Zany and Zelalous Zebras Zero in on the Zenith it's Zero hour With Zestful Zig Zags their Zinc white stripes Zip like a Zip code Zippering forth like Zithers in the Zodiac Zone It's almost Zoological how they Zoom and then eat Zucchini ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz …
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Since the switch from film to the digital in photography I have watched the changes and the awakening in people when it comes to the ideas and concepts of art and the creative process and it is a very good thing I think. The ease and simplicity to manip …
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I love to see the photos all you viners take of your birds, I really like how many folks feed and watch the birds and I do have a lot of fun helping to identify them if someone isn't sure what bird it is. See, I am not a bird watcher, I am what is now called a 'birder'. Wha …
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When you get together with friends and something on the order of nonsense crops up you just run with it till its gets really funny. So we are in the city, sitting outside around the fire last night and we were laughing about old silly stuff from long ago and our friend remi …
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Ok, the argument is that we need a constitutional ban on same sex marriage in order to save and promote only one form of marriage, the traditional marriage between a man and a woman. Well I say, in for a penny in for a pound. If you are going to argue that same sex marriag …
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Voters, Voters Give us all your votes please we're half crazy Trying to attract many of you it won't be a stylish marriage we will never buy you a carriage but you'll look sweet running behind the seat of a bicycle built for the few, Woman voters we are maddly in …
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It seems that much of the dialogue about morality and sin these days in the public forum is concentrating on one sin, the specific sexuality of a small group within our larger society. We have heard how homosexuality and gay marriage will ruin our nation, destroy centuries o …
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Freedom of Religion is one of our most basic of rights and we see much argument on what that really means to all of us. Sometimes the right to practice your religion comes up against those little social rules our society has developed over the years. These little rules do not hav …
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One thing that bugs me is the notion of some christian sects that they must spread the Good News to others. Now on the simplest of terms I understand that notion. The basic idea is to share something you believe in and that others may want to hear the news. But here in lies a dee …
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For lunch I always like simple, quick and fast. A cheese sandwich sounds like it would do the trick. Cheese, bread, a condiment and a pickle. That's it, a simple cheese sandwich for a simple farm worker shoveling manure who whistles a Lady Gaga tune or for the …
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American politics, Sports and Teams and playing games, states rights, individual freedom, all us 'Playas' and Mom's warm Apple Pie that is bigger than the back of a Chevy pick up truck, does the gravy boil down to anything less or more? In the interests of te …
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You see him seamless with an unconcious guile holding his checkered smile just a shadow cross the wide aisle turning widdershins round the funeral pyre spiraling ashes here but for a while then airborn fire over while there building a limestone tile The endless dustman stands at …
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If you have an interest in the Viking Age or ancient history where myth becomes legend and then real history this book the Orkneyinga Saga is one you might like to read. When I started doing research into the Scots Clan my family came from I saw a marriage connection wi …
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Soil pH, what is it? It is a measure of your soils acidity or akalinity and this is very important for your plants, all of them. In the old days farmers tasted the soil to find out if it was sour, bitter or sweet. If it was sour it was too acidic, if it was bitter it was too akal …
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I graduated in 1973 in a class of over 400 students and I have never went back to any of the reunions. The last invitation came to my Mom's house in 2003 and she just gave it to me two weeks ago. LOL No, it didn't get lost in the mail but it was put in a box of my stuff up in the …
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Are you NUTS Dog, toads cause warts! Well, having caught many, many toads over the years and been peed on by many of them I can tell you that they do not cause warts but they do eat tons of bugs in your garden, bad bugs. In one three month period one toad will eat over 10,00 …
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Well, since 58Rose put up a photo of his latest animal neighbor I thought we could talk about the woodchuck, or chuck, or ground hog, or whistle pig or red monk as it is called in different places. The ground hog, Marmota monax is a large rodent that is either liked or disliked …
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There are many connections between old pagan holidays and festivals and christian holidays and saints days. Robagalia was the Roman pagan festival and observance that was magically intended to help stop the spirit of mildew which would attack and destroy the crops during this tim …
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If you you are into growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees or just plants they all need the same things to survive and prosper in your yard or gardens. Proper amounts of light, water, fertilizer and air are all factors in creating a thriving garden and for good producti …
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The history of how the gulls saved the Mormon crops in 1848 during a plague of crickets is a testament to how birds make our lives better in America. Those loud and obnoxious birds pooping all over your boat are really doing you a greater service just being alive and hangi …
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I have been a 'birder' for many years, since my Grandfather pointed out a Harrier flying low over a grass field with a stream running through it. Harriers are attracted to that particular environment and every species of bird is attracted to specific environment …
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It was good to get home in time to see the trout lillies in bloom, well that is what we call them in my family but they are also known as yellow fawn lillies and dog toothed violets. Those little yellow lillies have always meant trout fishing season and the first of a …
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No, not the teeth decaying and mind altering cartoon "Strawberry Shortcake", the dessert strawberry shortcake. Is there anything yummier in the spring? I smile 'big time' when I see those yellow shortcake cups in the store, it's time again for a spring treat that can't be be …
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This has always bothered me about the fundamentalist christian sects and their connection to rightwing and Pro business agendas, this ideal of owning morality and the pro-life argument mixed with the Anti environment, Anti regulation, Anti science and Anti education an …
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Ok all you political dark sighted seers of what may come, all you cranky crystal ball-ests, lets get your best guess-timate on who Mitt will pick as his VEEP! The VP chess game has already started so let's weigh in on it you junkies of fatalistic futurorianism. Ya know ya want to …
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Zany and Zelalous Zebras Zero in on the Zenith it's Zero hour With Zestful Zig Zags their Zinc white stripes Zip like a Zip code Zippering forth like Zithers in the Zodiac Zone It's almost Zoological how they Zoom and then eat Zucchini ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz …
Since I've been requested to open up the confessional booth, here is an article for whoever wants to confess their sins and receive penance (up to and including spanking by the moderator)
She bent her head, her hair falling, to covermake a veil of glossy, tangled auburn hairas she peeked between the strands, seeinghow the world around her, looked from beneath through this veil grown long to hide her eyeseyes of blue, the color of a morning sky, shywondering at th …
I caught Mr. Phoebe flycatching the family's breakfast this morning, then serving it up one by one. When I walked the dogs I found a polkadot turtle looking for a place to lay her eggs. ny.gov/animals Then the skunks will come to dig them up for a midnight snack... …
I love Scotsmen. There's nothing sexier. :-)
— Soosalah
And here I thought we had already done the friending stuff. lol Don't mind me, I can be like this sometimes. Good catch, Dog!
Great comments and seeds... Keep up the good work!
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