Monday, May 31, 2010
Remember
Friday, May 28, 2010
121/365: Number 2, the....
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Angry Weather Caller
120/365: Salad Starter
I have seven 4'x4' Square Foot Gardening boxes. This one is just outside the kitchen, and contains turnips, beets, cabbage, broccoli, four different kinds of lettuce, basil, bok choy, rosemary and sage. The removable cage means I'm no longer sharing with the groundhogs.Labels: Project 365, square foot gardening, The Garden
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
119/365: Lint Feeder
Yes, you've heard of a bird feeder, and this is for the birds too! Its a ceramic art piece that you can pack your dryer lint into for the birds, instead of leaving the lint on the yard. You can get them here!Labels: Project 365, The Yard
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Happy Towel Day!
Don't Panic!118/365: Brown Cup
Brown cup fungus. If you squeeze it just right, the spores coming off it looks like smoke.Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
Monday, May 24, 2010
117/365: Slime Mold.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
116/365:Talk To The Spoon!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
115/365: Farmer's Market
We hit the Sewickley's Farmer's Market this morning. Got beef from McElhaney Family Farm, goat, lamb and eggs from Dream Thyme Farms, cheese from the Amish River View Dairy, and some jam from one of the "kitchen crafters."Labels: Project 365
Friday, May 21, 2010
114/365:Footprint
Thursday, May 20, 2010
113/365: Legs
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
112/365: Fallen Log Falls
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
111/365: Falls
Monday, May 17, 2010
110/365: The Last Morel?
I think we're done with morels in these parts for the year. I spotted this one clinging to a creekbed. I found nearly 50, so it is my best year yet for morel hunting. Next up, chanterelles!Labels: morels, mushrooms, Project 365
Sunday, May 16, 2010
109/365: Trillium
Saturday, May 15, 2010
108/365: Smurf Village
Friday, May 14, 2010
107/365: Dryad's Saddle
One of our favs. We slice it into strips, dip it in batter, and fry it up!Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
Thursday, May 13, 2010
106/365: Tent Worms
Spotted these while walking in the woods. Interesting critters, but not very good for the trees.
Labels: Project 365
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
105/365: Gusher
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
104/365: Mmmmmm
So, what to do with those morels? How about chicken breasts in a morel cream sauce?Labels: Project 365
Tyrannical Taxes?
Hardly.
Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found.
Some conservative political movements such as the "Tea Party" have criticized federal spending as being out of control. (And yet, not a peep out of them as Bush ran up record deficits while blowing through the surplus left to him by a Democrat--- Froth) While spending is up, taxes have fallen to exceptionally low levels.
Federal, state and local taxes — including income, property, sales and other taxes — consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. That rate is far below the historic average of 12% for the last half-century. The overall tax burden hit bottom in December at 8.8.% of income before rising slightly in the first three months of 2010.
So, what was your complaint again teabaggers?
Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found.
Some conservative political movements such as the "Tea Party" have criticized federal spending as being out of control. (And yet, not a peep out of them as Bush ran up record deficits while blowing through the surplus left to him by a Democrat--- Froth) While spending is up, taxes have fallen to exceptionally low levels.
Federal, state and local taxes — including income, property, sales and other taxes — consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. That rate is far below the historic average of 12% for the last half-century. The overall tax burden hit bottom in December at 8.8.% of income before rising slightly in the first three months of 2010.
So, what was your complaint again teabaggers?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Belly - Feed The Tree (Video)
103/365: Bag of Gold
102/365: Abandoned
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Eating Their Own
The GOP gets crazier....
Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly has, for my money, the best take on this....
If speeches at the convention were any indication, Utah Republicans found Bennett unacceptable for two main reasons: his support for the Bush administration's TARP bill in 2008, and his willingness to work on a bipartisan health care reform bill -- the Wyden/Bennett "Health Americans Act" -- that enjoyed support from several conservative Republicans, but never actually received a vote. These hardly-outrageous departures from the far-right line led Tea Partiers, the Club For Growth, and others in the party base to deem Bennett unacceptable, despite his consistently conservative voting record...
As for the bigger picture, Bennett's convention defeat is yet another reminder of a Republican Party that has very little tolerance for those who fail to toe the right-wing line in every instance. The examples keep piling up -- Arlen Specter, Dede Scozzafava, Charlie Crist -- and the "purge" is likely not complete. The goal, apparently, is to create a smaller, more rigid, less reasonable party, which discourages diversity of thought.
Utah's results also send a message to Republican lawmakers who might consider constructive lawmaking: don't do it. The GOP base doesn't want responsible leaders who'll try to solve problems; it wants hard-right ideologues.
Keep marching off that cliff, Goopers. As a partisan, this makes me happy. The further the right moves towards authortivness, the more they marginalize themselves, and the easier it is for Democrats to get elected. As a patriot and pragmatist, I find the GOP's move towards the irrelevance of bipartisanship to be an ever more frightening development, as it makes effective governance and practical legislation all but impossible.
Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly has, for my money, the best take on this....
If speeches at the convention were any indication, Utah Republicans found Bennett unacceptable for two main reasons: his support for the Bush administration's TARP bill in 2008, and his willingness to work on a bipartisan health care reform bill -- the Wyden/Bennett "Health Americans Act" -- that enjoyed support from several conservative Republicans, but never actually received a vote. These hardly-outrageous departures from the far-right line led Tea Partiers, the Club For Growth, and others in the party base to deem Bennett unacceptable, despite his consistently conservative voting record...
As for the bigger picture, Bennett's convention defeat is yet another reminder of a Republican Party that has very little tolerance for those who fail to toe the right-wing line in every instance. The examples keep piling up -- Arlen Specter, Dede Scozzafava, Charlie Crist -- and the "purge" is likely not complete. The goal, apparently, is to create a smaller, more rigid, less reasonable party, which discourages diversity of thought.
Utah's results also send a message to Republican lawmakers who might consider constructive lawmaking: don't do it. The GOP base doesn't want responsible leaders who'll try to solve problems; it wants hard-right ideologues.
Keep marching off that cliff, Goopers. As a partisan, this makes me happy. The further the right moves towards authortivness, the more they marginalize themselves, and the easier it is for Democrats to get elected. As a patriot and pragmatist, I find the GOP's move towards the irrelevance of bipartisanship to be an ever more frightening development, as it makes effective governance and practical legislation all but impossible.
Rent-A-Boy
Obviously, when the Reverend looked online for someone to carry his bags, he was bewildered by the intertubes.
What he really wanted-------------------------------->>>
Saturday, May 08, 2010
101/365: Baby Smiles
100/365: Marathon
99/365: Look What I Found!
98/365: Conk
This is an artist's conk. You can make designs on the white underside, like this example.Labels: mushrooms, Project 365
97/365: A Fine Find
96/365: Morel!
Friday, May 07, 2010
95/365: On Your Marks....
94/365: Full Moon
Do you know how hard it is to hold a camera steady? I really need to invest in a tripod.Labels: Project 365
93/365: Sprouts
Some sort of mushroom sprouting on a dead pine. Can't find it in any of my books, but it looks to be some sort of puffball.Labels: Project 365
92/365: Dozer
91/365: Morning Wood
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
90/365: Buds
89/365: Geese
88/365: Duck Family
87/365: Dogwood Blossom
86/365: Garbage
I really dislike litter. I often carry a small plastic bag in the car so I can pick up after others thoughtlessness and selfishness.Labels: Project 365
Project 365 update:
I'm still taking pictures every day, but things have been a bit hectic the last two weeks, and I've englected to post them, so we'll be playing catch-up for a couple of days here.
