America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic. And fixing the problem is a lot cheaper than doing nothing. “High childhood exposure damages a part … Continue reading
We have finally identified our orphan duck! She is a Black-bellied Whistling Duck! She is not endangered, except when the hawks fly over. Listen to the audio of the video and you will hear her wonderful unique whistle. Below are some … Continue reading
There are many elements of this shot that are delicate. If you look closely there are bits of pollen on the petals. These are my beautiful bees filling their new comb with soon to be honey.
Ladybugs mating in my December Garden. A changing season? It is still quite warm and apparently a romantic setting!
UPDATE! I meant this post to be funny AND reasonably correct, Thankfully a reader(see comments) has shown me the error of my assumptions. This is not the reproduction of my enemy but the wonderous reproduction of a parasitic wasp feasting … Continue reading
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Our little orphans have grown up quite a bit. All have flight feathers, while the smallest is still a bit small. We have seen their test flights, awkward as they are. They are free to fly away if they so … Continue reading
Both are taken in the late afternoon. The top is what I consider more traditional silhouette, less detail more shape. The bottom I think is a silhouette in the sense that the tree is the main focus against the sky. … Continue reading
Spanish –
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¨Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life…. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.¨
–Dwight Eisenhower, American Society of Newspaper Editors, 16 April 1953
Six at Home! 