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OK So One More Pointless Video

2009-11-30T20:07:00.004-05:00

We went to Barton for a visit on Columbus Day weekend (October 10th weekend). This is also the peak color weekend here and the leaf peepers were clogging the highways in New Hampshire. Fortunately, the roads were clear in northern Vermont. But I was tense enough to take one more pointless video.

If you click on the links below, you will be taken to the video on youtube.com, where you can again click the time of the video and then see only that section of the video:

0:00-0:31 I-89 North from New London, NH to rest stop
0:32-0:54 I-89 North Rest stop before Lebanon. Leaf peepers.
0:55 - 1:10 I-91 North in Vermont just north of White River. Red sumac
1:11- 2:45 I-91 North Comerford Dam on Connecticut River, Barnet, VT.
2:46 - 7:23 I-91 North Sheffield Heights, Wheeler/Glover/Barton Vermont in the Northeast Kingdom. Highest elevation on I-91 (nearly 2,000 ft or 610 m). The furthest mountains are in Canada.
4:13 Barton Mountain. The triple hump: tall on right, medium in the middle and small on the left. My house is 800 feet below the medium hump, halfway up.
4:51 on our way downhill from the Heights to Barton Village at 900 feet. You drop 1,000 feet on the highway in a short time. Gets rough in the winter.
7:24 to the end: the road to my Vermont house. The neighbors, the mountain, the horses.

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Buddy Takes a Hike Again

2009-11-27T21:49:00.005-05:00

Buddy simply loves to hike with us, so we make sure that we take him once in awhile. On this day we hiked around the property at home so that Buddy would be safe. Buddy adores John, as can be seen in these photos. John seems to adore Buddy quite a bit, too! If Buddy seems to be a big chubbier than in the past, it could be because John carries him so much when we are outside!

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My Woolly Bear Winter Prediction

2009-11-27T20:43:00.004-05:00

A woolly bear caterpillar, the larval form of
the Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia isabella)

This is my mostly annual winter weather prognostication for 2009-2010: The equal sized bands of the woolly bear caterpillar that we found out in the woods this fall are forecasting a normal winter. Sort of disappointing for me. I wanted to see a good, hard winter for my first New Hampshire winter. The woolly bear became famous because

In the fall of 1948, Dr. C. H. Curran, curator of insects at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, took his wife 40 miles north of the city to Bear Mountain State Park to look at woolly bear caterpillars.
Dr. Curran collected as many caterpillars as he could in a day, determined the average number of reddish-brown segments, and forecast the coming winter weather through a reporter friend at The New York Herald Tribune.
Dr. Curran's experiment, which he continued over the next eight years, attempted to prove scientifically a weather rule of thumb that was as old as the hills around Bear Mountain. The resulting publicity made the woolly bear the most recognizable caterpillar in North America.

source: Old Farmer's Almanac

LOL Cat Bible: Lectionary Readings for the First Sunday of Advent

2009-11-27T14:57:00.004-05:00

First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Jeremiah 33:14-16
Psalm 25:1-10
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Luke 21:25-36

Jeremiah 33

1 Moarovr, Jeremiah wuz pattd on teh hed by teh paw uv Teh Ceiling Kitty secund tiem when he wuz in da court uv teh prison sayin,
2 So sez Teh Ceiling Kitty hoo made Da Urfs;
3 If U sez "Hey, Ceiling Kitty!", ai wil respond wif cheezburger.
4 Dis iz wut Ceiling Cat saiz bout litter boxes in dis city an fancy litter boxes dat belongz too kingz uv Judah, dat all wuz tore down whilez fightin wif Chaldeans.
5 Dey wil be filled wif dead kittehs dat maked me rilly rilly mad. Srsly. I caint even look at litter boxes cuz kittehs was so bad kittehs.

Psalm 25
Here be of Davidz

1 ::hands ceiling cat a cookie::
2 I puts my stuff wiff u, k Ceiling Cat? don let me be pwned, an don let my enemies pwn me.
3 No an whos hope iz in u will evah be pwned, but dey will be put to shamez who are haterz wid no excuse.
4 Shows mz how toodoo it CEILING CAT lern me da wayz ofz duncle.
5 guide mz in da WURD and lern me, for you iz da CEILING CAT wha safeda me, caz aim contzin on ya from mornen to twelve.
6 dont fo get CEILING CAT, yourz groovay honey and suga, for tha ar fom of zda golden oldeez.
7 dont look atz my bads, o myz cars, butz at da bath tub we i am rinsdz dza badz outz da home indza wall de be for for yuo da man o CEILING CAT.
8 Guud is Ceiling Cat, he sall instruct teh sinnors.
9 He gide teh meek wif justis and wif da meek he shall teech in his waiyz.
10 All teh paths o' Ceiling Cat r teh uber-ness an trooth unto Ceiling Cat's prasies, for u teh man, dood. Srsly.
11 For Jebus' sake, o Ceiling Cat, pardon mah iniquity, for it pwns.
12 is he teh cat who feareth Ceiling Cat? U shall instruct him fo u ar 1337.
13 He'z innercat shall dwell AT ees, an shall inherit t3h landz. srsly.
14 CEILING CAT confidez in themz who phe4r him; ee shewz them his harbls
15 My eyez ar evah on teh CEILING CAT, for only ee noz when I fwap.
16 Turn thee un2 meh, and have teh murcy upon meh for i am tempted by teh Basement Cat, who's path to invisibl error is paved with many katnip pleytings.
17 Teh troubliz ob mah hart r troubld, bring meh out of mah troublnizz.
18 Considar mah invisibl errors an forgiv mah sinz. pleez, for i DO NOT WANT teh Basement Cat in mah closit no moar.
19 Pwn mah manee eminees.
20 Dewiver meh without shame for I take refug in u, o Ceiling Cat, for u pwn lots. Srsly.
21 Let integrity an Happycat-ness perserv meh, for i wate for u.
22 O snap, Israel, Ceiling Cat, reedem meh o mah troublz.

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1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

9 Lol I dunno hou us can gib Ceiling Cat enuff cheezburgerz fur awl the lulz him gibs.
10 Eben whn its drk (but iz okayz cuz i can has vizion eben at nights) ai aks Ceiling Cat if is cul fur us tu hang outs agan.
11 Teh ceelin cat hemslf can giv us map markrs to yur twenty.
12 Mai teh ceelin cat maek ur luvs biggar an' maek it ovrflow just liek teh bathrum afta hoomins.
13 Mai he be in ur hart upgradin ur strength so yull be wifout errors in teh persence of ceelin cat an daddy wehn Jebus comes wif teh holie ones.

Luke 21

1 Jebus watched teh church fridg an he sawz fat kittehs throwed in bigg cookiez.
2 Den a poar skinneh kitteh throwed in rly tinie cookie.
3 Jebus wuz liek "Dis tinie cookie iz moar tasti den bigg cookiez. srsly." Teh fat kittehs wuz liek "No wai!"
4 But Jebus wuz all "Wai! Yuz hav lotz for eated. But she haz only tinie cookie an she no eated it!!!"
5 Jebus eated all teh cookiez an waz liek
6 "Dere will be daiz wif NO cookiez!!"
7 An deh fat kittehs wuz all "Oh noes! When will dis happenz? Liek rite now?"
8 But Jebus wuz liek "Nah. Not yetz. But dere will be peeps dat sez 'We can haz apocatlypse?' an yuz shud no followz dem. Cuz deys r jus impersoninatin meh."
9 Wen u haer of liek kitteh fite an stufz, dont be scardy kitteh, for dis stufz must happen 1st an it wont be de end fur de kitteh."
10 Den he sayd to dem " kitteh will fite against kitteh, kitteh house against kitteh house, kitteh bruva aginst kitteh bruva. will be no gud, buh dun be scardeh kitteh."
11 Den Jebus teh Happy Cat sed "dere will be bad tiemz wen der is no cookyz, naut even tiny wunz, and no cheezburgaz."
12 Jebus sayed "buh befoh dis happins, sum bad peeps will come and traiz to eatchoo, fur dey finks dat teh followerkittehz of happycat is gud fur nomz. dey bring u 2 graet houses of teh kingz, and dey will sai 'dese kittehs r fail cuz deys is bff wiv Jebus'"
13 "dis meenz dat dey want to maek joo An Witness to teh uber win that iz meh, Jebus, Teh Happy Cat."
14 "buh dun wurrieez."
15 "cuz i will tell yuu wordz of pwn and epik, and joo shall pwn tehm."
19 Jebus said "If you can has payshuns, you can has teh moar tinie, tastyer cookies!"

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LOL of the Day

2009-11-25T07:05:00.001-05:00

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Sights Behind the Dump — Animals

2009-11-23T22:25:00.005-05:00

Green Frog Set

This is the last of my posts about the hike we took behind the dump. This post is about the animals that we either saw or found evidence of. These aren't all the animals — I posted the wood frog photos here, the geometer moths here, and of course, the sad porcupine was posted here and here. I have previously posted the caterpillar, pigeon horntail and salamander photos. I'm posting different photos of each here. If you want to see any of these photos full size, just click on the image.

The first photo, above, is of a green frog. It is well camouflaged with the green and black markings. I like photographing these little things.

Leopard Slug Set

Above is a leopard slug. Apparently it is not native but is now very common here. I saw my first leopard slug while it was slugging down an amanita mushroom. The one above was eating the fungi on the bark of a tree. The photograph of the leopard slug below illustrates their defensive reaction when you hold one. They curl up small.

The photograph below is, yes, dung. Moose dung. With fungi growing in it. Next time you eat a wild mushroom, remember what it ate before you ate it!

Moose Set

Below is a pigeon horntail. John saw it on a tree. I would've walked right by it. There are 22 species of this bug in the world. But only one in North America! I'm glad he saw it!

Pigeon Horntail Set

One of my favorite bugs is the catepillar below. It is the caterpillar of the American Dagger Moth (click the link to see what this moth looks like). I have here two macros of this caterpillar that I usually save for my Photo A Day blog. If you like macros, visit me there!

American Dagger Moth Caterpillar Set

We finally figured out where our turkeys may have gone! We found this beautiful turkey feather in the woods behind the dump:

Wild Turkeys Set

And finally, this is a Northern Two-lined Salamander. In order to find these small creatures, we spend a lot of time on our hands and knees in the mud. It is well worth the effort and the laundry!

Northern Two-lined Salamander

Behind the Dump Hike

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Sights Behind the Dump — Flora

2009-11-23T19:54:00.004-05:00

I have already posted many photos of the plants, mushrooms and fungi from this hike (here, here, here, and here). But the photos in this post have stories to tell.

Above is young hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) that is frequently covering the forest floor. John and I have been wondering for months what this is. We see it everywhere. While researching another plant that we had found, John fell upon the identification of this foliage. It has died back significantly here in October and is usually waist high. The colors of the leaves vary whether the brush is in sun or shade. The blooms in spring are magnificent (go look at them in my hobblebush set). It is as if there are two different flowers on one bush. I am very familiar with the flowers so I am very pleased to now be acquainted with the foliage of hobblebush.

I was thrilled when we came across the fungi above. I had seen pictures of the hericium fungus in books. John had said he had seen it here but I hadn't seen it until this hike. In the pictures, and in real life, the fungus reminds me of ice falls on cliffs in the winter. It is delicate and beautiful. We found a couple of growths of hericium on this hike.

There were, literally, hundreds of this mushroom in the woods on the day we hiked behind the dump. This is American Pine Mushroom (Armillaria ponderosa). I didn't recognize it because it looked, here, so different from when when I saw it before. Mushroom identification is tricky. The same species can look totally different depending on whether it just sprouted, is mature, or is fading away. It can even look different if is a wet week or a dry week or if slugs have eaten it. The first American Pine mushroom I ever saw was green with algae from a solid ten days of rain.

This mushroom above is a wood hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum). Great name! It doesn't have gills underneath. It has "spines," as you can see below:

We prefer to hike on cool, cloudy days. I find clouds better for my photographs and the clouds keep us cool. This hike was like the others and began on a cloudy day. Suddenly, halfway through the hike, the sun broke out. As I looked up to see the sun, I saw this brilliant foliage and took photos of it.

This photo above is of a club moss — Treelike Club Moss (Lycopodium dendroideum). Our forests are thick with various club mosses on the floor. Club mosses are so important that when I lived in Vermont, and when we had a teacher's inservice day, we were taught and quizzed orally on our ability to identify club mosses. It was not the subject of the mathematics inservice, but it was important. We have to preserve our club mosses. Why? I'm not sure yet. Sorry. I have so much to learn! I'll let you know when I look it up!

Now the photograph above is interesting. It is a Japanese maple tree, an invasive species, eaten up by a moose. There were so many signs of moose about us on this hike that I got the creeps. I was always looking for a place to hide if a moose showed up. (Yes, I am irrationally afraid of them because all I know is that they trample people. I have seen many moose but I have always been in my house or in my car, not out in the open forest.) Anyhow, John explained why this invasive tree has not taken over our northern forest. It is a combination of moose predation and climate. The moose actually spread the tree through their dung. But they love the tree so much as food that they eat it before it can grow too much. A few do grow and reproduce, but not enough to take over the forest. And then the winter stunts the growth and kills off unsuccessful saplings. So it seems to be a great combination of circumstance for our mooses.

The tree above is a dead spruce. We can't even tell whether it is red, blue or black spruce. It was very dramatic in person and I don't think I captured the drama of this huge ancient tree standing dead in the forest.

We have no idea what this beautiful plant is above. John sees it often. The leaves are striped just like a trout lily but it's not trout lily. It is very small and grows on rotting leaf litter in the darkest glades of the forest. We actually dug one up and have planted it at home inside tupperware with a huge amount of leaf litter that we brought with it. It is doing very well.

Here, above, we saw a wonderful, stately, ancient yellow birch tree (Betula alleghaniensis). It was near the stone wall pasture. It was so old that we knew it had seen the wall being built and had given the cows shade on hot days and protection during storms. It has been struck by lightning at least once during the past centuries. It has the normal insect and fungal damage. Yet it stands tremendously tall and strong and proud. We were grateful to see that the old farmer long ago never cut this birch down.

Finally we have one of my favorite forest plants: Indian cucumber (Medeola virginiana). I have eaten many of the roots of this plant. It tastes sweet and cool. It is very small, but in a pinch, if you are starving to death in the woods, you can eat this root. You can see the root and foliage of this plant in the Indian cucumber photo set. Click on this photo to view the large image. The coloring of the leaves around the berry is beautiful to look at. By the way, the berries are different colors during different stages of growth. But the plant remains the same: six leaves in a circle below the three leaves on a tall stem.

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Spot the Green Frog

2009-11-23T18:49:00.004-05:00

This is a bit easier, perhaps, than the Spot the Wood Frog post. If you click on the photo a full size image will open in a new window. You are looking for a green frog (Rana clamitans melanota).

Green Frog Set

Behind the Dump Hike

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Sights Behind the Dump — Geography

2009-11-23T17:26:00.006-05:00

We see so much on our hikes. There are too many photos to post. But I have chosen a selection of photographs that highlight what I learned on the hike, whether it be about the plants, animals or geography of the area we hiked in. You can click on any photo to see it full size in a new window. If you click on a text link you will be taken to my Flickr set for the photograph. All of my hike photos are in my Photowalks & Hikes Collection. I call this hike the Behind the Dump Hike because we walked to the dump and then left it behind as we entered the Mt. Kearsarge State Forest.

Above is a quartz flecked granite boulder on John's property. You can't see it well here but it is studded with garnets. The boulder is in an old abandoned garnet mine here. These small mines stud the country side in New England. Granite, quartz, mica, garnets, feldspar and other minerals were mined by local people.

The photos above and below are of the unnamed brook in the forest that we followed up the hill and back on this hike. There were beautiful falls such as these and quiet flats where the brook quietly burbled.

Above is a stone wall that we suddenly came across near the crest of the hill. There was an old pasture here a couple of hundred years ago. It amazes me how the old people withstood the hardships of life in the hills and mountains long ago. It must have been extremely difficult to pasture your dairy herd up here. Nowadays, these ancient walls create wonderful habitat for all sorts of plants and animals.

In the photo above, if you are familiar with deer roads, you may just see a deer trail going from the left side of the brook, across it to the right side, and then forward towards the camera on the right. This is a well-used trail the deer use for water and fording.

Above is another deer ford across the brook. Another watering spot for them.

Last we see above, the "idyllic" spot where the sad porcupine lives. The brook falls on the left. To the right of the brook you see a whitish boulder with a small pool in front of it. That boulder (white looking because of the sun) is where the porcupine lives. She has a large den underneath with several entrances all around it. In my Sad Porcupine post you will see the up-close photos of the quills, the pool, and of course, the sad porcupine.

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Spot the Wood Frog

2009-11-22T00:35:00.004-05:00

Can you spot the wood frog in this photograph? If you are having problems spotting it, click on the photo to view it full size in a new window. Good luck!

Wood Frog Set

Behind the Dump Hike

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Town Dump

2009-11-22T00:09:00.004-05:00

Why photos of the town dump? Well, I'm pleased to have one. In Vermont dumps were closed years ago and you have to pay for trash removal. There are recycling centers in each town for plastic, glass and metal. But everything else has to be hauled out by private contractors. The dump here in New Hampshire (and each town seems to have its own dump) accepts everything. You still have to sort and deposit stuff in the proper dumpster. The town makes money by selling the trash to companies that recycle and process it.

Our dump is on the edge of the Mt. Kearsarge State Forest where we hike just by walking out the back door. The last time we walked through the dump we got a good bundt cake pan that we use frequently. The dump attendant pulls useful items out of the trash and displays them in a special area for people to look through. You can find good, free stuff at dumps.

Wilmot Town Dump Set

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Pansy's Big Weekend

2009-11-21T20:22:00.004-05:00

I don't write too often about Pansy because she doesn't like me. But she is changing here in New Hampshire. Without dogs and with the ability to go outside, this disabled cat is learning trust and how to enjoy life. She is interacting with John and me more every day. She even talks to us now!

Last weekend was unseasonably warm and Pansy enjoyed sunning nearly the entire day on the deck. The next day, Monday, I was looking out of a window in the back of the house and I saw her hobbling back to the house . . . with a mouth full of mouse!

This was the best photograph that I got of her with her kill. When I got too close, Pansy abandoned the mouse and returned to the back field. But what a big day for her! Pansy is over 10 years old and this was her first kill! And she was bringing it home! John and I were both so proud of her. And so happy for her.

By the way, the mice in Vermont that the cats brought home were less than half this big. In Vermont, this would be the size of a rat. If Vermont had rats. Which it doesn't. This thing was huge! Warmer weather does create larger critters.

Pansy's Set

Pansy Caught a Mouse!

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LOL Cat Bible: Lectionary Readings for Sunday, November 22, 2009

2009-11-20T20:48:00.003-05:00

Sunday, November 22, 2009

2 Samuel 23:1-7 or
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18)
Psalm 93
Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37

Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

9 "As ah wuz lokkin, (cuz ai do dat lotz, lol) dere wuz shinnyz sofas moveded in, an teh Ceiling Cat wuz watchin him favrite sofa. Him clohtes wuz wite leik teh snowz, (butt nawt az cold! brr!) an him fur wuz wite liek teh wullz. An him speshul favrite sofa wuz on fire,an itz wheels wuz on fire, tew (Haow doez him sitz on it?! iz liek misturee.)
10 An dere wuz a ribber ov fire liek cumeing owt frum teh sofa. Dere wuz lotz an lotz of pepplez,(SRSLY!) An all teh speshul pepplz wuz sittin,an dey opend bookz an stuffz. Wuz kewl, lol.
11 "Den ah watchded cuz teh bitty horn wuz jerk. Ah lookded till teh rilly big animul wid liek all teh hornz an stuffz wuz died an itz bodi wuz thorwn in teh fier.
12 (Teh udder beeztz wuz bannd butt dey still liev for a tiem.)
13 "An in mah dreemz I seez a dood liek teh sun ov hooman, cumeing wid teh cloudz of teh ceilingz. Him haz a ladderz an went to teh Ceiling Cat.
14 An him wuz given rilly pwrful buffz an mod skillz an lazurz an stuff, an awl teh pplz frum evrywhre camed an fell daown bfore him feetz. Him has rilly looooong lieving pwrz an him haz cookie jarz dat nawt be destroeyd evr! (iz maed of teh plastix or sumthinkz!)

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Psalm 132
Kittehz purrzing to teh Ceiling Cat

1 Oh hai Ceiling Cat!
Ur membres dis d00d Daybid?
Him goez in teh tiime wif non of teh cheezburgrz an wif non of tehm cookiez.
Him no beez one of dem happy kittehz.
Plz membres hims pwnful Ceiling cat!

Psalm 93
Ceiling Cat Reins

1 Ceiling Cat reins; Him iz robbed in ossam. Teh urfs is maeded; an no a mount uf kittehs can moevs it.
2 Yews ar liek teh furst kitteh; yoos iz rly old.
3 Oh noes! Teh waterz iz lifted ups. O Ceiling Cat! Savez us frm deh wet waterz.
4 Yew p0wnz teh waters!
5 Yoo tales teh waterz to leafs us aloens.

Revelation 1:4b-8
Ceiling Cat sez teh apocalypse is comming.

1 John haz sum revelashunz. Tehy frum teh Happycat, but wuz furst frum Ceiling Cat, an tehy to show what iz comin. Teh Ceiling Cat sended hiz angel to John to give revelashunz.
2 John sez iz all totally troof, zactly what teh Ceiling Cat and Happycat sayed. He no lie. Srsly.
3 Everwun what reedz these wurdz will has cheezburgrz and everwun what heerz theez wurdz will has cheezburgrz. Also, pay attenshuns, cuz iz comin. Habeeb it.
4 John seyz, hay teh sehvuhn churchez over therr in Asia: Oh hai, from teh Ceiling Cat whoz alwayz around, an alwayz haz beens around, an alwayz will bes around, and hai from the sehvuhn kittehs sittin next to his mighteh sofuh.
5 Oh, also, hai frum Happycat, who iz liek totally l33t. Srsly. To Happycat who totally luvz us an died for us an stuff,
6 Ur awsum, kthx.
7 Invisibuhl airplane for Happycat! Everwun will see him in teh airplane, even tho iz invisibuhls. Even thoze bad doodz who wuz so mean will seez him, and everwun will be totally bummed. Srsly.
8 Teh Ceiling Cat sez "iz teh lolfa n iz lolmega n i allwayz haz been n allwayz will be also i haz strongness! rawr"

John 18:33-37

When he woz done prayin to teh Ceiling Cat and stuffs, Jebus took his d00ds and went to teh place wif teh treez wif weird stuffs growin on dem. Now teh evil Judas gui knew dat Jebus took his d00ds there all teh time. So he took HIS army d00ds thar and they had the nasty spiky things that Jebus DID NOT WANT. So Jebus, who knew wat was gonna happen cos he had teh skillz, asked them who they looks for. So teh army d00ds said 'We want Jebus kthxbai.' So Jebus said 'I'm Jebus' and they didn't listens to him so he tolds tehm agains. So then he said 'Let my d00ds go' cos they had be capture his d00ds, and then one of his d00ds cut off the ear of one of teh army guiz, and army gui said owch. But Jebus told him stop cuttin peeples it not nice. Ceiling Cat told d00ds to come take me so i lets them. So they tooks him.

So they pwns Jebus and tiez him wif the ropes and stuff, and took him to teh boss cat who does not maek lolz.

SO then one of Jebuses disiple guiz was followin Jebus to see wot they do to him. But the big boss cat knew the d00d so he had to be wait outside. then ladee asked him if he was one of Jebuses d00ds but he said NO WAI.

The big boss cat asked Jebus about his wurdies to th peeples. Jebus sed 'Teh cats have ears (Well maybe not 1 of dem). why not you ask them wot i saids tto dem?' then teh army d00d hits Jebus and sed 'how very dare you talk to Boss Cat liek dat.' But Jebus sed hey i no do anyfink wrong so dont hit me kthxbai'. So tehn big boss cat sent him to even bigger boss cat.

So when teh d00d was standin around some crazy gui asked him if he was jebuses d00d. but he still sed NO WAI. Den one of teh fwends of teh earless army gui sed 'hey didnt you cut mi frends earsies off?' but teh d00d still sed NO WAI. then a crazy chicken who no has flavor started to sing.

So anywai teh army d00ds takes Jebus to teh big boss cat. and teh big boss cat sez 'who dis and why he here?' so teh army d00ds said 'He bad so we bring him to ur office to be fired kthxbai.' So teh boss cat sez 'DO NOT WANT taek him awai nao and do what u watn wif him.' but teh army d00ds sed 'NO WAI we cants die him in his sleeps'. So den boss cat d00d said 'r u teh boss cat of teh joos?' so jebus sed 'i lives in teh hous wif teh ceiling cat kthxbai.' so teh boss cat sed 'so r u teh leeder den?' so jebus sed 'ye i is teh traffic light cat cos evryon on one sied listens to meh but evry1 on otter sied dont.' so teh boss cat be confuzzled so he asked teh joos who he wanted to be releese who was HIS prisoner nao. 'do yoo want meh to be release jebus?' so teh joos sez 'NUUU we wants barbyrus!' barbyrus had been bad man.

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The Sad Porcupine

2009-11-18T11:19:00.006-05:00

The porcupine in this photograph is so well
camouflaged that you may have to click on the
image to view it large in a new window.

If you ever go into the woods with John, and if he suddenly jumps back and says "Uh oh," then you should duck for cover. He is the most knowledgeable naturalist I have ever met. If he is surprised in the woods, it is a bad surprise.

We were hiking in the Mt Kearsarge forest behind the town dump and up the hill. I was photographing yellow club fungus. John was walking the area, talking to me, saying how he had never seen so many porcupine quills in one area. He was exploring outside of a porcupine den. He identified the entrances of it and was observing the tracks and surrounding vegetation — seeing what the porcupine was eating nearby. He again looked at the glacial erratic boulder that was 15 feet tall under which the porcupine had her den. And that is when he cursed and jumped backward. The porcupine had been right there all the time, watching him nervously, camouflaged by her coat which was the color of the quartz flecked granite boulder.

Once we caught our breath, John observed that porcupines were usually placid and calm. This one was very tense and nervous. She was not behaving normally. John feared other predators — perhaps something was still in the area.

The quills littering the forest floor were both baby and adult quills. The mother porcupine was alone. There was evidence of struggle in the vegetation.

After studying the tracks, trails and clues, John told me that a fisher cat, the only natural predator of porcupines, had raided the den and carried off and killed the porcupine pup. The mother had defended her baby valiantly but she couldn't withstand a fisher cat attack.

She was now alone and nervous. John climbed all the way to the top of the boulder to find another view of the mom. This spooked her out of the den, which is when I got two shots of her.

We left her in relative peace and followed the fisher cat trail. We soon lost the trail. The fisher could have gone up a tree to eat its prey.

You can see photos of her den and habitat in the slide show below.

Porcupine Set

Buddy and the Porcupine

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One Single Impression: Reincarnation

2009-11-14T21:45:00.006-05:00

Amy says, "No names!
She isn't Henny Penny
'cause she'll be Parmesan!"

OK, not a true haiku. But it serves my purpose this week! My daughter Amy's flock of Barred Rocks are so much fun to watch. And to indulge myself, I am posting my newest Barred Rock movie below — all 11 seconds of it. I took a series of burst photographs and strung them into a short where each photo is a frame that lasts 0.15 seconds. To see my other chicken movies (and to learn a bit about New England's Barred Rocks), click here to go to my previous post.

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LOL Cat Bible: Lectionary Readings for Sunday, November 15, 2009

2009-11-14T10:35:00.003-05:00

Sunday, November 15, 2009

1 Samuel 1:4-20 or
Daniel 12:1-3
1 Samuel 2:1-10 or
Psalm 16
Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25
Mark 13:1-8

1 Samuel 1:4-20

4 Elkanah maek cookies for Ceiling Cat and Penina and Peninas kittehs.
5 an maek moar cookies for Hannah coz Ceiling Cat maed her no can has kittehs.
6 Penina pwnz Hannah. Hannah r pwnz0rd.
7 same nex year an nex year.

Hannah talk to Ceiling Cat
8 Elkanah sez: Hannah, y r u pwnz0rd? y u no eat n'stuff? u no can has kittehs, but u can has me. i r srs huzband.
9 Hannah gowai to priest (him Eli) in Ceiling Cat's house.
10 Hannah sez: hai Ceiling Cat!
11 plz to give me kittehs, u can has dem laterz, k?
12 Eli see Hannah talkin to Ceiling Cat
13 an finks Hannah can has invisible b00ze
14 an pwnz0rs Hannah.
15 Hannah sez: DO NOT WANT! i r talk to Ceiling Cat!
16 ai r sad. srsly.
17 Eli sez: Ceiling Cat can help u.
18 Hannah gowai to Elkanah's base.
19 Elkanah and Hannah PENIS GOES WHERE? Ceiling Cat is watching dem.
20 Hannah can has kitteh call Samuel, cuz i ask fur cheezburger and all ai get is stupid tshirt.

Daniel 12:1-3

1 Then Michael will hovr. All nayshuns will shout DO NOT WANT lyk rly loud srsly. But den ur peepl - evryone who is linkd to from dis blog - will be delivereded.
2 All ur kittehs who sleepeded in all our base will belong to us, some wil rise to eternal cheezburgers and some to perpechool invisible baffs.
3 Those nice kittehz will shine like the greases on teh cheezburgers forever

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1 Samuel 2:1-10
Hannah prayz ta Ceiling Cat

1 Hannah prayz n sez:
"Ai ♥ Ceiling Cat
wif Ceiling Cat mah milk is spilt waaaaaay hai
ai hiss wunss an dogz runz awayz...i win!
iz liek yu scratchin' ma bellie all dayz
2 no kitteh iz az gud az Ceiling Cat.
3 don be all "ai pwnz0r" bcuz Ceiling Cat iz watchin yu, an him noez da troof.
4 da klawz ov da big kittehz iz klipt off to da kwik, an evn da bigist kittehz git all tipsi liek wif katnip.
5 kittehz dat haz milks r all "WANT MOR MILK" cuz da milk got all drinktid, an dey need get jobz to bai mor.
but kittehz wit no milks... dey ken haz milks! hooray!!!eleven!!
kittehz wit no babehz now gots seben lil kittehz,
but mama kittehz hoo haz meni kittehz r full ov sad cuz now haz no kittehz at all.
6 Ceiling Cat iz da wun hoo kill, an da wun hoo say "O hai."
7 Ceiling Cat givz much fud to sum kittehz an frum oddrz taek all fud awey.
Him maek sum kittehz sit out in da reyn an let sum lai on da big bed.
8 wehn kittehz iz hav no toyz, Ceiling Cat givz meni toyz an evn much fud.
Him let da kittehz sit at da tebl next to da milk-bringin man. Him let da kittehz sit on da big cheyr.
9 Ceiling Cat maek gud soft paf fer him kittehz. but da ebol kittehz git puttid outsied at niet evn in da reyn, an da mastr no lissn to deyr yowlz.
10 kittehz dat try to catfiet wif Ceiling Cat iz so stoopid, bcuz him wil pwnz0r them. Him ken pwn them evn frum Ceiling.
Him noez hoo iz gud kitteh an hoo iz bad kitteh.
Ceiling Cat iz maek hiz kittehz strong, so dey ken pwn da bad kittehz too.

Psalm 16
Gud Stuffs

1 Hai, Celing Cat, I can has protekshuns?
2 I sez 2 Ceiling Cat: "Hai! Celing Cat! U R teh ooberest! LOL!!!11"
3 if u no lyke den u suck.
4 If u no lyke Ceiling Cat den F U, n00b! Sumthin bout libashuns!
5 Ceiling Cat can has my stuffses.
6 Thx 4 mah howse, Ceiling Cat!
7 U tells me 2 do stuff!
8 Ceiling Cat alwayz be wit me, kinda creepy
9 but oober asum!
10 Cuz u no leev me 4 woomun, Ceiling Cat, even if her chesticlz be hyoooooj!!
11 You teechz me 2 not suck

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Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25

11 Evreh day, da priests do dem jobs; ober and ober him give offering, dat no remoofs Invisible Error.
12 But wen dis priest offered for all timez oen sacrifice for da Invisible Error, him sat at rite of Ceiling Cat.
13 Since den, him waiten 4 him ennemeez to be him feet rest,
14 bcuz bai him sacrifice, everyone bein made holee iz holee foreverz. Srsly.
15 Hover Cat sez to. furst him sez:
16 Ceiling Cat promizes aftr dat iz puttin mah rulz in dey hrbl and they chezebrgr.
17 Den him sez, "Srsly, Iz gona be furgeted al dem chezburgrz dey eatd bfor"
18 Wen dez be furgeted, u iznt gona haz to gived Celing Cat tey sakrificez wen uz bad kitteh.
19 K bros, snce we got dem confidnce go to Ceiling by Jeebus blod
20 Wez geted neu way thru him harbl
21 Since we has grate preest at Ceiling Cat hous
22 Get close to Celing Cat after taked baff
23 We has to alwayz be faithfol to teh Ceiling Cat. Srsly.
24 And we has to think aboot give other kittehs Cheezburgrz.
25 We has to has teh meeting, even tho some kittehs DON"T LIKE. U has to tell dem to go to teh meeting. U has to do dis even mor latr.

Mark 13:1-8

1 Az he went out of the temple, one ov hiz d00dz sayd, JC, l00k at teh fancy buildinz!
2 N Jesus sayd unto him, They r gonna get smashed, srsly.
3 N az he sat on teh mount of Olives over against teh temple, Peter n James n John n Andrew asked him,
4 Hay when r u smashin teh buildinz? What iz gonna be teh sign?
5 And Jesus sayd, Watch out or ur gonna get tricked:
6 D00dz r gonna be all "Hey I iz Christ!" and trick some peoplez.
7 Ur gonna hear of warz an roomurz ov warz, dun be skeert: 4 stuff happenz; but iz not game over yet k?
8 4 Nashun shall rize against nation, n kingdom against kingdom: n thar shall be earthquakez in divers placez (skeery!), n thar shall be faminez n troublez: theez r teh birth pains, no flesh iz spared.

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The Transmission Lines

2009-11-09T20:38:00.006-05:00

The gash under the transmission lines is a dominant feature in some areas here where I live. But I don't find it ugly. I don't even think that clearing the right of way for the lines destroys habitat. The area around the lines is a fascinating look at how plants and animals succeed each other. When the area is cut, geographic features stand out clearly. The lines are so prominent that I have traced this gash on Google maps. Click on my map and then zoom in to see the detail.

View Power LInes in a larger map

I wanted to extend my map to all of New England but such a map is not available to the public. There is a generalized map of the US power grid (from wikipedia.org):

If you are also interested in the power grid, read Electricity in NH — The Power Grid at Granite Viewpoint. In this article, I found a link to ISO-New England:

New Hampshire's power grid is managed by a non-profit Regional Transmission Organization [wikipedia link] called ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE). ISO-NE manages the power grid for New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

The ISO-NE site is full of information about all facets of energy in New England. I have a lot of reading and learning to do.

New Hampshire Life Set

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The Barred Rocks

2009-11-08T22:44:00.005-05:00

Amelia has a flock of 11 Barred Rock hens in Barton, Vermont. We were in Barton this past weekend to put a roof on the house. I compiled a bunch of videos that I took and made three movies of the funny chickens. In the first video, we are invited into the barn (hen house) by two of the hens. Inside, a hen is attended by another as she sits on two eggs. Two other hens take us on a tour of the barn.

In this second video, above, several hens are taking baths in the wet earth near the barn. There were originally twelve chickens, but one was eaten by a fox, bear, coyote or fisher. These eleven hens are now only allowed outside in the daytime and are closely watched.

Barred Rocks are a species of Plymouth Rock chickens. The breed was developed in New England in the mid 1800s. There are several colors of Plymouth Rocks. The Barred Rocks are good layers and are easily tamed and very curious. Their eggs are brown and one hen can lay 200 eggs in her lifetime. For more information on Plymouth Rocks, go to wikipedia.org.

This last video is my favorite — especially from 4:10 to the end. The wind was blowing fiercely but that didn't bother the hens. I was practicing calling them. They had gradually become adjusted to having me hang out with them, so they responded quickly when I called. The quality of this video is the best, too. I'm still learning videography!

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Geometridae

2009-11-08T22:02:00.006-05:00

This is the third geometer moth species I have photographed. They are difficult to identify because there are over 1,400 species in North America alone and over 35,000 species worldwide. You can tell a geometer moth with the geometric stripes across the wings. This moth was flitting about the woods when we hiked behind the dump in town. It was well camouflaged and was moving so much that it was hard to photograph. For more information on geometer moths, see bugguide.net.

Unidentified geometer from the John Hay Ecology Hike at the Fells

Curve-toothed Geometer Moth (Eutrapela clemataria)
The only geometer I have been able to identify.
Taken in Barton, Vermont

Geometridae Set

Behind the Dump Hike

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LOL Cat Bible: Lectionary Readings for Sunday, November 8, 2009

2009-11-08T21:13:00.005-05:00

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 or
1 Kings 17:8-16
Psalm 127 or
Psalm 146
Hebrews 9:24-28
Mark 12:38-44

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
Rith n Boaz makes de wheet

1 Laterz, Naomi sez too Ruth "I am has find you a home for fuds.
2 "Boaz iz relative. Yu has go to the winowin floar.
3 "Get clean n' smeel niec. Ware somthin nice. Be liek a ninja til he don eatin chezburgr n drnkin.
4 "Watch wer he haz lies down an lie nexto his feetz k. He willz known what's about."
5 Ruth sez she will do what shes told.

Davidz fambli an kittens
13 So Ruth is wifes, penis goes where, and thay has teh kid.
14 Teh womuns sez "ZOMG teh Ceiling Cat pwns becuz she has teh kid!
15 "Teh Ceiling Cat gives u cheezburgr; becuz Ruth (she pwns) has teh kid.
16 Naomi is takes teh kid and gives him teh boobies and teh kid is liek "NOMNOMNOM."
17 Teh womuns is gives teh kid name and sez "Naomi has teh kid." Teh womun sez his name iz Obed; he has teh kid Jesse and Jesse has teh kid David (David iz gonna pwn, btw).

1 Kings 17:8-16

8 Ceiling Cat whisperd to Elikhat:
9 Him catwalk to Zarephath of Sidon an der yu stay. Ai aksd a widoe slave-kitteh toh giv yu cookies.
10 Him gud kitteh catwalks to Zarephath an met teh widoe slave-kitteh. Den kitteh aproach teh widoe an aksd for sip ov wotr.
11 Teh widoe giv wotr, also cookies her giv gud kitteh.
12 Widoe kitteh sed toh gud kitteh, wut evr yu sed com from Ceiling Cat, ai wil obei but ai an meh onlei kitten hav flour. dem few nof enuf gud for tow ov us. meh an kitten mey starv toh deth an famin.
13 Elikhat sed toh widoe,pur kitteh, be nof afreid. Catwalk toh yuz kitteh basket. but meyk a tayne cookie toh meh tooh.
14 Becoz teh Ceiling Cat sed toh meh, dem hav famin an sufer, yuz flour wil beh enuf toh yu an yuz kitten, yu wil nof starve toh deth til teh famin wil ovr.
15 Teh pur kitteh went toh her kitteh basket an meyk a cookie an teh flour was nof used up. Dem has cookie toh Elikhat teh widoe an her kitten.
16 Teh was stil der, an dat teh word ov teh Ceiling Cat was fulfild.

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Psalm 127

Ceiling Cat iz givr uf da Cheeezburgrz

1 If Ceiling Cat not maek kitteh condo, den condo iz not be maked rite. If Ceiling Cat iz gaurding stuffs, den iz ok for peeps to taek napz.
2 Iz dum to waek up too soon, an to waste napz, an way moar dum to wurk hard for cheezburgrz, cuz Ceiling Cat gives u all teh cheezbrgrz even wehn Him iz sleepin. Srsly.
3 Oh hai. Kittehs r prezentz frum Ceiling Cat- dey ar treats, liek catnip.
4 Liek claws in teh paws, so ar teh kittehs.
5 Iz gud for peeps to has lotz of claws and kittehs, cuz dey can show off

Psalm 146

1 Praise Ceiling Cat
Praise Ceiling Cat, o mai sole

2 I iz in mai life praisin Ceiling Cat all teh timez
I iz singin to Ceiling Cat all mai life

3 Don't be in ur base trustin ur princez
Cuz they iz gunna die an can't do nuffin

4 When their spirits iz in teh sky returning to teh urfs
They is nuffin

5 If u gets Ceiling Cat to help you can haz cheezburger

6 Teh lolcoder of Ceiling and urfs
teh watres and teh fishes

7 He lets hungry kittehs has sammiches

8 Ceiling Cat maikz teh blind kittehs can see
Ceiling Cat liftz up kittehs on 4 legz
Ceiling Cat <3>

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Mark 12:38-44
Warnin against teh teachers ov teh law

38 as he taught, Happy Cat sed, "watch out 4 da teachers ov teh law. They liek 2 walk around in flowin robez an be greetd wif respect in da marketplacez,
39 an has teh most important seats in da synagoguez an teh placez ov honor at banquets.
40 they devour widows haus an 4 show mak lengthy prayers. Thees doodz will be punishd most severely."

Teh widows offerin
41 Happy Cat sat down opposiet teh place wer teh offerings wuz put an watchd teh crowd puttin their money into teh temple treasury. Lotz da rich peeps threw in large amounts.
42 but poor widow came an put in 2 vry small coppr coins, worth only fracshun ov penny.
43 callin his disciplez 2 him, Happy Cat sed, "truly i tell u, dis poor widow has put moar into teh treasury than all teh others.
44 they all gaev out ov their wealth; but she, out ov her poverty, put in evrythin - all she had 2 liv on!"

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Two More Pointless Interstate Videos

2009-11-06T00:56:00.004-05:00

John and I drove down to Manchester, NH today to spend the day with Arthur (an old friend of mine from when Arthur and I both lived in Connecticut). And out comes my Flip to capture the sunset and to keep my panic at bay. Try to spot the trooper hiding in the woods in the second video. I have more Pointless Interstate Videos to share soon.

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Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

2009-11-05T00:25:00.005-05:00

Harmonia axyridis

It's ladybug infestation time again. But it isn't as bad here as in northern Vermont. This one was spotless. According to bugguide.net:

First introduced to North America (for biological control of aphids) in California in 1916, and again in California in 1964 and 1965. Also introduced in Washington state from 1978–1982, and in Nova Scotia, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Washington D.C., Delaware, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina from 1978–1981 [Gordon, 1985]. Despite the numerous intentional releases, the species did not become established until 1988 in Louisiana [Chapin and Broux, 1991]. Thereafter, it spread rapidly thoughout most of United States, reaching Canada in 1994.

Although not native to this country, this species is widely sold for aphid control throughout the US, and has become very well-established (to the point of becoming a nuisance). The stage that eats the most aphids is the larva.

Adult beetles seek sheltered places to hibernate for the winter, and often invade homes in large numbers for that purpose. The best way to prevent this is to find and seal the cracks by which they gain entry.

When threatened, ladybird beetles in general, and this one in particular, exude a foul-smelling and -tasting liquid from their leg joints.

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Set

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No More meeyauw — Just Call me 2852020

2009-11-04T23:39:00.006-05:00

My Vermont vanity plates are gone.
I'm officially a New Hampshire resident now.

It took me six months to get a driver's license here. New Hampshire would not accept my green photo-free Vermont license because the little numbers and letters had rubbed off of it. This is the same license that had me held in Canadian immigration for an hour years ago. The same license that caused the Canadian immigration folks to tell me to go back to Vermont and tell them to "get with it" and issue photo IDs.

The problem with getting a New Hampshire license was that Vermont DMV will not fax information to New Hampshire DMV and New Hampshire DMV will not fax to Vermont. Each state also has different forms with different information on them for me to verify my Vermont license. And neither state would accept the paperwork of the other. After talking to both offices for a long time on the phone and two trips to Concord with different paperwork, I was stuck between two states without a driver's license.

I then decided to simply drove to Montpelier and complain about the quality of the green license. I had to go to Montpelier because the White River Junction DMV office (which is 2 hours closer to home) is only open like every other Tuesday and is in a mobile van without a supervisor that can make decisions.

In Montpelier, the DMV lady agreed that my green photo-less license wasn't working out so well for me and gave me a photo license for free and I got my New Hampshire license the next day. Sort of.

New Hampshire only issues temporary licenses at the DMV. You have to wait 60 days for the real license! And I have heard from others that it can take longer than sixty days. And you are warned on the official paperwork that comes with your temporary license that the temporary license is not an official ID. Wish me luck.

My new plates.
The old Vermont plates will be nailed to the barn wall in the spring.

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Buddy’s At It Again

2009-11-04T22:56:00.003-05:00

If you have been reading this blog for a long time, you may remember how Buddy loves toilet water. The photo above was taken in our Vermont house in 2006. It became the 454th most interesting photo on Flickr on December 30, 2006. Well, we live in New Hampshire now, and . . .

And yes, we have to shoo him off the toilet when we enter the room!

Buddy's Set

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Atlantic Ocean Life (What We Found on the Beach) Final Part

2009-11-04T14:09:00.003-05:00

I can't find any source for identifying marine plants. This scaly, segmented plant grew on the sides of the jetty in Salt Works Bay in Old Saybrook.

Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

This is the last of the Old Saybrook photos. Be sure to check out my Photo A Day blog for other photos and information.

A Weekend in Old Saybrook Set

Atlantic Blue Crab Set

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