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[calhound]

hi eaglette! jim had to mow around his shop i said you would love to mow and he said well get her over here! if we get some rain soon be tons to mow!

[Eaglette]

hi eaglette! jim had to mow around his shop i said you would love to mow and he said well get her over here! if we get some rain soon be tons to mow!

   Tell Jim my teleporter is on the fritz.   

Maybe you could bring the grass to my home??  lol

[jpalmken]

What a good looking fellow.  Ted.



Today, the last Friday in July, starts out with continued rain  here.  I hope the rest of you are doing better with mild, dry weather and that the heat wave many of you have experienced has abated.  I go to the doctor this morning to get the results of that MRI.  Wouldn't it be wonderful to find out what is causing my pain.

Let us make the most of the day we have been given.

[calhound]

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Ted, Spider - UPDATE July 28, 2016
28 July 2016
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A Lily Fan took this picture of Ted that looks like a painting. Nice.

The Striped Fishing Spider that spun an egg sac on June 26 laid eggs in it, covered them with webbing, Ted
Ted
and carried the egg sac in her jaws until the eggs hatched July 27 and she wove this nursery web for her newly hatched offspring. She was unable to eat the crickets in her living quarters while carrying it. I?m told she is now defending her nursery web against the crickets instead of eating them. We?ll learn how long she stays with her young.

Striped fishing spider with young
Striped fishing spider with young
The North American Bear Center will have a booth in Ely?s Blueberry Festival that starts tomorrow (Friday) and runs through Sunday in Whiteside Park in the center of Ely. It is Ely?s biggest festival.

Thank you for all you do.

Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

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[calhound]

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[ruesgram]

Cal, love the pic of Boobie and Jim! Pretty kitchen, too. I'm so sorry that you lost your Boobie.   Cool pic of Mrs. Spider and all her babes! A Blueberry Festival sounds good! Think of all the yummies made with blueberries!  You asked if we got in the pool the other day and no we didn't because it was too hot outside! Lol! Stayed inside with the ac! Crow and I are the only ones that get in our pool. Molly gets in but only on the steps. Boo wants nothing to do with it! Robin and her friend Tasha got in the pool a couple weeks ago. Other than that, no one else besides us has been in the pool this season! Both my sisters hate it. My brother in law likes it but he never comes over any more. Coyote shooting George has his own pool that he never goes in. His wife Terry is in theirs all the time though. She has a chair float that she likes to sit in and float and read. They also have 6 grandkids that love to play in their pool. It's George's fault that we got the in-ground pool. We had the above ground when Robin was in Jr and Sr high school and there were kids in it all the time. Then George put in his in-ground. He said that's what we needed because all the kids would have so much more fun with an in-ground. And our future grandkids would love it! So that's why we tore down the above ground and installed the in ground. Then all the kids that use to come to the pool grew up and most moved away.  And as you know, we never got any grandkids!  Lately we have talked about filling in the pool but we do enjoy it, just not everyday!

Jp, hope you find out what's wrong today!

Obsver, Anne cut my hair exactly the way I wanted it! She gets annoyed with me because I always shower before I go to her shop. She doesn't want me to wash my hair! She says it is easier to cut dirty! Sorry, Anne, but I don't go anywhere with dirty hair! Lol!

[calhound]

I found my shoe in 3:09

[jpalmken]

Jewel and her cubs, Micah, Nate and Scott.



I don't feel well but greeting all of you makes me feel better.

May Saturday treat you all nice.

[calhound]

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Computer Day - UPDATE July 29, 2016
29 July 2016
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The high point for me today was standing beside beautiful Woods Lake after losing what I had worked on all morning on the computer. The perfect temperature and beautiful cumulus clouds reflected in the calm Big Harry
Big Harry
lake soon had me back wanting to tackle words again. I?m lucky to have such a beautiful place to work. I was standing between two canoes, which was a reminder to be better about telling Black Bear Field Course participants that a good way to start the day is to quietly paddle around this little lake. One could see beavers, two beaver lodges, mothers with ducklings, bears drinking, and other wildlife. It was a waterfowl with a skinny neck that drew me to the shore today. It was a kind of grebe we seldom see, probably a red-necked grebe that the list said I saw only once in my 20 years here?on May 9, 2012.

Woods Lake
Woods Lake
While I was sitting at the computer, my grad student and his undergrad students who joined him from California State University were making what might be a significant discovery. They found a freshly made den in a place in Lily?s territory where she has attempted to make dens before. It very well may be where Lily will have cubs this winter. Ironically, he found it while I was writing a Den Cam Permit application featuring Lily as the bear we?d want to watch have cubs this winter. We have a chance for a permit, given the ruling by the Court of Appeals and now this find.

Herring gull
Herring gull
Another good moment was when a neighbor who knows how to make bears happy came over to scan something on our computer. She brought 4 pounds (12,000 calories) of pecans that Big Harry loved. He can use them. His right front leg is not working right, and I can?t imagine him traveling much to feed. I worry what he might have been through last fall. A nice thing is that at his age (probably over 20) he has a safe place where he can find good food. By the time hunting season starts in a little over a month (September 1), he will be so nocturnal that he will probably make it through to another year if he is still around here at that time. The picture shows his right front leg that doesn?t work right.

Bear scat with mold
Bear scat with mold
Bear scats can be beautiful. The mold on this bear scat glows in the setting sun and may be doubly beautiful to squirrels and chipmunks who sometimes mine bear scats for seeds that come through whole.

Bologna is popular. Gulls chose it over $16/pound Copper River Sockeye Salmon. The word is spreading. More gulls are flying over, including this immature gull that glowed against today?s blue sky.

Thank you for all you do.

Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

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[calhound]

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[jpalmken]

I tried to help him cut that leash, so he could go out with Hal and the boys, for 4:41.

[calhound]

I saw that i could not cut that chain leash sorry Hal in 4:00!

JP What did the doctor say about your MRI!

[ruesgram]

Cal, good idea about letting the pros fix the garage door! We had a spring break on one of our garage doors last summer. Our doors are probably 25 yrs old now. Too dangerous and hard for us to fix so we called the garage door guy! When I first glanced at that pic of bear scat I thought it was a porcupine! Lol! How silly of me! And I'm wearing my new glasses!  Woods Lake looks so inviting and peaceful. It's so beautiful there in MN. Sad they have to ruin it with bear season. Saw my first hummingbird and picked my first tomato Thursday! The hummer has been back to the feeder twice now that I've seen. Picked more tomatoes this morning and going to make some salsa in a bit. I love homemade salsa but I really love a tomato and mayo sandwich with lots of salt and pepper! Bet you and Jim will be so happy when mowing season is over! You guys have a lot to mow! Almost forgot to tell you about Hyacinth this morning! She put an ad in the paper advertising herself as a hostess! That didn't end well! Lol!

Jp, yeah, like Cal asked...what did your doctor say? Feel better soon!

[calhound]

Hi Rues! i love that keeping up you saw! that is the one that wanted her to strip right? lol. rues i thought that bear scat was a porky too! at first. i was like cool a porky! i have seen mold on the girls poop before out in the pasture. sitting in the shade and wet from dew and stuff. i love homegrown tomato and mayo with lots of pepper sandwiches! i should of went to the farmers market in richmond this morning. i am such scatterbrain anymore can't remember all the stuff i need to do. dang was down there at walmart too. shoot. hate the lawson one. those tomatos were not very good sister said i don't think these are home grown. and the stupid rules they have at that one. shoot. i love home grown tomatoes but i am happy i don't have to take care of that anymore. i really should try to get to susies and clean out that stuff and put it up for sale. i dont have time to go there and don't see having any for very very long time if ever. people broke in stole her car i got three men writing me wanting to buy it. told them it was not for sale and it is not till i get my sisters stuff gone thru and out. i love homemade salsa mom davis use to make it and ron's wife dee did but i don't think dee does anymore probably cant remember how to make it. i wonder if ron put in a garden? hmm give me a tomato please. corey had a real nice garden when he lived across the road he would give me a hard time but i got some. i remember him loving to read the harry potter books too. he would love it that a new one will be out at 12:01 am tonight. can't download it till then. i am so excited for another harry potter book been 9 years! she called it part one and two so i know there will other books to follow..i hope..

[jpalmken]

O.K.  The MRI showed no crack fracture in my pelvis.  There was some indication of a muscle strain but nothing positive.  The Answer was rest and probable diminishing of pain and cause, and returning t normal.  Obviously it is what it is and I will make do.