 has two full moons thus the expression 'Once in a blue moon'.  The first one was July 2nd and the Blue Moon will be on Friday, July 31st.

Been taking a break from Blogging

DECORAH EAGLETS

Whoahhhh - the babies are looking more like kiddos.  Here is the webcam link (and the wikplayer sounds great with the sounds from the Decorah link)  http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Well HELLO

I guess we have been busy preparing the garden because the last time I posted on here was early April.  It has been a chilly Spring and not enough rain.  They say rain and then ...... it does not rain.  So, I added a wikplayer of morning rain and birds.

Taking a break from GLEANING.  Updated image of Jean Francoise Millet's 1857 controversial painting for the upper and middle classes - THE GLEANERS.

TODAY IN THE WHITEHORSE STAR 'PERSONALS'

I THINK THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE EMERALD LAKE AND KLONDIKE HWY

I have had Sciatica in my left lower back now for two days and just lying around googling stuff today.  There is a Personal for a UFO hotline.  In researching the persons name I came to this  http://www.ufobc.ca/yukon/index.htm   (I think the above image has to do with the 76/77 story)  Also in the Personals are a Sasquatch watch email and a Ghostbuster phone number.  OOGIDIE BOOGIDIE!

TRADITIONAL DRESS OF MY GREATGRANDMOTHERS

I found this image the other day of the peasant females dress on the Island of Vormsi in the Baltic Sea where my grandfather and generations back to the 1500's lived.  The second image is actually the town of Hullo where my grandfather was born (b. 1886) - I am thinking of finding a china doll at a second hand store and redressing it in the traditional dress.

INTERNET NASTY

One thing that really gets to me on the internet is how people who you are not face to face with, whom hiding behind their desktops have the audacity to respond with the most horrid comments.  These responses deflect from the actual subject and for sure cause peoples blood pressures to rise.  This image says it all.

I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS ONE INTO A T-SHIRT

FIRSTBORN DECORAH EAGLET D21

This image of eaglet D21 amuses me as he looks into the webcam.  My name for him is Reuben a name given to firstborn males meaning BEHOLD A SON.  The next image is also great of Mom, also looking right into the webcam.  ..... and by the way, I am not sure which is male or female but for my own fun I have chosen the gender.  Here is the link to view via webcam http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

DECORAH EAGLES - FIRST and SECOND EAGLETS ARE HERE

There are 3 eggs.  First one hatched on March 27th.  Today, the second one is seen in the video hatching.
Someone wrote - Oh nooooooo, its the dreaded MIDDLE child - lol lol lol.

BUFFET

I went to Plantworld on Eglinton and got me and mom an Easter Lily.  She was so impressed that there were 9 blooms.   I did not notice that.    Usually I get them at No Frills and there are around 5-6 blooms.  Stunning.  I got a Hyacinthe too and there were 6 bulbs.

SWING INTO SPRING

APPLE PHISHING EMAILS

I have had two of these in two weeks.  They usually end up in my junk mail which I peruse daily and empty.  First of all, I do not have an apple ID.  Also, note that the email looks like it was sent from yourself.  To check that out just click on reply and your name will come up on the left hand side as a contact.  You will see that there is not a sender noted - if there was I would copy and paste it into hotmail/outlook BLOCK.   Here is a link to see more about this.

http://metadataconsulting.blogspot.ca/2014/10/phishing-email-apple-id-reset-candy.html

REPAIR, REUSE, MAKE DO AND DON'T THROW ANYTHING AWAY.........

...... was a motto from the Great Depression.   An interesting story popped up the other day about flour sacks.  They used to make them in floral prints as people used them to make dresses.  It would take more than one flour sack to make a dress so what became good for the goose was also good for the gander.  Today, vintage flour sacks are highly sought out on ebay auctions mostly to make vintage quilts.

WELCOME SPRING

GUESS WHO

The blonde in the middle is non other than 14 year old BRAD PITT in Springfield Missouri.  --- 1977 thereabouts --- Cute kid.

FALLSTREAK HOLE CLOUD FORMATION

The Fallstreak Hole, or hole punch cloud, occurs when part of a cloud's water droplets freeze into ice crystals and fall below the cloud layer

LINK FOR MORE IMAGES - - - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-03/photographers-catch-rare-fallstreak-cloud-formations-in-victoria/5863482

'HEART' DOGS

Rover99

I USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.....

I love all the creativity that one finds on the internet these days.  I bought an extension years ago that I still have that matched my hair way back when.  The only way I could do this now adays is with a wig - mmmmmmmm.

AUSTRALIAN FOX BAT - OMG

How would you like to walk our your front/back door and see one of these!!!

ITS REAL!

EASTER ISLAND STATUES

I looked into this last year and just reposting because I think it is pretty interesting that alot of people did not know that the Easter Island HEADS have bodies too.

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE

DECORAH EAGLES- IOWA - March 5th

Female eagles are larger than male eagles.  In this youtube, the mother eagle comes back to the nest to relieve the father eagle.  Note that the father eagle likes his eggs in a row and the mother likes hers in a triangle.  I think that this nest is very close to a fish hatchery and hope one day I can see one of them bringing home a fish.


Again, here is the live WEBCAM of the Decorah Eagles in Iowa - 
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

In Hanover, Pennsylvania yesterday during a snowstorm ...............

 Here is a link to more images - http://wtop.com/watercooler/2015/03/eagle-covered-with-snow-up-to-her-beak-as-she-protects-eggs-in-storm/slide/1/

PanArt Hang Drum

Never saw this instrument before.  Expensive and a long waiting list to buy one.



Here is a link to more information on these interesting drums
http://worldpercussion.net/instruments/panart-hang-and-handpans/

COOKING IN THE ARCHIVES - RECIPES FROM 1600-1800

This is a fun and interesting blog.  When you have some swingin time check it out.

Lady Fagg
An Excellent Cheap Soupe
1 pound of Beef cut in small pieces
perl p[b?]arley
2 2 oz Rice. 1/2 pint split Peas
6 potatoes. 2 large Onions —
pepper & salt to the taste. put al[l]
these with one Gallon of water
into a deep Pot – Tie it down,
& Let it bake 6 hours –
NB – dont strain it but turn
it alltogether into the Dish – th[is]
will make a good meal for 6
or 8 people, & does not want
any bread to eat with it.
********
They then update the recipe - Here is a link to see the blog - http://rarecooking.com/

CELKA - IMITATOR

Saw this on Bored Panda last week - Celka imitates internet viral faces and celebrities.  The more I looked thru at all of them the more kudos I thought to give her - Really enjoyed it.  Here are a few and a link to see more.

Please view somemore at ----- http://www.boredpanda.com/i-imitated-celebrity-impressions-and-it-went-viral/

DECORAH EAGLES - Iowa

I watched the Decorah eagles last year and am back at it this year.  First egg Feb 18, 2015, Second egg Feb 21, 2015, Third egg Feb 25, 2015.  Here is the webcam link for the Decorah eagles in Iowa.
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Here is a link to a list of other eagle webcams --- https://eagleholic.wordpress.com/eagle-cam-list/

WATCH THIS IMAGE FOR 30 SECONDS AND THEN WATCH VAN GOGH'S PAINTING COME TO LIFE

WINTER TULIPS

Our snow out front looks like this --- I would like to do this.  Stay tuned.

LINEUPS MADE MORE RESTFUL

This image was taken in Thailand but apparently they do this in other places as well.  The people take their shoes off and sit waiting for their names to be called.  I do not mind being barefoot but for sure everyone would have to be in agreement to taking their shoes off.

PINK VELVET BANANA

This is so cool eh?  Toronto is planting zone 6 BUT if you are closer to the lake as we are then you would be planting zone 6b or 7.  The Pink Velvet Banana is a planting zone/cold hardiness 7b or 8 to 10 so I do not think this would work here.  Albeit, it makes a great indoor plant so maybe it could go in a pot outside in the summer and be brought inside for winter.  I think Victoria, B.C. is a zone 9b or 10 so this would work for you Dottie.

Here is a link to read more about this - http://statebystategardening.com/state.php/la/hotplants/pink_velvet_banana/


I saw this the other day and thought of you Dottie

BABY GOAT YELLING

This is cute.  BUT --- they actually filmed the goat first and then added the script after.

TORONTO MYSTERY UNDERGROUND BUNKER

This was discovered 6 weeks ago.  The following video is lengthy.  I do not think it is terrorism related.  I think it is moreso end of the world or crisis related.  Perhaps they will get to the bottom of this and we will know why someone built a bunker on public property.  YorkU is close by so it could be kids from there - a project?  I have to wonder where the extension cord plugged into for the heater,

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/02/24/live-toronto-police-reveal-mystery-tunnel-details.html

OH MY - S. KOREAN COUPLE FALL DOWN SINKHOLE