tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67283605050101015402024-03-12T20:27:08.059-07:00Stay! Weird;Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-84904343834302332492012-06-19T15:53:00.003-07:002012-06-19T15:53:58.153-07:00The Lucky One<br />
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<i>After beginning my morning by waking up with Nayely, climbing with friends, and eating amazing food
on a warm sunny day, I have been feeling incredibly humbled and happy at the
thought of all that I have. Please excuse your sticky fingers as you read through the sappy bits. </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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I am so thankful for my loving, wonderful, and incredibly
beautiful and supportive girlfriend, Nahdxyeli. She deals with me in my off
moods just as happily as she also shares with me my insane happiness and hope.
She gives without asking for things in return, yet smiles so beautifully when
she does receive even the briefest of hugs. I hope to share these feelings with
her for the rest of my life. She cares for me in a way no one ever has and, in
time, I hope to show her that I love her just as much.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am so thankful that I have the freedom to think about what
it is I want to do with my life, including what to do with my summer after
graduation… whether it be working, traveling, being a climbing bum,
volunteering, interning…. Anything at all, I am very appreciative of the fact that
I am in the position to even <i>consider</i>
those various possibilities, let alone realize them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am so thankful for my close friends, who are equal parts interesting,
hilarious, supportive, loving, and open-minded. They are amazing, and keep me going!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am very thankful for my newfound passion and love in
climbing. I never thought that such a challenge, and whether you are able to
overcome that challenge or not, would feel so damned addicting and freeing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am so thankful that, with the mere addition of water and
some core nutrients, we can be provided with delicious and exciting foods like
curries, beans, and fruits, which then do in fact become <i>us</i> in a very real sense. So
many live without reliable food sources, yet I have so much and never have to
worry about going hungry. I’m simultaneously saddened and incredibly thankful
at this thought.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am very indebted to and thankful for such a wonderful
family, which has supported me from, quite literally, day 1 in order to achieve
my goals, work hard, be open, and to see the world.<o:p></o:p></div>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-82081367837051260512012-06-05T05:50:00.002-07:002012-06-05T05:50:37.381-07:002012 Organic Summer Garden: Week 7Photos care of Nahdxyeli's phone...<br />
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Kale!<br />
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Mysterious Nayely and sunset</div>
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Nahdxyeli and our oregano</div>
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<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-61357168065641422772012-05-22T22:47:00.001-07:002012-05-22T22:47:32.143-07:00More from "Eating Animals."<div style="text-align: left;">
I've slowly been plugging away at my evening readings of Jonathan Safran Foer's "Eating Animals," and I am extremely enjoying the experience, even though he sheds some pretty bright light on some very uncomfortable subjects. </div>
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The following are quotes from a letter written by a vegetarian cattle rancher (for Niman Ranch):</div>
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"Factory farming is the last system you'd create if you cared about sustainably feeding people over the long term... Their prices are artificially low-- what doesn't show up at the cash register is paid for over years and by everyone."<br />
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"I have a lot of vegan friends and acquintances, some of whom are connected with PETA or Farm Sanctuary, and many of them assume that eventually humanity will solve the factory-farming problem by getting people to quit eating animals. I disagree. At least, not in our lifetime. If that were possible, I think it would be many generations from now. So in the interim, something else has to happen to address the intense suffering caused by factory farms. Alternatives need to be advocated for and supported."<br />
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"...We're awaking to the irony of seeking out shampoo that's not tested on animals while at the same time (and many times a day) buying meat that's produced in profoundly cruel systems."<br />
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The following are quotes taken from another letter published in "Eating Animals," admittedly written by a PETA employee. Now this, I think, should be very persuasive even for those among us who just don't think about the subject much or who don't care incredibly much about the welfare of animals or the environment compared to the burdens at home and at work:</div>
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"... there is no ethical difference between eating meat and throwing vast quantities of food in the trash, since the animals we eat can only turn a small fraction of the food that is fed to them into meat calories--<i> <b>it takes six to twenty-six calories fed to an animal to produce just one calorie of animal flesh.</b></i>" (my emphasis)<br />
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And this, I think, is the most important point that we should take away from all that has been shown so far: "But it's not enough only to know what's right and wrong; action is the other, and more important, half of moral understanding."Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-1099593051488461232012-05-22T21:42:00.002-07:002012-05-22T21:42:38.734-07:00More musicDaft Punk's theme for the newer Tron film. Pretty chill, if you ask me.<br />
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TOBACCO's remix of Restiform Bodies' "Panic Shopper." Sick, retro (early 80s count as retro?) video. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jx0uUyaFTPo" width="560"></iframe>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-38539488965229345572012-05-17T22:40:00.001-07:002012-05-17T22:40:04.081-07:00"Eating Animals" excerpts, or: Why I've Gone Vegan<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tomorrow
marks one month that I decided to go vegan, and I must say that I am both
loving the effects (both mentally and physically) and feeling more justified in
my decision by the day. As an endeavor not necessarily (at least not
whole-heartedly) tied to my vegan experiment, I also began reading <i>“Eating Animals”</i> by Jonathon Safran
Foer, author of <i>“Everything is
Illuminated.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Eating Animals” </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">is by far the most persuasive,
gripping book documenting the author’s research into the animal industry,
originally dedicated to his hope of deciding, once and for all, whether to feed
his soon-to-be-born son meat or not.
What follows are excerpts that I have found especially
enlightening/breathtaking/persuasive, and I hope that more of what he has to
say on the matter can be read by more and more people. I must admit that I had already known a fair
amount of the intolerable treatment of <i>most</i>,
but not all, of our farm animals as well as some of the negative health effects
associated with frequent meat and dairy intake (higher rates of osteoporosis,
actually), but this book (and I think it’s primarily due to Foer’s superb
writing and the overall organization of the book) took that knowledge and ‘eww’
factor about meat, and the factory farm industry in general, to a whole new
level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you are a hardcore meat eater or a die-hard vegan, I hope that you’ll at least
come away with some new information or perhaps a new perspective from reading
these excerpts. I know that I have done so, and I’m not even finished with the
book yet. Just waiting to reach the
health and climate change sections…!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">An excerpt from, taken verbatim from
the <b>“Species Barrier”</b> section. (75,76) This story telling solidified Foer in my
mind as an excellent writer, and I hope you’ll see along with me just why I
feel that way. This is relatively long (2 pages in a large hardback), but I implore you to read this to the very last sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“The
Berlin Zoo (Zoologischer Garten Berlin) houses the largest number of species of
any zoo in the world, around 1,400. Opened in 1844, it was the first zoo in
German- the original animals were gifts from Frederick William IV’s menagerie—and
with 2.6 million visitors a year, it is the most trafficked zoo in Europe.
Allied air raids in 1942 destroyed nearly all of the infrastructure, and only
ninety-one animals survived. (It’s amazing that in a city in which people were
cutting down the public parks for firewood any animals survived at all.) Today
there are about fifteen thousand animals. But most people pay attention to only
one of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Knut,
the first polar bear born to the zoo in thirty years, entered the world on
December 5, 2006. He was rejected by his mother, the twenty-year-old Tosca, a
retired German circus bear, and his twin brother died four days later. It’s a
promising beginning for a bad TV movie, but not for a life. Little Knut spent
his first fourty-four days in an incubator. His keeper, Thomas Dorflein, slept
at the zoo in order to provide twenty-four-hour care. Dorflein bottle-fed Knug
every two hours, strummed Elvis’s “Devil in Disguise” on his guitar at Knut’s
bedtime, and was covered in cuts and bruises from all the roughhousing. Knut
weighed 1.8 pounds at birth, but by the time I saw him, about three months
later, he had more than doubled his weight. If all goes well, he will one day
be about two hundred times that size.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To
say that Berlin loved Knut would be a tragic understatement. Mayor Klaus
Wowereit checked the news every morning for fresh pictures of Knut. The city’s
hockey team, the Eisbaren, asked the zoo if they could adopt him as a mascot.
Numerous blogs—included one by Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin’s most widely read
paper—were dedicated to Knut’s hourly doings. He had his own podcast and
webcam. He even replaced the topless model in a number of daily newspapers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Four
hundred journalists came to Knut’s public debut, which far overshadowed the EU
summit taking place at the same time. There were Knut bow ties, Knut rucksacks
(that’s German-English for backpack), Knut commemorative plates, Knut pajamas,
Knut figurines, and probably, although I haven’t verified this, Knut panties.
Knut has a godfather, Sigmar Gabriel, the German environment minister. Another
zoo animal, the panda Yan Yan, was actually <i>killed</i>
by Knut’s popularity. Zookeepers speculate that the thirty thousand people
crowding into the zoo to see Knut overwhelmed Yan Yan—either overexcited her or
depressed her to death (it wasn’t clear to me). And speaking of death, when an
animal rights group raised the argument—only hypothetically, they later claimed—that
it would be better to euthanize an animal that raise it in such conditions,
schoolchildren took to the streets chanting ‘Knut must live.’ Soccer fans
chanted for Knut instead of their teams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If
you go to see Knut and get hungry, just a few feet from his enclosure is a
stand selling ‘Wurst de Knut,’ made from the flesh of factory farmed pigs,
which are at least as intelligent and deserving of our regard as Knut. This is
the species barrier.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">While speaking with Mario, a kill-man
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of nothing or everything, Mario starts talking about his dog, ‘a bird dog, a
small dog. A shih tzu’”… “He tells me, with obvious pleasure, about the
birthday party he recently held for his shih tzu, to which he and his family
invited the other local dogs- “all small dogs.” He took a photo of all the dogs
on the laps of their owners. He didn’t used to like small dogs. Thought they weren’t
real dogs. Then he got a small dog. Now he loves small dogs. The knocker [the
man tasked with killing the pig] comes out, waving his bloody arms, and takes
another pig.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mental states of pigs awaiting slaughter as he watches them:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“There’s
no obvious terror, no wailing or even huddling together. I do notice one pig,
however, that is lying on its side, trembling somewhat. And when the knocker
comes out, while all of the others jump to their feet and become agitated, this
one continues to lie there and tremble. If George[JSF’s dog] were acting that
way, we’d take her straight to the vet. And if someone saw that I wasn’t doing
anything for her, they would at least think my humanity was somehow deficient.
I ask Mario about the pig. ‘That’s just a pig thing,’ he says, chuckling.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from an animal activist (though, it should also be noted, one who is pro-life,
conservative on some issues, and certainly not a self-identified liberal), to
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something: Why is taste, the crudest of our senses, exempt from the ethical
rules that govern our other senses? If you stop and think about it, it’s crazy.
Why doesn’t a horny person have as strong a claim to raping an animal as a
hungry one does to killing and eating it? It’s easy to dismiss that question
but hard to respond to it.”</span></div>
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times for very little money.” –Frank Reese, from a letter exhibited in <i>Eating Animals<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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better than anyone, and I’m not trying to convince people to live by my standards
of what’s right. I’m trying to convince them to live by their own.” - Frank Reese, from a letter exhibited in <i>Eating Animals.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After detailing the origins of
the modern flu and its fatal strains (particularly H5N1 and H1N1) and giving
reasons (and not just his own, but from the WHO and the Cal Academy of Science’s
Dept. of Medicine) to worry about a new flu which will come about via (likely)
swine and avian flu ‘hybridization’, for lack of a better word…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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between 1 and 4 percent of the birds will die writhing in convulsions from
sudden death syndrome, a condition virtually unknown outside of factory farms. Another
… condition in which excess fluids fill the body cavity, ascites, kills even more
(5 percent of birds globally). Three out of four will have some degree of
walking impairment, and common sense suggests they are in chronic pain. One out
of four will have such significant trouble walking that there is no question
they are in pain.” – JSF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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studies and government records suggest that virtually all (upwards of 95
percent of) chickens become infected with E. Coli (an indicator of fecal
contamination) and between 39 and 75 percent of chickens in retail stores are
still infected. Around 8 percent of birds become infected with salmonella….Seventy
to 90 percent are infected with another potentially deadly pathogen,
campylobacter. Chlorine baths are commonly used to remove slime, odor, and
bacteria.” –JSF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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upon a time, USDA inspectors had to condemn any bird with such fecal
contamination. But about thirty years ago, the poultry industry convinced the
USDA to reclassify feces so that it could continue to use these automatic
eviscerators. Once a dangerous contaminant, feces are now classified as a ‘cosmetic
blemish.’” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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journalist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “’Every week,’ he reports, ‘millions
of chickens leaking yellow pus, stained by green feces, contaminated by harmful
bacteria, or marred by lung and heart infections, cancerous tumors, or skin
conditions are shipped for sale to consumers.’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up to you, and it’s up to me. As corny as it is, nothing could touch closer to the
truth- we<i> each</i> can make a difference and, together, we all can <i>be</i> the difference.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-83635340863219951112012-05-16T10:22:00.002-07:002012-05-16T10:22:40.868-07:00What I've Been Listening To: Audio File 1Birdy Nam Nam- "Parachute Ending." A beautiful vid, and a pretty sick song done by a funky electro master.<br />
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French rap and sweet beats by Ghislain Poirier. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6xGTlyk-tc"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/q6xGTlyk-tc" width="420"></iframe></a><br />
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AMAZING soundtrack song from Trentemoller for the movie "The Skin I Live In." A bit sinister, like something you'd here emitting out of a back alley as a well-planned crime took place.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PH_a2OcCmnI" width="420"></iframe>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-48189382033467159402012-05-16T10:09:00.002-07:002012-05-16T10:09:58.806-07:00Summer 2012 Organic Garden: Week 5I just spent a bit of my morning out in the garden, and I must stay... it looks... great! And it makes me feel great. Great combination? Yes.
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We're just about all-in! We've added some more basil in and around some other plants, and have planted zucchini squash, another roma tomato, 5 strawberry plants, a dyno kale plant, an artichoke plant, and some hybrid brussel sprout thing that was given to us at the Whole Earth Festival. We'll have to see how that one goes!
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I've turned in more manure and compost into the second main plot (where the tomato, strawberries, artichoke, and zucchini are) before the planting, so I hope to see those rewards! It's so great to see everything just sitting in the ground, awaiting water and sunlight and not begging me to take them out of a pot I bought them in a week ago...
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Italian large-leaf basil, oregano, and two annual bulbs that I had to repot. I think their original pots, lacking drainage, did them in. We'll see how they do after the repot!</div>
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The young champion- our indigo apple tomato showing off.</div>
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<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-7791697948023392692012-05-09T19:48:00.002-07:002012-05-09T19:48:41.927-07:002012 Summer Organic Garden: Week 4Bumble bees and hummingbirds in the sage. Tiny peppers already growing. Tomato flowers blooming and the hairs on the plants are growing stiffer and more resilient to my touch. They smell wonderful.<br />
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Last year, it was an engine block cemented to what became a fence post hole... this year, a 4' piece of rebar that I have NO idea how I missed when the garden was tilled last year. Oops!
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And our 'patio tomato' potted between both of last year's sage plants...<br />
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<b>In the ground</b> or <b>in the pot</b> as of 5/8/2012:<br />
1 indigo apple tomato<br />
1 roma tomato<br />
1 sweet 100 tomato<br />
1 pineapple tomato<br />
1 patio tomato<br />
6 red onions<br />
6 garlic<br />
1 sweet cucumber (bush variety)<br />
1 yellow squash<br />
1 spaghetti squash<br />
1 yellow bell pepper<br />
1 fresno chili pepper<br />
1 red bell pepper<br />
3 Italian Large Leaf basil<br />
1 Oregano<br />
1 purple beauty eggaplnt<br />
~12 kentucky wonder green bean plants<br />
~4-6 golden bean (pole variety) plants<br />
6 red chard<br />
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<b>Have but still need to plant</b>:<br />
1 roma tomato<br />
1 thai basil<br />
3 Italian Large Leaf basil<br />
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<b>Still want</b>:<br />
Zucchini<br />
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??Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-47258148115458682822012-05-03T18:51:00.000-07:002012-05-03T18:51:02.976-07:002012 Summer Garden: Week 34/18 Plantings: Red Onions (6) and Garlic (6).
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Earth Day Plantings!
4/22 Plantings: Spaghetti squash, yellow squash, roma tomato, pineapple tomato, sweet 100 tomato, sweet(bushy) cucumber, purple beauty eggplant, Kentucky wonder pole beans (from seed), and a sweet yellow bell pepper.
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Red onions and garlic!
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Family to the freed ones from last years worm bin, perhaps?
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First day of planting: 4/7/2012
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Time to weed and rip...
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It has begun!!Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-19168382977052670572012-05-03T18:33:00.001-07:002012-05-03T18:33:23.779-07:00UpdateI've been up to quite a bit since I've last updated... Where to begin?
<b>October</b>- Climbing! I was invited, along with the entire class, by a professor to come to Pipeworks and try rock climbing. Incredibly nervous as I sat in the car, I was then surprised to see only one other person show up- my friend Katie! We both were instantly hooked and, needless to say, it's my new passion. Pipeworks is a second home and where I go to let loose and feel my best. I love the act, the art, the movement... everything associated with climbing. I am in it for the long haul. I'm addicted to progress and to the joy of it all.
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<b>November</b>- After some prodding by my best friend(thanks, man!), I agreed to a blind date with someone who, two separate people assured me, I'd adore. And, lo and behold, I did! 11/11/11, Tower Cafe, Sacramento, CA. A slightly awkward introduction (no doubt made more awkward because it was immediately preceded by my walking up to the wrong women and smiling, thinking that it was Nahdxyeli), and we were off and running! For that hour Nahdxyeli and I ate very little and conversed quite a lot, and from the time I dropped her off I knew(read: hoped) that there would be something there... The very next day I anxiously returned her phone call, only to realize that I couldn't go jogging with her on the day she had hoped. That next night, though, I sucked it up enough to ask her if she'd be willing to hang out a bit. We did, we talked, we laughed, we spoke of our relative (dis)comfort about getting immediately into a relationship (which, of course, temporarily shot my spirits), but we shared a very light yet incredibly intimate kiss before she had to leave, and we've been arm-in-arm ever since! I love her, and I hope that we continue to make each other feel as happy and secure as we do now.
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<b>School</b>- Philosophy? Music? Geography? Double Major? Triple Major? Drop out and travel the world? .... I'm still figuring it out, 130 units later, but, mostly due to rising tuition costs and a growing apathy toward the education system as a whole, I will likely be graduating in the Spring of 2013 with a B.A. in Geography (emphasis: GIS and land use planning) with a minor (though I'd love it to be my second major) in Philosophy. I've made some wonderful friends in the Philosophy Club, though, and hope to keep that bond even as I drift back toward my other major and plan to leave CSUS.
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And now that the graduation mark has been pushed up, I really, deeply need to get all of my shit together this summer and figure out internship and volunteer/tutoring opportunities for the next year so that, if I still wish to do the Peace Corps come the year or two after school, I'll be ready to apply. Then again, I have no idea what I'm doing in a month, so why invest too much into next year just yet? I've come closer to adopting a 'one day at a time' approach, and have noticed my anxiety levels drop to nearly zero. Take that, life!
<b>Bishop</b>- I've been to Bishop, CA (a notorious climbing mecca on the West Coast) for the express purposes of climbing twice now, but my most recent trip was a very special one. I went down with some friends and Nahdxyeli, played in the snow, saw petroglyphs, camped, hung out around the fire and messed around on the slack line, soaked in natural hot springs, saw bats, and climbed 'till my arms and fingers hurt and bled. I <i>really</i> hope to make it down again before it gets too hot... perhaps a two-day trip in early-mid June to the Buttermilks or the Druids (where it'll be a bit cooler...).
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<b>Food and health</b>- I've recently gone vegan and have doubled my daily water intake, and am loving the effects. I am by far in a state much healthier than I've ever been, and am climbing harder and running much easier than I ever have been able to in the past.
<b>Yosemite and STF!</b>- I've continued my volunteer work for Save the Frogs!, namely at the Oakland Zoo for their <i>Action for Animals </i> event, and most recently in Yosemite National Park as a participant in Save the Frogs Day! I'm loving the work the STF! does, and have grown more out of my shell as of late, my confidence level rising and my inability to speak outwardly and openly to a public audience is slowly diminishing. I hope to continue volunteering in the future and spreading awareness of the amphibian extinction crisis. www.savethefrogs.comCodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-75495001027971121032011-11-03T22:28:00.000-07:002011-11-03T22:42:54.334-07:00Garden update and NEW BLOG! (?)So, I fail at providing photos for the deconstruction process of this Summer's garden but, rest assured, it is <span style="font-style:italic;">deconstructed</span>. Currently, nothing is planted. And I'm not sure if anything will get planted this winter... we'll just have to wait and see. I have continually turned the soil, and turned in the soil created by the worms in my worm bin (and the worms as well...). So, if anything, next year's garden will (hopefully) be pretty amazing. The soil already looks so much richer than it did in early May.<br /><br />Also, I have created a new (serious) blog for the random thoughts and essays I write (generally between 11pm and 2am) on nights after reading some particular article for problem of evil seminar. I currently don't have any goal for a schedule or posting regimen, but the end game is for it to provide an outlet for my more serious writings and to keep motivated to continue philosophy(-esque) writing in the "off-season."<br /><br />I have received a rather warm reception with some recent papers, and so would love for this blog to provide a conduit to better the writing aspect of it as well as to (hopefully) act as a tool to hone at least <span style="font-style:italic;">some</span> of my personal philosophy down from "I'll be damned if I venture outside of the role of devil's advocate" for most issues over into some firmer territory. <br /><br />But, just as I must do for the garden, I'll just have to wait and see!<br />http://musingsofanamateurphilosopher.blogspot.com/Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-35558648186639149602011-09-12T00:47:00.001-07:002011-09-12T00:49:11.712-07:00Reading List 2011: UpdatedSeptember: "The Skull Of Connemara" (a short play)<br /><br />Hopeful Fall reading: Beckett's novels, a few Alan Furst (I need to get caught up!), and Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov." To finish that one, though, I'm expecting to need some Prozac.Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-1744594725232022122011-09-10T22:41:00.000-07:002011-09-10T22:41:14.161-07:002011 Summer Garden NewsThings are dying. Things are being ripped up and dried and mulched. Things are still being made into food (spaghetti sauce was a huge success). Fall garden thoughts need to turn into action here rather soon...Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-61101186636291471602011-08-28T21:42:00.000-07:002011-08-28T22:23:46.999-07:00In preparation for: school, selling albums, sleep, etc.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bCUZX6g8BM&feature=related
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">January</span>- Life of Pi, Shining City (a play), Ruined (a play); The Sunset Limited (a novel in dramatic form)
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">February</span>- Nobody Move (a novel); Vagabonding (travel stories/advice)
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">March</span>- The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (travel story); Pillowman (a play); Assorted Malcolm Gladwell articles; Anthem (a short novel); Still Life With Woodpecker (novel)
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">April</span>- Promethea: Book 1 (Comic); Batman: Killing Joke (Comic); Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah’s Beard (Travel/History); assorted Stephen Jay Gould essays from Eight Little Piggies; assorted issues of Spawn (1-6) (Comic)
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">May</span>- What Is The What (a non-fiction novel(yes))
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">June and July</span>- Getting Stoned With Savages (travel)
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">July</span>- Waiting for Godot (a play)
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<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">August</span>- Mountains of Madness (story by H.P. Lovecraft)
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<br />"A voice from other epochs belongs in a graveyard of other epochs. As it was, however, the noise shattered all our profoundly seated adjustments- all our tacit acceptance of the inner-antarctic as a waste utterly and irrevocably void of every vestige of normal life. What we heard was not the fabulous note of any buried blasphemy of elder earth from whose supernal toughness an age-denied polar sun had evoked a monstrous response. Instead, it was a thing so mockingly normal and so unerringly familiarized by our sea days off Victoria Land and our camp days at McMurdo Sound that we shuddered to think of it here, where such things ought not to be. To be brief- it was simply the raucous squawking of a penguin."
<br />-H.P. Lovecraft, excerpt taken from <span style="font-style:italic;">Mountains of Madness</span>
<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-28090333256422272852011-08-15T15:15:00.001-07:002011-08-15T15:24:33.183-07:00Veg Feasts(or, if you will, minor snacks)/Affairs in the Kitchen: 2Late-night snack: fried tofu dog diced up with leftover restaurant potatoes and avocado over whole wheat pita bread spread with artichoke hummus. I slept like a baby that night...
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<br />Complete (and almost perfect) vegetarian whole wheat pizza
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<br />Sauce fixins' (diced homegrown zucchini and romas, onions, garlic, basil, and oregano)
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<br />Homemade whole wheat pizza dough
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<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-70751058991985610302011-08-15T12:49:00.001-07:002011-08-15T13:24:54.908-07:00Organic Backyard Garden 2011: Week 12Tripod/Richard Nixon Rosita Eggplant
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<br />So much food... I'm beginning to experience the problem that many have warned me about. Namely, HOW CAN I USE ALL OF THIS? My philosophy on this is as follows: Use what I can, when I can. If I can't use it immediately, store for no more than 3-4 days, by which point I will have either thought of a meal to incorporate it with, OR find a new home for it (my dad, my coworkers, my mother's coworkers, etc...). If this does not succeed, there is always the Sacramento Food Bank, where I dropped off a large paper bag full of assorted veggies which I surely wasn't going to be able to eat before they went bad. And hey, at least someone in need will be eating them! And, most importantly, (I assume) they will not go to waste (ie- in the trash).
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<br />If all of this fails, and I forget or neglect some produce which then begins to turn, I have been chopping every bit of it up for either composting or worm bin food- both of which will eventually return to my soil.
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<br />Rosita Eggplant
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<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-44609869097124992012011-08-04T20:50:00.001-07:002011-08-15T13:08:40.511-07:00Backyard Garden 2011: Week 11<span style="font-weight:bold;">Some thoughts over the past few weeks</span>
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<br />Bees about. The deepness of the violets and purples of the Ichiban and Rosita eggplants.
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<br />The brightness of Sweet 100 tomatoes.
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<br />Anticipation for my first taste of my roma tomatoes, soy beans, and rosita eggplants.
<br />The smell of the worm bin- seeing all of the life fostered in it, and knowing that the waste is not going to the landfill, and is instead going to feed my garden and soil in future seasons.
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<br />The simple joy of picking this season's first pole beans. It occurred to me, while fixing my eyes to a particularly bulbous bean deep within the recesses of the bean plant jungle affixed to a wire fence, that we are amazingly adapted for hand-eye coordination. I did not have to plan my attack, nor did I have to constantly refer back to bean, hand, bean, and then hand again to determine the trajectory which my hand should take to acquire the green morsel. Instead, I was so simply able to stare at the bean, jut my hand through the fence hole, and, without accidentally nabbing a single leaf or errant bean or stem, navigate through that jungle and affix my hand to that single bean that I'd been staring at. Simple, yes. Amazing, still a yes.
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<br />Anticipation of cantaloupe!
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<br />Relief at seeing new Beefsteak tomato growth!
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<br />Excitement at thinking of a fall/winter garden with a bit more experience under my (proverbial) belt.
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<br />The second application of organic Bloom feed to the garden, as well as the application of organic treatment for the aphids on my sunflowers.
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<br />Stoked!- Soy Beans, ahoy!
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<br />Soy Beans
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<br />Incoming Rosita Eggplant!
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<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-79117091037886315172011-08-01T20:15:00.001-07:002011-08-15T12:54:52.563-07:00A Morning in the Sierra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAq1ep5IYFPHz0bAKAfFge1JsRZ8Uv6uO9Rzpt13-JoED-CuQvZTuprqolEEznu4AQhfxqaD_z3sWtTRqt5ssB27PBg2UGgFcZmUXR2hiHVrUwjUYn-AmLhG8cFyXHdo03wEUglLw3vs/s1600/IMG_1601.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAq1ep5IYFPHz0bAKAfFge1JsRZ8Uv6uO9Rzpt13-JoED-CuQvZTuprqolEEznu4AQhfxqaD_z3sWtTRqt5ssB27PBg2UGgFcZmUXR2hiHVrUwjUYn-AmLhG8cFyXHdo03wEUglLw3vs/s400/IMG_1601.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641173449495352338" /></a>
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<br />Relaxing while reading Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot, listening to water crashing and swirling down the rocks around me.
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<br />Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-74759373088918398802011-08-01T20:14:00.002-07:002011-08-07T21:19:59.576-07:00Backyard Garden: Week 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNtRkMHvgO4qygnR3zBNSUbt2j-Bt2wOwq3fMHY-CHmxMvZG_QaYRUc60kIUkUYurr667rIHe6eO6mBzEkud3S4ZR8BG8pNMo8hfSQYA-3-3-536pK5JrAb0uRX4YSf98sPHYmRuvj44/s1600/IMG_1572.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNtRkMHvgO4qygnR3zBNSUbt2j-Bt2wOwq3fMHY-CHmxMvZG_QaYRUc60kIUkUYurr667rIHe6eO6mBzEkud3S4ZR8BG8pNMo8hfSQYA-3-3-536pK5JrAb0uRX4YSf98sPHYmRuvj44/s400/IMG_1572.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638335033278426466" /></a><br />Compost, two different stages, 3 months in...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQMFn9fnmNjaJoFa59s5B1tQgJ8UI49b3K_IlIODxgtEH25mSsXT-2UtWTDb3yPGJ0qGAAXWwNx-v6eKSglWRp-yb7uhGW6-sImwZv_tMuCgp7b2OBV759vyH9A-sZG5SDMcncPZY-3A/s1600/IMG_1571.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQMFn9fnmNjaJoFa59s5B1tQgJ8UI49b3K_IlIODxgtEH25mSsXT-2UtWTDb3yPGJ0qGAAXWwNx-v6eKSglWRp-yb7uhGW6-sImwZv_tMuCgp7b2OBV759vyH9A-sZG5SDMcncPZY-3A/s400/IMG_1571.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638334602591191170" /></a><br />Worm bin, 2 1/2 months in. I'm loving not only the sense that I'm helping to create new and healthy soil amendment for the next seasons, but also in the fact that I've created an ecosystem for dozens of lifeforms in this very container.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2dX8wMJFwRULBKTbmHxiVaifMykl15WTlnPGs-7_u6-LlCEwJugrODHQojIveU3stWg4lpzEtUGSF1A5zvEW7qj5HBqXz8MVgicttSKsoDopw8cJ5ce6ef2UmLLt7YgJQDXR2LCNqZU/s1600/IMG_1570.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2dX8wMJFwRULBKTbmHxiVaifMykl15WTlnPGs-7_u6-LlCEwJugrODHQojIveU3stWg4lpzEtUGSF1A5zvEW7qj5HBqXz8MVgicttSKsoDopw8cJ5ce6ef2UmLLt7YgJQDXR2LCNqZU/s400/IMG_1570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638334437814049970" /></a><br />A Beautiful Harvest<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNSlxM-oTklwPJbioqC_lYzn9hWoyoPwV9hFh0pZRe6nZoY_fJtBfle7vBBMV0gyRkCKEzgwoQUDI5htg3xmodm8jlDthqfm4EeSIJ4omHfawTU1vqdHYs8Xu9xGnyxegEyNyE2Y4954/s1600/IMG_1568.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMWLfqnvq3-ZMzD8GUKW-OFX40QcIe63_j4lxVJxR8W3bxPrkUGfimgyG24X4bD44x3bEoa3Jf0mSiVOcItwS7o2v8ZtWmNI9ogqzkSeorI9I8nLfIvJ9j3zFFP9ews7UYT5YEVO1fSw/s400/IMG_1565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638334043625531346" /></a><br />Soy Beans<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOggFvvpkcwj8L4WUFfhAmSHZNQqRValmzDEfg-h__75m7bBdp0o3x2gFsq5LCMNzC0O9kHWqkGJFVnhTg0Cdr45K14gGcr4ThgwGURzRLcuuckCDDmZUQv6DU-XZPkhOFMWgHgAv0s-U/s1600/IMG_1564.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOggFvvpkcwj8L4WUFfhAmSHZNQqRValmzDEfg-h__75m7bBdp0o3x2gFsq5LCMNzC0O9kHWqkGJFVnhTg0Cdr45K14gGcr4ThgwGURzRLcuuckCDDmZUQv6DU-XZPkhOFMWgHgAv0s-U/s400/IMG_1564.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638333906308713826" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVOrgYP_TUPgStEoHcLEMW8tAH_pPZ1SLeuMMkjmoj9Pyk0aBNduX_DTwx-5wjcisqb8mBdCvztP6D3j6I1f4fRC5lG2-UNlO_umlArX5aCSPRq8PMe6IO65KHRGvilnC586Y-UNjPEI/s1600/IMG_1563.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZnKV9MvdHZ5rUlR3rXfv6O9VNjQOvOYcLuSf3R5sHRGQfr9J-vDoK1Tka9Rvr6EvU8PZXEUcktQ_qntGrNIrQcTyC0qy4xpMhWrzBxP4NWqneRAASmtjXxiuN1t33kl1Aozv12j795g/s400/IMG_1556.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638333583465554498" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aqQZ6NkDIaOHvwOO8im5p5ZsE-lJMFA75z-EV_nd-96EfwRR6Py8-iB5Fz42rV_PbG-BHH4RiNt3OfFKmdTSCcIUp0t-p0i2nJrNRzP386MtkSZdmHCentEvxRduY67umswP1WmOHj0/s1600/IMG_1553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aqQZ6NkDIaOHvwOO8im5p5ZsE-lJMFA75z-EV_nd-96EfwRR6Py8-iB5Fz42rV_PbG-BHH4RiNt3OfFKmdTSCcIUp0t-p0i2nJrNRzP386MtkSZdmHCentEvxRduY67umswP1WmOHj0/s400/IMG_1553.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638333436144592146" /></a>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-535001745176482642011-08-01T20:14:00.001-07:002011-08-06T19:45:19.186-07:00Backyard Garden: Week 9<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpe1sqYjdFrqLGEG0jKnmR5Qx7Vh5iuT55dU0BobWutasRJHNNh7qPEa9l-SPM8qPfn-E3uDb0Ke5NuX8yeIqoBx1OQ2L2LK20abzZz3N_epZfbk6whainfjxplfXYDjNxoOiPpSY3js/s1600/IMG_1552.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpe1sqYjdFrqLGEG0jKnmR5Qx7Vh5iuT55dU0BobWutasRJHNNh7qPEa9l-SPM8qPfn-E3uDb0Ke5NuX8yeIqoBx1OQ2L2LK20abzZz3N_epZfbk6whainfjxplfXYDjNxoOiPpSY3js/s320/IMG_1552.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637939355826356354" /></a><br />A filthy gardener with his first carrot. ...Yes, I know...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoqF3RUFCRx1N3_XfN594YeAakEXU3JuW8RpURkB-7mjDoYPAA6t61UMP0SrGNjWLlcZ7-rKxrTuSOze0yB1S6IGa6ZzwgcTSk6qQE8I_yHTQL2xOMSjkTbuQmJJZc8R2PWcW73hGRns/s1600/IMG_1543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoqF3RUFCRx1N3_XfN594YeAakEXU3JuW8RpURkB-7mjDoYPAA6t61UMP0SrGNjWLlcZ7-rKxrTuSOze0yB1S6IGa6ZzwgcTSk6qQE8I_yHTQL2xOMSjkTbuQmJJZc8R2PWcW73hGRns/s400/IMG_1543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637939178950286338" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5H2P5QIQHImuF4NEq0m82eLLPEOBvFUprKmdTehAQq2EgEOXFrcmI9LSwLG3gknAqH7A_u3teslOX9bcN0BhhMoA4XGzurzuPKeqSyT75C1RFQ9XBKlMPFP4MgVrX549tu-1xKuMYUyw/s1600/IMG_1547.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5H2P5QIQHImuF4NEq0m82eLLPEOBvFUprKmdTehAQq2EgEOXFrcmI9LSwLG3gknAqH7A_u3teslOX9bcN0BhhMoA4XGzurzuPKeqSyT75C1RFQ9XBKlMPFP4MgVrX549tu-1xKuMYUyw/s400/IMG_1547.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637939010421083826" /></a><br />Beefcake? Beefsteak!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-upHB3Wv6oU91D1MEK-nP8w7nIqpoW5EMDBsWMW88BDRfWut9mXdadGG8jTfHlHRaionkKwLdUECircDDgXBawA-gWOIZzRKEq_7XN7TlTFDu4n1zT3DWJ0JgpUvejIxSmHDyB06VjM/s1600/IMG_1542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-upHB3Wv6oU91D1MEK-nP8w7nIqpoW5EMDBsWMW88BDRfWut9mXdadGG8jTfHlHRaionkKwLdUECircDDgXBawA-gWOIZzRKEq_7XN7TlTFDu4n1zT3DWJ0JgpUvejIxSmHDyB06VjM/s400/IMG_1542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637938844502472082" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5b44LobC9mznuaJMsxrz9SZCi2vUwLXmF-mHopQo3w7V5kGJDo9871DZgFw8yx5sRgRtfnsYOioZTEq9IXYB-jGjVYAAALJpM5AGQXi1DFoXz0f6yX2zCL3SlMlYXw-5a29-_ugJZ9I/s1600/IMG_1549.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5b44LobC9mznuaJMsxrz9SZCi2vUwLXmF-mHopQo3w7V5kGJDo9871DZgFw8yx5sRgRtfnsYOioZTEq9IXYB-jGjVYAAALJpM5AGQXi1DFoXz0f6yX2zCL3SlMlYXw-5a29-_ugJZ9I/s400/IMG_1549.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637938668480812146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOq1BYRZrxezh1gXe0KRfxCHocLyJBLUq3qb42OALSnXvknlkE-twKwKTdPAnu4LMmok8Bf6AW1ClQkT1vBOmAV29z2CGQGOzGBmrWL6e0_mVsh3UWrKm-j53pxRT67lo8DUNxkMW9EBA/s1600/IMG_1540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOq1BYRZrxezh1gXe0KRfxCHocLyJBLUq3qb42OALSnXvknlkE-twKwKTdPAnu4LMmok8Bf6AW1ClQkT1vBOmAV29z2CGQGOzGBmrWL6e0_mVsh3UWrKm-j53pxRT67lo8DUNxkMW9EBA/s400/IMG_1540.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637938552971497762" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWhLxUtszZ-6mrYo_qane7Gdb6lRrJ186zqtv_PMbOmKvofhmGX7mPiwYWO9Zx8B7wzYhgLErXviEM3YlHQBRVXzQw52OkeMw8BRPydHk8nooZdEsWZKz9ln9jqVulRZtbRCGczqBW8A/s1600/IMG_1539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWhLxUtszZ-6mrYo_qane7Gdb6lRrJ186zqtv_PMbOmKvofhmGX7mPiwYWO9Zx8B7wzYhgLErXviEM3YlHQBRVXzQw52OkeMw8BRPydHk8nooZdEsWZKz9ln9jqVulRZtbRCGczqBW8A/s400/IMG_1539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637938134627383218" /></a><br />Mavras peppers. Pretty tasty, rather small (at least in pepper terms), and with only a mild head.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgNgJuasoLexF3qGAuAUJ0vqZaJqi3Qlv8kLNt1M5X33MRsxR6s7LZV87SWu2mjustNaup8Ghx1ku2D19XgKhf5xNJHbvgfpKXRmSnlbxopikFZQAnG5J0Re7dNK45SCPWWBzGIEol3k/s1600/IMG_1544.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgNgJuasoLexF3qGAuAUJ0vqZaJqi3Qlv8kLNt1M5X33MRsxR6s7LZV87SWu2mjustNaup8Ghx1ku2D19XgKhf5xNJHbvgfpKXRmSnlbxopikFZQAnG5J0Re7dNK45SCPWWBzGIEol3k/s400/IMG_1544.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637937899851128578" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsN4AQ-XLs-nkPbf2b5fFmSEjN5nNxqf7dvKDwBAIm3sw3tK-CVVcoq-s_xUKQg96wMlBrlNpGRkIJbyFbjasSU3jJVwWwRKXHrcJL1bcz93BuL1HuypklJY8aWyGrSHQQ9uX1UPllWk/s1600/IMG_1535.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsN4AQ-XLs-nkPbf2b5fFmSEjN5nNxqf7dvKDwBAIm3sw3tK-CVVcoq-s_xUKQg96wMlBrlNpGRkIJbyFbjasSU3jJVwWwRKXHrcJL1bcz93BuL1HuypklJY8aWyGrSHQQ9uX1UPllWk/s400/IMG_1535.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637937549890079106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_Z-oxDztRaQdTt9NI7h26oaS6oHl_PT4HSLqTVXw6rR4WAuSrMGMYnVYhjdCV8Qwr1R88dcJaONMY87uQcQW0SuByT-WvAMGAVojqANB_dbcWAS2HqXwSTgglA4b8syCPilaBkeglR4/s1600/IMG_1534.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_Z-oxDztRaQdTt9NI7h26oaS6oHl_PT4HSLqTVXw6rR4WAuSrMGMYnVYhjdCV8Qwr1R88dcJaONMY87uQcQW0SuByT-WvAMGAVojqANB_dbcWAS2HqXwSTgglA4b8syCPilaBkeglR4/s400/IMG_1534.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637937298769477458" /></a><br />Pole Bean flowers<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvu01Y78RHHgZK4VOhYi5rRySi32XVGm_kAnvAbbGuBCzdiaGccpcTkslf0PiQc6Bl9ay9MAuNbv11cxgwbMEzhoUXTGEdQAEsR6K45cRAHLL2kWJYxUr4krxSPQOMZb-QCj_Tbtn0H8/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvu01Y78RHHgZK4VOhYi5rRySi32XVGm_kAnvAbbGuBCzdiaGccpcTkslf0PiQc6Bl9ay9MAuNbv11cxgwbMEzhoUXTGEdQAEsR6K45cRAHLL2kWJYxUr4krxSPQOMZb-QCj_Tbtn0H8/s400/IMG_1533.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637937184165037090" /></a>Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-56037816156239424902011-07-16T19:50:00.003-07:002011-08-06T19:47:46.644-07:00Operation: Transplant!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFvgGZGljVxTvv6CT_ZDKSI2JifobuP8_2hCOwThrl_4iFPQ8FnsUVSu4J_CsZPcEe3CNjDxJsQLaDvqMjHegEfEPBgsnf_IrmzuvlvSEqm_9vOPthI7WwxfObcB0rZQDVkntOgIurns/s1600/IMG_1526.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFvgGZGljVxTvv6CT_ZDKSI2JifobuP8_2hCOwThrl_4iFPQ8FnsUVSu4J_CsZPcEe3CNjDxJsQLaDvqMjHegEfEPBgsnf_IrmzuvlvSEqm_9vOPthI7WwxfObcB0rZQDVkntOgIurns/s320/IMG_1526.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637940098159956066" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">UPDATE: OPERATION FAILED</span><br />Suspected cause: left out too long before transplanting.<br /><br /><br /><br />Day 0<br />Michael's tomatoes needed a new home, and my garden was simply begging: "More 'Maters!"<br /><br />Hence,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLt-tBx2eEi7IwUgShpnkJEKivm3YESokE9reCex3LrUbOP0_CBmCa4VFKZB0OtVLOuepurQo8rj0_KoNqxs10lpZtZ_S36QNpBwCkD3uL5nuYDSJuonhwwc0y0mZB2GPwzpjvORHo-U/s1600/IMG_1527.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLt-tBx2eEi7IwUgShpnkJEKivm3YESokE9reCex3LrUbOP0_CBmCa4VFKZB0OtVLOuepurQo8rj0_KoNqxs10lpZtZ_S36QNpBwCkD3uL5nuYDSJuonhwwc0y0mZB2GPwzpjvORHo-U/s320/IMG_1527.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630148937820395970" /></a><br /><br />I hold no expectations for their recovery at this point, as they were extremely wilted by the time I was able to plant them. HOWEVER, I was able to 'feed' them quite a bit using a local Hydro store's homebrewed tea, and some Age Old Bloom, meant to provide nutrients for root growth and provide vitamins (especially necessary in times of stress). So, we shall see how/if they bounce back!Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423865626405716101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728360505010101540.post-76921901720037944332011-07-16T19:50:00.001-07:002011-08-06T19:33:49.740-07:00Backyard Garden 2011: Week 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoQPErtselH5GKHQV3Uz6mVMCboXxfg3LBaGnQRLRJLThGvsiIKSBZLClfOlk_CzwynVndPSb4MTpOoxJXPLxXzZbFHgFadK8yBuZdVyGrxVYh03OO2WEUh-XxlLenW647wNBial8qFw/s1600/IMG_1521.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoQPErtselH5GKHQV3Uz6mVMCboXxfg3LBaGnQRLRJLThGvsiIKSBZLClfOlk_CzwynVndPSb4MTpOoxJXPLxXzZbFHgFadK8yBuZdVyGrxVYh03OO2WEUh-XxlLenW647wNBial8qFw/s320/IMG_1521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637936377560199954" /></a><br />Roma tomatoes, going crazy.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndYjN_vkbwXtFgZb5gCcHvgtWMxt5ahObsNOwkKCbtoTL5z5z2caoiVne3WBSpSw3-tdCMameYsCJPYAdNQe6Z1qa5nM7rWmXUl9sYcyxIxgfkTN4yYLKWOtn9_RNAut7Spa2MdNFcww/s1600/IMG_1525.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndYjN_vkbwXtFgZb5gCcHvgtWMxt5ahObsNOwkKCbtoTL5z5z2caoiVne3WBSpSw3-tdCMameYsCJPYAdNQe6Z1qa5nM7rWmXUl9sYcyxIxgfkTN4yYLKWOtn9_RNAut7Spa2MdNFcww/s320/IMG_1525.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637936237070936098" /></a><br />Food for Food!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6Ne4BxwBYMduSEzRTxBFVZBU0Se4K8jNUX-tc7d0gubqd_ewogjiq5uEp-MZihqYFkqWISaMh5XSbQEltPZ-VHLoh3w9un3GcDDLEA5FKiEgzJhcBPxlDG3c2ajXWtt9xRwpMM2Hrik/s1600/IMG_1524.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6Ne4BxwBYMduSEzRTxBFVZBU0Se4K8jNUX-tc7d0gubqd_ewogjiq5uEp-MZihqYFkqWISaMh5XSbQEltPZ-VHLoh3w9un3GcDDLEA5FKiEgzJhcBPxlDG3c2ajXWtt9xRwpMM2Hrik/s320/IMG_1524.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637935979049186146" /></a><br />Garlic growing in the worm bin. Hmm...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMk2UjtiPqElS_TqrUiuTqxdL2_iugX9b4vVhUhr8BA8jud1ehrC6mRF03kbyEmkPtScXB1c-CymDsp-CYx45QVgWadBfLwHN9JDpJJbfhpLm1p4ECINJIOc4a7QDK-d1kSWNrzODy4qA/s1600/IMG_1520.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMk2UjtiPqElS_TqrUiuTqxdL2_iugX9b4vVhUhr8BA8jud1ehrC6mRF03kbyEmkPtScXB1c-CymDsp-CYx45QVgWadBfLwHN9JDpJJbfhpLm1p4ECINJIOc4a7QDK-d1kSWNrzODy4qA/s320/IMG_1520.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637935873623040370" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjpsXx0SuGYEkSORyywFUwYev7vD2cDYNAWF4varVTYu54fvxYFXntggVlWSqAAKDEB_CQQ44fDLp_IjByNnkZ4gwQTrozooP6YO5MLBIKWtIm6qBK4h2QNWg9lTdPKzgkjEvuG1CF68/s1600/IMG_1522.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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