A little snow on the California coastline!
It has been freeezing here and the rain hasn’t really stopped in the last 48 hours. At one point yesterday it was coming down at about an inch an hour but
it’s been sort of fun. Yesterday there was a stunning double rainbow peaking over the mountains. This can only mean good things for our beautiful little valley.
Triplux 101 in 1,001 challenge:
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as new year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
My end date for task: Sunday, October 17, 2010 – I found that date using this.
And finally, my list of tasks is located here. I plan to repost this link on the first of every month with an update of how things are coming along. (I will update the site otherwise, but just remind you all of it’s existence on the first of the month.)
Triplux 101 in 1,001 challenge:
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as new year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
My end date for task: Sunday, October 17, 2010 – I found that date using this.
And finally, my list of tasks is located here. I plan to repost this link on the first of every month with an update of how things are coming along. (I will update the site otherwise, but just remind you all of it’s existence on the first of the month.)
Canaletto and Keats
F a n c y
Ever let the Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home:
At a touch sweet Pleasure melteth,
Like to bubbles when rain pelteth;
Then let winged Fancy wander
Through the thought still spread beyond her:
Open wide the mind’s cage-door,
She’ll dart forth, and cloudward soar.
O sweet Fancy! let her loose;
Summer’s joys are spoilt by use,
And the enjoying of the Spring
Fades as does its blossoming;
Autumn’s red-lipp’d fruitage too,
Blushing through the mist and dew,
Cloys with tasting: What do then?
Sit thee by the ingle, when
The sear faggot blazes bright,
Spirit of a winter’s night;
When the soundless earth is muffled,
And the caked snow is shuffled
From the ploughboy’s heavy shoon;
When the Night doth meet the Noon
In a dark conspiracy
To banish Even from her sky.
Sit thee there, and send abroad,
With a mind self-overaw’d,
Fancy, high-commission’d:–send her!
She has vassals to attend her:
She will bring, in spite of frost,
Beauties that the earth hath lost;
She will bring thee, all together,
All delights of summer weather;…
John Keats
Sweet Gemina
Our beloved Gemina has passed away. She was born in July of 1986 and was brought to the zoo when she was about a year old. So you know, we’ve sort of grown up together. Well, okay not really but seeing her was what I looked forward to most at the zoo, since I was a little girl till just this summer. Someone mentioned on the local news last night that seeing her was a reminder that not only is it okay to be different, but sometimes it’s those differences that can win the love of those around us. I give her credit for my affinity for giraffes in general, but there will never be another Gemina.
♥
From the SB Zoo’s website:
Gemina the “crooked-necked giraffe,” one of the Santa Barbara Zoo’s – beloved animals, was humanely euthanized Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Her health had been declining over recent weeks. Although we don’t know what caused her poor health, all signs indicate old age and not the condition of her neck. Gemina lived beyond the average life expectancy for a female giraffe.
Gemina was the only non-human in a list of internationally known Santa Barbara area figures that included Nobel laureates, and celebrities such as John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt in a 2006 Santa Barbara News-Press story.
Gemina led a very typical existence and was treated as a normal member of the herd. She was a cherished member of the Santa Barbara Zoo family, and she will be missed.
Sweet Gemina
Our beloved Gemina has passed away. She was born in July of 1986 and was brought to the zoo when she was about a year old. So you know, we’ve sort of grown up together. Well, okay not really but seeing her was what I looked forward to most at the zoo, since I was a little girl till just this summer. Someone mentioned on the local news last night that seeing her was a reminder that not only is it okay to be different, but sometimes it’s those differences that can win the love of those around us. I give her credit for my affinity for giraffes in general, but there will never be another Gemina.
♥
From the SB Zoo’s website:
Gemina the “crooked-necked giraffe,” one of the Santa Barbara Zoo’s – beloved animals, was humanely euthanized Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Her health had been declining over recent weeks. Although we don’t know what caused her poor health, all signs indicate old age and not the condition of her neck. Gemina lived beyond the average life expectancy for a female giraffe.
Gemina was the only non-human in a list of internationally known Santa Barbara area figures that included Nobel laureates, and celebrities such as John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt in a 2006 Santa Barbara News-Press story.
Gemina led a very typical existence and was treated as a normal member of the herd. She was a cherished member of the Santa Barbara Zoo family, and she will be missed.
Sweet Gemina
Our beloved Gemina has passed away. She was born in July of 1986 and was brought to the zoo when she was about a year old. So you know, we’ve sort of grown up together. Well, okay not really but seeing her was what I looked forward to most at the zoo, since I was a little girl till just this summer. Someone mentioned on the local news last night that seeing her was a reminder that not only is it okay to be different, but sometimes it’s those differences that can win the love of those around us. I give her credit for my affinity for giraffes in general, but there will never be another Gemina.
♥
From the SB Zoo’s website:
Gemina the “crooked-necked giraffe,” one of the Santa Barbara Zoo’s – beloved animals, was humanely euthanized Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Her health had been declining over recent weeks. Although we don’t know what caused her poor health, all signs indicate old age and not the condition of her neck. Gemina lived beyond the average life expectancy for a female giraffe.
Gemina was the only non-human in a list of internationally known Santa Barbara area figures that included Nobel laureates, and celebrities such as John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt in a 2006 Santa Barbara News-Press story.
Gemina led a very typical existence and was treated as a normal member of the herd. She was a cherished member of the Santa Barbara Zoo family, and she will be missed.
Sweet Gemina
Our beloved Gemina has passed away. She was born in July of 1986 and was brought to the zoo when she was about a year old. So you know, we’ve sort of grown up together. Well, okay not really but seeing her was what I looked forward to most at the zoo, since I was a little girl till just this summer. Someone mentioned on the local news last night that seeing her was a reminder that not only is it okay to be different, but sometimes it’s those differences that can win the love of those around us. I give her credit for my affinity for giraffes in general, but there will never be another Gemina.
♥
From the SB Zoo’s website:
Gemina the “crooked-necked giraffe,” one of the Santa Barbara Zoo’s – beloved animals, was humanely euthanized Wednesday, January 9, 2008. Her health had been declining over recent weeks. Although we don’t know what caused her poor health, all signs indicate old age and not the condition of her neck. Gemina lived beyond the average life expectancy for a female giraffe.
Gemina was the only non-human in a list of internationally known Santa Barbara area figures that included Nobel laureates, and celebrities such as John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt in a 2006 Santa Barbara News-Press story.
Gemina led a very typical existence and was treated as a normal member of the herd. She was a cherished member of the Santa Barbara Zoo family, and she will be missed.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Thomas Jefferson
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Thomas Jefferson
a flash of delight 