tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62977417782188882272020-02-28T18:15:22.750-04:00undacova muthaReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-56248386080585817132013-03-30T09:43:00.001-03:002013-03-30T09:43:03.235-03:00.... <span><a href="http://www.proliza.com/xscrkb/jvbi.llxza?nf">http://www.proliza.com/xscrkb/jvbi.llxza?nf</a></span> <br><br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>%TAME% <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br><br><br> Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-72253892631025714742013-02-24T18:51:00.001-04:002013-02-24T18:51:17.767-04:00Renee Stubbs<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:8pt"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><a href="http://www.lugnier.com/dp/7jw9kgr7o62wklq.n9o6n28k14?b8eaiwnkpywzg">http://www.lugnier.com/dp/7jw9kgr7o62wklq.n9o6n28k14?b8eaiwnkpywzg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">2/24/2013 11:51:10 PM</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif;">Renee Stubbs</span></span></span><br></div></div>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-54751859850521870262010-06-02T13:01:00.002-03:002010-06-02T14:08:03.670-03:00Planting, Building and Finding water...So here we are, already into June and time has been flying by so fast I can hardly believe it. Life is so busy here that there's really no time to look at clocks or calendars... Time is not irrelevant, but here, more than ever,it seems to be another bizarre fabrication of our insane society.<br /><br />We go to sleep when it's dark and wake when the light begins to return and the rooster crows. There's no tv or internet to keep our brains busy, so we do real life stuff,(ie:chores :) -and listen to cbc radio2, (the local stations are like audio junk food, all ads and crap music with absolutely no real substance whatsoever...)<br /><br />We have 30 meat chicks on the go, potatoes are planted, and we found a spring! We've been boiling lake water and carrying drinking water in, so this development is very exciting to us. It's up-hill from the cabin, and not too far away, so it should be relatively simple to set up a gravity line to a reservoir closer to where we are...<br /><br />I was talking to our closest neighbors recently, they were kind enough to invite us to dinner last week, and they are interested in doing a sort of co-operative gardening project, they have land and we have workers. This is perfect for us, as we are living on virgin land that needs so much work, and they are on land that's been farmed for generations... And I have lots of seed potatoes left to plant, so YAY!<br /><br />Our meat chicks are getting a deluxe hexagonal log dwelling, the bugs have been decimating the spruce trees and if we don't use the wood one way or another it will just rot into the ground. The other day we found an ancient spruce tree fallen, too big to get my arms around, it had bug damage at the core and just snapped right off at ground level. Still good for firewood, but what a waste of lumber...<br /><br />I really wish I could post some pictures, but I haven't quite figured that out yet...<br />Soon, I promise!<br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for reading my meandering thoughts, it's nice to think that someone is listening!<br /><br />♥ ♥ ♥Renee J.♥ ♥ ♥Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-39367636058961458542010-05-15T10:55:00.001-03:002010-05-15T10:55:54.668-03:00How we save $ on and conserve nutrients in hot rice cereal...We used to buy Bobs Red Mill rice poridge at $5.49/7.50g. It's a great product and I would buy it again, but I got this great grain grinder on sale for around $15. at Princess Auto... Now, we buy a 2kg bag of long grain brown rice and run it through the grinder once or twice. 750 grams of that rice costs us about 1.50, well worth the time and energy spent grinding. 2kgs of the pre-ground stuff would cost $14.64, so the grinder paid for it's self after 2 bags of rice... Also, because the rice is ground immediately before cooking, it has higher nutrients than if it sat on a shelf for who knows how long waiting to be bought... <p>Undacovamutha*Renee JanetReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-41254251014219009732010-05-09T18:53:00.001-03:002010-05-09T18:53:32.229-03:00Still Plugging Away At It Tho...This week we put a "new" window in the cabin, we'd scavenged it from an old mobile home last year and all the window trim and paint were on hand from past projects. We're getting really good at doing stuff like that for free, and it's more than a little gratifying to be able to use things we saved or collected over the years... I wish I could post photos, I would show the daffodil yellow wall and crisp white window trim, it is stunning. <p>Undacovamutha*Renee JanetReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-20813705144297650382010-05-09T18:23:00.001-03:002010-05-09T18:23:07.741-03:00Mothers Day is a GREAT idea! I choose Sunday...Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-70811323598182947522010-05-02T18:19:00.001-03:002010-05-02T18:19:18.192-03:00THIS IS A TEST!Here I am, sitting on the dock at the lake, trying to figure out this mobile blogger thingie. I tried to post a photo yesterday, but it showed my secret mobile blogging email addy... SO, I changed it and here we are again. Fingers are crossed! <p>----------<br>Sent via Bell EmailReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-15764533500686322142010-05-01T10:27:00.003-03:002010-05-01T10:58:33.289-03:00We are here...We are finally all moved and settled, living off-grid in that one room cabin on the lake... Eagles calling to each other wake us early in the morning, along with the crows of Foghorn, our American Leghorn rooster, the latest addition to our small flock. Loons are going off at all hours of the day and night, and the other morning we saw two of them doing what must have been some sort of mating ritual, they were almost running on the water with their wings, like windup toys, going around and around the lake tirelessly for at least 15 minutes, very strange indeed.<br /><br /><br /><br />We've built a henhouse, set up a laundry shed with a generator, washer and propane dryer. Six people make a lot of dirty laundry in a hurry, so that was a real priority for me after a few trips to the laundrymat in town with a dozen loads to do. A bathtub will be installed as soon as I can find a big old clawfoot tub for cheap or free...<br /><br /><br /><br />A garden is going in as we speak, sunchokes(jerusalem artichokes), oregano, potatoes, salad stuff, and lots of flowers are on the go, the kids have started some sunflowers, beans and birdhouse gourds on a window and they are increasingly excited to see their plants growing and stretching out towards the light...<br /><br />We have no internet connection but I am learning to use my mobile phone for email and will soon work my way through the stacks of unanswered mail, my sincere appologies go out to all who've been neglected over these last few months.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-92156064729221096142010-02-13T11:35:00.003-04:002010-02-13T15:53:11.058-04:00Update: still moving...We ended up having to move again in November, after,(among countless other issues...), the cozy little place in the woods turned out to be a rodent infested mold factory. Once winter really hit, the upstairs was too hot for us, while the downstairs was cold and damp because the wood stove was upstairs, and heat rises. I had some fans set up to circulate the warm air better, but eventually it started to smell strongly of mold down there, and the mice in the walls were keeping us up at night. I'll never understand how such tiny little critters can make so much noise...<br /><br />So we moved to this other place, closer to town, on a great piece of land with a river in the backyard... The house is smaller again, but there are a couple of outbuildings to store our stuff that doesn't fit in the house, and I'm finding it much easier to keep the place clean without most of our furniture and books in the way. There's also a fireplace here, a new experience for us, rather like a campfire in the living room... I've been doing a good portion of our cooking on the open fire, because I left our super nice gas stove at our old house for my brother and his woman when I thought we were going to have somewhere to live with a stove in it, (stupid move on my part for sure...) and the two second hand electric stoves I tried to buy didn't work out.<br />(Story and pictures to follow at a later date.)<br /><br />We were hoping to be here for at least the summer, but the place was for sale and it sold, so we need to have another plan by the end of April. I want to build a yurt, cord wood, or dugout home, or buy a converted bus... but I'm not exactly sure where or how yet, and I'll have to get rid of most of my/our stuff, and I have no money. Details, details...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/S3b_ZWsXjFI/AAAAAAAAAgI/eCj09WlV2bU/s1600-h/IMG_1641.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/S3b_ZWsXjFI/AAAAAAAAAgI/eCj09WlV2bU/s320/IMG_1641.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437814411149937746" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lfy.ca/index.html">Palace Yurt by Little Foot yurts at the 2008 evolve festival in Antigonish County</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/S3b_Z30tHNI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/BFIqyT3aLjA/s1600-h/Ship+Hbr.+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/S3b_Z30tHNI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/BFIqyT3aLjA/s320/Ship+Hbr.+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437814420043275474" border="0" /></a>Cordwood building and close-up of inside wall, in Ship Harbour Nova Scotia<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/S3b_aKCp0RI/AAAAAAAAAgY/V1Mwt8FyuoA/s1600-h/Ship+Hbr.+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/S3b_aKCp0RI/AAAAAAAAAgY/V1Mwt8FyuoA/s320/Ship+Hbr.+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437814424933617938" border="0" /></a>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-67808823906216084352009-10-20T08:18:00.010-03:002010-02-13T11:48:15.258-04:00Hello again!<div style="text-align: center;">These heathens do grow like bad weeds...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/St3RHw4ShhI/AAAAAAAAAfI/hndAcWOyf8Y/s1600-h/IMG_6253.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/St3RHw4ShhI/AAAAAAAAAfI/hndAcWOyf8Y/s320/IMG_6253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394697859970008594" border="0" /></a>Hello all! To be online again after such an extended absence is a major relief. It was the first time since '97 I've had no internet for more than a month... We were so poor all summer that we had to let the phone and internet go. I have become so very good at being frugal, my new motto is, "If it's free, it's for me!". Also, somehow it seems like the less money and fewer ingredients I have, the better my cooking gets. Not sure how it happened, but more on that later for sure...<br /><br />We moved away from our house in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havre_Boucher,_Nova_Scotia">Havre Boucher</a>, where we lived for the last 8 years, (my Grandmothers old place and one of my most memorable childhood homes). It's in an old acadian fishing village in northeastern Nova Scotia, my ancestors have lived there at least since the early 1800s and likely long before that too, so I do have plenty of family and acquaintances in and around the community but very few real friends, sadly there was hardly even anyone to say bye to when we left. Oh well, c'est la vie.<br /><br />Now they're having this big <a href="http://www.thecasket.ca/stories.asp?id=923">RC church sex scandal</a> there because one brave soul finally exposed the abuse he suffered at the hands of the late Father Alan MacDonald, who was a well respected local priest in the 70s. I think that the shit hasn't even started to hit the fan yet, there were a LOT of altar boys this predator came into contact with who are still messed up, the stories have been circulating for years, but nothing was ever done by the church or lawmakers, despite having been informed of at least some of the incidents, up until now. We shall see. I don't understand how money could ever compensate for a ruined life anyway, all this energy should be put into preventing anything remotely like this from happening to any innocent child ever again. You might say,"at least he wasn't after the little girls too", but plenty of them were molested by the dentist in Antigonish while they were under the gas getting fillings they didn't need... Nothing was ever said or done about that either. Can you imagine trying to measure such things in dollars?<br /><br />We spent most of the summer in a one room cabin on a lake, seriously considering the possibility of relocating there permanently, but being the main dish washer/laundry person and cook in the family, with so many people to look after, I decided that we do need running water and electricity. So after managing to sell that uninsulated albatross of a house we were in, (albeit for way less than its worth, but to a family member and for enough to cover most if not all of my debts, no worries or complaints here :), we are now house sitting this wonderful cozy little house in the woods.<br /><br />There's a woodstove here, which is another requirement for any place I'm to live in. There is also an oil furnace, but I haven't yet called the oil company to fill the tank, and that must be done before winter, it's on the list... We've been heating the place with free wood so far, since the beginning of September, (well dried scraps from local sawmills are free for the taking as are wind-falls and driftwood...)<br /><br />This place is well-insulated enough that when I light a fire, it actually gets warm in the house, a completely new experience for me. There's a shed in the yard for my laying hens, an old fashioned claw foot bathtub, beautiful wood floors and walls and a huge screened in deck. Things are definitely looking up.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-18212195788007050712009-07-07T23:39:00.000-03:002009-07-07T23:39:48.356-03:00Cops seize $29,000 from B.C. man, who says he was collecting cansWhen Trent and I lived in Vancouver we used to go to Wreck Beach, this wonderful clothing optional beach out by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">UBC</span>. It's at the bottom of about a hundred fairytale steps cut into a steep rain forest hill under towering trees amidst lush ferns and exotic wildflowers. At the bottom of the stairs, (once you're past the disgusting but necessary johnny on the spots), this incredible sandy expanse full of Huge driftwood logs, (reminiscent of "The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Beachcombers</span>"), and an incredible assortment of the most wonderful, weird people I have ever known or seen... There were the regulars who actually lived there or in their vehicles and did, as far I could tell, most of the maintenance on the stairs, kept the beach clean, drove off any perverts or obnoxious fully-clothed voyeur type folk, and were the real activists in the beach <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">preservation</span> society... There was a plethora of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">vendors</span> from morning 'til sunset, including Terry the pizza-by-the-slice guy who'd announce his arrival with a stack of pizzas by playing a tune on his bugle, Matt the jello shooter dude, the couple who sold bathing suit bottoms and sarongs, two major burger vendors, my personal favorites were Lucy the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">sandwich</span> lady, "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Sammitches</span>...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">empanadas</span> wit' hot sauce...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">sammitches</span>...", and 'Watermelon', "Woo-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">hoo</span> for melons... woo-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">hoo</span>!", I sold jewelery, sunglasses, hackey-sacks and Guatemalan purses for this crazy old Quebecois guy called Michel for a short while... There were also of course always lots of people with coolers full of, "Icy cold <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">bee-eer</span>", for sale...<br /><br />And then there was Frank, the guy who collected empties. He was there from dawn until dusk, picking up cans, all day every day. We'd see him on his way up the stairs with multiple jumbo garbage bags full, a few times a day. I'd sometimes idly wonder about how much money he might be making with his truck full of empties like that everyday, but rarely thought of him again until today I read this news article about some guy who got stopped in New Westminster BC, and the car smelled of marijuana, so the officers searched the vehicle looking for drugs. They found $29,000 in plastic baggies in his car. He says he had the cash because he's been collecting soda cans. . . I wonder if it's Frank?<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jFVgircTKTUo42sdMv110dcW2X9A">The Canadian Press: Cops seize $29,000 from B.C. man, who says he was collecting soda cans</a>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-20696499754341996672009-06-28T07:43:00.008-03:002009-06-28T10:37:57.715-03:00N S POWER HERBICIDE SPRAYING<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SkdrLo2r4dI/AAAAAAAAAd8/K-PVrbJuwI8/s1600-h/IMG_0104.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SkdrLo2r4dI/AAAAAAAAAd8/K-PVrbJuwI8/s320/IMG_0104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352364529842643410" border="0" /></a>N S Power is spraying herbicides on the trees along the routes of their power poles and lines. This is happening in Lunenburg County, in Halifax County and in other counties as well – possibly all over the Province.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The herbicide they are using is Tordon 101. This is a combination of 2, 4-D and Picloram. Both of these herbicides are toxic and can have dire consequences to mammals, birds and fish that come into contact with it. It also contaminates ground water.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Skdi7ctXdVI/AAAAAAAAAds/b4xqlbWCJho/s1600-h/IMG_4600.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Skdi7ctXdVI/AAAAAAAAAds/b4xqlbWCJho/s320/IMG_4600.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352355455611401554" border="0" /></a><br />2,4-D a chlorophenoxy herbicide, (one of the ingredients of the defoliant Agent Orange), is a known carcinogen and endocrine disruptor, this was made clear over a decade ago by Dr. Theo Colborn, author of <a href="http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/">Our Stolen Future</a>.<br /><br />"Despite industry efforts claiming the safety of this chemical, there is a large body of evidence indicating major health effects from cancer to immunosuppression, reproductive damage to neurotoxicity. The teratogenic, neurotoxic, immunosuppressive, cytotoxic and hepatoxic effects of 2,4-D have been well documented.<span editblock="1"><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:85%;" ><p><span style="font-family:ArialNarrow;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><br /><span style=";font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:ArialNarrow;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><strong>The report by the Ontario College of Physicians linked 2,4-D exposure during pregnancy and childhood to a two-fold increase in the incidence of leukemia<br /></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">and in their study they also found links to sterility, respiratory problems, atrophy and non-hodgkins lymphoma. </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><br /></span></span><br />Sweden, Norway and Denmark have de-registered the use of 2,4-D. The Province of Quebec enacted legislation banning the sale </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;">and use of toxic lawn and garden chemicals, such as 2,4-D in 2006. More than 70 Canadian municipalities, including </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;">Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Halifax have pesticide/herbicide bylaws. The list is growing monthly.</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><br />Pesticide companies say that the <a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/branch-dirgen/pmra-arla/index-eng.php">Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency</a> (PMRA) of Health Canada has approved 2,4-D, and it is </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" >safe when used as directed.<br /><br />But 2,4-D manufacturers spend millions of dollars each year pressuring governments worldwide to re-register </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" >2,4-D based on safety studies <strong>which they fund</strong>. W5, an investigative news program, exposed another pesticide industry strategy </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" >by reporting that PMRA receives 25% of its funding from pesticide manufacturers</span></span><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" >.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><br />When a government agency responsible for reviewing and certifying a product receives funding from the manufacturers of that product, all transparency and accountability is corrupted.<br /></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" >In 2003, the Auditor General of Canada stated: <em>"...the PMRA is <span style="font-family:ArialNarrow;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" >not adequately ensuring that many pesticides used in Canada meet current standards for protecting health </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;">and the quality of the environment"</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><em>.<br /></em><br />The Auditor General of Canada concluded that <em>“the lack of reliable information on pesticide use, </em></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><em>exposure, and impacts is a major hurdle that continues to interfere with the Agency’s ability to regulate pesticides..."<br /><br /></em>For more information on 2,4-D see the following link</span></span></span></p><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" > </span></span><p><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;" ><a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/programs/health-environment/pesticides/2-4-D-overview.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><strong><u>www.sierraclub.ca/national/programs/health-environment/pesticides/2-4-D-overview.pdf</u></strong></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><strong>)</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;">N S Power does have an alternative – they can cut the trees and brush that encroach on the power lines. Safer for all involved, especially the workers doing the spraying or cutting...<span><span><span editblock="1"><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:85%;" ><span><span><span editblock="1"><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:85%;" ><span><span><span editblock="1"><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Skdjm-zs9cI/AAAAAAAAAd0/iKZdX8Z-vF4/s1600-h/IMG_4607.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Skdjm-zs9cI/AAAAAAAAAd0/iKZdX8Z-vF4/s320/IMG_4607.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352356203499156930" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><span editblock="1"><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:85%;" ><p><br /></p></span></span><div style="text-align: center;">If you are worried about the plants, animals, people, and especially the precious groundwater being poisoned, please call and express your concern.<br /><span><span><span editblock="1"><span style=";font-family:ArialNarrow;font-size:85%;" >(The person to contact at N.S. Power is Robert Young at (902) 456-1820.</span></span></span></span>)<br /></div><!-- editblock=1 -->Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-33200796369794407962009-06-24T09:26:00.006-03:002009-06-26T11:57:23.629-03:00The RAW MOM SUMMITThis is an absolutely incredible series of teleconference interviews available free on mp3 for a limited time... After listening for a couple of days, all I can say is WOW. It's about time.<br />(I am not affiliated with the raw mom summit in any way at all...I even missed the first 2 days!)<br /><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SkTexH-WZMI/AAAAAAAAAdk/WseX5A8ICCE/s1600-h/bannner-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 90px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SkTexH-WZMI/AAAAAAAAAdk/WseX5A8ICCE/s400/bannner-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351647192758510786" border="0" /></a></p><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Renee/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-6.jpg" alt="" /><ul class="checkmark-list"><li><strong>What to do about Fertility, Ovulation and Conscious Conception?</strong></li><li>How to prepare for a Healthy Pregnancy, Labor and Childbirth?</li><li><strong>What is Attachment Parenting?</strong></li><li>Which natural remedies to use when your children are sick?</li><li><strong>How to feed a meat-eating partner if you are vegetarian or vegan?</strong></li><li>What should you feed yourself when you're overwhelmed with cravings?</li><li><strong>How to get kids excited and involved in their own food-prep?</strong></li><li>What to do when our kids rebel against our healthy diet?</li><li><strong>What is going on with the Bees and why is it so important?</strong></li><li>How to shrink our Carbon Footprint?</li><li><strong>What is Sustainability and Permaculture?</strong></li><li>What Super Foods are BEST for kids?</li><li><strong>Exactly what IS the healthiest diet?</strong></li><li>What are the best ways to Raise Children Naturally?</li><li><strong>What are the lesser-known common pit-falls of a Raw Food Diet?</strong></li><li>Which foods help or hinder our Hormones?</li><li><strong>What are the issues around Veganism, B-12 and Protein?</strong></li><li>What do Raw children eat?</li><li><strong>How to get picky eaters to crave their veggies?</strong></li><li>Which foods help kids transition and stick to a healthier diet?</li><li><strong>What are the other Top Lifestyle Factors besides diet for longevity?</strong></li></ul><p>The RAW MOM SUMMIT is from <strong>June 22nd to June 30th.</strong> Every day of the Summit, you will receive a link to a special web page where you will be able to access the recordings for that day. You'll also be given access to a private community forum.<br /></p><p>For nine consecutive days starting Monday, June 22nd through Tuesday, June 30th, there will be 3 interviews every day, including Jean Liedloff, the author of the ground-breaking book, <em>The Continuum Concept,</em> Susun Weed 'the voice of the Wise Woman Way', and many other brilliant people.</p> <p>Each interview will be available free for 24 HOURS from initial broadcast.<br /></p><p>Then the page will be password protected for UPGRADED participants only...</p><p>($97.us, w/ tons of great freebies and a money back guarantee.)</p><em>You won't be able to listen to the sessions whenever you want through this event. You will only be given access on specific days. You'll get the broadcasting </em><em>schedule </em><em>for these calls and access to each call will be given for 24 hours.<br /></em><br />You will only be able to listen to each call during the specific times that they are broadcast, not during the entire event, and only for a limited 24 hours after.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-13755213451029282272009-06-12T11:16:00.002-03:002009-06-12T13:55:59.025-03:00Racist PETA Does it again...What the heck are those toxic, misogynistic, over-privileged, simpleton PETA people thinking, when they create things like <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/06/12/nl-peta-sealing-screen2009.jpg">these horrible cartoons </a>and <a href="http://www.olympicshame2010.com/Default.aspx">idiotic media campaigns</a>?<br /><br />How is characterizing a race of gentle, thoughtful, sensitive people as slavering monsters chasing down the poor, innocent seals with caveman style clubs supposed to help anything? They were here, living off of, and being at one with the land since long before white man ever even thought to record his-story. To call this a mockery and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/06/12/peta-inuit-olympics-612.html">degrading to the Inuit</a> is a gross understatement.<br /><br />If anyone in white bread, middle class amerika has an issue with how animals are treated, then just maybe they'd better deal with the more pressing, (and slightly more local!), issues like<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_farming"> factory farms </a>and the <a href="http://www.anapsid.org/pettrade/">pet industry</a> where animals translate into dollars as opposed to the thinking, feeling, interconnected with us beings that the Inuit and so many other aboriginal cultures have always known them to be. If some of the original peoples of this land are still able to hunt and make any sort of traditional living, for goodness sake let them be!Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-68387263459323643302009-06-08T14:12:00.002-03:002009-06-08T22:10:09.829-03:00Joy in Death<span id="profile_status"><span id="status_text">Joy in Death<br /><br />If tolling bell I ask the cause.<br />'A soul has gone to God,'<br />I'm answered in a lonesome tone;<br />Is heaven then so sad?<br />That bells should joyful ring to tell<br />A soul had gone to heaven,<br />Would seem to me the proper way<br />A good news should be given.<br /><br />Emily Dickinson, (1830 – 1886)</span></span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7rARJkLnxM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7rARJkLnxM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><cite cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6bX0zBf7po&feature=channel_page"></cite><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6bX0zBf7po&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6bX0zBf7po&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sQSiwhLUL6Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sQSiwhLUL6Q&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-53681246285107439432009-06-07T21:06:00.001-03:002009-06-07T22:20:13.351-03:00RIP Grandma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SixmiodpktI/AAAAAAAAAbA/wDXuTeINe3o/s1600-h/IMG_0472.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SixmiodpktI/AAAAAAAAAbA/wDXuTeINe3o/s320/IMG_0472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344759602945299154" border="0" /></a>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-37699401661280767802009-06-05T10:38:00.002-03:002009-06-05T11:05:15.253-03:00Grandma is dying.My Grandma has had alzheimers disease for a long time. She's been shut up in an old folks home for a few years now, getting fat on food that she'd never ever have eaten by choice, and being given drugs to keep her quiet and easy to manage... She was for most of her life, a vibrant, forward thinking woman who raised ten children, sending most of them on to college, university or trade school. Some of them did very well for themselves and were unquestionably financially able to afford the best of care for her. Instead of arranging for someone to care for her in her home, or one of theirs, they had her move into the local government funded seniors apartment complex, even though she had multiple chemical sensitivities as well as major allergies to cigarette smoke and mold. The place was built on a swamp for goodness sake... It was all downhill from there.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-44896325091534471382009-06-02T00:35:00.002-03:002009-06-02T00:58:46.444-03:00Things here now, and a haiku...<div style="text-align: center;">Stinging Nettle<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShwUTQUvI/AAAAAAAAAa4/X69ceqF1O4g/s1600-h/IMG_4923.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShwUTQUvI/AAAAAAAAAa4/X69ceqF1O4g/s320/IMG_4923.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342572909423514354" border="0" /></a><br />Apple blossoms<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShwKJfzTI/AAAAAAAAAaw/5MrWVYAt60s/s1600-h/IMG_4910.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShwKJfzTI/AAAAAAAAAaw/5MrWVYAt60s/s320/IMG_4910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342572906698231090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;" class="UIIntentionalStory_Message">apple blossoms sing<br />perfection in a blossom<br />sweet succulent spring</h3><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShvmwUmgI/AAAAAAAAAao/psJ2H40WAh8/s1600-h/IMG_4907.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShvmwUmgI/AAAAAAAAAao/psJ2H40WAh8/s320/IMG_4907.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342572897197398530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dandelion flowers<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShvfPJhUI/AAAAAAAAAag/zrgC_XdYVDo/s1600-h/IMG_4912.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SiShvfPJhUI/AAAAAAAAAag/zrgC_XdYVDo/s320/IMG_4912.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342572895179212098" border="0" /></a><br /><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message"><span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names"></span><br /></h3>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-62960900500093551562009-05-12T11:02:00.002-03:002009-05-12T13:40:17.348-03:00Hillbillies!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SgmlE1K_CSI/AAAAAAAAAaY/w6ikfDV6MGo/s1600-h/IMG_4679.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SgmlE1K_CSI/AAAAAAAAAaY/w6ikfDV6MGo/s400/IMG_4679.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334976736008276258" border="0" /></a><br />The dirt bike winged up the gravel road with its chubby, frizzy red headed rider and scrawny, pimply, greasy longish-haired passenger, both around 12 years old...<br /><br />I and the young'ns were just settling down for a nice snack of spelt baguette with lingonberry spread and goat cheese, by the little fire at our latest picnic spot near the pond beside the road on our land. Being the sociable person that I am, I waved as they went by, even tho I'd rather not see anyone there.<br /><br />After ten minutes or so they go by again, and then again a bit later... This was getting irritating, but it's a public road, no houses on it or anything, but certainly there for everyone to use. But the last time they went by one of them sang out in his girlie little boy voice, "hillbillies!", repeating himself a number of times until he was out of earshot. I laughed at first, it was so silly, then I thought about my kids having to hear that nonsense from those prepubescent little shit heads and started to get a little bit annoyed.<br /><br />I didn't think they'd come back after that, but then I heard the bike again. They came up the road and pulled off on a side logging road across the way like they wanted to see what we were doing without having to talk to us...<br /><br />Well then I was livid. I grabbed a handful of rocks and went down to the road, called the little feckers out and when they came out to the road, I just lost it on them, screaming and hollering about how they'd picked the wrong time and place to be calling people names and skulking about like that and that I wasn't about to put up with any shit from two disrespectful little bastards such as themselves. (I don't really mind being called a hillbilly, to be perfectly honest it was the principle of the thing, but hellbilly is probably a more accurate description of our little tribe!)<br /><br />They were speechless at first, then the fella on the back said, "It wasn't us!". I said,"I saw you, don't lie to me little boy." "Well, we're sorry then." "Ya, now you are..." I put the run to them and then made a phone call to arrange for a local fellow to meet them at the end of the road to warn them against bothering us anymore. Hooligans. (I'm turning into a cranky old lady! HA!)<br /><br />The kid on the front of the bike looked kind of familiar, and I found out later that his father is someone I knew well as a child, his Grandparents, (very nice people), live two doors down from the house we live in now, in a different community a fair distance away... Go figure.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-3860639052644808752009-05-10T19:56:00.007-03:002009-05-10T23:09:45.160-03:00Another beautiful old church gone forever...One more landmark piece of time-story destroyed in the name of progress.<br /><br />St. Joseph’s Church was, until this past Friday, located on the corner of Kaye and Gottingen streets in the North end of Halifax right next door to CFB Halifax, Stadacona...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.novanewsnow.com/imgs/dynamique/articles/petit/2_Dove_130.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 136px;" src="http://www.novanewsnow.com/imgs/dynamique/articles/petit/2_Dove_130.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In 1865 Daniel Sullivan, an alderman, donated a lot of land at the corner of Russell & Gottingen Streets, at a site he wanted a new Church to be built on to serve the needs of Catholics in the North end. The work was finished in 1867, and that year 50 families were members of this church. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.forministry.com/9/9E/9E60D19D-4639-4BBA-82724CF8DC296816/F3BD1D5C-F250-416A-92AA8F8264B69A97.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 223px;" src="http://img.forministry.com/9/9E/9E60D19D-4639-4BBA-82724CF8DC296816/F3BD1D5C-F250-416A-92AA8F8264B69A97.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Renee/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.jpg" alt="" /><p>On December 6<sup>th</sup>, 1917, the Halifax Explosion killed more than 400 of the parishioners, and completely destroyed the church. A basement church was created in 1920 and served the parish for the next 40 years. In 1932 there were 600 families worshiping there. The upper structure of St. Joseph’s Church was begun in 1959 and completed in 1961. In the 1950’s the parish had grown to about 1200 families, but by the time of its closure in 2006, the church population had decreased to about 150 families.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.forministry.com/9/9E/9E60D19D-4639-4BBA-82724CF8DC296816/E9A28E76-9DC4-42E6-A923A9BC8A0207D1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 418px;" src="http://img.forministry.com/9/9E/9E60D19D-4639-4BBA-82724CF8DC296816/E9A28E76-9DC4-42E6-A923A9BC8A0207D1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><p>The property developer says that some stones salvaged from the church are going to be incorporated into the new condominium tower. What a loss.<br /></p>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-92199881442861134442009-04-24T19:13:00.005-03:002009-04-24T23:57:10.397-03:00Kids need whole, unprocessed real food.To avoid GMO's, one must stay away from, soy, cottonseed oil, canola oil, and corn, and animals fed such things, just for starters. This rules out most conventional <a href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/utility/showArticle/?objectID=1853">restaurant</a> food and lots of stuff at the <a href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Non-GMOShopping/index.cfm">grocery store</a> too...<br /><br />Children with their developing bodies, face the greatest risk from the potential dangers of GM foods, as they are more susceptible to allergies, nutritional deficiency, antibiotic resistant diseases and other unforeseen, possibly horrifying, side-effects. Schools in the UK and parts of Europe banned GM food years ago. Parents, in response to the obesity and diabetes epidemics, ADD/ADHD, and the increased understanding of the impact of food and behavior, are learning to adapt their families diet to a few new rules... Some school systems have made healthy changes to their meal programs in recent, and new parents are consistently the largest group of new buyers of organic food each year. To get info on how to take action in your own community and school, see: <a href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAmerica/GM-FreeSchools/index.cfm#Take_Action">GM-Free Schools Campaign</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hdHZl_U0764&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hdHZl_U0764&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nfTnv8tsSzk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nfTnv8tsSzk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5CFHaLGChEc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5CFHaLGChEc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gPIEoVU4Nj8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gPIEoVU4Nj8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-5375283282423038672009-04-24T11:02:00.002-03:002009-04-24T12:37:10.976-03:00Spring peeper frogs (Pseudacris crucifer)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SfHHPFX8jlI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/Md3xToFMX04/s1600-h/IMG_4458.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SfHHPFX8jlI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/Md3xToFMX04/s400/IMG_4458.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328258896110587474" border="0" /> </a> <br /><a href="http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/select_province.html">Frogwatch</a> is a volunteer frog monitoring program where people watch for and report frog activity. Their site has a plethora of information on <a href="http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/frogwatch/ns/steps.html">how</a> and <a href="http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/frogwatch/ns/monitor.html">why</a> to do so, including this scary stuff:<br /><br />"Around the world amphibians are declining. This is occurring in pristine wilderness areas as well as severely modified suburban wetlands. It is unlikely that there is only one global cause of this decline, rather amphibians are being affected by a variety of causes, including increased UV radiation and chemical pollutants. Some species, such as the Golden Toad of Costa Rica and possibly as many as seven species from Australia are now extinct. The loss of the Golden Toad is particularly sobering as it became extinct despite the fact that its habitat was protected in a large nature reserve. <p> No Canadian species have become extinct, but the Northern Cricket Frog, which was limited to extreme southwestern Ontario, has not been seen in Canada in over a decade. The disappearance of species at the edge of their ranges is troubling, but even more disturbing is the collapse of a species across much of its range. The Northern Leopard Frog was once one of the most common frogs in western Canada, yet in the late 1970s it vanished from much of its range. Dead frogs were found in some areas in Manitoba, but in other provinces the disappearance went virtually unnoticed. Today, the Northern Leopard Frog is considered endangered in both British Columbia and Alberta. </p> Possibly even more threatening than the introduction of exotic animals is the spread of foreign microorganisms. Scientists have recently discovered one or more fungi that are responsible for mass die-offs of frogs in both the rainforests of Panama and Australia. It appears that the fungi that caused the die-offs were not native to these sites but have been introduced. For some reason the fungi became infectious parasites that ultimately killed their hosts. It remains unclear whether the frog populations were healthy before the fungal infection, or whether there is another factor to explain the frogs' susceptibility to the infection."<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbaxiSKrV5k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbaxiSKrV5k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kkdiIBj-1Uo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kkdiIBj-1Uo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-36320773699781609472009-04-22T14:10:00.003-03:002009-04-22T23:33:57.626-03:00Spring is finally here!We've been out playing in the woods lately, walking and dreaming about where to build a camp, trying to de-stress and just remember how to slow down, get grounded, and relax.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mj84FdW0BQk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mj84FdW0BQk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br />My videos are getting better, not that that's saying much! I haven't had the patience to learn how to edit them yet, one of these days...<br />I'm hoping to spend most of this summer out there in the open air. I was walking around our property the other day, and under the thick humus and moss, I found the dry stone outline of an old foundation!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Se_RVz50KyI/AAAAAAAAAaA/e3oBaYwrVZU/s1600-h/IMG_4433.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Se_RVz50KyI/AAAAAAAAAaA/e3oBaYwrVZU/s400/IMG_4433.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327707056842746658" border="0" /></a> It's old enough that it has a mossy tree stump within it's perimeter.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Se_RVuthg4I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/u3nnoJSqm4U/s1600-h/IMG_4432.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/Se_RVuthg4I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/u3nnoJSqm4U/s400/IMG_4432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327707055449015170" border="0" /></a> I'm going to ask around and see if anyone knows whose place it was, or better yet, I'll go check at the registry of deeds... Their records go back to 1785.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-71017231394140090842009-04-21T08:05:00.002-03:002009-04-21T08:29:38.499-03:00True BeautyHats off to Susan Boyle, from Scotland, who was on one of those talent shows... <br />She is wonderful. <br />I don't watch very much tv, it's all internet for me so I've just now seen <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY">this video</a> for the first time, and I am speechless. <br /><br />She's as lovely to listen to and watch as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNoiVrJDsE">Connie Talbot</a>. :)Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297741778218888227.post-7022406253005699632009-04-05T17:23:00.003-03:002009-04-05T18:23:50.383-03:00Best PMS Question Ever...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SdkhOHU3AnI/AAAAAAAAAZA/hSH7WrOAYSo/s1600-h/IMG_1503a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9uc3gnQ_pmw/SdkhOHU3AnI/AAAAAAAAAZA/hSH7WrOAYSo/s400/IMG_1503a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321320961083376242" /></a><br />Q:How many women with PMS does it take to change a light bulb?<br />Woman's Answer:<br />One!<br />ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY? because no one else in this feck'n house knows HOW to change a feck'n light bulb! They don't even know that the feck'n bulb is BURNED OUT!! They would sit in the dark for THREE feck'n DAYS before they figured it out.<br />And, once they figured it out, they wouldn't be able to find the god damned light bulbs despite the fact that they've been in the SAME CABINET for the past 17 YEARS!<br />But if they did, by some miracle of the Goddes,<br />actually find them, <br />2 DAYS LATER, the feck'n chair they dragged to stand on to change the <br />STUPID light bulb would<br />STILL BE IN THE SAME feck'n SPOT!!!!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE FREAKING LIGHT BULBS CAME IN!!! BECAUSE NO FECKER EVER PICKS UP OR CARRIES<br />OUT THE GARBAGE!!!! IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED<br />FROM THE FECK'N PILES OF GARBAGE THAT<br />ARE A FOOT DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FECK'N HOUSE!!<br />IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS PLACE!<br />AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON WHO CHANGES<br />THE FECK'N TOILET PAPER ROLL !!<br /><br />I'm sorry...<br />What was the question?Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197004310704306179noreply@blogger.com0