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Vietnamese Women And The Charm Of The Ao Dai
Over the centuries many male visitors to Vietnam have noticed and commented on the elegance and beauty of Vietnamese women. Nearly two thousand years ago, when Nam Viet was under Chinese rule, Han Dynasty writers and poets addressed this theme. The culture of the Chinese heartland, centred on the Yellow River in the north, was strongly patriarchal, but further south women wielded more influence and authority – a phenomenon both appealing and worrying to the men of Han, who desired yet felt threatened by such confident and assertive females.
The American Sinologist Edward Schafer believed that 'respectable Chinese opinion' saw something unnatural in the prevalence of the female spirit in Nam Viet, citing the 1st century AD Han Shu: 'The land of Viet abounds in women. Male and female share the same river. The wanton female is dominant'. Perhaps the writer had in mind the Trung Sisters, who led the famous rising against Chinese occupation in 40AD. Or perhaps it was Lady Trieu, who similarly rebelled against Chinese domination in 248AD, declaring she would 'never bow to become anyone's concubine'. Then again, it may have been Chao, a Female Viet warrior of the 3rd century AD. According to the Nan Yue Zhi, this prodigy had breasts five foot around and rode into battle – against the Chinese, of course – in a golden dress, seated on the head of an elephant and attended by a bodyguard of virile young men.
Not that Viet women had to be warriors to present a mortal threat. A legend popular in China for many centuries tells how the King of Viet educated a beautiful country girl, Xi Shi, in the 'feminine arts' then sent her north to corrupt his rival, the (Chinese) King of Wu. The 8th century poet Li Po celebrates her as: "Xi Shi, a woman of the streams of Viet, luminous, ravishing, a light on the sea of clouds." Given such precedents and viewed from the perspective of Chinese men of the time, Viet women seemed dangerous and wanton creatures indeed.
And yet this very lustfulness clearly exercised a strong appeal. By Tang times (6th-9th century) Nam Viet, still occupied by the Chinese, was generally represented as a land of seductive women and gorgeous landscapes where it was never cold and flowers were always in bloom. Chinese men who had visited or lived there waxed lyrical about the beauty of the women. One Tang poet, Wang Changling, links the 'enchantress of Viet' with 'a playful tussle in the lotus boat, water dampening her dress'. Just as evocative, but less predatory, is his near contemporary Han Yu: "a Viet woman's single laugh – a three year stay." But my personal favourite is a tribute to these women of the south by Tang poet Ouyang Jiong, which Schafer translates literally as:
Twice eight flower filigree
Breast front like snow face like lotus
Ear pendant gold ring pierce lapis lazuli
Aurora dress tight
Laugh reliant river head beckon far visitor
With consummate skill he then renders this comprehensible in English:
She is sweet sixteen, wearing floral hair-ornaments of gold;
Her bosom is snow white, her face like a pink lotus.
Golden rings hang from her ears, pierced for lapis lazuli studs;
Her rose-tinted dress clings tightly.
She laughs confidently by the riverbank, and beckons to the stranger from afar.
And all this was before the fetching ao dai was designed! This garment, which manages to be both chaste and yet sensual, first came into vogue in the 19th century, and was worn on formal occasions by both men and women, the male ao dai being shorter and looser than the female. It is a close-fitting knee-length gown – ao dai means "long dress" – split up the sides to the waist and worn over flowing white or black satin pants. The gown features a high collar and tight sleeves. By the mid-20th century Vietnamese men had, by and large, stopped wearing ao dai except at the royal court and sometimes at weddings. Among women it was considered appropriate for students and office workers, and was especially popular in the south where it became, effectively, the national dress and a powerful symbol of Vietnamese femininity. Graham Greene, no doubt seated drinking vermouth cassis by the Rue Catinat in the 1950s, saw them and admired them: "Up the street came the lovely flat figures – the white silk trousers, the long tight jackets in pink and mauve patterns slit up the thigh. I watched them with the nostalgia I knew I would feel when I had left these regions for ever."
My own first sighting of an ao dai was in the unlikely setting of Djibouti, then the Territoire Français des Afars et des Issas, a dust-blown French colonial outpost in the Horn of Africa. It was hellishly hot, and I was sweating my way across the Place Lagarde wishing myself elsewhere – just about anywhere else. Then, quite unexpectedly, a Vietnamese woman in a pale blue ao dai walked out of the Banque Indosuez. I was transfixed, and knew immediately where it was I wished to be. Unfortunately this was in 1975, the year of the communist seizure of power in Saigon. The ao dai had long since been deemed unacceptably frivolous and bourgeois in the north, and after reunification this political incorrectness was extended nationwide, so the lovely garment all but disappeared. Since doi moi, however, the tables have turned. Ao dai (pronounced ao yai in the south and ao zai in the north) are once again commonplace in the cities of the south, especially in Saigon and Hue, and have even begun a slow conquest of the north. Today hotel receptionists and shop attendants in Hanoi regularly sport this national dress, while the air hostesses of Vietnam Airlines are dressed exquisitely in close-fitting sky blue or pink tunics over loose, white silk trousers.
Greene would have been pleased, and so am I.
Text by Andrew Forbes; Photos by David Henley & Pictures From History – © CPA Media


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|In Memoriam Stephen B. Schnorf
Steve was a giant in Illinois State government for decades, and a part of this firm for 15 years. He was distinguished, respected and highly accomplished throughout his career, which included years at the pinnacle of State government.
Great though his professional accomplishments were, his personal strengths were greater. He was a generous and wise man, dedicated not only to his many friends, but to the idea of good policy and a healthy state. He was accessible, and patient, and understanding, and respectful of the positions of all those he dealt with: characteristics that served him well and benefited Illinois.
We are grateful to have had him as a colleague, but far more grateful for our years as his friend.
Farewell, Steve, you will be missed.
In his distinguished governmental career, Steve Schnorf has held the positions of:
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- Director of Policy for Governor Jim Edgar (1994-1997);
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Good prices,awesome costumer care team,the employees at this location are a great asset to this company who I have grown to live and trust.
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He didn't even learn to walk until he was 16 months old!
I now see that as a gift from the Lord because we carried him for almost half his life. He started running shortly after walking, and boy was he fast! He was always paces ahead of us everywhere we went. The boys were so excited to register him for the Polar Bear Run at our church. They trained him up and down our hallway for months. Brock was really having fun just running with the big boys. Occasionally they would do the great big brother thing and let him win. He was so excited. Realizing that they would not be able to run the race with him, they worked on teaching him what "ready, set, go" meant. They would say go and not run and he would just stand there and smile at them waiting for them to take off. But the big race day finally came, and he was raring to go. Drew literally had to hold him back from 'false starting' because he was so excited to show off his skills. Remember I said he was training back and forth down the hall. So the one dash across the gym floor didn't seem like enough to him. He clearly had the best start, won the first 80% of the sprint but let up at the end. When he got to me at the finish line, he turned around and ran back to Drew and then back to me again. It was so funny. He was proud of himself. He was Living Hard.
I remember several times during the morning losing track of where he was to see him running off to speak to one of his many friends of all ages. He ran across the floor yelling, "Windsey! Windsey!" trying to get the attention of our sweet friend and babysitter - Lindsey. He then sat and gave lots of love to Rebekah Cottingham. She is a mom friend that he got to know while watching big Brother Asa's football games. He Loved hard.
Because this was such a big event just days before he died last year, we are so excited about the Brockie-Bands. In April I came out of my quiet time one morning and told Drew I had an idea. I thought we should put the words "Live Hard, Love Hard and Run to Jesus" on a wristband for our family to wear, similar to the "Livestrong" bands. These words were the ones Drew used in his eulogy about Brock. We looked into it but never got around to it. It seemed too overwhelming to me to think through getting it done. Mason really liked the idea and kept asking me when we were going to get it done. As time moved on, the Fall came and we came up with the idea that it would be neat to give one to everyone that would run in the Polar Bear Run in January. My college roommate, Ellen, was visiting me the first part of November. She was asking me where I got the title for my blog. I explained and for some reason ended up telling her about the bracelet idea. She got really quiet. I even remember thinking, "Why am I talking about this?" When I finished she said, "How many do you need?" I was overwhelmed, for I had not even thought about she and her husband owning Carolina Corporate Wear. She had a source for getting the bracelets! She said she would take care of it, and she did! God continued to open the doors for us as Mark Cottingham, our Minister in charge of the race, loved the idea. We were able to use a portion of the funds from Brock's Memorial fund to cover the costs. God is so good and into the intimate details of our lives!!
Drew and I composed some words to put with the bands and our sweet friend, Megan Reeder at Ella Bella Photo Cards, created this precious card for us. I wanted to show you the card, but I could not get the words clear enough for you to read, so I am printing them again for you to read:
Let me introduce you to a special little guy. His name is Brock Meadows, and just like you, he was Fast! In fact, he ran his first Polar Bear Run last year.
He was ready! His three older brothers had been training him down our long hallway for weeks. His new velcro shoes were tight. He had been carbo-loading on Mac n Cheese. He knew the rules; run 40 yards across the gym floor to Mama's arms. He tied for 3rd place…that wasn't good enough…so he ran back. Then he did it a third time, so much that Mark Cottingham joyfully proclaimed on the loud speaker, "Here he comes again!!"
He lived hard! Brock was a very healthy boy, strong as an ox. Sadly, he died days later during his afternoon nap, just before his 3rd birthday. He put more life into and gave more joy in his 1,060 short days than most men do in a lifetime. We miss him more than mere words can express, but we confidently grieve with the Hope of being with him again.
He loved hard! We learned a lot from Brock: He went at life full speed with a precious smile. He hugged with all he had. He laughed deep-belly laughs. His gusto and love were contagious! He was a bruiser that also liked to stop and rock a while.
When tragedy strikes, and it always does in one form or another, we are left with only two choices – are we going to run away from God? Or are we going to run to God? Brock ran to Him last January and is resting in His arms right now. Let's now commit to live as Brockie lived –
Live Hard, Love Hard & RUN to Jesus!
So we share our "Brockie-Band" with you. We won't be offended if you don't wear it. But we wanted to give it to you anyway…to honor his life and to challenge all of us to faithfully run whatever race is set before us. The Apostle Paul frequently compared the Christian life to 'running a race.' Hebrews 12:1-2:
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith."
For more of Brock's story and the way God is working through it, we invite you to: http://nitameadows.blogspot.com Thanks! Drew, Nita, Asa, Mason, & Barrett Meadows
Friends came over and stuffed the card and a Brockie-Band into 2,300 baggies. Then volunteers put them in each of the runner's bags of the Polar Bear Race tomorrow. We were at the volunteer meeting last night, and Drew got to speak a minute on the reason behind the Brockie-Band being in the bags. Our desire is to honor Brock, but most importantly, to turn people to the One that has made our pain bearable. As we were leaving the building, we passed a teenager we did not know with a band on her arm. As I got in the car, I just cried. I had not anticipated the magnitude of seeing someone with a band on their arm for my son. I began to imagine how pleased God must feel as we accept His son, Jesus, and wear His name on our heart. How sweet and how precious!
One last detail, the arm bands are bright green because we matched the color of Brock's favorite pullover jacket that he wore to the Run.
Please join us in praying for the 2,300 runners who will receive the Brockie-Bands.
Finally, I leave you with a precious video we saw for the first time this week. Thank the Lord that my sister in law, Berta, caught it. It is just 7 seconds, but it captures him so well. He is the fourth child from the left. You can see Drew in his yellow hat behind him. When we saw it, Barrett, our 6 year old said, "I wanted to grab Brock right off the screen." We all miss him so much! May the image of him taking off be the one we keep when we think of "Running to Jesus."


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The original intent of Americas sexual harassment law was noble,i.e., to eliminate the manipulation of power in the workplace to gain sexual favors. The interpretation and execution of this law has made it something else. Today, its largest purpose is to sustain a legalized neurosis, one that is alienating us from each other, just the opposite of what it was intended to do. The latest and most poignant example has occurred in Fullerton, California where a junior high school has made hugs illegal.
The funniest and most noteworthy thing about that is that it is the women whom are complaining.
Well, ladies, now you know whats REALLY been happening with this law, how the average, everyday male feels, and what hes been putting up with.
It was interesting that a female ACLU representative stated the school needed to "lighten up". Would she have taken that same stance had males been involved in the hugging, especially with females? I bet not.
Too much American law has become legalized neurosis, specifically codependence-based. It is now illegal for us to take responsibility for our own feelings..to learn not to take offense..to learn that there is a difference between standing up for yourself as a human being and trying to twist the world into our own flawed image of it. Everyone else is responsible now. If someone offends me, it is their fault for not people-pleasing. If I have a sexual hang-up (and a surprising number of Americans do), it is your legal responsibility not to trigger it. The courts have twisted the statue that addressed the creation of a hostile working environment into the premise that there must be no offense, and that is a horse of an entirely different culture.
The end result will be more of what the junior high school situation demonstrates, i.e., more isolation, more frozen feelings, all the things that will drive us toward more fear of each other and further down the codependent spiral. 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Can you imagine a dessert when eaten it magically explodes in the mouth with cinnamon flavor, the sweetness and freshness of the cool syrup?
That's the baba, also known as savarin, a delight not seen very often around here. It is a dessert of many years ago, around 1700. Could that be the reason why it is not so familiar?I've seen it in lot in French pastry shops.
For me it is ideal for summer, as I said, for its freshness, sweetness and light it is.The dough is like a babka or a brioche, embedded in syrup. The baba has rum, or rhum, and is made in a mold rather cylindrical. The Savarin, the mold is the one we know as Savarín, a ring-shaped one.
The mold and me was love at first sight. I bought it recently and then thought it was perfect to make individual savarins. But the recipe works perfectly for a large cast.
Is it cute or what?
I didn´t put alcohol in the recipe, but feel free to add any kind.
Cinnamon savarin
Pastry flour* 125g
Common sugar 1 tbsp
Fresh yeast 25 g
Eggs 3
Pinch salt
Butter 50 g
Common sugar 300 g
Water 300 ml
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon (or branch)
- Mix flour, sugar, yeast and two eggs. Work dough until smooth, it can be a litlle tough at first but. With a mixer with dough hook, if available it´s easier.
- Add the egg and salt. Mix again for a few minutes. You´ll have a smooth dough, almost liquid.
- Add softned butter, and incorporate well
- Let stand for 20 minutes in warm place, covered.
- Prepare the syrup in a saucepan mix sugar and water, bring to boil
- When boiled 1 minute, turn off heat and add the cinnamon
- Grease the mold/s with butter and preheat the oven to 180°C
- Fill the mold/s to 1/3 of the height and rise until dough reaches the edge
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Remove and add a spoonful of syrup. Also, you can remove the Savarin and embed into the syrup
- Let cool and store in airtight container in the refrigerator
Spiced pears is a bonus, not essential to this dessert, but the freshness, the texture of the pear, creamy, syrupy against the bread and the creamy whipped cream, it´s a good idea.If making the pears is too much, and don´t kill me for saying this, use canned ones. They´re not too bad.
Spiced pears
Pears, peeled, cored and quartered 4
Common sugar 250 g
Water 1 liter
Various spices (2 slices fresh ginger 1 star anise, 3-4 grains allspice, 2 cloves, are what I used)
- Heat the water with the sugar and add the spices
- Add the pears and simmer for 15-25 minutes, depending how mature they are.When a knife inserted, if no resistance, it´s ready.
- Cool the pears in the liquid and store in refrigerator until use.
- Lasts 5 days stored in the syrup
Serve with a quarter of a pear and a dollop of whipped cream.
Side notes
- When you add the syrup, the Savarín will inflate, and may not want to come out of the mold, so add a bit in the mold and the rest outside.
Too many directions? The recipe is pretty easy, almost impossible to ruin, I wouldn´t know how to ruin it. If you are afraid of yeast this is the perfect recipe for to gain a yeasty friend.


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As a follow-up to last month's presentation on expanding definitions of literacy, this month's presentation will explore English language instruction. Literacy Coach Tara Ronzetti will introduce parents to the changing emphasis in teaching English language. As we understand how children learn language, educators are adjusting the emphasis of certain practices. We will examine these new priorities in language learning and help parents understand these changes. This presentation will provide parents with helpful resources they may use with their children at home to support their language learning.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) stands with worker advocates opposing the Labor Department's move to reverse an Obama-era tipping rule that declared tips to be the property of the employees who receive them. More than six years earlier, however, he wrote the agency seeking clarity on employer concerns about the regulation.
"I have heard significant concerns from restaurant owners and managers in Oregon about new Department of Labor rules on tip pooling and tip crediting" and their apparent contradiction with a court ruling, Merkley wrote In a 2011 letter obtained by Bloomberg Law. The Oregon Democrat went on to ask the DOL to "provide clarification for employers in the 9th Circuit with regard to what portions of the new rule do and do not apply."
Fast forward to this month, when the Trump administration's DOL proposed rescinding the earlier regulation, which had forbid certain tip-sharing arrangements between restaurant servers and cooks. The rescission proposal has drawn outrage from worker-advocacy groups such as the National Employment Law Project and Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which hosted a Capitol Hill news conference Dec. 12 to demand the DOL reconsider the proposal. They argue the DOL has gone too far by specifically proposing language that would enable restaurants not to just allow tip-sharing, but to pocket their employees' gratuities.
"Here comes team Trump, and they say, 'We're on the side of the powerful against the people," Merkley said, while standing with restaurant employees and representatives from NELP, ROC United and the Economic Policy Institute. "Tell the restaurant owners to keep their hands off our servers' tips."
Merkley aides told Bloomberg Law that he was simply trying to help Oregon restaurants understand their responsibilities under the rule when it was proposed
"In 2011 the Senator asked for clarifications so that employers would understand exactly how the tip pooling rule worked," Merkley spokesman Ray Zaccaro said. "That rule, which the Senator supported, ensured that tips remained the property of employees. This proposed change doesn't, which is why he's opposing it."
The senator's letter doesn't outright oppose the Obama rulemaking, but could still be used by industry groups to cast doubt on the merit of critics' claims. Over his past nine years on the Senate, Merkley is a frequent supporter of organized labor and legislation to protect workers' rights.
Service employer groups support the DOL's rule reversal, saying it will give restaurant workers and management the freedom to design their own tipping arrangements and lift pay for back-of-house restaurant workers when the front-of-house workers are paid a full minimum wage in addition to tips. The National Restaurant Association argues the rule caused tremendous confusion about the state of play for businesses in states such as Oregon, where tipped workers must be paid the full minimum wage.
In 43 other states, businesses can take a tip credit to pay an hourly wage of as little as $2.13, provided that gratuities bring the worker's average pay up to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Patricia Smith, who was DOL solicitor at the time of Merkley's inquiry, recalls corresponding with the senator's office in 2011. "I don't remember any pushback from his office when we explained what our position was," Smith told Bloomberg Law.
"I don't think he was trying to weigh in substantively. He was talking about the confusion," Smith, now a senior counsel at NELP, said. "He had been told that this was a situation—there was this 9th Circuit opinion that would've given them the right to have a broader tip pool, and now we have a regulation, so what was the state of the law?"
The Merkley letter refers to a 2010 decision in Cumbie v. Woody Woo, in which the appellate court ruled that the Fair Labor Standards Act does not restrict tip-pooling between front-of-house and back-of-house employees when the employer does not apply the tip credit. The DOL's Wage and Hour Division wrote the 2011 rule directly in response to that decision, in an attempt to clarify the agency's interpretation that tips belong to workers even when they are paid the minimum wage.
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The Red-Winged Blackbird's Story
A New World Blackbird
Today, I will discuss one of the New World Blackbirds, the Red-Winged Blackbird. This particular family includes meadowlarks, orioles, cowbirds, and grackles. The predominant colors are black and brown in this family, many species are also marked with areas of red, yellow and bright orange. Another family characteristic is a cone-shaped pointed bill. They are migratory and live in trees, bushes, and both near and over both fresh and brackish water, fields, thickets, and even without a nest. You will meet one of the Icterid family in this article.
How to Tell Male From Female
This is probably one of the most numerous land birds on this continent, and is an aggressive defender of its territory from intruders. The sexes differ markedly with this particular bird and I will show you examples of both the male and the female. The male has a characteristic red shoulder patch with broad yellow tips. Now, the female has dark brown upperparts and heavily brown and white streaked underparts. She will sometimes show a red tinge on her wings where the male has the red and yellow shoulder patch, but that is not always to be depended upon. Males will resemble females up to a year of age but have much less streaking and there is a little red on their shoulders. They acquire that beautiful, glossy black plumage after their second year.
What Do I Like to Eat?
When foraging on the ground, they will run or hop. Their diet consist chiefly of berries, seeds, wild fruit and a few grains. In the warmer weather, they will also eat insects, grubs, spiders, caterpillars, snails and mollusks. They will come to feeders for seed and breadcrumbs. There is a hierarchy with the males: the more red on their shoulder the more dominant they are.
The flight pattern is very strong with rapid wing beats. Displaying males fly with slow, stiff and shallow wing beats with the red shoulder patches raised. They are very gregarious and like to be noticed.
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What My Nest Is Like
Nests are cup shaped and deep, and I have found many near or over the water attached with plant fibers to sturdy reeds. They tend to use dried cattail leaves and line the inner part of the nest with fine materials, like grass and rush. The nests will be found in dense grass, trees, bushes and even on the ground. The nest is generally built by the female, though I do know of one instance where a young male built one, but I will leave that to inexperience. They usually lay 4 eggs that are pale blue-green with spots or brown, purple, or black zigzags.
My Secret Life
The Red-winged Blackbird is a highly polygynous species, meaning males have many female mates – up to 15 in some cases. In some populations 90 percent of territorial males have more than one female nesting on their territories. But all is not as it seems: one-quarter to one-half of nestlings turn out to have been sired by someone other than the territorial male. The oldest recorded Red-winged Blackbird was 15 years 9 months old. Red-winged Blackbirds roost in flocks in all months of the year. In summer small numbers roost in the wetlands where the birds breed. Winter flocks can be congregations of several million birds, including other blackbird species and starlings. Each morning the roosts spread out, traveling as far as 50 miles to feed, then re-forming at night.
A Humorous Story
I was out and about one day, and had located a beautiful hawk, who was looking for something to eat. A male Red-Winged Blackbird soon came on the scene and harassed this hawk to no end. He did all he could to try to chase him out of the area and made so many alarm calls, that there was no bird on the northeast side of Boomer Lake that would have missed him. About 20 minutes later, the hawk returned to the area, but that tenacious little blackbird was right on his tail again, just like a fly on molasses.
So there you have it. A few facts and a humorous story all in one place. I hope your encounters with birds are just as good as mine.
My Song
Deb, I have quite a few red-winged black birds that make the field behind my house home. The first year we were there I had a ring-necked pheasant that would part the reeds in the field like Moses and saunter to my feeder every morning, then go to the neighbours and sprawl in their birdbath. It was hysterical. Sadly, it hasn't been seen since. We always waited for it over morning coffee and it came religiously for a year . That was entertainment!
I really enjoyed your Hub about the Red-winged Blackbird. I think I saw them years ago when I started bird watching but not since. :( I gave it a thumbs up and a few other marks next to that. I liked the video too.
Our Red Winged Blackbirds here in the Texas Panhandle don't have the yellow stripe. They are strictly red striped. I think that's an interesting mutation. However, I miss the red and yellow colors.
There's a phone app by the Audubon Society that has birds in the USA by looks, silhouette, and songs. It's a hefty download and works best with 4G, but you can run it on 3G, it's just slow. You can even find the name of the bird by entering the characteristics. It's great fun and terrific for back yard birders (and cats)
I am kind of known for my flower pictures...but no birds. I think I could get a birds nest. lol
I love that comment, Deb! I forget that they watch us too!
Aviannovice - it's been a while since I've managed to get back here - and I'm glad I did. Had upheavals in my life but so good to read this hub. I have many red-winged blackbirds visiting during migration and LOVE your video of him calling. I know the sound well. I did not know about the female or their nests. I thought the male of the species provided their abode! Naughty males! Lots of new and fascinating information here. I am always so impressed that you see these things for yourself. I am a pretty amateur birdwatcher. Thanks for the post and lovely photos/video. Beautiful bird.
Warmest regards and voting up and across. :)
Enjoyable bird info here. And you confirmed for me that the bird I keep trying to 'catch' (photograph) is indeed the female mate to a beautiful blackbird like your photo.
Loved listening to its song.
Haven't seen a red-winged blackbird in years -- not since I grew up and moved away from our family farm in Wisconsin. The red-winged blackbird used to live in our marsh and they could be seen there regularly in the spring especially.
Great hub. Voted you up, interesting, beautiful, and awesome! Sharing with my followers.
Thanks for sharing this interesting birds 'lifestyle' with us. Thought I was watching the Jeremy Kyle show with all the dodgy parentage's. :)
The Red-Winged Blackbird's Story is fascinating and the video allowed me to hear it's song for the first time.
Voted up interesting and useful.
Interesting hub and beautiful photos.
Another very interesting hub about birds. The red-wing blackbird is a frequent visitor to my garden here in Toronto but I didn't know that they are polygynous - I learn something new everyday! Love your photos!
Voting up, beautiful and useful. I learned a lot from this hub you have written.
I'm in Arizona visiting family now and the Red-Winged Blackbird loves it here in the spring. They especially like the fig trees. Their relatives, the grackles, are here in abundance. The grackles are in the lovely Palo Verde trees at every shopping mall ready to swoop in for food if someone drops anything edible.
When we used to reside here in Arizona, this time of year was difficult because at least twice a week a baby grackle would drop into the backyard and not be able to fly over the brick wall to get out again. Sometimes the mother grackle would bring food and eventually the baby bird would gain skill and fly away. Sometimes not. I managed to get a couple of them to rehabbers. It's wonderful -- the work you do with birds. Sharing this one.
You do take awesome photo's and write good information. I think male bird are always the prettiest.
Voted up and beautiful, Joyce. Have a great weekend.
Again great. I am not yet trying to photograph birds but I am noticing opportunity more so I think I may capture a few shots by summer's end...fall at the latest. That 1st photo is just fantastic!
Always a delight reading your hubs and I always learn something new! Great pics too and the video of the red-winged blackbird and it's calls were very enjoyable.


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The Activities
- Topic: Patterns: Book: A-B-A-B-A- A Book of Pattern Play by B. Cleary.
- Topic: Patterns: We made rows of colored glass beads in different patterns. I gave a starting pattern with 5-6 beads, which they copied and then continued the pattern. They also each made up a pattern on their own. Here's the grid we put the stones in.
- Topic: Logic: We did three Halloween-themed logic puzzles. For example, in the first one, there were 4 monsters and 4 candy buckets, and you have to figure out which one goes with which. One of the clues is "The ghost likes orange". The full set of pictures and clues is available here (including 4 extra clue sets we didn't do).
- Topic: Verbal Discussions: I named a bunch of animals and asked the kids what the baby animals of that type were called.
- Topic: Counting: Book: Skip Counting with Meerkats by T. Steffora.
- Topic: Counting: We counted by 2's and 3's as a group taking turns going around the circle.
- Topics: Shapes, Charts: We have a large two-dimensional table with colors on the rows and shapes on the columns. The task was to place the Attribute Blocks onto the chart.
- Topic: Origami: Each kid made the cat from Easy Origami by J. Montroll.
How Did It Go?
All the kids attended. The kids were mostly attentive through out, although there was the usual "Is it time to go play?" starting about 40 minutes in.
A-B-A-B-A- A Book of Pattern Play
A decent introduction to simple patterns.
Glass Bead Patterns
All of the kids were able to complete all the patterns I made, (which went up to cycle length 4). They weren't fooled by an all-blue pattern. One of the kids said they wanted to make their own pattern, so I gave them time to do that. One kid used the columns of the grid for their own pattern instead of the rows.
Halloween Logic
The kids did well on this activity. On several occasions, they remembered an important relevant clue from earlier in order to solve a puzzle. However, they weren't quite ready to solve the puzzles on their own — I still needed to ask leading questions several points, particularly on the 3rd (and hardest) puzzle. The kids were pretty good at following the instructions, but there were a few times where someone said something like "I think the cat likes the hat because a cat can't use a broom."
Animal Babies
The kids knew a reasonable number, including kitty, puppy, calf, cub, and duckling. They didn't know foal/colt, piglet, tadpole, or gosling. The most interesting guess was "goatling".
Skip Counting with Meerkats
One of the kids knew the animals in the pictures were meerkats, from Happy Hollow (or rather, "Danny the Dragon place").
Counting by 2's and 3's
The majority of the kids still aren't very good at counting by 2's or 3's — two can do it reliable, three can't.
Attribute Block Chart
I was impressed by the kids performance on this task, I remember Circle 1 having some issues, but all the kids got the idea and were able to do it. Initially a number of the shapes were placed incorrectly because the kids didn't want to put more than one shape in each box, but once I showed them stacking was ok, they placed all the rest of the shapes without problems. The kids also put all the shapes back into the box afterwards.
The kids are decent at making folds, but the idea of making a fold from point A to point B, or so that an edge lines up with a given point, is tricky for them.


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We are exhausted. Janna is half asleep in the chair and I am trying to coach words out of her mouth to tell you what we did this week, what Jessica and Janna harvested this morning for our subscribers and what to expect in the next couple of weeks.
Today we got a lot done. Nothing seeded or planted but we got a lot of weeding done in three gardens. We got the biggest potato garden weeded and hilled. We got some watering done and all in sunshine and consistent wind.
This past week my parents have been here because Adrienne graduated from 8th grade. My father is 81 and not so strong any more but loves to hoe, or should I say he hates weeds. He has been a big help again this year.
We got the peppers planted this week too, I noticed Janna mentioned that she was hoping to get that done in the last post. This week we will also bring our first group of chickens to the butcher. If you would like some fresh frozen pasture raised chickens for your freezer please let us know.
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Greens continue to flourish in the cool moist weather of spring.
Cilantro - use this tasty herb in your favorite recipes or add it to your salad for great flavor.
Leaf Lettuce - a nice mix of red and green
Butterhead Lettuce - either red or green - crisp and juicy
Radish - pink or red
Kohlrabi - looks like a baseball with leaves sticking out of it :) The first time I saw it I thought it resembled a Martian space ship. Peel, slice and steam it or enjoy the crisp sweet flavor raw with some dip.
Garlic Greens - a spring treat. These are actually the immature garlic plant before it forms a bulb of cloves. Rather than a strong garlic flavor, you will be surprised at the pleasant mild taste. To use, cut off the roots and use the white part and tender green parts in almost the same way you would use green onions. Keep them wrapped in the fridge, and try to use them up within a week.
Swiss Chard - use last week's recipe for kale and substitute chard for the kale. We also enjoy it in salads. You can use swiss chard almost any way that you would use spinach. By the way, chard looks a lot like beet tops, b/c it is from the same family. It has a green leaf with brightly colored stems ranging from creamy white to yellow, pink and red.
Pasta With Green Garlic
1 pound fresh pasta
2 tablespoons butter
several stalks green garlic, finely sliced
salt (to taste)
black pepper, freshly ground (to taste)
Parmesan cheese, grated (to taste)
1. Boil water for the pasta.
2. Melt butter in a sauté pan, being careful not to let it brown, and add the green garlic.
3. Saute on medium to medium-low heat until the green garlic has softened (but don't let it brown). Remove from heat.
4. Cook the pasta.
5. When the pasta is cooked, drain it (reserve cooking liquid), and set pasta aside.
6. Return the saute pan to the range, set to medium to medium-high. When the butter starts to bubble, add about 1/4 cup of the water the pasta cooked in and whisk until the butter and water forms an emulsion. Keep whisking while the butter/water reduces slightly (around a minute).
7. Add pasta to the pan and toss, adding more water if too dry, and seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Plate and serve the pasta with grated parmesan on top.
recipe from www.thefoodsection.com
Have a good week,
John and Janna