The 80th sashay through the Rainforest!

And, Rio will be the new Antarctica - Antarctica will become the new Australia - and, - - - - Shocked

Baja California will be inside the N Arctic Circle in 24,000 yrs........ Shocked

There will be new Rain Forests all over the world - - - Very Happy

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wow - until then, today's temps 20 degrees cooler!

After work, the kittens are generally happy to be let outside. They balked today - and wondering why, i walked the property and found one of the birdbaths had been knocked over{not an easy feat} and a dead bird not far from from the wreckage. Odd that whatever had the strength to take out the top of the birdbath, didn't take its prey. Cougar? Hawk? Super Jay?

The babies are nervous, so i'll be outdoors today scanning the sky and forest. Hope to God the critter wasn't a bear! yikes Shocked

ul, hope your new school years' terrific! Very Happy

Glad everyone had a safe and happy holiday. Smile

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aktbird57 - You and your 300 friends have supported 2,799,566.4 square feet!

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Stradee, we're getting reports of bears coming much closer to town than usual this year - dry weather - fewer berries available. Be verra verra careful!

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It's the middle of the week and I keep thinking it's Saturday...... Shocked

MA and I have clicked...... Very Happy

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Brrrr! just 9 C or 48.2F and rain, rain and storm.
Too cold for early September! Evil or Very Mad

Stradee, be careful.

Danon, just 2 more days.

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Thanks for the warning guys!

Kittens still nervous, so i'm staying outside with them til whatever critter is afoot decides to head back to the forest. Maybe a coincidence - however i'm not certain, but the deer haven't visited since yesterday either. A good idea not filling the pellet bin till the Fall season begins. Plus, a good rule, and one i've adhered to since moving here, is keeping trash bins locked safely away from predators - especially the coyotes.

Beth and ul, there haven't been bear tracks, but thats no indication that they arn't foraging nearby. Caution is the word. The only other animal large and strong enough to lift a cement birdfeeder tray is a cougar. Shocked

ul, soon the Fall months will begin, and we'll have all the wonderful colors of the season. Hoping nature sends you warmer days till then.

Dan, the year flew by so quickly, didn't it? Where do the days go...

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It's supposed to be 33 celsius here tomorrow. S'ok as long as the night-time sleeping temps are good.

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You and your 300 friends have supported 2,799,987.8 square feet!

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1 1500 64.275 acres

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Something a little sweet, a little cool, from Debacle - youtube link

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Awsome, ehBeth!

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What a wonderful world-- even when it is raining.

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ul wrote:

What a wonderful world-- even when it is raining.

And the views are so romantic ...

... a bit of sunshine here

("Lippstadt culinaire" starts tomorrow :wink: )

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I got disconnected from email updates. Didn't notice it until just now.

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Sen. Stevens is up to his old tricks. Don't know if you guys get these things, but....

We need your urgent action to make sure that Congress stands
firm against taxpayer subsidies for destroying America's
greatest temperate rainforest.

Please go to http://www.savebiogems.org/tongass/takeaction
right now and tell your senators and representative to protect
the Tongass, a thriving habitat for grizzly bears, salmon runs,
bald eagles and the elusive Alexander Archipelago wolf.

Thanks to pressure from you and other online activists, the
House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in June to halt
taxpayer subsidies for destructive new logging roads in Alaska's
Tongass National Forest.

But Alaska's senior senator, Ted Stevens, is now working
feverishly behind closed doors to make sure that this
long-overdue legislation never sees the light of day. And he's
drafting his own, underhanded, amendment to restrict sharply the
public's ability to halt wasteful and devastating Tongass
logging in court.

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Thanks sumac.......Will do......the Tongass is a beautiful place. I lived in Fairbanks two and a half years and flew all over the state.

Walter, enjoy the great food and I wish I could be there to taste it.... Very Happy

Oh, and the beer - - - few American beers are as good as German beer.

We and MA are clicked.

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aktbird57 - You and your 300 friends have supported 2,800,409.2 square feet!

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mmmmm culinaire ... that sounds wonderfully tempting

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Not romantic outside, just wet.
But inside- tea with ginger, some candles, some cakes and cookies, a good book, music and a working central heating.
The pope is in town- and more rain is falling. ( Das Wetter wird weisen, ob Engel reisen:wink: )

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That's a typical A vs. D reaction, here done by the Austrian National Weather, Vienna subdivision, and not at all angle-related.

I'd had some speculatius with my coffee today Embarrassed

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

I'd had some speculatius with my coffee today

You ARE impatient. :wink:

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33°C
A few clouds
Feels Like 39

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91°F
A few clouds
Feels Like 102

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aktbird57 -You and your 300 friends have supported 2,800,690.2 square feet!

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In my email today - some news that I hope I can take advantage of ...

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To warm you up for our 2007-2008 season, we hope you have some time to listen to a Tafelmusik concert on the internet. This performance was recorded live during our annual residency at the Klang und Raum Festival in Irsee, Germany on September 1, 2007 at the Klosterkirche at the Kloster Irsee. It is being aired on the Deutschlandradio station. Other than having attended the concert, this is the only opportunity to hear this performance!

Here's how you can listen on Monday, September 10, 2007. The broadcast begins at 2 pm our time (EDT).

Click on this link: www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/konzert/660972/
When this page opens, there is a column on the right side of the page with the words LIVE-STREAM and, underneath, Deutschlandradio Kultur.
Under which you will see four format options to choose from. Hopefully one will work for you!

The concert:

Bruno Weil, director

Ronald Brautigam, piano

Tafelmusik Orchestra

Programme:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano concerto no. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 with Ronald Brautigam

At around 2:45 pm there will be a pause in the concert and Bruno Weil will speak (in German) about Haydn's Symphony "The Clock". After which will follow the broadcast of the performance of J. Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D Major "The Clock".

We hope you enjoy the broadcast of the concert.

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Thanks sue.

Received many alerts today - sent letters, etc.

Bill Moyers airs tonight from Virginia where he discusses hilltop removal mining with residents and those fighting to stop the administrations plan for relaxing mining restrictions. The following photos prove beyond doubt that there will be no recovery of lost habitat, streams, and wildlands. The photos were taken three years ago.

http://www.ohvec.org/galleries/mountaintop_removal/007/

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Heartbreaking images. I fear that we have yet to learn of all of the devastating consequences of such practices. It is criminal. The photos should be published in every print media, and aired on every network and cable news show.

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