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To: Clappy who wrote (47289)	10/6/2005 1:50:00 AM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 104155

:•) This is such a place. Get outta town. I'm serious, get and pack your clothes and get out of town. No I am kidding. Stay where you are, and send me a bus ticket. No! May I fly? Tourist class? I'm not spoiled. Could go with bus if you get all chincy on me.

To: Clappy who wrote (47289)	10/6/2005 5:53:50 AM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 104155

clapperoni- a $10.00 increase is not bad at all. joe charges $100 per load which is just shy of a full cord - cut and split to our fire box size. most reasonable i'd say. we could probably get some on our own but it would mean driving down island to where the logging company is working - a two hour drive. they generally leave stuff behind that they don't want, but i don't think we could get it any cheaper on our own - not with how the old bronco eats gas and we'd have to make several trips to pick up a cord. we're keeping our eyes open for a pick up truck - something like the russell t would suit just fine if it were diesel. they're out there but hard to find. years ago we got alder from the side of the road just outside of town after BC hydro came thru and cut down trees close to the power lines. that was cool. -hoser

To: Clappy who wrote (47289)	10/6/2005 9:50:22 AM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 104155

clapper~ P.S. One time I asked Croc how much her new camera cost and she told me it cost 15,000 lima beans. <g> yup, that's just about what it cost. now it probably would cost about 9,000 lima beans (you know how it goes with these digital cameras). BTW, She's overdue for a report. hmmmmm.. a report, huh? been off photographing more salamanders and also fall fungi. the warm weather has continued here... up in the 80s over the past 3 or 4 days and sunny. supposed to cool off tonight and be a bit rainy for the Thanksgiving weekend -- boo hiss. I've been painting the house this week -- the trim along the roofline and around a large south-facing window. Being visited by the odd curious hornet -- so far they've been fairly docile. good thing too, as it's not so much fun being stung while you're standing at the top of a ladder. <g/ng> today, i'll work on a bit more painting, and then make a lumber yard run to get some wood to build a set of steps for out in the garden going down to the lane level. still going out for daily insect walks around the farm to photograph end-of-season activity. the bluejays are hanging from the wild cucumber vines on the back sunporch -- the cucumbers have 2 large black seeds that look almost like huge watermelon seeds inside of them, and the bluejays just love those. we let the vines grow over the sides of the porch as it gives shade in the summer and we like the look of the cucumber pods.. wonder if i have a photo of them... yup. pbase.com Got some nice butterfly shots a couple of days ago... these are of one of the Comma butterflies.. I believe the Grey Comma -- they are named for the marking on the rear underwing that is like a comma. Neat-shaped wings on these. pbase.com pbase.com Also a few of a Milbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly: pbase.com pbase.com pbase.com The Canada geese are still flying over in large numbers, but for the past couple of days, most have been flying north instead of south. We're in a sort of transitional zone where some Canada's overwinter, so we get large flocks that just meander around and move a bit north or south depending on the weather. That never used to happen too much, but since the climate has changed over the past dozen years or so, we get quite a bit of open water on the rivers here, even through the middle of the winter, so some large flocks stick around and don't bother to head south as they used to. Seeing more ducks doing that now too. Well, the dew seems to be burning off, so time to get to work painting. ~croc