Russ you are now gone . . . a place to remember . . . but you will not be forgotten.

Your entire family are in our prayers and thoughts for the tough times ahead for them, and for one son who will grow up without a father, and for a father who must now bury his son.

Davis family I am with you in thought, always.

This was just too good to pass up . .  .

1st:

“To be is to do” – John Paul Sartre

2nd:

“To do is to be” – John Stewart Mill

Finally:

“Do be do be do” – Frank Sinatra

Thanks Mr DeVore!

I just saw something scroll past on FBN that Scotts Miracle Gro(w) is closing the Smtih&Hawken unit.

More on this tomorrow as I find out more about it.

Now there’s a couple of names I never thought I’d see in a sentence.

As I work furiously on a few projects I sometimes turn really inward and become a philosophical crazy man.

It’s the reason all the great quotes are coming along.

The 1st was sent in by a long time reader, and commenter of this blog. The quote is from Amelia Earhart, coincidentally I just sat through the trailer for the upcoming movie on her life, it looks terrific!

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” – Amelia Earhart

So well put in so few words. An amazing woman. I would have loved to have met her and spent time with a woman of her courage, strength, vision and “can-do” attitude.

The other quote is from well known author Michael Crichton —-

“I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.”

Well said Michael, well said.

Back to the conceptuals. If I am lucky I will get to show this project off someday.

Not the one below, that’s just added because I like showing the progression of a job. Plus the post needed an image!!!

A Work in Progress

This is pretty much right on . . .

“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it”

–Albert Einstein

On the eve of what would be the biggest change to our lives in America and how the government would get completely involved in our lives because of the “Cap and Trade act/bill“. I think former President Coolidge has it right . . .

“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.” ~ Calvin Coolidge

I still say throw ALL the bums out of Washington and let us run are own lives be responsible for are own lives, health and education and freedom(s).

They’ve gone too far, too much, too fast and we are all going to have to pay for their ego’s gone amok.

I supposse this post would have received a 1,000 more hits if I would have ranted, raved, swooned, analyzed, and dissected the will of Michael Jackson but the Cap and Trade bill is far more important.

A new message to pass along from my friends at Cornell University concerning all that is birding, bird-like, bird stuff, bird crazy . . . well you get the idea—

Play “tag” with the birds: Be a CamClickr!

Dear Birding Friend,

We need your keen eye and quick fingers! As you may know, we have live cameras positioned at active bird nests all around the country. Since 1999, we’ve archived more than eight million images from these NestCams. To help sort through the images, we developed CamClickr—an online tool you can use to view the images and sort them into albums, then tag each image by the type of behavior you see: preening, eating, feeding chicks, etc.

What’s in it for you? NestCams allow you to peek into the nests of Barn Owls, bluebirds, Wood Ducks, and other birds for an up-close look at fascinating bird behavior. CamClickr will appeal not only to bird lovers, but to people who enjoy testing their skills with online games. When you help sort and tag the camera images, you collect points and compete for prizes such as binoculars, DVDs, books and posters. It’s easy and fun!

Why do we need your help? By using CamClickr to help tag and sort the NestCam images, you help scientists studying breeding bird behavior. The more we understand about bird behavior, the better equipped we are to understand how birds are responding to threats in their environment.

Just visit www.camclickr.org to create an account. This allows you to chat in the NestCam forums, tag photos, and track your stats in CamClickr anytime. You can check your rankings in “my sessions” to see how you stack up against other taggers. The redesigned CamClickr home page also provides the latest Twitter feeds. Educators will appreciate the newly developed lesson plan, appropriate for all ages, and easily modified for individualized instruction. You can watch videos of fascinating nesting behaviors from the Lab’s Macaulay Library.

Make it your summer project to help science and the birds—be a CamClickr!

Thank you for helping us help the birds.

Sincerely,

Tina Phillips, project leader
NestWatch, NestCams, CamClickr

nestwatch@cornell.edu

P.S. I’ve attached a CamClickr PDF flier you may find useful–pass it along!

“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of science is not able to make an oyster?”

—– Jeremy Taylor

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Addendum: So my yearly break to refresh and rejuvenate is over. I am back. The Spring rush has continued with a few projects I hope to be able to share down the road. Here on the blog.

Here’s to a good Summer and hoping all my Designer friends had a great Spring.

I will not be attending the APLD 20th year event in Portland.

In my opinion the conference does not have enough happening to justify the money and the valuable time it takes to attend.

I will miss the networking with friends(best part for me) which seems vacation-like. Right now I do not need to take that vacation.

The conference has little to do with time given to long-time APLD’ers to reflect, reminisce, and ponder the past.

I also thought it was slighty strange to go to the West Coast for the 20th. Actually more than slightly.

APLD was started in the NEast  part of the country and a lot of the founding members were in the late 40’s, 50’s and even 60’s add 20 years to that and now you are making a cross-country trip a little tougher . . . but then again why would the current board think about that.

If you are going to respect, honor and celebrate the founders . . . make it easy for the founders to attend the event

Seems very appropiate for the industry

I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is not looking good either.

Who takes credit for this?