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| Chat - Sunday March 4, 2012; Everyday is an Eagle Day | |
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 4 2012, 08:37 AM Post #16 |
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Topa I thought you used that cookie cutter for your  muffins   but I can see it is a different design  Boy those were  |
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| circlescribe | Mar 4 2012, 10:45 AM Post #17 |
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 The internet "buzz" this week is about these adorable orphaned Sloths in Costa Rica.   The Animal Planet ran a show on them recently and these are a few clips from that show. Harpy Eagles are their natural predator and of course the destruction of habitat is adding significantly to their endangerment.  Penny, I so agree with your post on CHIL about the confusion between "Artist" and "Illustrator". There is a fine line that I think Rockwell is on the pinnacle of. I spent many years in a position of reviewing the portfolios of Commercial Artists and they had a definite distinction in their work between work done for the "client" and work done for their own artistic expression. Maybe this quote helps define the difference. "Art that meets the minds and needs of other people is commercial art. Art that meets the minds and needs of oneself is fine art.” - sculptor David Smith. I think Norman Rockwell was a brilliant Illustrator that met the needs of "other people", ie: a long association with Saturday Evening Post, with a style he perfected and stayed with, using his position to make sociai statements. He was obviously an awesome talent but maybe in the "Illustrator" category in the end. I love Maxwell Parrish but he's considered "just an Illustrator" too. A comparison that comes to mind is Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo. Rivera was commissioned to do do countless murals in the same characteristic style, much like an Illustrator, while Frida, a soulful tortured spirit, created artistic works from her heart and soul without regard for how the public would react to them. If i'm a bit quiet and not here much it's because life has been throwing some very hard "curve balls" our way and now Lori has been diagnosed with a terribly disturbing health condition. You can imagine my angst at being so far away and feeling useless to offer any significant help or comfort. I can't violate her privacy by saying more about it but it's a very worrisome condition and could lead to dire consequences. |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Mar 4 2012, 10:53 AM Post #18 |
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Artsy, The photo of the cupcakes brought back some really great memories. The cupcakes tasted good, they didn't always look good. I like them the best when I added the coconut feathers. 
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 4 2012, 10:58 AM Post #19 |
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The March 2nd Update from the Blackwater nest in case anyone hasn't read it yet ....  and a pdf on why the population of eagles may be reaching its limits  Causes for the nest failure Ed Clark, WCV: Actually, that is a generally held belief among many wildlife managers. We are seeing more injured eagles that have been in fights with other eagles, largely due to the fact that the available prime habitat is filling fast. Two Eagles locked talons on ground in Va Beach |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Mar 4 2012, 10:58 AM Post #20 |
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Circle, I'm sorry to read your daughter has been diagnosed with a medical condition.  Sending healing thoughts your way for your daughter. I understand how the distance makes you feel. |
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| Naturegal | Mar 4 2012, 11:08 AM Post #21 |
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Kris - I'm so sorry that Lori isn't well. Sending lots of hugs, prayers and Cruzer Mojo that everything will turn out well.     LORI
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| jillers | Mar 4 2012, 12:17 PM Post #22 |
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Carole, there is an article in our local paper today about the Agawa Canyon Snow Train. Have you ever heard about it? 
Edited by jillers, Mar 4 2012, 12:18 PM.
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| Artsy Mom | Mar 4 2012, 12:37 PM Post #23 |
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Kris I'm so very sorry to hear your news about Lori  to her and to you
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| Naturegal | Mar 4 2012, 01:57 PM Post #24 |
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I haven't heard of this one but there are many that go into the Ontario wilderness. I asked DH many years ago to go on one of these trips and he wasn't too interested so I dropped the issue. Maybe one day, it is supposed to be beautiful and so serene and peaceful. |
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| KLJinOz | Mar 4 2012, 02:16 PM Post #25 |
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G'day Peeps, my Monday, humid. We've had a week of heavy rain, but Sunday morning was beautiful. It did end up raining in the afternoon, but not before I did some outside clean up, nearly ready to put the unit ForSale now that Rachel has moved back to college. More rain predicted this afternoon and there is A LOT of flooding on the entire east coast of Australia. One death so far, some idiot tried to cross a swollen stream, three of them tried to swim to safety, one didnt make it. They left their little DOG in the car!!!! Fortunately he was saved. But I'd rather have flooding than tornadoes. Awful, scary! The cats were in hibernation mode   Kris and for a good prognosis for Lori. Love all the photos, Pond Critters, etc. Been watching the PH cam, great closeups! 
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| Harpo516 | Mar 4 2012, 02:27 PM Post #26 |
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luv the eagle updates - the pond critters .... keep 'em coming we did indeed get to go caching - south of where I work on property managed by the DEC so we had to get permits first we hiked thru a pine area - huge - and suddenly it began to thin and clear - we came into a very large are where they apparently had a fire - will have to look it up- but the new pine trees are appearing some nearly 6 feet tall already - some just new seedlings ..... saw a couple of RT's but they wouldn't let us come close at all ......we found 16 or 17 or so caches today !! woo hoo will go thru the photos a bit later
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| Harpo516 | Mar 4 2012, 02:32 PM Post #27 |
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Kris sending prayers and positive thoughts and hugs to both the east and west! Hope this sorts itself out and all in a quick and positive way for her and you. Oz I'll never understand why people do that - my mom's brother did that once in the middle of the night and he and his girlfriend nearly drowned ......
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| Harpo516 | Mar 4 2012, 04:29 PM Post #28 |
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I never really thought about illustrator vs artist hmmmm I can sure see your points now...... seeing all those cupcakes/cookies I may have to skip din din and go straight for the goodies
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| Harpo516 | Mar 4 2012, 04:41 PM Post #29 |
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 Here's a little slideshow of our outing today - we visited an area that was a psyciatric hospital many many years ago - the army used it for a couple of years for returning men .... eventually it was abandoned and I believe almost all the buildings of both areas have been demolished - lots of controversy over how the property should now be used - there's like 2,000 acres? this preserve is 800-900 acres currently. There was a fire in 2006 that damaged 80 acres which we walked thru today - WOW but it is recovering ..... Some info: The woods road eventually heads northeast through scrub oaks, and further on bigtooth aspen trees. The entire trail is a bit more than three miles of easy flat walking and can be covered in an hour and a half to two hours. Set on 2000 acres and on the site of a former state hospital, Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve offers an opportunity to experience nature amid a highly populated area of Long Island. Named for the scrub growth that began to dominate this area in the mid-1900s, this tract of preserved land is managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) This land was originally acquired by the New York State Office of Mental Hygiene (OMH.) In the 1930'S for the purpose of constructing 2 psychiatric hospital facilities, the Edgewood State Hospital and the Pilgrim State Hospital. Between 1944 and 1946 some of the buildings were leased by the US Army to treat returning soldiers- during this time the facility was called Mason General Hospital. Following the war the buildings were then taken over by OMH. In 1969, the Edgewood Hospital closed, leaving more than 700 acres of land abandoned. The facility and surrounding acres were transferred to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in 1987, who declared the land a “State Nature and Historic Preserve.” In 1989, for public safety and health reasons, the Edgewood hospital buildings were demolished leaving open land and fields in its wake. Some remnants of the facility can still be found including an overgrown rail spur that once functioned as a means to bring coal to the power plant, several filled in underground tunnels and a multitude of paved and torn up roads once traversed by hospital employees. . Currently the Edgewood Preserve is the largest remnant of pitch pine-scrub oak barrens on Long Island and the second largest remnant in New York State click on the above photo to view! |
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| Harpo516 | Mar 4 2012, 04:53 PM Post #30 |
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ok since we were out most of the day, home details need attention (laundry etc) guess it's time to pay the piper 
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