Saturday, August 04, 2018

A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE HULLETT MARSH

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Sure glad it's not last week at this time when I was feeling so sick.  Seems it was a bacterial virus I had so since then I have made a change to my morning shakes.  I've decided not to buy any more lettuce, carrots, or celery that is not pre-washed and packaged.  I don't know if that is how I picked up the bug or not but figured it might cut down on my chances of that happening again.  Better to be safe than sorry.  I was always a little lax in thoroughly washing every single lettuce leaf or celery stock anyway.

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CABBAGE BUTTERFLY METHINKS

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BULL THISTLE

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A really nice cool morning up to about 9 a.m.  Pheebs and I headed over to the Hullett Marsh and took ourselves for a short walk while there was still a slight inkling of coolness in the air.  Managed a few wild flower photos as well as some butterflies, etc.  With heat rapidly building again we were back into the Jeep and headed for the cool comforts of home.  And that was it for another day.

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ROLLING OUT OF OUR FORESTED PARK WE HEAD EAST FOR MORNING’S LIGHT

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A NICE DRIVE TO THE HULLETT MARSH

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THIS IS THE SPOT WE MOST OFTEN COME TO IN THE MARSH

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WE HEADED OFF WALKNG DOWN THAT LANE TO THE RIGHT

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MOST OF TONIGHT’S PHOTOS WERE TAKEN ON A SHORT WALK DOWN TO THAT YELLOW GATE AND BACK

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CABBAGE BUTTERFLY IN FLIGHT

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Although we haven't reached the predicted 90 degree temperatures Kelly and I are still finding it too hot.  Luckily our evenings have been cooling off nice so at least we get a nightly reprieve.  I am patiently waiting for cooler weather to re-charge my batteries and allow me to comfortably head outside once again and get a bunch of things around the yard caught up.

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GROANER'S CORNER:((  John was sitting outside his local pub one day, enjoying a quiet pint and generally feeling good about himself, when a nun suddenly appears at his table and starts decrying the evils of drink. "You should be ashamed of yourself young man! Drinking is a Sin! Alcohol is the blood of the devil!" Now John gets pretty annoyed about this, and goes on the offensive. "How do you know this, Sister?" "My Mother Superior told me so.""But have you ever had a drink yourself? How can you be sure that what you are saying is right?" "Don't be ridiculous--of course I have never taken alcohol myself" "Then let me buy you a drink - if you still believe afterwards that it is evil I will give up drink for life" "How could I, a Nun, sit outside this public house drinking?!" "I'll get the barman to put it in a teacup for you, then no one will ever know."The Nun reluctantly agrees, so John goes inside to the bar. "Another pint for me, and a triple vodka on the rocks", then he lowers his voice and says to the barman "and could you put the vodka in a teacup?""Oh no! It's not that Nun again is it?"

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6 comments:

  1. Are you saying you will be buying pre-washed veggies from now on? Google what is wrong with pre-washed salad produce and you may come up with surprising data on salmonella recalls etc of bagged salad produce etc. one article pointed out:
    "Likewise, a Consumer Reports look at 208 pre-washed salad mixes found, "bacteria that are common indicators of poor sanitation and fecal contamination – in some cases, at rather high levels."

    And there are continued outbreaks of illness related to bagged lettuce. The outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 that began in March of 2018 and is still active as of this update in April, has federal authorities urging people who purchased chopped romaine lettuce in the U.S. to toss it because it could make them sick.

    So really, what's the point of supposedly clean lettuce that isn't really clean at all?

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  2. More great pictures again. I prefer to was my own produce then at least you know it is done properly

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  3. I like the photo of the long curving white fence and the road heading East into the sunlight. 🐦

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  4. I accidentally deleted the comment that came after Britbabe's comment. Sorry.....

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  5. Is it safe to assume your photos of the bee and the bug with wings was done with a macro lens?? Or did you capture those with the 300mm lens? Either way, great photos.

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  6. Unfortunately I don't have a good macro lens Steve so all my close-up photos are done with my 18-300mm Nikkor lens;

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