Open Thread – Blue Sky & Vitamin D(emocracy)
(brushing grass off arms)
It’s a perfect day in Anchorage. Warm, but not too warm. A cloudless sky. A slight breeze. And I’ve come to a conclusion.
There are few things in life quite so wonderful as lying in the grass on a warm spring day with a dog and a kid, looking at this:
~~~The Sky Over Anchorage at 3:50pm~~~
The only things that interrupted that amazing blue vista were an occasional recreational aircraft heading in the direction of Seward, and a twig-carrying magpie working to put the finishing touches on the summer abode.
After a long cold dark winter, you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t post too much content this weekend. Your blogger will be soaking up some much needed Vitamin D.
And speaking of Vitamin D (or Vitamin Democracy as Shannyn Moore likes to call it) don’t forget to tune in to her show today on KBYR700am at 5pm Alaska time. You can turn on your radio, point it out the window and get a double dose of Vitamin D. Or for those of you who can’t, you can stream it live HERE. It is SURE to be a lively show today. Last one before the mayoral election. Trust me, you don’t want to miss this one.
I’ll check back later.
ValleyIndependent Says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:46 AM
@ EyeonYou Paul Jenkins adn article refers to Palin’s “latest complaint deemed outrageous” blurb on the state’s official Web site.” I tried looking for it today and couldn’t find it. Does anyone have a link, or has it now been removed from the state site?
crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:50 AM
ValleyIndependent———->here it is:
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1787&type=1
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Thank you crystalwolf for posting that.
Just on the odd chance that they disappear I have links to all those press releases (and archived them) that the Governor has issued via her website (aka the state of alaksa governors website) that could and should be considered ethically questionable.
These are their titles on the website:
Latest Complaint Deemed Outrageous
Alarming New Development in Alaska Politics
Politics Cloud Judgment in Final Week
from Political Adversaries of Governor
Latest Bogus Ethics Complaint
Commented on by Governor Palin
Comments on Personnel Board Settlement
on the Subject of Children’s Travel
Governor’s Staff Addresses Expenses Issues
on News Media Coverage of Per Diem
Palin on Defenders of Wildlife Campaign
as Reprehensible and Hypocritical
Governor Says “There You Go Again”
to Salacious Nature of Recent Reporting
Governor to Turn Over Findings
from Department of Law
Palin Responds to Latest Falsehoods
Addresses Commissioner’s Comments
Bible Week
The last one is from June 2007 but those prior to the “bible week” one are from July 2008 to April 2009, and show the change in behavior since the election took place. All of these are still currently available on the state governors website. You simply need to go to the top of the front page, click on the link that says “newsroom” and it will bring up the most current press releases. At the bottom of this first page it shows “News Archive >”, and if you click on that it takes you to archival press releases. At the bottom of each of the following page it shows “next 100 listings” and you simply click on that link to go to the next listings.
#78 Global Village
Nope, but a good guess. I could have mentioned there are no mountains here but that might have been too much of a giveaway. Curiously enough though there are a few places in Papua New Guinea that geologically would almost be equivalent to what we are working on here. Big difference in age though.
Thanks for playing.
#82 -83 the problem child IS MY NAME!
Yep, over the years I have spent time in Columbia, Venezuela, Brasil, Peru and Argentina, but mostly in Peru and Brasil. I have also worked all over Africa and to a more limited extent in Europe and Asia and of course N. America, mainly in Canada. I have never worked in Australia or Indonesia but I have passed through in the process of hiring sub-contractors or buying special equipment like cyclone plants and sortex machines. So yes I have been around a bit.
And yes I am a man of the world, no particular place is really all that special in enough respects to warrant what I would call patriotism. All you have to do to realize that we are one world is look at any of the earthrise photographs from the Apollo missions to the moon, or if you really want a jolt, earth images from Voyager or Viking, or any of the deep space missions that looked back at where they came from.
The earth is vast but small, and all we have. We should treat it accordingly.
Best wishes….
There’s a ton of “blue” tunes out there, few of which I like as much as the Moody Blues… Blue Guitar at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRm2VOBmf5k
oops, I zorched that link. Click on ‘Melody Day’ to take you there. Pass on the rest of the ‘supposed link’.
sry.
I do like sauerkraut’s musical suggestion. You may enjoy Caribou — Melody Day or ‘Sandy’ — he won the Polaris prize, a contest where listeners vote their best band of the year.
Check out their videos from ‘the pink room’ [RHS]. Love all the whack instruments he plays [a PHD in Mathematics — packed it in for music, gotta love that! I’m grateful for it.]
lol at Martha Unalaska Yard Sign — send the sno shoes to Dan Sullivan with a note – ‘Take a hike’- signed, a Guinness drinker. heh-heh. 😉
I came across this blog from texas. It has some great comic’s and writing’s. There are many funny one’s about Sarah. Might be a blog to connect to.
http://www.dickysdoodles.blogspot.com
#’s 20,27,29,30,32,35,78. and 81 and anyone I might have missed.
All good guesses but #27 Big Pete wins the Quewpie doll. (It’s in the mail).
We’re in a small town nearly on the border of Mato Grosso and Amazonas about 58 d 30 m W and 7 d S.
Now we’re off to the Mosquito. I’ll check in later with some specific replies.
Thanks for playing!
ValleyIndependent———->here it is:
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1787&type=1
@ EyeonYou Paul Jenkins adn article refers to Palin’s “latest complaint deemed outrageous” blurb on the state’s official Web site.” I tried looking for it today and couldn’t find it. Does anyone have a link, or has it now been removed from the state site?
Morning laugh-
From Daily Kos
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.” -Kung Fu Monkey
Quoted in Atlas Shruggery by 4fx
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/2/727171/-Atlas-Shruggery
@crystalwolf aka caligrl said:
“OMG! The twit has tweeted! I guess when she has nothing to say she switches into AK infomercial mode!
How can it help “world hunger” when there is not enough for Natives in AK?
How can that be???”
ROFL! Tweeted like the *beauty queen* she was. You know, end world hunger and have world peace and all those other well-thought-out answers to the *serious* questions asked on the queenie circuits.
ADN’s EAR reports:
RUMOR DU JOUR … The governor is apparently going to New York to push canned salmon at a “global seafood tasting” event at Alaska House, a non-profit arts and culture center in SoHo. It’s “a private event and is not open to the public,” says the Web site, but Ear got an invitation so it can’t be that classy.
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Anyhow, the grapevine immediately began spreading claims that Sarah plans to sign a book contract while she’s in NYC.
Darlings, get real. She’s already got several full-time jobs — governor, wife and cheering section to Todd, mom with four children still at home, including a baby with special needs and not counting the grandson. She’s got at least two homes to run, 14 departments to supervise, money to raise for the national conservative movement, cable talk show hosts to chat up and a million glad-handing events to attend. There’s no way she could possibly have time to write a book.
Right?
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And this is the place she going to!
http://www.alaskahouseny.org/alaskahouse/Content.aspx?ModuleID=64
CALENDAR
To celebrate its grand opening, Alaska House, New York is hosting a series of exhibitions and programs to raise awareness about climate change in the Arctic and its impact on Alaska Native peoples.
Global Seafood Tasting Event: May 8
Co-hosted by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, this event will showcase canned Alaskan salmon distrubuted in the United Nations’ Alaska Canned Salmon Global Food Aid Program for schoolchildren, diaster relief, and food-for-work and maternal/child health projects. Wine pairings will accompany tastings of various recipes featuring the salmon.
This is a private event and is not open to the public.
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If I was a Native Alaskan I would be really pissed!
crystalwolf
According to Alaska Ear in ADN, there is a rumou that Palin is going to NY this week for a fish tasting event. Expect to see her turn up on Fox, Greta/Beck/BillO or suchlike, sigh!
Miss Demeanor Says:
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 AM
womanwithsardinecan – my sympathies to you for your loss.
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Thank you. Some close friends lost their old dog at the end of this week so I had to dust myself off to extend my sympathy to them. Then a friend ended up in the hospital. Now I’m focused on cheering her up while the hospital starves her to death.
OMG! The twit has tweeted! I guess when she has nothing to say she switches into AK infomercial mode!
“Learn how Wild AK Seafood can help combat world hunger. Pure, healthy, abundant protein; exciting initiative rolled out in NY this week.”
How can it help “world hunger” when there is not enough for Natives in AK?
How can that be???
Derby winner’s owner has ties to Alaska bribery scandal
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/67394.html
By Richard Mauer | Anchorage Daily News
ANCHORAGE — If it weren’t for the plea deal that his dad, former Veco chief executive Bill Allen, made with federal prosecutors, Mark Allen might not have been in the winner’s circle Saturday at the Kentucky Derby, celebrating the victory of his thoroughbred Mine That Bird and a $2 million purse.
Bill Allen, in pleading guilty in 2007 to three counts related to his central role in the Alaska public corruption scandal, won immunity from federal criminal charges for Mark Allen.
Mine That Bird, a 50-to-1 long-shot, stunned the racing world when he came from behind and won the Derby, America’s premier thoroughbred event. Mark Allen’s Double Eagle Ranch of Roswell, N.M., along with a neighbor, Leonard Blach, purchased the gelding last year. The racing Web site BloodHorse.com said they paid $400,000 after the horse had initially sold for $9,500 as a yearling.
Krubozumo Nyankoye – could you be somewhere in say Papua New Guinea by any chance?
or is it da ba dee… I’m a pie
While riding in my car… didn’t go very far…
but heard this tune:
skip the lyrics but listen to the ba da bee beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emM_juVdzds
I’m jealous. It’s dreary and raining again in Oregon. It has been a really wet winter and it doesn’t seem to be ready to let up yet. I had new siding put on my house and we had to wait almost two full months to get more than two days in a row of sun so I could get it painted.
Hopefully we will get a long pleasant summer in return for the wet and dreary winter/spring.
@#65 austin – poor Sarah darling… so many ethics complaints and at such a cost. Too bad her mouthpieces never mention that one of those complaints was filed by… Sarah Palin! as a way to counter-act a very credible and actionable fiasco known as Troopergate.
Bonefish at “I Heart the Mudflats”
I see you are going to write about the motherland – IOWA! I can hardly wait to read it.
I visit where I was born and raised in a couple of weeks.
It does my heart good to see those “white as a china dish, fat as an old catfish” * silos. I miss Iowa and my family!
HOWEVER, on Friday I sat at the edge of my yard, looking out over the Inlet as Redoubt puffed and a pod of belugas swam by!
Thanks again AKM for your work to keep the Inlet safe.
womanwithsardinecan – my sympathies to you for your loss.
* = Greg Brown, another great poet from Iowa – see him in Anchorage and Homer at the end of May.
Anyone in the neighbourhood that could do a driveby drop off!!! LOL
The discovery of free equipment. I can hear the celebratory cheers!!
Even saved gas by not having to go to the thrift store!!
@ Canadian Neighbour
What a devilish mind you have – I LIKE it! I will have fantasies now of my equipment failing a the exact right time with the exact right person. I yelled out “structural failure number X” many times this weekend!
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign,
There are a few or three I can think of to make use of ‘hand me down’ equipment!! (wink, wink, drink, drink) 😉
SP, TP, DS???? You choose!!!!
Oh, and another thing that Alaskans commonly do – TESTING questionable equipment on camping or long hiking trips – I need to STOP doing that! Next time I’ll probably die if I take the stuff that was in the “garage sale” pile because it didn’t work quite right. But it’s been there so long, you forget what didn’t work right, and it looks perfectly good and should be USED! Our memories are so short…
And now, that cr@p is going in the garbage pile before I accidentally put it in the “sell to some other unsuspecting food” pile again! That is, unless I meet someone I really DON’T like who wants my snowshoes and backpack.
@#65 austintx:
Uuuugh. I made the mistake of reading some of the comments.
@ Say NO to Palin in Politics – Thank you for coming back! I missed you!
I can attest to the incredible weather in Juneau, also, too, and the propensity of many Alaskans to forget the sunscreen or trust one that is a couple of years old. I hobbled in late last night from an overnight camping trip, with very bright red sunburn and a sliver in my foot. My foot that slid into snowshoes and tromped fifty miles through “break up” in the Juneau meadows. Not really fifty miles, but it felt like it. At one point, we had to cross a beaver dam on snowshoes – with a drop off on the left into about 6 feet of freezing black water and on the right, a steep bank leading to more banks with water pouring into it from the beaver dam. I saw, I crossed, I lived!
The dogs are “broken” today so maybe I’ll slather on (new) sunscreen and try to do some yard work in the “back 40” where the skunk cabbage is gleefully shooting up and will take over the whole back yard if not tackled soon. They start as these cute little yellow spears, then overnight while you are blissfully unaware of their plan to take over the world, they turn into huge plants w/ broad leaves and march around calling up their buddies and the next thing you know, the yard is gone!
Then again, maybe I’ll just take a nap for awhile and think about the yard work later!
What a fun thing to read on Sunday morning !! Hahahaha……..
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22022.html
OT OT–And we thought it couldn’t get any crazier!! Immoral Minority-Sarah Palin & Spititual Warfare–Mary Glazier video- these people are all absolutely flipped out NUTS!!!
Ah, enjoy that beautiful blue sky! We had bucket-style rain yesterday. Had to settle for telling myself the yard and garden needed watering anyway.
My favorite childhood poem:
I’m glad the sky is painted blue
and the Earth is painted green
with such a lot of nice fresh air
all sandwiched in between.
Loved the Gordon Lightfoot Palin song because I know the tune well enough to actually read it with tune in my head. And ballad style fits the subject.
everyone should know about vitamin D and its ability to prevent many conditions. Take a look at http://www.vitaminD3world.com for some good summaries of the data. The site also has a good free newsletter
That was an excellent ADN article…thanks for posting it!
FYI Get this: There’s an Alaska GOP scandal tie-in to the Derby
http://tinyurl.com/dyqm4l
Still anyone watching that race had to be thrilled – what a damn fine horse! What a damn fine and smart jockey! And what a fantastic (and safe) ride!
Didn’t read the first page, before posting(still waiting on coffee).
Love the song. I saw Gorden Lightfoot at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC back in the 70’s. He was great!!!
Song is a perfect tribute to Sarah. Like mother like daughter.
What a hypocrite she is on all levels.
Know how you feel, we had 2 days of sunny 70- 80 degree temps.
It was heaven. then it rained and we were back to 50-60 degrees.
We can dream, can’t we?
@ #57 EyeOnYou Says, 1:43 AM
To view an excellent piece of writing on the Govenor and her “theatrics”
WOW! I can’t believe that well written, excellent piece actually got published in the ADN. Outstanding!
To view an excellent piece of writing on the Govenor and her “theatrics”
Governor might try rising above fray
http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/781359.html?pageNum=2&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container
Wonderfully written, On Point and Worth the Read!
Enjoy 🙂
Aussie Blue Sky ~
Too bad it isn’t on the front page where it belongs.
hehe, while the bloggers are listening to Shannyn the ADN catches up with the big issue
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/140878
Lynnrockets – the spam filter doesn’t like one of the words in there. I can’t say which one for sure but from a quick read I would guess the word methampthetamine as there is a lot of drug spam out there on the web and I see that word in spam filters a lot. My comment might end up in the spam bin too! 😉
Sorry – I was getting ready for an evening out, I didn’t catch it right away.
For the info of all –
When a comment does not post, please don’t keep posting it – posts are dragged out of the spam bin as soon as one of us sees it, however we can’t drag multiple posts out and duplicates end up deleted, which increases your chance of ending up in the spam bin in future.
Gryphen over on Immoral Minority has just put up an intriguing post.
‘The only thing that will turn off the Palin zealots will have to be an incredible and bizarre story, does such a story exist?, I believe so’.
I want to know what it is, but hell, I hope it’s got nothing to do with those poor kids of hers.
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lynnrockets Says:
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Anybody interested in an Anti-Palin funny song?
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YES!!!! Always! Four eyed girl, excellent!
Yeah, my posts are slow to go up, and it is making me look like an idiot!
OK one more time, If it doesn’t work I’m off to bed and I’ll see you folks soon.
THE WRECK OF THE SARAH L. PALIN
(sung to the Gordon Lightfoot song “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald ”)
The legend lives on from the North Slope on down
To the town they call Sandpoint, Idaho
The Heath’s one would say, had a daughter that day
Why they kept her, I must say, “I don’t know”
They loaded up the truck and they tested their luck
When they moved to Wasilla, Alaska
Sarah enrolled in school and was nobody’s fool
On the court they called her “Barracuda”.
In 1982 she left for Honolulu
Off to Hawaii Pacific College
She did not last long there nor at anywhere
In her quest for some meaningful knowledge.
She finally did see a journalism degree
After stints at 5 or 6 safety schools
Sometime in between she was a pageant queen
Then she worked in TV for KTUU.
She met up with her fate sometime in ’88
When her TV career was a failin’
And everyone knew, as her parents did too
She would soon be the Bride of Todd Palin.
Long before she did wed, she conceived in his bed
That was the end of her abstinency
While laid out on her back, she gave birth to Lil’ Track
The result of an unwed pregnancy.
She was now in a lurch cuz of her right wing church
But she carried on without a care
She had a beehive hairdo, but had nothing to do
That all changed when she became the Mayor.
She appointed some crooks then she banned some good books
No one lasted if they weren’t on her team
Wasilla’s deficit grew, kids fired-up on homebrew
Not to mention the methamphetamine.
She became the next Guv and to show the state love
She proposed to unite remote shore banks
But once in a bind she politely declined
To the bridge she said,”Thanks but no thanks”.
John McCain now you see had to choose a VP
His campaign was certainly failin’
He wanted a she that was tres “mavericky”
So he chose Alaska’s Sarah Palin.
But poor press reviews of her live interviews
With Couric and Gibson oft replayed
Showed she could not spar with the nightly news stars
Let alone outperform Tina Fey
The election was lost and poor Sarah was tossed
From her seat on “The Straight Talk Express”
She went home and did pose in her new store-bought clothes
But Alaskans were not now impressed
She’s no longer a saint due to ethics complaints
She has nobody left now to wink at
Her appointees ignored and her actions abhorred
She’s reduced to shilling for “Arctic Cat”
She gave Levi some lip about visiting Tripp
And Todd’s sister is facing some jailin’
But paternity laws might be the final straw
For the wreck known as Sarah L. Palin
That wasn’t the one. It was a Gordon Lightfoot song.
Having trouble posting one. Any problem?
Oh, lynnrockets, that’s a great one, even if I’ll now prob. think those words instead of the real ones of one of my favortie Van Morrison songs.
BTW, rumor has it that she was spotted in Juneau today! Will miracles never cease?
Wait! Come back! It’s night owl shift!
FOUR EYED GIRL
(sung to the Van Morrison song “Brown Eyed Girl”)
Hey where did she go,
Days when the snow came
Way down in Juneau,
Playin’ the blame game,
Winkin’ and a blinkin’, hey, hey
Oil should be a pumpin’
With those rimless glasses on and
Sarah campaign stumpin’, oh,
My four eyed girl,
You, my four eyed girl.
Whatever happened
To Wooten and Stambaugh
Did they not toe the line
Forcing Sarah to let them go
Standing in her office laughing,
Hiring her old friends from school
Fibbin’ and a lying
Playin’ citizens as fools, were you
My four eyed girl
You, my four eyed girl
Do you remember when she used to sing…
Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya
Just like that
Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya
La Ti Da
She has lots of legal bills
And they make her whine and moan
She’ll be turnin’ to booze and pills
Unless she gets a loan
Someone’s gotta help her, Lord
Could it be the good Ol’ SarahPac
Defense fund could save her ass
And fill her wallet too, oh you
My four eyed girl
You, my four eyed girl
Do you remember when she used to sing…
Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya
Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya Betcha, Ya
Sha la la la la la la la la la…
Yes, I saw one of your songs on another site and hadn’t seen it here.
OK then, I’m going to bed.
Anybody interested in an Anti-Palin funny song?
Until today we have had a week of lovely weather here on our little island. It is raining now. I managed to get a few seeds into the ground, and to plant tomatoes. Next will be to plant the herbs, and keep doing the clean up from winter. When you live in a wild environment, you have a lot of spring clean up to do.
Glad to hear that you folks up in Alaska are getting some sun.
LOL! AKM, I can relate to your elation on a day like you had today. I live in Seattle and those rare days that happen are amazing! We have them often in the summer, but after a long winter those days that just “appear” in the spring are precious. Loved your picture and I have to admit, I have taken the exact same picture from my back deck. Husband want’s to know why I have a pic of the sky…my response….it’s not the sky, it is the beauty of today!!!
Rain today here in Seattle. Yesterday was blue sky from first thing and all thru the day. Gorgeous, wonderful and warm… got outside painting done as knew the rain was coming today. Weather forecast says there’ll be sun next Friday and Saturday. Many years, we don’t have much (or any) sun until the 4th of July. Some years, we just hope that there’ll be an Indian Summer come September. But when there is sunshine, it feels like the most beautiful place in the world.
I’m so glad all you Muddpuppies in AK got some Rays today!!!!
Yesterday I posted a link to Dennis Zaki’s gallery of Alaskan birds…
here is another gallery of nice animal and nature pics:
http://corcholat.com/!BT8
Enjoy!
And to Alaskan mudpups enjoying the sun…. You need your Vit D! 😀
I have a question from a knowledgeable mudpup…Are the suns rays more intense there b/c of where you are? During FE dog, I got a pic on a web cam (it was the day of then end of the race) and the sun(light) in the pic was a straight line down!!!!! It was noon and I’m thinking b/c the lat/long you guys are when you get sun its more direct. This pic from a web cam showed a straight line, straight down! It was surreal. Anyone know?
Blue Skies…smilin’ at me…will go to sleep with a lovely song in my head. Dreary weather here but Spring is trying to sprong.
Amazing what a clear blue sky post from AKM can do. Thank you, AKM you are not only a truly talented writer but good for the soul (o:
Krubozumo Nyankoye–I’m thinking Indonesia, but I could be off a bit. I suspect Asia due to the geckos though.
It was BEAUTIFUL here today, and it got up to 75! (according to Weather Underground). I think the color of my skin would attest to that! We went to the Blessing of the Fleet/Fishermen’s Memorial (saw another mudpuppy there!) and then worked in the yard the rest of the day. I battled the raspberries and am not sure who actually won… It’s due to cloud up and rain by tomorrow, so hopefully we didn’t burn through our whole summer this past week…
It was 66 in Prescott AZ today. Enjoyed every minute of the warmth and the intermittent sunshine. Planted grapes…for vino..
blue in ak….
you should email me on the forum.
i’ll take you out to lunch while you’re here in la.
waving at new mudbuddy
@Krubozumo Nyankoye
I can’t see Polaris either, but that might have something to do with all the wet stuff falling from the sky here…
;>
By the way, the weather around Boston was nice enough to hang my laundry out to dry (for the first time ever!). And we hung out outside too. Not as sunny or warm as I would have liked, but I’ll take it!
Krubozumo Nyankoye, assuming you meant “fútbol” not American football, I’m guessing that Big Pete is close; if not northern Brazil, maybe Columbia or Venezuela? Unless you are on the other side of the planet in Africa or Indonesia? Not too familiar with popular sports over there!
@ Krubozumo Nyankoye
I thought you told us recently that you were somewhere in South America. Other than that, you could easily be at the north end of my tropical island paradise. 😉
And I’m down here in Santa Monica where it’s gray and cool. Wouldn’t you know? Hang onto that good weather until I get back on Thursday. I’m enjoying my new grandson, but I’ll be happy to be home. 🙂
Krubozumo Nyankoye @15
Howsabout Northern Brazil?
Ripley,
I identified I was a Mudpup thanking AKM for the link to her show.
yeah, and she gave a shout-out to us Mudpups!!! very cool. Thanx Shannyn
sauerkraut,
One of my fav songs!!! In my list of Top 10 all time songs!!
How kewl — Shannyn got my email — Shout out from Toronto!!!
re ripley at #8, above.
That ELO stacato beated tune just doesn’t sit well on a nice clear day so allow me to suggest an alternative: Tommy Shondell and Crystal Blue Persuasion (ah haaaaa) found here: http://run4chocolate.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/crystal-blue-persuasion/
John Lennon-“Live in Toronto” (LP cover art)
1. Great minds think alike!
2. Not too many sunny days in England, either?
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/e46870c96837108d11a66f455d2600f6/2376.jpg
Krubomuzo Nyankoye; am curious about where you are, and I am guessing this spontaneously, and didn’t consult with google. The geckos made me think of Australia, maybe the south Pacific islands somewhere. Sounds like an interesting place. It’s been sunny on the northeast atlantic coast today, but unusually cooler temps than normal. And our leaves aren’t out yet.
AKM – You need to clean your lens, lower right corner. :o)
tee hee hee, Shannyn smacked down Dan Fagan (who just called in to her radio show). Said it is Sullivan’s inability to “recall” the bar incident that is troubling and also compared Sullivan to Bush and Palin.
AKPetMom – It’s Derby day……….maybe stick your umbrella in one of these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb25n9KIwpQ
Yup, an utterly gorgeous day today. Have to grab the gorgeous days as they come–I remember hubby’s boss told him, when he first started, that he was urged to take a day off when it was beautiful and warm outside, because it was rare. What a boss! We spent the entire day outside, raking & working in the yard, and I am now sunburned. Nice to know you can get sunburned in AK…
Might as well chime in with some local comparison. Well past dark here, the
length of day does not change much with the seasons, only about 45 minutes either side of 12 hours. Rained hard here this afternoon then cleared off later, cooled things down some but it is still warm by your standards 35 (C) and about ten minutes til midnight. Tomorrow will be hot, no forecast here we just take what comes. The air is usually very clear but at the end of dry season there is a lot of burning and that messes things up quite a bit. There is also a saw mill here that makes a lot of smoke at times, usually at night when you can’t see it. Plenty of dust, it pervades everything. It is similar in color to burnt orange for those of you familiar with paint names. That is because it is made of the same stuff, iron oxides for the most part, primarily goethite, and hematite. Tomorrow will be our day off, there will be a football game in the afternoon. Tomorrow night we will do the regular ritual “dinner out” for the main staff here, their wives and children. We go to the one local eatery that is all outside but under a huge pavilion, beside a swamp. The locals call it a lake but it is really a swamp. For that reason we all call the place the “Mosquito”. I don’t even know its actual name. This past week marked the 5th anniversary of our work here so there is extra reason to celebrate. The bats and insects are out in force tonight and as I am sitting on the patio I am aware of them both as well as the numerous geckos visible on the two walls and ceiling. My two companions are carrying on a vigorous conversation of which I only understand a little. They constantly chide me because after all this time I have learned just the rudiments in badly ungrammatical terms of their language, I just smile and tell them I have enough trouble with english.
Anyone care to speculate where I am?
Just a clue bonus, I can’t see Polaris at all from here.
Cheers,
Sweet dreams AKM, please turn off the weather widget! 🙂
Shannyn on Now!!
http://radiotime.com/station/s_31918/Smart_Radio_700.aspx
Shannyn is now on!!!
Why, thank you, AKM! 😀
What a beautiful day! I’m jealous. Spend as much time outdoors as possible. This evening fire up the firepit and stay out til bedtime. We here on the east coast are looking at rain for the next week so I will be with you in spirit.
Ah, spring in AK – (almost) makes me wish I were still flying up there.
No lying on my small patch of grass here in AZ either. I have a compact with the local cottontails – I water; they trim and fertilize. And they do an exceptional job of both!!
AKM, Gotta smile at the thought of you taking that photo. Love your whimsy. Hope all you Alaskans enjoy the sunshine.
Catching up on the previous thread, I was getting all worked up. Now, I’m gonna think blue skies and sunny days and try to forget about the nasty Repub response to Souter’s retirement.
Here’s the perfect song for you AKM….it’s the first one I thought of when I saw this blog.
A real feel good song for this time of year, with the crystal blue sky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVHekTXXKVs
Capture away AKpetmom and AKM and all Alaskans!………Enjoy!
I’d love to lay in the grass, but no way here, uh huh, I’d pay a price with miserable chigger bites and most likely loads of seed ticks and bigger, yuck.
I’ll envision it though, that is, the nice sunny day layin in the soft green grass part.
AKPetMom Says:
May 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 PM
By the way, for anyone not in AK, these are the days we live for, and after last summer (very wet and 55 for months), we all feel that we have to capture these precious warm blue sky days and store them away in case the summer goes that way it did last year.
And on that note, I’m going to take the laptop out to the adirondack chair and listen to Shannyn in the sunshine, with an umbrella in my drink, enjoyed with a great big “cheddie braut” w/sauerkraut and potato salad and Bush’s beans….
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Sounds good 🙂 ENJOY! I will be listening to Shannyn too …. 🙂
By the way, for anyone not in AK, these are the days we live for, and after last summer (very wet and 55 for months), we all feel that we have to capture these precious warm blue sky days and store them away in case the summer goes that way it did last year.
I think that our wet and dreary summer of 2008 was because Mother Nature was crying tears of sadness because of McCain’s decision to name she-who shall-not-be-named as his running mate.
Just sayin’….remember, you can’t fool Mother Nature!
And on that note, I’m going to take the laptop out to the adirondack chair and listen to Shannyn in the sunshine, with an umbrella in my drink, enjoyed with a great big “cheddie braut” w/sauerkraut and potato salad and Bush’s beans….
You go girl! Out here in Wasilla town I’ve had to retire back into the cool shady house as I’ve gotten too warm while doing yard work! (fanning hands and telling hubby I’m a little “perklemt” [sp].
I’m actually eyeballing the little kiddie pool in the driveway and thinking perhaps it’s time to empty it, clean it and fill it back up! Of course, it wouldn’t be immediately ready for immersion as the water from the hose is still about 45 degrees (if that) but the idea sounds pretty inviting right now. Maybe I will clean it and refill it today and after a few days it might be just right.
Enjoy your weekend.
Blue Sky –
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=833
Looks like an over-sized blue paint chip!!
Wow, first for the second time today! What timing!
Enjoy your vitamin D this weekend, AKM– you deserve it!