This is how you celebrate a Birthday!
This little guy, Owen, wise beyond his years, turned one recently and I couldn’t help admiring his cake eating method at his birthday party. Brilliant–I think we all should eat cake like this on our birthdays! |
June 30, 2008
June 25, 2008
Honey Bees, Up close
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In late May I visited Farmer Todd’s 3 generation cherry farm as the Honey Bees were busy pollinating the orchards. Honey bees are rented out by cherry farmers in the spring to insure pollination. The bees are delivered for a 1 to 2 week period when the bees cover up to a mile in radius visiting blooming cherry trees. I caught them at the end of the pollination period, but was nonetheless was easily mesmerized by the bees work, structure and soothing sounds.
Images by Gary L Howe. For more Honey Bee Images: Honey Bees |
June 6, 2008
Skill Swapping in East Jordan
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I participated in ISLAND’s 2nd annual Skill swap at the Wagbo Peace Center in East Jordan earlier in the spring. I went to learn about garden irrigation, seed transplanting, fire starting with friction and, gulp, chicken processing. The Radio Anyway piece I produced is at the link above (archive May 24th show). ISLAND also has a ncie online resource for skill swapping. Images below Seed Transplanting and Chicken processing.
Check out this resource: TheCityChicken.com. It’s a web site to encourage city folks to take the plunge into poultry! Missed the swap, check out How to Butcher a Chicken. If you’re really interested in the state of chicken processing, there have been several recent articles written in the national press.
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