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[tsk34]

LORI     Love  Maxie 

BAZI  A Zippo throwback 

TIG   You are all set for the weekend  That was quite a pizza - Would you go back?

[LisaG1967]

Tig - Those pizza ingredients are something I would love. 

Baz - Waving back at ya

Lori - No need to apologize, thank you for remembering and reminding us!

Tsk - Oh, the crane place looks like it would be very interesting to go to.  Hope you get to go. 

Kb - Wow, that is a lot of flooding.

Have a good night, everyone

[camperstig]

I guess, maybe once a month, we could try it again... as our favorite place of 50 years closed. It is not inexpensive, however.

I have been making homemade with ready made pizza crust or whole grain pita bread

[karengramke]

  i think of both of them often and pray that little Maxie is well and happy! Horst spent so much time with her that it is hard to imagine she is living the same life! Lori, do not stress about the birthday mixup.
Clynn, I hope you find your aunts and your mother in good health when you visit next month!   You and Kelsey    Will be traveling on my Mothers birthday!   If  alive
today she would be one hred eighteen years old!
 Have safe travels!    You and Kelsey will have sine great acenery kn your trek through s. Il!   VEry pretty and the  trio across the river will be fun! 
Lisa!  Luv, luv ur am picture!  The whole composition is great but the flowers make it! look like Lilacs!   I can smell them!! 
Had some mid afternoon rain!   Not much but I  have turned the sprinkler system off for the  time being!
Pt  went well today!  15 sit to stands!   Trip to the pharmacy. Help here  and a grocery  order!   Mainly for distilled  water for the cpap and steam floor cleaner!  Waving to all!
Great sounding pizza!

0nTsk, finally saw one butterfly. This morning!

[Lani]

I am very sorry ED and to my Beakers!  wrong birthday... I thought that didn't seem right, my apologies... Always thinking of and missing all of our Beakers who are now in heaven and my cherished friends in the Beak.

{{{Lori and Destini}}} awww, this is the sweetest pic of our Maxie and it's a keeper for sure! No worries, we think of and miss our special Beakers every day. Willi/Annie and sweet Ivy included. I miss the Beakers that we haven't seen for awhile too. Thank you for reminding us of our dear Commander Jpalm. I miss him and remember his kindness and sense of humor. Bless you. 

[oldguy]

Good Evening Beakers

It rained here this morning - lasted 13 hours - got 1.3 inches.

Home Free had a new member start with them this past week...
Bastien's First Weekend   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZq9j6PVqyg

The Clark Family are at the beach this week with Colt's family - So a Beach Boy's song with the cousins...
Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids + COUSINS play Surfin' U.S.A.   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Siirfakwg

Lydia finally gets to interact with Marshmallow the feral cat   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fez-CHN5DmE

LuLu Has a Problem with the New House... (ENG SUB)   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aalis2u56IY

Maru got caught in the trap set in the bathtub   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5Bmoh65mM

[Phyl]

CLynn  Safe travels for you and Kelsey next month to see  you aunties.  The Ohio R.---after WW2  dad worked on a tug boat ...Larry and Dan were born in KY, etc.  Before moving to California in '53.    Tks for DNN and Hellgate photos.   Oh my word!  Those doggy noses in fence holes---how funny!  From yesterday...passing out in a 'food coma'...
Oh yeah...Fingerhut name...comes from the surname of brothers who founded the company in 1948, William and Manny Fingerhut. The name is a metonymic occupational name for a tailor, and comes from the Middle High German word vingerhuot and the Yiddish word fingerhut, which both mean "thimble" or "finger hat".

Tsk my bluebirds,  as with anything I commit to is a...'way of life'.   

Lisa pretty lavender this AM; extra treats for good behavior

Lani 'Mr Lucky' in cool mode. I do remember that snap of Horst and Maxie---and the day he posted about
discovering Max was always a 'Maxie'.


OG tks for links; always enjoy the Q-kids 

Thanks for the correction Lori.  Hope Maxie has successfully 're-homed' and is happy.



Prayers continue for MN and flooding victims ---including all  flora and fauna  :'([/i][/size]











From the archives: this was taken 4-23-22 making them about 9 days old. We see
CR# 48, 49, 50, 51 . In the photo, All four hatchlings are sleeping soundly and have eaten well.
If memory serves---CR 48 and 49 are now the parents  of
offspring  from clutches 1, 2, and 3 each from 2023 and 2024 nesting seasons .
.

Good Night Everyone... SEDs...   sleep well like the bluebirds.
   

[Lani]

Phyl, Love your Blue Bird family. Your trees must be full of their sounds and love.    ... awww baby BBs. 

Clynn, awww {{{Kelsey}}} I understand  .... Love the back pics of the Elder and Younger. Sweet little Younger.... prayers for your aunts and mom.

Kb, beautiful Whooping crane.... thanks for dam update. 

Tsk, I love the Celtic Women music.

Hi Lisa  I hope all is well with Jeff and furry family.

SED Baz and Zippo

Tig, Yummy Pizza.

SED Karen and Piper  

Thanks Oldguy for videos and links.

Good night!

https://lightingacandle.org/chapel/vigil-beak-room/

Sweet Eagle Dreams, Lilbro, Eagles, Pink, Eaglesrock, Baz, Lori, Karen, Puff, Tsk, Oldguy, Lisa, Clynn, Kb, Tig, Blschue, Phyl, BL and Pip, Godiva, Peep, Jaspurr, Ezee, Eburg, Lindy, RubyRed246, ssrl, Firetruck, Weasel, Jilltosa, Maxie, Masswatch, Paulie, DeborahG, MpMom and Pete, laniebelle, OnEagleWings, NWarg, Garmohoff, Nrstooge, WendyC3, Tigeag, T40, Ginger, Cwellsla, Nanimal, Bggolden, Nora, Rewrap4u, Teamcarnes, Seabeeinch, Walton, Sparky, Tulsaducati, Omasawyer, izzysamlikeseagles, bustopbird, Neva, Yank, Linda.L, smrf, nhJane.

Thinking of and missing, Peep, Jaspurr, Jilltosa, Wilson, Godiva, MpMom and Pete, Marrymo, Keystone, TxTeacher, Smb, Naimoj, Thyla/Anne, D7Birder, Indy, Neva, Smb, Alice, and those who have not been with us for a while.

Prayers For Clynn's Aunt June, Linda and Mom, Clynn and Ed, Lisa, Jeff and Family, Phyl, Jim and Maggie, Tsk/Tim's cousin Joe, Lori, grandmothers and family, Baz, Eaglesrock, Eagles Mom, Tsk's bro and wife Margaret, Karen and Piper, Lisa's FIL, Puff, Tig, Tsk and Tim, Lisa's Jeff, Kb's friends Vi and Dennis, Paulie, Tsk's DIL Amy, SIL and grandson, Jicaji, Maxie and Larry, Camper's daughter, Ed's sis Gina, Tsk's Barb & Tom, Baz great niece and family, Peep, Jaspurr, Clynn's DIL's mom, Ed's friend Greg, Puff's brother, Masswatch hubby Jamey, Pip's Dad, Ezee, EagleFanDave, Tim's Uncle, Paulie's granddaughter Madison, Emy and family, WW JW, Keystone, Jilltosa, Eaglesrock cousin Michael, Thyla/Anne, Neva's family, Weasel and family, and All here in need of healing and comforting.

Special Prayers For Lisa, Jeff and Family, Clynn, Tim and Tsk, Eagle's Mom, Tsk's DIL Amy, Baz, Puff, Phyl, Jim and Maggie, Karen, Blschue and family, Lori and family, Phyl's BIL Danny and brother Dan.

Special prayers for All God's creature great and small, For Denton eaglets and nest, Trempealeau Eagles’ Nest, Tiny Tammy and Paws of War, Harley and his little siblings, Miss Maggie, Hellgate Iris, TRR Sloths, Brooks Fall Brown Bear Otis, Honey and Gunnar, SWFL Harriet, Star, Little One and all the Feral cats, TRR rescue babies, The Fairy Penguins, Berry Mom,  NEFL Juliet, Romeo and Samson, Lucy and Larry, Salt River wild horses, Alaska Bears and Wolves that they be saved, Decorah, E2/D1, Dr Rogers and Black bears Shadow and family and Wildlife Research Institute, and All God's creatures great and small.

[Phyl]

Good Morning Everyone...
                                               

                                                                                       

Currently: 81F  mostly clear , High  94F   sunny,  with  Low 79F


Lani cute trio of puppy noses.

   Prayers for:  The Beakroom and Cheers.; Our friend and ally the Nation of Israel and peace for her people. 
 'Little Gray' and 'Little One' ...All abandoned, abused , lost cats ... stray, unloved, homeless stray and feral cats;
The Bluebirds of Cane Ridge, Tennessee, Hummingbirds, Bumble Bees  and Honey bees everywhere .

[kbshcb]

I wondered...and found this:

The Rapidan Dam store was demolished. The city worked out a deal to buy the property, giving the family time to remove memorabilia from it, before they demolished it on purpose. Protecting structures etc. downstream if it had been lost to the river.

https://www.fox9.com/weather/dam-store-demolished-from-rapidan-dam-riverbank

Was the "go to store" with lots of memories for many people.

https://x.com/i/status/1805286548134654227

Even seals love Greek summers....LOL Listening to this, I miss the sound of crashing waves sometimes.

A gorgeous day with no rain and cooler....I'll be outside!....Morning all.

[clynndunn]

Good Morning Beakers!



Lani, love that doggie good night pic! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!

Phyl, it's funny how some names came to be, sometimes you wonder! When we were living in Duluth back in the late 60s I remember Cathy and I were looking up words in the phonebook, so see if anyone actually had those names. We found Rabbi Wolfgang Hamburger in the phonebook, we laughed and laughed and still bring it up today! At work I ran across a loan, the man's name was Wendell Stiff, his wife's name was Lovette Stiff.  Love the baby Bluebirds!

oldguy, we have had some good rain here but you have had a lot! Thanks for Matu and Claire's cats and the Clark Family with the cousing, the little guy in the front was getting into it!  Cards tonight? Wishing you luck!!

baz, one thing about those cookies, even if they look bad they taste so good!

Lori, I don't think jpalm minded getting some extra birthday greetings!

Hellgate - Iris and the kids and the whole family!




Decorah North - One of the kids in the sunrise fog...

[camperstig]

bounce

Lol... I once had a customer by the name of Larry Lust!!

BBL

[tsk34]

GOOD CATURDAY MORNING

TIG  We've taken to getting a plain frozen cheese pizza and Tim decorates it as he likes. 

OLDGUY  long time to rain but good benefits!   Cute Clark family.  Little one really got into it.   Awww  sweet Lydia and Marshmallow.
Claire's new apt doesn't seem quite a functional as the one she just came from.

PHYL   Fingerhut - Yiddish and German - who knew.   Funny cat  pics 

LANI   One happy dog family 

KB   Funny seal     Rapidan Dam tear down - Good decision but hard to do...

CLYNN   Rabbi Wolfgang Hamburger - WOW  Wonder if Wendell Stiff was an undertaker  LOL   That Decorah north shot in the sunrise is stunning.

[Puff]

[Nicu Buculei, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons]
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Cuddles have the remarkable ability to repair a broken heart.

That’s now a scientific fact.

A new study has revealed fascinating research showing that the power of physical affection can provide significant emotional healing. So, if you’re feeling down or heartbroken, a warm embrace might be just what you need.

The Daily Mail reports, “Researchers from Michigan State University found the ‘love hormone’ oxytocin, released during times of physical intimacy such as cuddling, kissing or sex, can stimulate the growth of new, healthy heart cells.

Initial studies in zebrafish, which have the remarkable ability to regrow damaged heart tissue, found they experience a 20-fold increase in oxytocin following a heart injury which stimulates the growth of specialised cells that migrate to the heart.”

According to their press release: Now, researchers from Michigan State University show that in zebrafish and human cell cultures, oxytocin has yet another, unsuspected, function: it stimulates stem cells derived from the heart’s outer layer (epicardium) to migrate into its middle layer (myocardium) and there develop into cardiomyocytes, muscle cells that generate heart contractions. This discovery could one day be used to promote the regeneration of the human heart after a heart attack. The results are published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

“Here we show that oxytocin, a neuropeptide also known as the love hormone, is capable of activating heart repair mechanisms in injured hearts in zebrafish and human cell cultures, opening the door to potential new therapies for heart regeneration in humans,” said Dr Aitor Aguirre, an assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Michigan State University, and the study’s senior author.

Stem-like cells can replenish cardiomyocytes

Cardiomyocetes typically die off in great numbers after a heart attack. Because they are highly specialized cells, they can’t replenish themselves. But previous studies have shown that a subset of cells in the epicardium can undergo reprogramming to become stem-like cells, called Epicardium-derived Progenitor Cells (EpiPCs), which can regenerate not only cardiomyocytes, but also other types of heart cells.

“Think of the EpiPCs as the stonemasons that repaired cathedrals in Europe in the Middle Ages,” explained Aguirre.

Zebrafish could teach us how to regenerate hearts more efficiently

Enter the zebrafish: famous for their extraordinary capacity for regenerating organs, including the brain, retina, internal organs, bone, and skin. They don’t suffer heart attacks, but its many predators are happy to take a bite out of any organ, including the heart – so zebrafish can regrow their heart when as much as a quarter of it has been lost. This is done partly by proliferation of cardiomyocytes, but also by EpiPCs. But how do the EpiPCs of zebrafish repair the heart so efficiently? And can we find a ‘magic bullet’ in zebrafish that could artificially boost the production of EpiPCs in humans?

Yes, and this ‘magic bullet’ appears to be oxytocin, argue the authors.

To reach this conclusion, the authors found that in zebrafish, within three days after cryoinjury – injury due to freezing – to the heart, the expression of the messenger RNA for oxytocin increases up to 20-fold in the brain. They further showed that this oxytocin then travels to the zebrafish epicardium and binds to the oxytocin receptor, triggering a molecular cascade that stimulates local cells to expand and develop into EpiPCs. These new EpiPCs then migrate to the zebrafish myocardium to develop into cardiomyocytes, blood vessels, and other important heart cells, to replace those which had been lost.”


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[karengramke]

Happy Caturday everyone have a wonderful day!
Puff, wonderful piece of the human puzzle!
Good to see Iris  so busy and happy with the growing little ones!   She is a great girl 👧