Sunday, April 30, 2017
Aparian
"Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect."
- Thomas Jefferson
Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?
~ Rumi
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined."
- Henry David Thoreau
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
If you have to choose between being kind and being right, choose being kind and you will always be right.
~ Unknown
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill
“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
― Albert Schweitzer
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.
~ Rumi
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
Found For Friday
"Out West, in the town of Diablo, there was a guy named Stanley, who was president of the Creative Credit Loan Company. He was proud of being able to arrange loans for almost anyone. One day as he was locking up to go home, some tough guys accosted him and started to push him around because he was small in stature and mild mannered. Stanley also held a Third Degree Black Belt in Karate. He counterattacked, and gave the tough guys a thrashing they wouldn’t forget."
Said the teacher, "Good, Johnny, now tell us what is the moral of your story."
Johnny replied, "Well, the moral is, if you're ever out in Diablo, don't mess around with the loan arranger."
Why aren’t koalas actual bears?
They don’t meet the koalafications
What's the difference between a dirty old bus stop and a lobster with breast implants?
One is a crusty bus station the other one is a busty crustacean.
How did the hipster burn his mouth?
He ate the pizza before it was cool.
I've been told I'm condescending.
(that means I talk down to people)
People in Dubai don't like the Flintstones.
But people in Abu Dhabi do!
What do the movies titanic and the sixth sense have in common.
Icy dead people.
Wife says to her programmer husband, "Go to the store and buy a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, buy a dozen."
Husband returns with 12 loaves of bread.
I've found a job helping a one armed typist do capital letters.
It's shift work.
My friend asked me to help him round up his 37 sheep.
I said "40"
This is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder.
Why did the old man fall in the well?
Because he couldn't see that well.
So what if I don't know what Armageddon means?
It's not the end of the world.
What do you call a dog that does magic tricks?
A labracadabrador.
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot.
And God said to John, come forth and you shall be granted eternal life.
But John came fifth and won a toaster.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Throwback Thursday
My Teachers were Miss Rogness(sp) and Mr. Cole and I was given a gift from one of the students. His last name was Sellers. It is a shot glass filled with sand from the painted desert.
The gift that this student gave to me is truly a treasure because it reminds me of him and of all of the students that passed my classroom.
You can find one like it on e-bay for about $25.
VINTAGE PAINTED DESERT SANDS IN A SHOT GLASS by A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Toad Tales
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals. They are an informal grouping within the order Cetacea, excluding whales and porpoises, so to zoologists the grouping is paraphyletic. The dolphins comprise the extant families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the new world river dolphins), and Pontoporiidae (the brackish dolphins), and the extinct Lipotidae (baiji or Chinese river dolphin). There are 40 extant species of dolphins. Dolphins, alongside other cetaceans, belong to the clade Cetartiodactyla with even-toed ungulates. Their closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses, having diverged about 40 million years ago.
Dolphins range in size from the 1.7 m (5.6 ft) long and 50 kg (110 lb) Maui's dolphin to the 9.5 m (31 ft) and 10 t (11 short tons) killer whale. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism, in that the males are larger than females. They have streamlined bodies and two limbs that are modified into flippers. Though not quite as flexible as seals, some dolphins can travel at 55.5 km/h (34.5 mph). Dolphins use their conical shaped teeth to capture fast moving prey. They have well-developed hearing which is adapted for both air and water and is so well developed that some can survive even if they are blind. Some species are well adapted for diving to great depths. They have a layer of fat, or blubber, under the skin to keep warm in the cold water.
Although dolphins are widespread, most species prefer the warmer waters of the tropic zones, but some, like the right whale dolphin, prefer colder climates. Dolphins feed largely on fish and squid, but a few, like the killer whale, feed on large mammals, like seals. Male dolphins typically mate with multiple females every year, but females only mate every two to three years. Calves are typically born in the spring and summer months and females bear all the responsibility for raising them. Mothers of some species fast and nurse their young for a relatively long period of time. Dolphins produce a variety of vocalizations, usually in the form of clicks and whistles.
Dolphins are sometimes hunted in places like Japan, in an activity known as dolphin drive hunting. Besides drive hunting, they also face threats from bycatch, habitat loss, and marine pollution. Dolphins have been depicted in various cultures worldwide. Dolphins occasionally feature in literature and film, as in the film series Free Willy. Dolphins are sometimes kept in captivity and trained to perform tricks, but breeding success has been poor and the animals often die within a few months of capture. The most common dolphins kept are killer whales and bottlenose dolphins.
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Evolution
Dolphins are descendants of land-dwelling mammals of the artiodactyl order (even-toed ungulates). They are related to the Indohyus, an extinct chevrotain-like ungulate, from which they split approximately 48 million years ago. The primitive cetaceans, or archaeocetes, first took to the sea approximately 49 million years ago and became fully aquatic by 5–10 million years later.[22]
Archaeoceti is a parvorder comprising ancient whales. These ancient whales are the predecessors of modern whales, stretching back to their first ancestor that spent their lives near (rarely in) the water. Likewise, the archaeocetes can be anywhere from near fully terrestrial, to semi-aquatic to fully aquatic, but what defines an archaeocete is the presence of visible legs or asymmetrical teeth. Their features became adapted for living in the marine environment. Major anatomical changes include the hearing set-up that channeled vibrations from the jaw to the earbone which occurred with Ambulocetus 49 million years ago, a streamlining of the body and the growth of flukes on the tail which occurred around 43 million years ago with Protocetus, the migration of the nasal openings toward the top of the cranium and the modification of the forelimbs into flippers which occurred with Basilosaurus 35 million years ago, and the shrinking and eventual disappearance of the hind limbs which took place with the first odontocetes and mysticetes 34 million years ago
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Dolphins frequently leap above the water surface, this being done for various reasons. When travelling, jumping can save the dolphin energy as there is less friction while in the air. This type of travel is known as porpoising. Other reasons include orientation, social displays, fighting, non-verbal communication, entertainment and attempting to dislodge parasites.
Dolphins show various types of playful behavior, often including objects, self-made bubble rings, other dolphins or other animals. When playing with objects or small animals, common behavior includes carrying the object or animal along using various parts of the body, passing it along to other members of the group or taking it from another member, or throwing it out of the water. Dolphins have also been observed harassing animals in other ways, for example by dragging birds underwater without showing any intent to eat them. Playful behaviour that involves another animal species with active participation of the other animal can also be observed however. Playful human interaction with dolphins being the most obvious example, however playful interactions have been observed in the wild with a number of other species as well, such as humpback whales and dogs.
Dolphins sometimes get high on toxic blowfish.
Intelligence
Dolphins are known to teach, learn, cooperate, scheme, and grieve. The neocortex of many species is home to elongated spindle neurons that, prior to 2007, were known only in hominids. In humans, these cells are involved in social conduct, emotions, judgment, and theory of mind. Cetacean spindle neurons are found in areas of the brain that are homologous to where they are found in humans, suggesting that they perform a similar function.
Brain size was previously considered a major indicator of the intelligence of an animal.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Molly and Todd on Monday
BG went to the store and he got me a new bed. Todd chewed the other one. He doesn't like to get on this one so this is just for me. I like it. So I have it and my couch. Life is good.
It fits just right.
Brandon was gone but his "guys" came out and powerwashed the porch. We like it. BG lets us go in and out. When he gets done working on his blog he will go out and read. He started a new book this week.
BG was not very good at getting this picture. Someone was in our backyard. She was reading one of the meters so we had to get in her face and do a little barking.
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| Nap time! |
We like having green to enjoy in our yard also.
BG says we have Creeping Charlie in the yard. Wants to have it gone. I think it is soft.
Thanks to stopping to see us.
Woof!
Ginny wrote this for Facebook it. We are hoping he heals so he can come play with us.
Scamp joined our family St. Patrick's Day. Saturday, April 15 he was alone in the living room for few minutes before he let loose a blood curdling yelp. We took him to ISU small animal clinic where it was determined he had broken his leg. Monday they called and said that because he was only 12 weeks old and that the small bone is acting like a splint to the large bone he broke, he didn't require surgery. We had his bandage changed today and everything looks good. If all goes as hoped we will find out next Monday that the leg is healed.Trying to keep him from running, chasing the cat, jumping is like herding cats
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