The 76th Rain Forest site - "Everything is Connected"

Yes, it is, Danon. And those plans aft do go agley, eh?

Veritable heat wave in Boston today. The temp. actually went all the way to 47 degrees. People walking around bareheaded with jackets unzipped etc. Tomorrow might be a repeat, they say.

Du bis richtig - Mein Herr......

Adding Muir and Burns to my reading list.

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Hi all,

Here is the poem =

To A Mouse

(On turning up her nest with the plough, Nov, 1785)

Wee sleekit, (sleek) cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty
Wi' bickerin brattle! (hasty scamper)
I wad be laith (loath) to rin an' chase thee
Wi murd'rin pattle! (spade used to remove clay from plowshare)


I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken nature's social union,
An' justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal.

I doubt na, whyles, (sometimes) but thou may thieve:
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave (an occasional ear of grain in twenty-four sheaves)
'S a sma' request;
I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, (remainder)
An' never miss't

Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin!
its silly wa's the win's are strewin! (weak walls the winds are strewing)
An' naething, now, to big (build) a new ane,
O' foggage (rank grass) green!
An' bleak December's winds ensuin
Baith snell an' keen! (both eager and keen)

Thou saw the fields laid bare and waste,
An' weary winter comin fast,
An cozie here beneath the blast
Thou thought to dwell,
Till crash! the cruel coulter (plowshare) past
Out thro' thy cell.

That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble
Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!
Now thou's turn'd out for (in spite of) a' thy trouble,
But house or hald, (without house or holding)
To thole the winter's sleety dribble (endure winters sleety drizzle)
An' cranreuch (hoarfrost) cauld!

But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane (not alone)
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, (go often wrong)
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
For promis'd joy.

Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But, och! I backward cast my ee
On prospects drear!
An' forwar, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear!

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I like the next to last paragraph......
Best laid schemes of mice and men - - -

Dan....

ul, John Muir wrote a wonderful tribute regarding Robert Burns....

The opening of the letter reads:

"It is surely a fine thing to stop now and then in the throng of our common everyday tasks to contemplate the works and ways of God's great men, sent down from time to time to guide and bless mankind. And it is glorious to know that one of the greatest men who appeared in the last century was a Scotsman, Robert Burns... His lessons of divine love and sympathy to humanity, which he preached in his poems and sent forth white-hot from his heart, have gone ringing and singing around the globe, stirring the heart of every nation and race."

http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/frameindex.html?http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/people/robert_burns.html


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Merry, sounds like the weathers beginning to cooperate in your neck of the woods, Hurray!

Weather reports for the foothills say snow for tomorrow! Camera at the ready!

aktbird57 - You and your 300 friends have supported 2,701,463.8 square feet!

Marine Wetlands habitat supported: 151,545.8 square feet.
You have supported: (0.0)
Your 300 friends have supported: (151,545.8)

American Prairie habitat supported: 59,202.1 square feet.
You have supported: (14,186.8)
Your 300 friends have supported: (45,015.2)

Rainforest habitat supported: 2,490,715.9 square feet.
You have supported: (177,932.1)
Your 300 friends have supported: (2,312,783.8)

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1 Aktbird57 .. 62.015 acres

2 37.946 acres

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the posts above have created an unanticipated earworm

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When I see my baby
What do I see
Poetry
Poetry in motion

Poetry in motion
Walkin' by my side
Her lovely locomotion
Keeps my eyes open wide

Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way

I love every movement
And there's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange

Poetry in motion
Dancing close to me
A flower of devotion
A swaying gracefully

Whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whooooooooa

Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way

I love every movement
There's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange

Poetry in motion
All that I adore
No number-nine love potion
Could make me love her more

Whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

Fuel for the heart....

http://www.robertburnsfederation.co.uk/begin/robert_burns.htm

Great links, Stradee.... Thanks

Nice tune, ehBeth........ Now it won't go away!

Here's a puzzle = Do you know where this place is located??? You must think in ernest............

ul! Quick!

Thanks for the poems and the links.

Hm, thinking in ernest-
water, gondolas, Venice.

Now if you like to listen in ernest to Ernest try

this

Brilliant!

Hoorah! ul, is the winner......

When I went there, the room was almost empty - I looked at the layout and saw the corner table. I thought that is where the master sat. We sat there also. Then we found out why the place was deserted - each drink was about 20 dollars. It was worth the visit......

Oh, the menu....... My Patti is now called Clepto Girl..........

We have menus from all over....

This is much better though - she used to collect rocks.

aktbird57 - You and your 300 friends have supported 2,702,119.4 square feet!

Marine Wetlands habitat supported: 151,733.1 square feet.
You have supported: (0.0)
Your 300 friends have supported: (151,733.1)

American Prairie habitat supported: 59,225.5 square feet.
You have supported: (14,186.8)
Your 300 friends have supported: (45,038.6)

Rainforest habitat supported: 2,491,160.8 square feet.
You have supported: (177,932.1)
Your 300 friends have supported: (2,313,228.6)

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we had an Alberta Clipper run through here this morning. Four centimetres of snow in mebbe an hour. I've got about a 20 minute walk to the subway.

By the time I got there, I was definitely the woman that people were praying wouldn't sit next to them.

There was snow melting on my head - running down my hair and face and down the back of my coat.

The hair I'd so painstakingly straightened early in the morning was all pooooofity by the time I got to the office.

Don't anyone else laugh

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1 Aktbird57 .. 1601 62.031 acres

2 1294 37.946 acres

PICTURES!!!!! WE WANT PICTURES!!!!!

ehBeth,
while you were a walking snow woman ( brr- melting snow on the neck-- but I love curly hair)I am walking in spring air.
Family will go skiing next week- hope they will find some snow.

Danon- with all the menu cards you will never run out of dinner ideas. Your Patti is very clever. :wink:

Glad weekend is here- my pupils are behaving like spring kids- full of energy.

Morning ul, Yes, we have many suggestions from the menus for good things to eat. Patti and I also have about 200 cookbooks from various cultures around the world. I still have the cookbook from my great-grandmother. It is well used.
My favorite European cuisine is Austrian - like the German dishes but usually lighter and with less gravy. I like most Greek dishes. In the Far East my favorite is Korean. Mmmmmm - I go kitchen now.

ul, here is a good guide for finding Austrian snow.
http://www.onthesnow.com/AT-AT/skireport.html

Have fun.

Boston got brushed very slightly and lovingly by a wing tip of ehBeth's Alberta Clipper. Just a nice dusting of snow on the ground, covering up the mess that the last storm left. Bright and sunny now, temps. barely at the freezing mark, will probably rise as the day goes on. Lovely spring-like weather.

ehBeth, my sympathies.

Had a frizzy hair day yesterday - weather conditions extreme - first rain, then heavy snow - then hail - then rain again! Each trip from a shopping area parking lot to a store, the hair took on a life of its own. By the time i got home, i was sporting an Alfalfa doo...

{thankfully the deer were nowhere in sight - God is good}

Wishing all a happy and healthy weekend.....

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Danon, thanks for the link.
Not much snow right now in Tirol. But they are optimistic bunch and packed their touring skies.