tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90375909347948460112024-02-19T07:38:03.506-08:00Antics and Adventures of an Uppity WomanI'm sorta familiar with the up end of a camera so you'll see pictures here worth thousands of words without too too many words. I hope you'll be a frequent visitor and enjoy the treasures I've discovered along America's byways.Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-78531733540517553102012-08-31T09:53:00.003-07:002012-08-31T09:53:37.172-07:00SEEN BETTER DAYS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorta like yours truly!Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-44558755886826953412012-08-24T07:15:00.000-07:002012-08-24T07:15:00.922-07:00DAHLIAS AND ROSES AND BEGONIAS, OH MY!And a few others I couldn't pass up...found in the Botanical Gardens at Shore Acres State Park, Oregon on a sunny, windless day.<br />
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The Dahlias</div>
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Not a Dahlia, but with flowers like an Orchid, leaves like a Day Lilly, exquisitely painted by Mother Nature</div>
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Another "Not a Dahlia!"</div>
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The Rose Garden scented the air with heady perfume</div>
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The Begonia Greenhouse displayed a distinct collection. Someone had been having a great time developing unique varieties -- a few looked like they had been crossed with Petunias! </div>
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Or an egg, over easy!</div>
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The thing that's actually morally "wrong" with it is that the hypocritical Grand Old Party is using Mr. Akin as a scapegoat. Why all the uproar when Atkin is just echoing the party line? The R&R's have similar views; they just don't want you to know it! </div>
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The record is well documented, for example, that Mr. Ryan co-sponsored a bill <b><i>with Mr. Akin</i></b> to redefine rape in order to distinguish "forcible rape" (and what, "invited rape" maybe?) so that federal funding on abortions for rape victims would be limited. In addition, Mr. Ryan supported a bill that allowed anti abortion hospitals to refuse emergency abortions.</div>
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You can run, and attempt to label these critical women's issues as "distractions," and you can refuse to answer whether you believe rape victims need to be protected, but you can't hide, Mr. Ryan. You and Todd Atkin are joined at the hip.</div>
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<br />Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-90949327047723307632012-08-03T08:00:00.000-07:002012-08-20T14:10:20.174-07:00CREAMY POMPOM-ON-A-STICKOf course you were all just dying to know the true name for "Creamy Pompom-on-a-Stick," right?<br />
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And I'm sure some of you already knew it's really called "Seacoast Angelica," right?<br />
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OK, but did you know that Seacoast Angelica is in the carrot family, grows on coastal bluffs right where I found it, and is so named because Angelica ("angel") refers to the medicinal and angelic protection against evil properties as revealed to mankind by an archangel? Well, that's what the book says. Also, seeds of a European species were used to make gin and absinthe.<br />
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I hope some day you get to see some with your very own eyes. And save the seeds!Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-88657443500316000662012-08-01T13:31:00.000-07:002012-08-01T13:31:29.584-07:00OMG!?!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-91136574277248948932012-07-30T07:45:00.091-07:002012-08-03T09:17:17.315-07:00YAQUINA HEAD OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA, NEWPORT, OREGON - Part III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can see now why tide pools are like undersea gardens.</div>
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Strawberry Anemones live in colonies. Do these tiny, sweet sea creatures look like a carnivores to you? Not only are they vicious meat eaters, they can clone themselves! (Clicking to enlarge gives a better view of their delicate, hairy tentacles.)<br />
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This Anemone's ghostly appearing tentacles are soft as a rose petal. If you glide your fingers across them, you hardly feel anything at all. But if you let your fingers linger, it grabs you ever so softly with tiny suction cups embedded in its many "hands." Good thing human fingers weren't on the menu that day! </div>
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Its pebbly pedal disc or basal column (upper left) looks like chain mail.</div>
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Whomever the scientist naming this creature was, he named it because of its resemblance to the terrestrial garden variety! Eye of the beholder and all that...! This is its mouth.</div>
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No longer called "Starfish," because they aren't a "fish"; they are an invertebrate echinoderm (related to sand dollars and sea urchins), now called Sea Stars. Makes sense to me.</div>
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Some species have been known to live for up to 34 years.</div>
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Yes, I left my polarizing filter in the car -- s'cuse the murky shots of the submerged creatures! And, in some cases the water was moving. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!</div>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-36824221916480284272012-07-28T08:23:00.006-07:002012-07-28T08:23:00.055-07:00YAQUINA HEAD OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA, NEWPORT, OR - Part IITHE LIGHTHOUSE GROUNDS<br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the fields around the lighthouse and rimming the parking lots, there were great masses of wind-hardy wildflowers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb6I9h75xwW5Dk2ddHrcVoGA2lBbqdz6FaspAeUIuWp2XXO6KO76gPdrYRNgV2nwcwpQ7wthwzVMK3ImdgEzvXY7Ou6TWARLpGPe22ejWv5flIr9vRvIeP2CNmpYCnMgLO1pQK01U7Hg/s1600/P1350597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb6I9h75xwW5Dk2ddHrcVoGA2lBbqdz6FaspAeUIuWp2XXO6KO76gPdrYRNgV2nwcwpQ7wthwzVMK3ImdgEzvXY7Ou6TWARLpGPe22ejWv5flIr9vRvIeP2CNmpYCnMgLO1pQK01U7Hg/s320/P1350597.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTLgLvafLI3BbCupf1_rWoFIE1TVQ_xHHxlxL_19glc50mB9F4i_jSzM8ER1jaw_hZUjUcqG5dCSCHeZpFLbmKrv08X_PDQYRsCOUrL42Q1zZOY1ADlRU45pEcysNEOahpC1xOMwS7Og/s1600/P1350584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTLgLvafLI3BbCupf1_rWoFIE1TVQ_xHHxlxL_19glc50mB9F4i_jSzM8ER1jaw_hZUjUcqG5dCSCHeZpFLbmKrv08X_PDQYRsCOUrL42Q1zZOY1ADlRU45pEcysNEOahpC1xOMwS7Og/s320/P1350584.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is the Yaquina Bridge,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Newport, Oregon</div><div style="text-align: center;">From Land</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9GuJKlUAo1Qqb-Wie-wBX51aQljCxN3iCygTACPmWQQ_ChfRTwZE_9qCU7szWEEnZyntnDIFvx6MRoWmYYgMaIAFVQmEad7qhe2NU-JbH0xRSBRZJkwmGbs50PaD1xe5j6TDQ8Jnpaoj/s1600/P1350283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9GuJKlUAo1Qqb-Wie-wBX51aQljCxN3iCygTACPmWQQ_ChfRTwZE_9qCU7szWEEnZyntnDIFvx6MRoWmYYgMaIAFVQmEad7qhe2NU-JbH0xRSBRZJkwmGbs50PaD1xe5j6TDQ8Jnpaoj/s320/P1350283.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">"The only reason I have a kitchen is because it came with the house"!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">"Let's eat Grandma."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">"Let's eat, Grandma."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">(PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!)</span>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-76539570369503892882012-07-14T22:11:00.002-07:002012-07-15T12:11:59.760-07:00A BIT OF NOSTALGIA...TO DISTRACT YOU FOR A MINUTE -- check out the "Museum of Endangered Sound."<br />
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<a href="http://savethesounds.info/">http://savethesounds.info/</a>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-21641694725936041262012-07-01T07:14:00.002-07:002012-07-01T07:14:00.555-07:00POPPIES & PRICKLIES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Matilija Poppies and Prickly Pears, growing side by side along the road just west of El Portal, CA, like it hot and dry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXbnRepz85qBXz9VqZH9-2Brjih1TxbXyt6fP0Z90w_UFrM60-4rGwDiFrCDae5XHI0sML1zyzCSpU9xmmuiBSqrbXsIDccAQqJLNp7D_cpU7AOSohyUeTH2aBHdB_bExUL9K0dbChpLF/s1600/P1350133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXbnRepz85qBXz9VqZH9-2Brjih1TxbXyt6fP0Z90w_UFrM60-4rGwDiFrCDae5XHI0sML1zyzCSpU9xmmuiBSqrbXsIDccAQqJLNp7D_cpU7AOSohyUeTH2aBHdB_bExUL9K0dbChpLF/s320/P1350133.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The river, campground and beaches were outstanding. Overwhelmed by anxiety over the re-crossing, however, I left my idyllic spot after just two days. A wimp after all!!!Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-49897569678700960552012-03-18T16:22:00.001-07:002012-03-18T16:23:58.220-07:00BELLS OF IRELAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYLLfnzkpUoKm9rNAaFdQy8bXu6QNZX2NRkU6BLhGNw8l0YWi6oYPCtn3R5dQQxZfEKgMsL8Fw0yXtcfwowUALX-h0Iz5rshdJP5egol0cNQaQ4lEHaDBcX86sD16qc4pzIhhrjOsc0-n/s1600/P1340291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYLLfnzkpUoKm9rNAaFdQy8bXu6QNZX2NRkU6BLhGNw8l0YWi6oYPCtn3R5dQQxZfEKgMsL8Fw0yXtcfwowUALX-h0Iz5rshdJP5egol0cNQaQ4lEHaDBcX86sD16qc4pzIhhrjOsc0-n/s320/P1340291.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJ1UKdviDFF2lSPl1pAvg5VS8DlxWfq1xhiIBmpwQFH552bcN-UqzCZsW7Is5O5Bo6hGrNydM-0vXHhUovelLU_r1HVvD7ij1Sms5kBFtk6n9Opdyh_H0vbclAszBtY1bIwe4mLAzXr6e/s1600/P1340294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJ1UKdviDFF2lSPl1pAvg5VS8DlxWfq1xhiIBmpwQFH552bcN-UqzCZsW7Is5O5Bo6hGrNydM-0vXHhUovelLU_r1HVvD7ij1Sms5kBFtk6n9Opdyh_H0vbclAszBtY1bIwe4mLAzXr6e/s320/P1340294.jpg" width="218" /></a><br />
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even to those who only WISH they were Irish for a day!Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-11841875079599387222012-02-20T07:58:00.003-08:002012-02-20T09:21:04.292-08:00I HEART THE SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...especially when it hosts the annual Chowder Cook Off, when the eatin's good, and the local characters come out to play! And eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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And did you know that one of the Boardwalk's two roller coasters, the all-wooden thrill-ride, is a National Monument? Honest and truly!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Next up...the Chili Cook Off. Count me in!</div>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-39257965868780347752012-02-14T13:27:00.000-08:002012-02-14T13:27:30.729-08:00HAPPY HEARTS' DAY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ejesNNot6_jZ7aOnmvFoG5VLskF5VCHPwSPwWWVILliSrBXpm4z9y6V22W640FHjzRitdFj_roDdjDOWUMNhY03txWtrCsUHkvxIQJN726FRdMZyIHe61pxi4lbZ_vUc3kgRI6JN1cgb/s1600/P1230249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ejesNNot6_jZ7aOnmvFoG5VLskF5VCHPwSPwWWVILliSrBXpm4z9y6V22W640FHjzRitdFj_roDdjDOWUMNhY03txWtrCsUHkvxIQJN726FRdMZyIHe61pxi4lbZ_vUc3kgRI6JN1cgb/s320/P1230249.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-66666135187126145532012-02-09T07:44:00.000-08:002012-02-09T07:44:00.585-08:00RE-DISCOVERED GEMS - BAJA SUR, MEXICO<div style="text-align: left;">This is the first in a series of photographs taken before I started blogging and right after I started using my first digital camera.</div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;">First Stop:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"> Playa Coyote</span> (a little south of Muleje):<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">These are Mobula Rays (or Devil Rays or flapjacks or little black kites!). These rays are breathtaking to watch when dozens of them at a time fling themselves out of the water to flip and flop and splash then settle down again. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi2C4f12U_I">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi2C4f12U_I</a><br />
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There are differing opinions for this behavior, but some romantic locals believe it's part of a mating ritual. This pair glided right past me, in calf-deep water, not a care in the world, and slowly enough for me to capture them "on film"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_n0zsHJIxOKvcim5xiztwNgtVEelJ3rWQ9uqokrIQPZnPbHA59gojOWWlxWXGGfj0R4pGEXbd_XPvAgAE5tuA46Y18IW1hNNa0EFF4LAKBRI8F4K9tgS3_kYTJOuDfHrvelPHSo6hRl1/s1600/P1020851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP_n0zsHJIxOKvcim5xiztwNgtVEelJ3rWQ9uqokrIQPZnPbHA59gojOWWlxWXGGfj0R4pGEXbd_XPvAgAE5tuA46Y18IW1hNNa0EFF4LAKBRI8F4K9tgS3_kYTJOuDfHrvelPHSo6hRl1/s320/P1020851.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">No self respecting Baja beach would be without its share of Pelicans. Watching them dive for food was the daily entertainment. And this one was a little more colorful than the California Brown Pelicans I'm used to seeing. Note the mohawk styling!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1tpF-zZ0DWAUJuJvTSw-yWqvPIRoVQQlWPRkq024KcSNQbpLjlqJ4rdjRPtDnrYnu9rAnkv11pP0QCx1XoKtaVhTVboJ5olLvXLQJ5tpB5X_tzXhIFFwP71vKhrzmHXOi18_hfVBHhwU/s1600/P1030036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1tpF-zZ0DWAUJuJvTSw-yWqvPIRoVQQlWPRkq024KcSNQbpLjlqJ4rdjRPtDnrYnu9rAnkv11pP0QCx1XoKtaVhTVboJ5olLvXLQJ5tpB5X_tzXhIFFwP71vKhrzmHXOi18_hfVBHhwU/s320/P1030036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Still ensconced at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Playa Coyote</span>, one Springy night the beach community was treated to a lovely eclipse of the moon.<br />
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The shy creature down in the hole has no idea what remarkable, abstract beach art it has created. A monochrome Jackson Pollock wannabe!<br />
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In spite of the smooth skin, those prickly spines don't invite touching!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and home to dozens of Osprey nests elevated on specially-built mounts along the roads throughout the town. Look closely at this nest to see the junk this mother scarfed up to provide homey comforts for her little one. OK, not so little! Good mom bird!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbB_mBmoxQLsMyXRXQLqK80S4siYbFSvalqWcVZKm72SL7FEkOM_LL1-jgcuDzNfeGRrmV4RSjkbOYuAtz6lOBPBKb7l5FDDcwW2B4Arwd2NkfiiUFePfoGRNNlMGdR4GyYO81CXEwvIR/s1600/P1040664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbB_mBmoxQLsMyXRXQLqK80S4siYbFSvalqWcVZKm72SL7FEkOM_LL1-jgcuDzNfeGRrmV4RSjkbOYuAtz6lOBPBKb7l5FDDcwW2B4Arwd2NkfiiUFePfoGRNNlMGdR4GyYO81CXEwvIR/s320/P1040664.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Stay tuned for more Baja magical discoveries.Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-41821375265305894352012-02-03T21:38:00.000-08:002012-02-03T22:01:15.643-08:00I AM WOMAN...HEAR ME ROAR!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-c0rXlfDTdoBPCMYZi9wvSTM9Hhx3KBRGToH89nuhmoFAexiC-pDBWj_ndBN70fHR7jTgu3rempdaJOJ6uQL-NdCeq6qgOzgju8CPOtkGq0T_9_Bho4waSaxg0OnL1T2W_rZl47aYj6x/s1600/P1040085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-c0rXlfDTdoBPCMYZi9wvSTM9Hhx3KBRGToH89nuhmoFAexiC-pDBWj_ndBN70fHR7jTgu3rempdaJOJ6uQL-NdCeq6qgOzgju8CPOtkGq0T_9_Bho4waSaxg0OnL1T2W_rZl47aYj6x/s320/P1040085.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You know I don't take to my soapbox too often. Not often enough, actually. Yet here I am. And for starters, you are "listening" to a woman who is Pro Life AND Pro Choice.<br />
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I have been appalled at efforts of male-dominated legislative bodies to formulate laws that would return women's rights to the dark ages: barefoot, pregnant and tied to the bedstead; to formulate draconian laws that intrude on female reproductive rights, to limit access to birth control, to defund Planned Parenthood, and the craziest of crazy, to establish personhood rights for a fertilized egg. 2011 was an exciting year indeed! And it's not over yet.<br />
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For me, the most galling, deceptive piece of fiction in today's media is the campaign by uber-right wing activists to deny Planned Parenthood any federal money because performing abortions is one of the many services it offers. They have attempted to paint Planned Parenthood as an abortion factory and, therefore, none of your tax dollars should be available to that organization. <br />
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HELLOOOOO...NO federal money has been used by Planned Parenthood for abortions. EVER. NONE. ZILCH. NADA! Use of federal funds in the performance of abortions by ANY person or organization has been illegal since the establishment of the Hyde Amendment in 19SEVENTY-SIX for dog's sake!<br />
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Spread the word. Please.<br />
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<a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/02/04/susan_g_komen%E2%80%99s_priceless_gift/">http://www.salon.com/2012/02/04/susan_g_komen’s_priceless_gift/</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipONwDpZ9oMnLjXAPVIXeyQBJW8_ZVXYcqgZzsaOtyfPh0TAvTlM0kp5jFOWq_0UyfRZEbYf5na_d0TB0cpm2_vw6MRvjvOhioMYtl-0t2rgnzdcy493U_xern1p3nfPnKeArSgx4uaWdC/s1600/P1030574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipONwDpZ9oMnLjXAPVIXeyQBJW8_ZVXYcqgZzsaOtyfPh0TAvTlM0kp5jFOWq_0UyfRZEbYf5na_d0TB0cpm2_vw6MRvjvOhioMYtl-0t2rgnzdcy493U_xern1p3nfPnKeArSgx4uaWdC/s320/P1030574.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for listening.</div>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-35781124970697327522012-01-30T09:20:00.000-08:002012-01-30T09:20:00.302-08:00CHEERING AWAY THE GLOOM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's been a few whiles since I shared what I like best about the outdoors: wildflowers. Here's hoping these wildflowers (some may be repeats) will help cheer you if your mid-Winter day has a slate gray sky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpGc_WEZqFis59O89cRkQAh8W3jwParVn-RayFlyCKvHm-EfSAE2kkBDkA5h6-zmaB21p690TZU7U98k94fBojdC8TdrwuJSPEe2tXZyUUgng3oG2mKO6MlU9L6AhZteIFJK-eaMcsuGT/s1600/29660018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpGc_WEZqFis59O89cRkQAh8W3jwParVn-RayFlyCKvHm-EfSAE2kkBDkA5h6-zmaB21p690TZU7U98k94fBojdC8TdrwuJSPEe2tXZyUUgng3oG2mKO6MlU9L6AhZteIFJK-eaMcsuGT/s320/29660018.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br />
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I know, I know -- pretty corny. But I love shaggy dog jokes too.Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9037590934794846011.post-36899644908854523892012-01-22T07:02:00.000-08:002012-01-22T07:02:00.130-08:00THESE BOOTS, MADE FOR WALKING,...<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...were worn by Karen Lutz, a through-hiker, when, in 1978, she hiked the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, lovingly referred to as "The AT." A "through-hiker" is someone who hikes the entire distance, from Georgia to Maine, in one season. Ms. Lutz' fabulous feat took her 5-1/2 months to complete.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHKYNkvGDMPF5jc6TVb9NVJtDp0mWgEm1KwzHdCh-MUUB5OmqZT85TpZX9w9IhpMd5Q1eGiWlwR5P1RxMVw38AeoD2OWgeiqjZqkimaasYaqO9AITROCjTtlivk_MnlHI-8V6LwLgxPQ0/s1600/P1180157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHKYNkvGDMPF5jc6TVb9NVJtDp0mWgEm1KwzHdCh-MUUB5OmqZT85TpZX9w9IhpMd5Q1eGiWlwR5P1RxMVw38AeoD2OWgeiqjZqkimaasYaqO9AITROCjTtlivk_MnlHI-8V6LwLgxPQ0/s320/P1180157.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Boots made of lightweight fabric and leather last about 1,000 miles; the heavyweight full grain leather boots pictured here lasted 1,600 miles. Since the entire AT is 2179 miles, I'm guessing Ms. Lutz had to break in TWO pairs of boots as part of her pre-trip planning! I couldn't see the maker's name on this pair, but they sure look like the Dunhams I used to wear. (No relation!!)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lxqz0OTQVl_Jl9iTeYxqER4O4mTo7QSn077_LQkXAtcqjEOv_Qq54N7x_X_I7HIwXFvRKAmoGR1GL68DgB1WI6_b1BzbQGTLwWFu3P6cNrXjyyfIHfr1h4whn_TPe2LKQyCvFH9VHqtM/s1600/P1130766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lxqz0OTQVl_Jl9iTeYxqER4O4mTo7QSn077_LQkXAtcqjEOv_Qq54N7x_X_I7HIwXFvRKAmoGR1GL68DgB1WI6_b1BzbQGTLwWFu3P6cNrXjyyfIHfr1h4whn_TPe2LKQyCvFH9VHqtM/s320/P1130766.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The AT is well marked and many times tied into local spur trails. This one appeared on the Tennessee-North Carolina state line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU678j55f2nmAOysTaP_7mf5wNqN8Go6t0-hOHxJF7YHwaN3QKQUg4a6TNaUulelHWl7Zm_YW75w6xLk-gK3XIB4-zhDauifUa98aBfH_rsuLVNj1c7J57nzzakDUqYCNQU1kushjrQejv/s1600/P1140267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU678j55f2nmAOysTaP_7mf5wNqN8Go6t0-hOHxJF7YHwaN3QKQUg4a6TNaUulelHWl7Zm_YW75w6xLk-gK3XIB4-zhDauifUa98aBfH_rsuLVNj1c7J57nzzakDUqYCNQU1kushjrQejv/s320/P1140267.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Appalachian Trail, a "Scenic Trail" part of the National Park system, was completed in 1937, passes through 14 states, and is meticulously maintained by 31 trail-maintaining hiking clubs throughout its length, thus making the AT the only volunteer-managed National Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35oh9pJLNA3MwQT95eZNAfjaZt2jvL5OwN8bUtrzePamJ6kY-Spz1ImiJ8ikTuy72Rl5aXkzsFtOl65V4xCpz2yBQ3LLqM3tuP0M0GmGicKN6iRT_usoW2zNu0s-u5oQYd1pTSDUvS_y3/s1600/P1130733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35oh9pJLNA3MwQT95eZNAfjaZt2jvL5OwN8bUtrzePamJ6kY-Spz1ImiJ8ikTuy72Rl5aXkzsFtOl65V4xCpz2yBQ3LLqM3tuP0M0GmGicKN6iRT_usoW2zNu0s-u5oQYd1pTSDUvS_y3/s320/P1130733.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some parts of the AT are "improved" with steps, shelters, information kiosks and picnic tables that double as roadside picnic areas, like this one at Dick's Creek Gap, that also provides trailhead parking for day hikers. The trail signage is carved into rock and helps keep hikers oriented.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ElHo3lQs0ktNWp4gTuhZPwLCdZCQ2dWMJ4pRYWTAsQ781M4_MZVzu4SGXXxhYUi7qFGuZhkPQqZf4SfQFiZsm3tJJ1_HYFtchEgBgw-u1TJ5o7xwTZF00cX3HThBbccVYWADFPwLmWj0/s1600/P1130732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ElHo3lQs0ktNWp4gTuhZPwLCdZCQ2dWMJ4pRYWTAsQ781M4_MZVzu4SGXXxhYUi7qFGuZhkPQqZf4SfQFiZsm3tJJ1_HYFtchEgBgw-u1TJ5o7xwTZF00cX3HThBbccVYWADFPwLmWj0/s320/P1130732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBj3L0e-bE8U_8zk0x-cn7RPXmmu69KAhukx2zKtB0TBCdiZ4DjW9jeIYVBQwdrhmP_RqmAG1Ihn7-OyyibWGBGEd1yZwIl9xqm804DTZMWIjrUYor2guHHLTeWFUiUYoNWNnPIw7YNxc/s1600/P1130734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBj3L0e-bE8U_8zk0x-cn7RPXmmu69KAhukx2zKtB0TBCdiZ4DjW9jeIYVBQwdrhmP_RqmAG1Ihn7-OyyibWGBGEd1yZwIl9xqm804DTZMWIjrUYor2guHHLTeWFUiUYoNWNnPIw7YNxc/s320/P1130734.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other trail sections are more back-to-nature!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1-DCooscFmpW2DZdUuMq4fEpuIhCkQ80_79I-LBHYJJGYVvLcA-nO6fdfdzVHbn3Pugh3lQ8NP8QKX9BiPS_gAZzbeezHofh7kHppGgEhtpN0ag3BlE2fh_VTvsTW-Lf6g4HaROhR1hf/s1600/P1130738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1-DCooscFmpW2DZdUuMq4fEpuIhCkQ80_79I-LBHYJJGYVvLcA-nO6fdfdzVHbn3Pugh3lQ8NP8QKX9BiPS_gAZzbeezHofh7kHppGgEhtpN0ag3BlE2fh_VTvsTW-Lf6g4HaROhR1hf/s320/P1130738.jpg" width="214" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">As part of her Masters Degree study, Ms. Lutz determined that through-hikers need from 4,000 to 6,000 calories per day. Just imagine the food planning necessary; imagine the fuel conservation necessary; just imagine the fitness training required! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNzUL0RI6p4q-etMErTiPFcEyF6sSxHej5QndjfumDA8qQ-MOBHVOXK3D0gkThHtrnS_-l_jqvIROlo_U1JS5VpCvube5Zy_o5i6oKmtPxEY2VWsM9E6encZX7suqf5LR0jTC1VsOCanC/s1600/karen+lutz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNzUL0RI6p4q-etMErTiPFcEyF6sSxHej5QndjfumDA8qQ-MOBHVOXK3D0gkThHtrnS_-l_jqvIROlo_U1JS5VpCvube5Zy_o5i6oKmtPxEY2VWsM9E6encZX7suqf5LR0jTC1VsOCanC/s320/karen+lutz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Today, Ms. Lutz is the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Her through-hiker boots were encased at a Blue Ridge Parkway museum honoring the Civilian Conservation Corps and other pioneers.</div>Lorna...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16102735460805757006noreply@blogger.com0