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It's nice to be able to get some good fruit and veg.
They even had a Celtic quartet playing, which gave the whole market a medievel feel!
Fruit, Veg and Craft Market 9-1pm Saturday and Wednesdays
CERES
8 Lee St, East Brunswick 3068
(03) 9387 2609
Photos
- Bakery
- Celtic Quartet Celtic Quartet video
- Fruit
Um dos lugares que mais gostei em Berlim. A construção é do século XIX, passou por guerras, pegou fogo e foi reformado pelo escritório de um arquiteto que eu gosto muito, o Sir Norman Foster. Primeiro trabalho dele que conheci, fiquei até emocionada!
Bonito de se ver, percorrer e é um símbolo para a Alemanha. Gostei de sentir a atmosfera do lugar, foi revigorante. =)
Mais info sobre o Parlamento Alemão: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_building ou pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%c3%a1cio_do_Reichstag .
Organizers and volunteers for Kennedy Space Center’s Earth Day celebration gather for a photo at the NASA Exchange raffle booth. From left to right are Jeanne Ryba, Environmental Sustainability program specialist; Robert Smith, Earth Day volunteer; and Natasha Darre, Cultural Resources Specialist. The two-day event featured approximately 50 exhibitors offering information on a variety of topics, including electric vehicles, sustainable lighting, renewable energy, Florida-friendly landscaping tips, Florida’s biking trails and more. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
teal mother board, translucent white circuit board, copper, and laprodite with teal japaneese seed beads.
after 9pm...
our building is a "green" building, which means many things, some of which are inconvenient and obnoxious, but i'm proud to work somewhere that's trying to be part of the solution. we can't open the windows, because the air flow is completely controlled to save as much energy as possible, and we can only change our thermostats up or down two degrees from the standard temp. but sometimes it's fun when the lights automatically go out at 7pm, and i do really appreciate all of the biodegradable fake plastic cups and cutlery we use (made out of corn and potatoes, i think), and the fact that we don't get bottled water - we all use regular glasses that go in the dishwasher each night.
and i love working on a ranch where cows and horses and baby deer and wild turkeys and bobcats and ducks and turtles somehow all manage to get along.
happy earth day!
for 365 days, flickr group roulette, and environmentally friendly.
This is the panda finger puppet off its card.
This panda belongs to the ACEO (Art Cards Editions Originals). Please see my Flickr profile for more information.
The finger puppet and the card itself are all hand-embroidered. The panda is attached to the card by velcro so it can easily come off and be used...and then placed back on the card for a safe place to call "home." The bamboo leaves are sewn onto the felt card.
The card and puppet are made with 100% wool felt. Cotton floss is used to blanket-stitch the puppet as well as the card together.
This ACEO is a wonderful, sensory learning tool for children who love art; and who enjoy imaginary play and puppets.
ACEOs are the perfect size for little hands to play with and enjoy...especially those who love to experience art and learn through the sense of touch.
During the annual Earth Day celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Shari Blissett-Clark of the Florida Bat Conservancy displays one of the mammals. The event took place during the annual Earth Day celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, guests have an opportunity to learn more about energy awareness, the environment and sustainability.
Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
The clogs are made from 100% wool felt and embroidered with cotton floss. For other embroidery work and felt toys that I make, please see the link to my Etsy shop in my Flickr profile.
A day in a Junkyard
Salahuddin Ahmad, Melbourne Polytechnic, Victoria, Australia.
Either it is an accident or beyond its age, our carefully handled favourite car gets old, damaged, rusty, abandoned or impounded and becomes unwanted. It then finds a temporary shelter in a junkyard. A junkyard is also known as a car wrecker, a place where damaged or old vehicles are broken up and recycled to obtain useable parts and scrap metal.
Junkyards make a significant contribution to the economy. It is estimated that the vehicle attrition rate in Australia is 4.1% which is approximately 700,000 vehicles a year and produces 980,000 tonnes of waste each year. Thus, it requires a significant amount of workforce involvement to safely dispose of these vehicles as well as sustain the growth of this industry.
Imlachs Self Serve Auto Parts, a junkyard in Springvale, Victoria is a busy place full of activity throughout the day. People come here to sell their unwanted cars as scrap metal or collect recyclable parts from the damaged vehicles. There are 3 multi-dismantling machines, 2 forklifts, 6 trucks and 4 automotive lifts in operation with 36 shift workers to operate and run the business.
The Junkyard offers an environmentally friendly place to dispose of unused and unwanted vehicles. These unwanted cars contain toxic battery acids, toxic chemicals, engine oils and other fluids which can cause long term damage to soils, water and air quality. To minimise the environmental impacts, the most environmentally friendly way is to dispose of them in a junkyard with authorized operators.
Location: Imlachs Self Serve Auto Parts, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.
Construction nears completion July 28, 2011, on the 250,000-square-foot Logistics Distribution Center for Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Europe, headquartered in Germersheim, Germany . The project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, will enable DLA Distribution to combine operations such as receiving, storing, issuing, cross-docking and transportation under one roof. The facility is scheduled to be turned over to DLA in early 2012. Read the full story at 1.usa.gov/nIV7HJ (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Jennifer H. Aldridge)
Construction is nearing completion July 28, 2011, on the 250,000-square-foot, eco-friendly Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Distribution Center Europe, being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District. The $25 million facility, located in Germersheim, Germany, is scheduled to be turned over to the DLA in early 2012. The consolidated building will enable DLA Distribution to more effectively support warfighters throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read the full story at 1.usa.gov/nIV7HJ (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Jennifer H. Aldridge)
Recycling ...in the New Year seems like a good way to start. Excesses after Christmas and New New Festivities quickly build up. Dont forget to recycle your real Christmas Trees too :)
It's nice to be able to get some good fruit and veg.
They even had a Celtic quartet playing, which gave the whole market a medievel feel!
Fruit, Veg and Craft Market 9-1pm Saturday and Wednesdays
CERES
8 Lee St, East Brunswick 3068
(03) 9387 2609
Photos
- Bakery
- Celtic Quartet Celtic Quartet video
- Fruit
Fur throw made from all the fancy trim we saved while using the remainder of the coats for large and small pillows. This is one-of-a-kind and will probably never be made again - Sarah saved every single bit of beautiful fur from every coat, and we were going to give them away to the ladies who make teddy bears but one day she just started to stitch them together into this gigantic throw, backed on a thin canvas then finished with beautiful, modern-looking raw silks in a minimalist design. As a test we had the entire thing re-cleaned by a professional fur cleaning store, and it came out perfectly. Amazing tones of cream, beige, grey and caramel on the top, and very soft. Shown here on a king-size bed, which it nearly covers.
Etsy coatcheck.etsy.com
Really pretty and unusual bracelet with a fine silver hand crafted rectangular shaped toggle clasp.
This bracelet comprises of bright pink agate stones with cranberry coloured freshwater pearls. They are strung on hand wrapped sterling silver wire and the bracelet is closed securely with a contemporary styled rectangular toggle clasp.
The toggle clasp is handcrafted from precious metal clay. This recycled form of silver binds together when fired to form 0.999 fine silver. The clasp measures 2.5cm x 1.5cm.
All stones and pearls are real.
The bracelet measures 7 inches (18cm in length) and can be adjusted to create a perfect fit.
UPDATE: Soon I may face jail-time even for possessing let alone posting this. Scary stuff! Soylent Green is our future!
Do we have a right to know what we are eating or will we capitulate our control to Monsanto?
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I fell in love with this little bird. Though I loved all the girls that I took care of -- they do really have distinct personalities and often an abundance of it, being absolutely eager to see me, lining up at the fence and hopping as I approached -- which never failed to bring me giggles -- this one was special. She, and another young hen of another breed, just showed up one day, probably dumped by someone who bought fuzzy chicks for Easter then had no idea what to do with the growing lives s/he'd purchased since they don't magically go from cute to styrofoam tray. I guess I have to give him or her credit for caring enough to leave the chickens somewhere they might have a chance... though that was very uncertain as it wasn't even known if they were female at the time.
See, here's the deal... when it comes to eggs, even the best free-range, real field, pastured hens, usually only females get to live (occasionally some farms, few and far between will keep a rooster or two because the boys do protect their ladies).
But, pretty much for every girl chicken born there is a boy chicken born too. In the vast majority of egg facilities these boys are tossed out before their first meal usually in one of two common ways that include being thrown in a grinder alive (which makes them into compost), or tossed into huge bins effectively suffocating, being slowing crushed and starving under each other.
Even in most small farms they order female chicks from hatcheries with some of the most prominent breeds these days being the "Sex-Link" (there's a black sex-link to the right of the white one above) where the males and females are born different colors for immediate and easy sorting of the doomed and soon-to-be doomed.
See, because even if female, the life she lives is one of servitude which even on the best farms ends in death, often culminating in a soup pot though the larger facilities where over 90% of eggs come from (where hens live out their lives in "Battery Cages") the spent hens are often just gassed then sent to the landfill (even if still alive) to make room for the next round of usable bodies.
Seriously, everyone who eats eggs should watch "Fowl Play" to bear witness to what their food habits mean for the beings who provide for him or her.
Honor the lives that nourish your own by learning how your food gets to you.
And know too that the individual ingredients one chooses to bring into the home are not the ones being chosen by restaurants and in processed foods such as cookies, frozen meals, etc., often even in those prepared foods at Farmers Markets such as breads which often get from the cheapest source and not the stall next to them. Ask, ask, ask and ask again. Every bite is a vote for or against compassion.
The day we went to see the movie referenced above I asked if we could get egg-free veggie rice at the Chinese restaurant we went to before the theatre. Not only were they happy to do so they made the entire meal egg-free including the batter on the General Tso Tofu (which by the way was super yummy!). I would never have known something was missing.
But the sexing of chicks is not so scientific that it is full-proof either. The farm here in the above picture ordered replacement chicks for the barred rocks (who were later sold for $4 a soon-to-be body) behind the white one here and instead received what grew in to be several different breeds of roosters... except one sweet girl who would join the flock, at least until her time to be soup (which has come and gone already now as 18 months is absolutely spent in industrial egg-laying but 36 months is about tops in compassionate places) even though chickens can live to be 10 years or even older. And while the farm received accidental boys, what happened to the accidental females the farm did not get?
Those boys though -- while certainly young "men" full of bravado with the chicken version of testosterone -- were still quite loving too, especially one who was always happy to see me and on at least two occasions stepped in to protect me from perceived threats (this behavior was observed and noted by others).
This particular girl above being alone and smaller than all the other hens was not ready even for the most luxurious egg-laying life. She really was meant to be at best part of a very small flock if not a sole, life-long companion. She would follow me where ever I went and she actually enjoyed being held, at least when she wasn't hiding from the other chickens. Despite being in the flock, she was lonely. :(
I named her "Dovey" because she was so gentle, small, and white.
In this picture she and one of the nameless (but still personality-rich) barred rocks are enjoying some carrot tops I brought out for them.
However, I must also note here that rotating chickens are actually very good for farms and in this case disrupted an invasive root that had taken over a couple fields with their scratching and pecking. They also keep insects and slugs under control. But they do not need to be laying eggs to perform those services. :)