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May 27th, 2012
deponti
 | 05:26 am - BioBlitz, Creve Coeur, 260512
I'd signed up for the
Bio Blitz
walks in Creve Coeur (the name means, "Broken Heart", I've posted more about it in
this post
I put up the photos and a narrative on Facebook,
click here to see them
I also got the following videos:
Un id Snake in the Grass:
Un id Rollerblader on the path:
Indigo Bunting calling:
Prothonotary Warbler calling (what a name!)
(The American Goldfinch is slightly smaller than this bird and has a black patch on its head...and a different beak, too.)
Hope you enjoyed the Bio Blitz outing as much as I did!
Current Mood:  happy
Current Music: boodi is singing!
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May 26th, 2012
brendamom
 | 05:31 pm - Art Tougeau in Lawrence KS
It is an art car parade, but it doesn't have to be a car. Could be a bike or a carried piece to be in the parade. These were taken the night before at the kid's street dance.
Here are the kids in front of the Arts Center making their "cars". Paint flowed freely, to put it mildly.
I spotted longtime friend's daughter Natalie, with her Mom Theryn.I took some photos of Natalie when she was just a baby. Natalie is very fond of pink. She often accentuates it with pearls. This does not inhibit her from finding her true inner artist with paint.
When it came to drawing on cars with chalk, she was at first hesitant, not wanting to do something that just didn't seem right.( The car was painted with chalkboard paint and was meant to be drawn upon.) But she got into it and drew with abandon.
I was so busy watching my own grandkids paint cars that I didn't catch Owen until after a face painted penguin, which I thought quite dashing. He still wore it the next day.
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deponti
| 06:21 am - Don't miss a single part of this....
Current Mood: down
Current Music: none
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May 25th, 2012
smittenbyu
 | 10:41 pm - D turns 2!
D is 2! Everyone says it, but it really is true, time has flown and at the same time I remember many long days and even longer nights!
We had a nice day! Went to a friend's house whose son also shares the same birthday as D! So no fancy parties, just something simple. When N gets back he would like us to go to the temple too.
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brendamom
| 07:22 pm - Painting the House
My house is really plain as can be. Built in the 1930's, it was the farmstead that was subdivided for cloning 1950's ranch homes. But it is so plain, it fits right in. It has been a bit of a money pit, for what it is worth. But it is home. I think I am too lazy to move.
Last year I remodeled a bathroom and got new windows. This year we are painting.
It is like a floating barge in a grassland. The roof is faded green. I had it replaced after a mini tornado or micro burst in 2006.
But unlike the ranch houses around, it has a speck of architectural (poor man's architectural) detail. The trim used to be lavender and magenta which I lived with for ten years.
Now we have new color schemes. The house had to remain whitish, to avoid the weird things of a half siding, half aged wood house.
And this is painter Dan, who is going back to school in design soon. He used to play in a band and I hear him singing through the windows. He is just about the easiest person I have ever met to work with. And soft-spoken and meticulous too.
Don't let it keep you up late...finished or almost finished pictures are coming soon.
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deponti
| 03:22 am - Akash Dube: Always with us
Here's a well-written account about
Akash Dube
He's won a permanent victory over the illness. And he's inspired us all, too.
Akash...you are always with us, in our hearts and memories, as are your family. Wonderful people, all of you.
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May 24th, 2012
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