The sink is gone, we won't miss you.
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Before, the dinky sink...
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Day One after the floor and counter tops are stripped. Sink is gone and so are the baseboards.
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New Horse Art

Just listed on Ebay, three new watercolors of Horses, perfect for the Horse lover






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Paint Smile















Appaloosa Run














Horse Laugh

As Homer Simpson would say....

mmmmmmm....Beer.

Sophie's Surfin Safari!

Sister Kathy sent some great pictures from her first surfing lesson down in Sunny CA. and One year old Sophie gets into the act too!!






















Hang Ten Little Surfer Girl!!
















Looking good on that hot pink board!





















Getting ready to hang 20 I think.





















Thats it! Be one with the water!

New Art

More of the Artist trading cards now bidding on ebay, these are pretty popular right now...start your collection today by searching ACEO on ebay!

Heres the link

Yoshi's doggy day Shih Tzu style

A Clever Pup Day




















6:00AM wake up and go downstairs to sleep in downstairs bed.
6:15AM wake up and watch Ian leave to catch the school bus. Fall asleep.
9:00AM Go outside and potty
9:04AM Beg for Cookie, eat cookie





















9:45AM Have delicious Breakfast




















10:00AM Beat up stuffed Squirrel toy and show everyone whose boss.
10:15AM Fall asleep.
10:45 AM Go outside with Mom and pee in favorite spot(s) while she feeds chickens.





























































10:55AM Beg for Cookie, eat cookie..
11:00AM Keep eye open for real squirrel at the squirrel feeder.
11:30AM Fall back asleep
12:30PM Wake up and have delicious Second Breakfast.
12:45PM Beat up Stuffed Squirrel toy in case he pulls something sneaky
1:00 PM Fall Asleep up Moms chair and try and trip her when she gets up.





















1:15PM Watch out window ,make sure no cats are in yard.
1:30PM Fall Asleep on sofa next to window.
2:20PM Wake up , watch Ian come home from school.
2:30PM Jump on Ian , play the crazy animal careening around the house chasing Ian.
2:35PM Beg for Cookie, eat cookie..fall Asleep
3:00PM Go outside poop near garden
3:10PM Beg for Cookie, eat cookie..fall Asleep
4:00PM Go outside to get mail , pee on mailbox posts, pee on garbage cans if accessible
4:30PM Supervise Ian's violin practice, sing along until yelled at.


















5:00PM Have delicious third Breakfast.
5:15PM Fall asleep
6:00PM Wake up and beg as family eats dinner, give Ben the baby seal look, receive people food treat
6:30PM Fall Asleep in hall
7:00PM Go outside and pee , see if chickens are in bed
7:30PM Beg for a delicious fourth Breakfast
7:45PM Forced to eat dry dog food.
8:00PM Fall asleep during Sienfeild.
9:30PM Wake up and go upstairs
10:00PM Jump on Bed fall asleep.
11:00PM Jump off Bed fall asleep in cozy dog bed. Good Night!

On a Photo-blogging roll....

I have been meaning to photo blog these image captures from the web cams at Glacier National Park in Montana, stunning to say the least!

















This is a shot from the St. Mary Webcam looking southwest to Red Eagle Mountain.
















Two Medicine is one of 6 historic landmarks in the park today.















Lake McDonald is my favorite webcam in the Park, the Continental Divide follows the crest of the mountains in the background.















Lake McDonald rainbow on a showery summer day. Click on the photo for a larger view and see that its a "double" rainbow!

Its Fair time! Get out the pie and blue ribbons!

September is here and what would September be without the fair! This happens to be the Geauga County Fair in Ohio and looks like my Mom has found a friend already!






















It looks like the Great Pumpkin is making a Pre Halloween visit too! MMMmmm Pumpkin Pie! BIG Pumpkin Pie!

My sister and the famous Ohio Cousins, Mike and Eric, are enjoying the nutritious healthy fair food and drink that is oh so plentiful.

































A yummy time was had by all. Wish I could have joined you!

MMMmmmm Coffee.

Coffee reported to be top source of healthy antioxidants

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Ink Spots sang "I love the java jive and it loves me" in 1940, they could not have known how right they were.

Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday.

Of course, too much coffee can make people jittery and even raise cholesterol levels, so food experts stress moderation.

The findings by Joe A. Vinson, a chemistry professor at the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, give a healthy boost to the warming beverage.

"The point is, people are getting the most antioxidants from beverages, as opposed to what you might think," Vinson said in a telephone interview.

Antioxidants, which are thought to help battle cancer and provide other health benefits, are abundant in grains, tomatoes and many other fruits and vegetables.

Vinson said he was researching tea and cocoa and other foods and decided to study coffee, too.

His team analyzed the antioxidant content of more than 100 different food items, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, spices, oils and common beverages. They then used Agriculture Department data on typical food consumption patterns to calculate how much antioxidant each food contributes to a person's diet.

They concluded that the average adult consumes 1,299 milligrams of antioxidants daily from coffee. The closest competitor was tea at 294 milligrams. Rounding out the top five sources were bananas, 76 milligrams; dry beans, 72 milligrams; and corn, 48 milligrams. According to the Agriculture Department, the typical adult American drinks 1.64 cups of coffee daily.

That does not mean coffee is a substitute for fruit and vegetables.

Say Hello to our "Furry Friends"

Sasquatch Are Here Says Outdoorsman
By Bernice Tick
Prince George Citizen Staff
8-15-5

A Prince George man whose greatest passion has been hunting for big game admits he's hooked on proving the existence of sasquatch. Leo Selzer, who has spent 41 years hunting in the bush around Prince George, is convinced the illusive creatures are around, and he spends as much time as he can in the bush area where he believes they live. He says he's had one pretty clear sighting and several occasions when he's convinced he was communicating with his" furry friends." In the mid- 1980s when Selzer was moose hunting in the Gregg Creek area west of the city, he did his loud moose calls that bring in the bulls during rutting season. "after a few calls I heard a response -- like someone banging on a tree about a kilometer away. I would call. The right away, bang, bang. A small black bear appeared, wandering towards the banging sounds. The bear stopped and stood up on its hind legs looking towards a tall fir tree, and then all of a sudden it hightailed in the opposite direction toward me, veered off and went over the ridge." It was then that Selzer saw a tall, dark-coloured creature step out from the cover of the fir tree into the open, and then quickly stepped behind the tree and was gone," said Selzer, noting that logged-off has little human activity. In 2000 Selzer was again hunting at Gregg Creek when, at about 400 metres, he spotted what he first thought was a large bear standing on its hind legs watching the hunters. "It was standing next to a large, broken-off fir tree and was about the same dark colour, maybe greyish around its shoulders and on its chest. Thinking it could be a grizzly, I kept a close eye on it, watching it shift its weight from one leg to the other a couple of times for about a half hour. "All of a sudden it was gone, but later I realized a bear would never stand on its hind legs for that long without getting down and back up again," said Selzer. After studying that area closely, he's concluded the creatures leave landmarks and directional signs by piling trees into X marks behind closely knit trees, and bending and shaping spindly trees into arches and shaped pointers carefully threaded through willow tops. He believes Sasquatch eat bark from trees like aspens, and has seen markings showing large fingernails and teeth were used to remove bark. He's also seen large footprints, but hasn't been fortunate to be able to photograph then fresh or complete. "One footprint, going up a grade, was pretty clear, about 13 to 14 inches long, eight inches wide at the heel, and about six inches wide at the top of the ball of the foot. There were indications of possible toe impressions about one to three inches beyond the ball of the foot." In 1994 on the Hoodoo Lakes road he could hear three individual voices give out a holler or two which was responded to by"jabbering type of language." "I thought it must be some drunken people back there on a bush road or something, but I later found out there is no road or clearing in that area." In mid-June, Selzer came across an area in the Gregg Creek, about 300 to 400 yards long, containing a series of blinds and shelters, and tepee-like frameworks he believes were built by a sasquatch. The blinds are waist to shoulder height with logs and trees pushed together to form a lean-to like structure. "The frameworks, up to 50 feet high, are made with long spindly trees intricately intertwined to form the structure., "said Selzer. Brian Vike in Houston, who reports on unidentified flying objects and such matters, has received reports from residents about sasquatch sightings in the Buck Flats area. "Two Houston women, driving up Buck Flats road, were startled recently when a large animal walked upright across the road in front of their vehicle. "The animal, described much like a sasquatch, mad long strides into the forest, but did not turn to look back at the women." He said a camping party at Silverhorne Lake reported hearing chilling screams in the night coming from around the lake, which cannot be associated with the known animals in the region. "One other sighting was reported on the Morice River Road when two people fishing witnessed a large two-legged animal on the opposite bank of a river walk slowly into the forest and disappear," said Vike. American William Dranginis, said he saw a bigfoot once - hairy, 7 feet tall, and sprinting through the woods of Virginia. The 12-second sighting changed the life of Dranginis, who outfitted a 24-foot mobile veterinary clinic as a Bigfoot Primate Research lab. Equipped with scopes, radios and a Night-Sight camera that can detect an animal in the dark at 800 yards away, he heads out at least two weekends a month. But still no second sighting for Dranginis, who would like to push legislation to protect the creatures. "Do not shoot it," said Selzer. "They mean no harm, but they are curious, and incredibly intelligent beings." Selzer's latest reported sighting on July 20 came from a visiting couple from Saskatoon. They told Selzer that, while driving Highway 16 East at about 8 p.m. near Tabor Mountain, they saw what they first thought was a large man crossing the highway. Describing the creature as about 7 1/2 feet tall covered with hair, thick barrelled shoulders and narrow waist, they said it crossed the road about 100 yards ahead of them in about three steps. The couple, who have never believed in the sasquatch theory, were so haunted by the experience they couldn't sleep. After they got home they contacted Selzer, who has added his investigation of the area to his website: http://sasquatch-pg.net. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/

More Hot Summer Nights

August sunset over Fairport Harbor beach in Northeastern Ohio, Thanks Mom beautiful shot.















Watch out for those Lake Erie Sea Monsters though, oops wait, thats Eric and Mike!

Clever Pup on a Summer Night

Yoshi, the original Clever Pup, enjoys a warm summer night in Western Washington. Weather has been perfect here, cool at night and 80s during the day. Grab a cold drink and a burger and join us around the fire.

He Blinded me with Science!

The Amazing Ian knows all, tells all, but don't try and get him to take out the trash.

Photoshop shoot yesterday for the Zone Page that runs every Tuesday during the school year in the Seattle PI. Ian is a favorite subject and was happy to pose for the science page.

At the top

Ian (in red shirt) and a friend check out the view from Mt. Pilchuck, which is just under 6000 feet and located 50 miles northeast 0f Seattle. On a clear day the view is stunning, a few clouds were passing by here. Click on the above photo for a larger view of the mountain.

Big Foot meets Modern Science

Canadian lab to test 'sasquatch' hair

Tue Jul 26,12:48 AM ET

The debate over the existence of sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, an ape-like creature said to haunt the wilderness of western Canada has entered the world of modern DNA testing.

A laboratory will test hair samples that several residents of Teslin, Yukon, say were left when the large, but so-far mythological creature made a late-night run through their community in early July.

University of Alberta wildlife geneticist David Coltman, who agreed to do the tests as a favor to a colleague, said on Monday that scientists have cataloged the DNA of nearly all large animals in the Yukon such as bears and bison.

"So we'll compare it to all of that, and if it doesn't match anything, then it's potentially interesting," said Coltman, who suspects the hair was actually left behind by a much more mundane Yukon bison.

"If sasquatch is indeed a primate, then we would expect the sample to be closer to humans or chimpanzees or gorillas," Coltman said.

The legend of a large, hairy, two-legged creature lurking in the mountains of western Canada and the United States dates back to before Europeans settled the continent. This was the second report of the creature near Teslin in just over a year.

In the latest sighting, a group of Teslin residents told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. they heard branches cracking and saw a large human-like creature run by a house. It left behind large footprints, they said, and the hair tufts that were given to wildlife officials.

Coltman expects to have his results on Thursday and said that even if the hair turns out not to be from a sasquatch, the process should serve as good way to get students interested in the field of DNA testing.

"It's sort of like a wildlife CSI story," he said.

UPDATE

DNA tests squelch Canadian sasquatch discovery

EDMONTON, Alberta, July 28 (Reuters) - Big Foot will remain just a tall tale, for a while at least, after DNA hair samples thought to be from the mythic creature turned out to be bison hair.

Researchers said on Thursday that a mysterious clump of hair found in the Yukon Territory is from a North American bison and not from he elusive ape-like sasquatch, or Big Foot, said to haunt the woods of western Canada.

"The DNA profile of the hair sample we received from the Yukon earlier this week clearly matches reference DNA profiles from North American bison," said David Coltman, a wildlife geneticist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

"However, if you're a believer, we haven't disproved there is a Big Foot out there," Coltman said.

Hair and large footprints were discovered by two witnesses who claimed to have spotted a large and furry ape-like figure dash through the bush this month near Teslin, a village about 100 miles east of the Yukon capital of Whitehorse.

Coltman often works with Yukon wildlife officials and agreed to test the samples using a chemical solution to separate the DNA material from the hair shaft so that the gene sequences could be compared with the known sequences of other animals.

"DNA is quite powerful at detecting new species. It's the genetic blueprint for a potential organism."

The legend of an ape-like, or human-like, creature lurking in the mountains of western Canada and the United States goes back to a time before Europeans settled in the continent.

The word "sasquatch" was derived in the 1920s from tales of the Chehalis Indians in British Columbia.

Coltman's decision to test the hair drew media interest from around the world, although he had suspected from the beginning that the tufts came from a bison.

"People want to hold on to these myths that something unknown is possibly living in their backyard," Coltman said.

"I think it's highly unlikely that the sasquatch exists, however, it's not really scientific to disbelieve anything either. You must always maintain an objective mind," he said.

Coltman has since turned down a request from a Wisconsin woman to analyze fur from a wolf/man hybrid creature spotted frequently in the badger state.

The alleged Yukon sighting is not the first Big Foot report in Canada this year.

A resident of Norway House, Manitoba, (525 miles north of Winnipeg) shot videotape in April of what appeared to be a large, hairy, two-legged creature walking along the shore of Lake Winnipeg.

Its Spiderman!

Ian checks out the insect life in Chardon Ohio. Can't wait to see the yellowjackets! or as they call them.."Meat Bees!"

Field of Sneeze

Everyone in Ohio knows what I am talking about. Poor Ian and his allergies! But its still a pretty picture!
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"You Look Fabulous!"

Just listed on ebay, a new 4" x 6" watercolor pencil drawing of a Lovely Pink Poodle strutting her stuff in a flouncy pink feather boa!

To view the art Click here!
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