ONCE UPON A TIME
(a blast from the past)
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
ORB's workout
Date: May 13, 2013
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 47:18 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/44
(fastest workout of the day there)
"(Jenn) was so worried (May 13) that she had gone too fast. I had to assure her that the way he did it he didn't (go too fast)," McGaughey said. "I asked her this morning, 'Still think he went too fast?' She just laughed."
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78259/orb-comfortable-at-classic-distances#ixzz2TPEPpcfk
(over at Churchill Downs, DEPARTED worked out yesterday: four furlongs in 50:40)
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"As you can see, this year’s Preakness represents the history of Thoroughbred racing and the great equine and human families that built its foundation so many years ago. What we’re seeing this year is a rare glimpse into the past. The fabric of the sport has changed dramatically as all the founding families have died out and are now nothing more than mere names from a bygone era. But through it all, the Phipps dynasty lives on, and it was only a matter of time before a throwback like Orb came along to remind a new generation of horsemen and racing fans what was so special about this sport back in the so-called golden age of racing."
PREAKNESS HISTORY
written by Steve Haskin
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 47:18 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/44
(fastest workout of the day there)
"(Jenn) was so worried (May 13) that she had gone too fast. I had to assure her that the way he did it he didn't (go too fast)," McGaughey said. "I asked her this morning, 'Still think he went too fast?' She just laughed."
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78259/orb-comfortable-at-classic-distances#ixzz2TPEPpcfk
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Haskin's Preakness Report: Family Plot
"As you can see, this year’s Preakness represents the history of Thoroughbred racing and the great equine and human families that built its foundation so many years ago. What we’re seeing this year is a rare glimpse into the past. The fabric of the sport has changed dramatically as all the founding families have died out and are now nothing more than mere names from a bygone era. But through it all, the Phipps dynasty lives on, and it was only a matter of time before a throwback like Orb came along to remind a new generation of horsemen and racing fans what was so special about this sport back in the so-called golden age of racing."
PREAKNESS HISTORY
written by Steve Haskin
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"He always moved forward," Brennan added. "He was one of those, taking into account his pedigree, that you figured would get better with time. When I look back at the training charts and records it's clear he was a little quicker than average. He seemed to do things easily with that efficient stride."
(Secretariat had an efficient stride - a just about PERFECT stride)
Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78269/brennan-of-orb-he-always-moved-forward#ixzz2TPD4tsRZ
UPDATE MAY 15 ORB draws rail in Preakness "He won the Fountain of Youth from (post 1)," McGaughey said. "His first race was from post 1, and he finished third in a very good race. Obviously if I was going to pick the post, I wouldn't have picked post 1. But with only nine horses in there and with a rider like Joel (Rosario), he's going to figure out what to do." Read more on BloodHorse.com: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78279/orb-draws-rail-in-preakness-stakes#ixzz2TPXBhOZZ |
3D SCAN Reveal Caterpillars Turning into Butterflies
from The National Geographic
"This doesn’t drastically change what we knew about metamorphosis. There are some small insights—it seems that midway through the transformation, the big breathing tube that delivers oxygen to the flight muscles reattaches itself to a different set of openings on the insect’s torso. But the big picture stays the same. “I think it will provide instructive images for textbooks, but I don’t think it provided surprising new insights,” says David Champlin at the University of Southern Maine, who studies metamorphosis."
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from The National Geographic
"This doesn’t drastically change what we knew about metamorphosis. There are some small insights—it seems that midway through the transformation, the big breathing tube that delivers oxygen to the flight muscles reattaches itself to a different set of openings on the insect’s torso. But the big picture stays the same. “I think it will provide instructive images for textbooks, but I don’t think it provided surprising new insights,” says David Champlin at the University of Southern Maine, who studies metamorphosis."
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
GNPS Meeting
Door prizes again! The plant sale committee will bring 4 plants for door prizes:
Southern Appalachian Wildflower Hotspots
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
(doors open 6.30 – presentation starts 7.30)
Presented by videographer Kate Marshall of Kate Marshall Graphics, a studio that specializes in the natural and cultural history of the southern Appalachian mountains.
Kate will present a beautiful speaker-led video program showcasing favorite wildflower hotspots in the southern Appalachian Mountains. This program will include fantastic video of wild flowering plants, their pollinators and nearby wildlife such as bear, turkey and deer seen in North Georgia, Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.
Kate will present a beautiful speaker-led video program showcasing favorite wildflower hotspots in the southern Appalachian Mountains. This program will include fantastic video of wild flowering plants, their pollinators and nearby wildlife such as bear, turkey and deer seen in North Georgia, Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.
Kate Marshall Graphics, Inc., a husband and wife team of North Georgia (www.CoveBear.com), is the recipient of 10 international film awards for educational wildlife, mountain music, and nature documentary programs. Their beautiful DVDs will be available for purchase after the presentation.
GNPS will sell plants at the meeting.
If you were not able to come to the plant sale, we have some wonderful and beautiful plants left to sell:
unusual ferns, a few native azaleas, other shrubs and trees, and lots of great perennials both for sun and shade.
NATIVE PLANTS FOR SALE
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Happy to buy Native Plants and Happy to see Friends.
My Purchases
Native Azalea (a hybrid - Weston)
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| white, fragrant, late-blooming |
Rattlesnake Master
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) - Illinois Wildflowers
www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/rattlesnakex.htm
Penstemon species - 3 individuals
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| attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds |
Penstemon Website
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~awolfe/Penstemon/Penstemon.html
..... and, my own baby Longleaf Pine!
This afternoon
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| Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis |
Sunning and looking so fresh, so new..... brand spanking new
Origin of 'brand spanking new'
meaning of brand spanking new - The Online Slang Dictionary
onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/brand-spanking-new
*Yep, she IS brand spanking fresh! Yummy!! It's a Silvery Checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis. The species is pretty widespread, and can be abundant at times. A couple of times I've seen dozens in one day at Pigeon Mountain. They feed on various species of sunflower, and the caterpillars are gregarious, sometimes 15 - 20 all lined up on the underside of a single leaf.
:-) I do recall rearing them - sweet butterflies - Walter gave me some type of Yellow Composite that they have laid on in the past so I keep it around (even though that plant is a 'walker' .... It traveled from the far side of the yard right on up to the house's foundation .... appears :-> stuck there for now)
A Blast from The Past
Last Friday, while driving in town on our way to a Garden Tour, I caught a glimpse of a sculpture that had been removed, relocated from near the Westin Peachtree Plaza .... I never knew what had happened to it!
John turned his car about and we found another way to it - up a well worn path into the park ....
John turned his car about and we found another way to it - up a well worn path into the park ....
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| REUNITED and it feels so good |
and a HAPPY ENDING after all
New Endings. Sculpture..... Garden and Park in Atlanta. Address. Freedom Park ( near North Ave. NE at Euclid Ave. NE). Atlanta, GA 30307
Diane Solomon Kempler
New Endings. Sculpture..... Garden and Park in Atlanta. Address. Freedom Park ( near North Ave. NE at Euclid Ave. NE). Atlanta, GA 30307
Diane Solomon Kempler
presently
New Endings had been in a small park area on International at Spring Street .... the park was remodeled and the statue New Endings was removed ...... the sculpture nearby now is the figure of Andrew Young ..... (if my memory serves me right)
to see an image of the Andrew Young statue, click the link below-
"New Endings is a multi-part bronze fountain sculpture commissioned by the city of Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics conceived and executed by internationally known sculptor, Diane Solomon Kempler. Her work deals with transformations and transitions as they exist in nature and human beings. New Endings was first installed in Walton Spring Park on Andrew Young International Boulevard at Spring Street in 1996. When it was suggested that a new sculpture honoring Andrew Young be installed at that location, Ms. Kempler selected a location for New Endings in Freedom Park. In mid July 2008 three large boulders, which were part of the original installation, were moved to their new location in Freedom Park near the intersection of Euclid Avenue and North Avenue."
from The Freedom Park Conservancy
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I really need to find out all the information on the sculpture pictured below! In front of the Westin as well ....
to see an image of the Andrew Young statue, click the link below-
Apr 14, 2008 – A bronze statue of former Congressman and United Nations ... the corner of Spring Street and Andrew Young International Boulevard is not far ...
Bronze statue is celebration of Young's legacy in Atlanta | The ...
chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/04/14/met_194966.shtml
"New Endings is a multi-part bronze fountain sculpture commissioned by the city of Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics conceived and executed by internationally known sculptor, Diane Solomon Kempler. Her work deals with transformations and transitions as they exist in nature and human beings. New Endings was first installed in Walton Spring Park on Andrew Young International Boulevard at Spring Street in 1996. When it was suggested that a new sculpture honoring Andrew Young be installed at that location, Ms. Kempler selected a location for New Endings in Freedom Park. In mid July 2008 three large boulders, which were part of the original installation, were moved to their new location in Freedom Park near the intersection of Euclid Avenue and North Avenue."
from The Freedom Park Conservancy
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I really need to find out all the information on the sculpture pictured below! In front of the Westin as well ....
my photographs from etc etc etc ....... published 1/7/11
Monday, May 13, 2013
weeding always - planting on occasion
I am a Master Weeder ..... but not a master gardener.
Planting - is this the right place? and is this with the right neighbors? will I have to move it again?
etc etc etc
Today I planted the rest of the native grass, Danthonia, in the back yard.
A sedge has volunteered there and seeded and spread nicely. John will try to ID it for me. The back has poor soil and is mostly shady so any grass that wants to establish itself there is great news.
Planting - is this the right place? and is this with the right neighbors? will I have to move it again?
etc etc etc
Today I planted the rest of the native grass, Danthonia, in the back yard.
Danthonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A sedge has volunteered there and seeded and spread nicely. John will try to ID it for me. The back has poor soil and is mostly shady so any grass that wants to establish itself there is great news.
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