Your welcome Lauren.

Thanks for the heads up on deleting the 's'

I agree, it sure woke me up to see how big the 'calfs' were.

Sent to me by my friend Ron from Bend, Oregon.
What a show of nature.

CHASING ICE
http://www.youtube.com/embed/hC3VTgIPoGU?rel=0

Just love the Blues and Jazz music you point out.
Keep em coming.
I think your music posts are always great to hear and now I get to listen to music I didn't know was out there.

Here is a gift of giggles, cute stuff, and subtle advice to pass on to your friends who might want to celebrate a little too much on the eve of this special day.

http://www.eatliver.com/hungover-animals/

Those photos are beautiful.
The parks North entrance closes every year when it starts snowing. They cannot keep plowing the Rim drive (too much snow every year) but the park never shuts down as people can visit anytime but have to use the South entrance which is plowed and kept open.
They offer snowshoe treks around part of the Rim drive from Crater Lake lodge in the wintertime so it a fun place to go even if snowing.

Actually the photo and the story seem to be separate issues. The tree the natives are cutting still has the butt end roots (cut off) and no logger will fell a tree that way. The normal point to cut a tree is just above the butt spread so more of the tree can yield boards. It appears the photo and story are in conflict.

Sarge, your great.
An enlightening article was just published in the NY times about taking care of elders and problems with the 'system' of care providers.
Sure opened my eyes.
www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/nyregion/family-fights-health-care...