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After a long and cold winter, spring has finally arrived to Indiana. It's the most beautiful time of the year here. Unfortunately, I need to move on, which probably means the end of regular nature photos for me. I am going to miss this place!
Here are my brandnew birds.
They like to fly in the early morning sun in spring...piep...piep
...from my own imagination :-))
"Spring is the Period
Express from God.
Among the other seasons
Himself abide,
But during March and April
None stir abroad
Without a cordial interview
With God."
Emily Dickinson
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Today begin in Prague famous musical festival PRAGUE SPRING.
The Prague Spring International Music Festival is a permanent showcase for outstanding performing artists, symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles of the world. The first festival was held under the patronage of Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš, and its organizing committee was made up of important figures in Czech musical life. In that year, 1946, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, and was therefore given the highest honor: to appear on all the orchestral concerts. Such musicians as Karel Ančerl, Leonard Bernstein, Sir Adrian Boult, Rudolf Firkušný, Jaroslav Krombholc, Rafael Kubelík, Moura Lympany, Yevgeny Mravinski, Charles Munch, Ginette Neveu, Jarmila Novotná, Lev Oborin, David Oistrach and Jan Panenka have won enthusiastic ovations on the Prague Spring Festival stage.
Please mark your calendars for our Spring Bread and Cheese Creek which will be are largest cleanup to date! These photos show the current sad condition of this historic stream. We plan to clean up Bread and Cheese Creek form the Berkshire section to North Point Road on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM, All the assistance from volunteers and sponsor is greatly appreciated! We know this is a huge section of stream to tackle but I know we can do it!
This cleanup will be in conjunction with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project Clean Stream and it will be our fifth year working with them! This cleanup will also be in conjunction with American Rivers. We will supply trash bags, gloves, water, snacks and lunch. A limited supply of waders and tools will also be available for sign out during the cleanup.
Remember, there plenty of ways for volunteers to participate. We will need every type of person of every ability level to contribute and assist with the Clean Up. Though it is true we will need people to dig out shopping carts and haul trash to the dumpsters, we can use people to run water, food, tools, and trash bags (both empty and full) to individuals in the creek. People to sort recyclables from the debris removed. People will be needed to work the grills as well as many other less strenuous activities. We are also authorized to sign-off on Community Service and Service Learning Hours for students. The more people we have, the easier the work will be for everyone. Please feel free to pass this information on to other who might be interesting in helping as well. As my grandfather always said, "Many hands makes the work light". We run our cleanups as a family event with all age groups welcome by developing plenty of ways for volunteers to participate.
Our cleanups are part of an ongoing effort clean the entire stream by the 2014 bicentennial celebration of War of 1812 Bicentennial Celebration. (Bread and Cheese Creek has been noted as one of the highlighted location on the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail) The creek played a rather significant part in the Battle of North Point which took place on September 12, 1814. Both the American and British Troops camped along its banks. It is rumored that the young heroes Daniel Wells (19) and Henry McComas (18) used the stream channel to sneak up on British General Robert Ross killing him with their muskets before being killed in return fire. This important part of our history should not be left the eyesore it currently is and those who died defending our country honored in this way.
You can learn more about us through our website at www.BreadandCheeseCreek.org, become our friend on FaceBook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest or follow us on Twitter and/or join the Clean Break and Cheese Creek Group. You can also see photos of our past cleanups on Flickr and our videos on YouTube. You can also subscribe to out Electronic Newsletter.
If you have any comments or questions please contact us. Thank you again for your interest!
A tranquil woodland scene is centered around a small, clear water body reflecting the surrounding trees. Sunlight filters through the emerging spring foliage, highlighting new plants and last year's fallen leaves submerged in the water.
Starvation Creek spring green.
The creek (and subsequently the falls) was originally named "Starveout Creek" due to an incident in 1884. The Pacific Express train carrying 148 passengers and crew rolled out of The Dalles heading west on schedule to arrive in Portland later that day, December 18, 1884. Along the way a blizzard trapped the train between two avalanches with 25 foot high snow drifts. A relief party finally reached them on Christmas Day by foot. Among those helping the hungry passengers was "one hog who had the misfortune of being in Hood River at the time." A week later the train was able to retreat to The Dalles. It finally reached Portland three weeks late on January 7, 1885. ..." [Oregon State Archives, March 2004]
from my archives ..an evening from Central Island captured last Spring ! Thanks for your Visit !
Have a wonderful Sunday and a great Week ahead ! Friends !
"The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven—
All's right with the world!"
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Robert Browning, The Year's at the Spring
There may not be a food shortage in our contry however, in my opinion, there is a shortage of chemical free, non GMO, (genetically modified) nutritious food.
This was entered in the Bento&Co/JustBento/French Bento Spring Bento Contest.
All entries here: www.flickr.com/photos/tbky/sets/72157623603015334/
This entry here: www.flickr.com/photos/tbky/4471522191/
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I'm very honored and happy that this bento made the top fifteen finalists and the top ten contest winners. Thank you to everyone who participated in the voting and the contest itself.
There were several challenges I had to deal with while making it:
It was one of the first big cooking projects I'd taken on since breaking my right wrist a few months ago. I still couldn't quite lift and drain pots of water on my own. There were a few tasks in the kitchen where I simply had to wait and ask for help from my sister or boyfriend.
On top of it, we'd had car trouble all week long. My radiator had split in two earlier in the week; then the repair shop didn't replace it even thought they'd told me it was replaced, and they let me drive out of the shop with a still-broken radiator, which meant I had to have it towed back to the shop and had to have it spend another two days in the shop. And the night before I made this bento, my boyfriend's truck broke down. As a result, most of the grocery shopping for this bento happened the morning it was being made, and this caused me to fall behind schedule in the kitchen. By the time I was finished, everyone was very hungry and ready to eat. Because of that, I just didn't have time to work on small details that I would have wanted to work on.
But despite all of that, I'm happy with the bento that I made -- and I was really happy that my family liked it so much, and that my sister enjoyed her birthday lunch.
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In my area, summers are dry and golden-brown; our winters are wet and gray. This last winter was more dramatic than usual -- every time we thought there would be a turn in the weather, the clouds descended from the mountains, bringing more rain to slog through and more cold air to chill us. When the first days of spring weather came back, the difference was noticeable -- the sun spilled out from the sky onto the trees and tender, young grass.
Shortly after that first day of spring weather, it was my little sister's birthday. To celebrate her birthday and to remind us that we have a brief few weeks of green grasses and blossoming trees, I offered to make a picnic bento for my family. My goal was to provide a vibrant and colorful spread, which was both healthy and flavorful. Additionally, I tried to include as many organic, fair trade, and local ingredients as I could, since my family (and my sister especially) places a lot of importance on being conscious of our planet and our health.
This picnic bento served four people and included the following:
-Ginger-lemon-soy chicken
-Steamed broccolini, sprinkled with red pepper flakes
-Watercress salad, valencia oranges, oven-roasted golden beets, avocado, and a home-made orange-shallot balsamic vinegar dressing
-Plum-blossom shaped onigiri, made from a mixture of purple jasmine rice and short-grain glutinous white rice. Each onigiri had a plum-blossom shaped golden beet pressed into its center, was sprinkled with black sesame, and was wrapped in a shiso leaf.
-Fruit cups with fresh raspberries and blackberries
Shooting a lot these days. Trying a new camera and 2 new lenses.
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Spicebush (Lindera species) and other understory growth, Columbia Wildlife Management Area, Warren County.
The day before the "Spring Break Blizzard" hit it was well into the 70's.
This just proves that Oklahoma is the most bipolar state. PERIOD.
(My editing software chose to not continue working as I was half way finished. So I had to print screen it into MSpaint. Sorry for the lack of quality.)