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Chat - Friday July 23, 2010; A New Weekend Is Just Around The Corner
Topic Started: Jul 23 2010, 04:03 AM (647 Views)
Harpo516
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crohn's - haven't read yet but that popped out - gary's mom has that and for the most part she manages fine but when it flairs up - WOW! she's had a few visits to the hospital ..... :( good luck Kris still sending positive your way
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The newest member is Jen H :}^
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Sculptures of Native American scenes made out of paper by Allen and Patty Eckman........

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OMGosh Naturegal they are exquisite.
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Posted Image TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS :}^
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Jul 23 2010, 01:18 PM
OMGosh Naturegal they are exquisite.
Topa - I got the website in an e-mail from my friend Doreen who loves this and she mentioned that perhaps some of the forum members would enjoy it too. Here is a website......

http://www.eckmanfineart.com/
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I checked out the website and love the header. :ok:
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Jul 23 2010, 01:18 PM
OMGosh Naturegal they are exquisite.
I agree!

G'day Peeps! My Saturday, very dark, cloudy and cold. Rain.

Today would've been Arthur Boyd's 90th birthday. I love his paintings, very Australian

Outback Boating and High Noon

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have a great time Scouting Gary & Deb!

When will you find out about Ed's condition Kris? Sounds like he has numerous issues so difficult to pinpoint one thing, eh. Prayers for him and a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY (no more cake tho!)
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Naturegal
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Ozzie - Arthur Boyd's work is exquisite, thanks for sharing!
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Carole those paper sculptures are amazing! So delicate.

And the Arthur Boyd paintings are gorgeous, Ozzie!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes for Ed and the commiserations. :Hugs: If he braves the tests it will be next week and I think we should know the results as soon as it's been done. :X: He does have multiple conditions, most related to auto immune issues, and knows he has a hiatal hernia and something like ulcers that has been bleeding for some time, though that's a bit improved since he's been on Zinlori 75 and the ulcerative colitis meds. The Zinlori is an expensive form of Zinc that was recommended by a friend of his in Turkey who cured her ulcers with it, and the bleeding started diminishing after taking it for a week or two. The horrible pain and swelling he has when eating anything makes the doc think it may be Crohn's and what we found online seems like it too, but the only way to know is the dreaded scope tests. :hair: We've checked and the UK docs will take the test results and not have to redo them there. :ok:

Deb have a wonderful camping trip! Where do I sign up?  :lol: Sitting by a campfire out under the stars sounds like Heaven. <3
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Hey topa - that first tent is sort of like what I get to share with my friend Liz - except green - and big ole heavy canvas :)

quite a thunderstorm just rolled thru - whooee

good luck Ed & Kris ....

Carole those paper items are awesome - wow
ozzie those paintings are outstanding

we leave early Sun AM so have another day
we're about all packed up - will load our friends car up tomorrow night...
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Update July 23, 2010 - 9:03 PM CDT

Surprise and Suspense


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Lily and Hope continue to cover their territory, doing fine, while other bears surprise us or keep us in suspense.

The surprise was 5-year-old Ursula showing up and accepting a radio-collar after a long absence. We collared her as a yearling but she slipped her collar shortly after leaving her den as a 2-year-old and we didn't see her again until last summer as a 4-year-old. We collared her then, but she slipped the collar on her way to den last fall. We expected her to have cubs in January but she's alone and shows no sign of having had cubs. She is as calm and trusting as ever. This is even more astounding considering that she is a daughter of 20-year-old Shadow who scarcely trusts anyone after longer exposure to people than any bear in the area. Such are the differences in personalities. Ursula's brother Burt was also a trusting bear before he dispersed.

We have no idea where Ursula's territory is. We hope her new radio-collar and GPS unit reveal something about female dispersal - uncommon as it is. Most females take over part of their mother's territory and do not disperse.

13-year-old BBKing is keeping us in suspense. Last year, he showed up in July with a lame front leg that never healed. From all appearances, he had been shot the fall before and healed lame. This year, he is later in putting in an appearance than ever. A son of Shadow, he is Blackheart's brother and Braveheart's uncle. He is an older half-brother to June, Lily's mother. BBKing is perhaps the most trusting bear where he expects to see people, but we have never been able to see him elsewhere. During the brief time we had a radio-collar on him, we could never got close enough to see him outside the areas he learned to trust people. Because most bears only learn to trust people (i.e., become "habituated") in certain areas, it's difficult to find a bear that will broaden its acceptance to other locations and allow researchers to walk with them and learn the details of bear life. That's what makes bears like June so valuable.

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June resting at a bed tree - July 23, 2010

June is a bear that allows researchers to walk with her. She is the source of much of the video on bear.org and in the Bear Center. A problem, though, is that June seems to be shifting her territory into a roadless area where she is barely accessible. It's typical for mothers to shift away to make room for daughters to establish territories, in this case Lily and Jewel. Today, June came close enough to a road for us to give her a fresh GPS unit and collect a scat. Her shift into the roadless area is especially interesting considering that she has long used feeding sites are where she could get far more calories than she is getting in the wild. But bears' lives are more complicated than most people realize, and her shift has to do with more than just food.

June's scat contained mostly wild sarsaparilla berries, perhaps bears favorite berry. Other berries included bunchberry and raspberry (no blueberries). The scat also contained hazelnuts, acorns, and ants. She has been a busy bear.

We continue to be excited about the ideas so many people are submitting for teaching about bears in classrooms. This could be the most far-reaching result from the interest in Lily and Hope.

~Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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