tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753380875937936392009-10-23T15:56:18.964-05:00<a href="http://www.donvineimages.com/"><br><img src="http://www.donsview.com/donsview/__images/visitmygalleries.jpg" width="950" align="center" vspace="10"><br></a> <a href="http://www.donvineimages.com/">Click the image to view galleries</a><br>Don Vinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13639834795290918020dvine@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175338087593793639.post-58515638173406611732009-10-23T14:35:00.020-05:002009-10-23T15:46:14.349-05:00

Click the image to view the Wild Kansas Flower galleryFour or five years ago the color of late September in Kansas was dry brown. With increasing rainfall and perhaps milder summers, late summer this year has remained the deep green of spring.What's more, there has been an explosion of wildflowers such that some ranch land looks as though wild sunflowers are actually the summer crop.Most of the

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Hawaiian HeartsThe origin of Valentine's Day, for celebrating loving commitments around the world, has been attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer and the Middle Age concepts of courtly love. Less sanguine, the credit has been given to St. Valentine's gift of his beating heart to a rejecting mistress.Whatever its origin, Valentine's Day is now dedicated to exchanging thoughts and gifts of love.These

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National CathedralThe National Cathedral in Washington DC is subtitled the National House of Prayer. The foundations were started more than 100 years ago and it is now the second largest cathedral in the United States. Karg Art Glass in Kechi, Kansas will hold its third annual Works of Faith liturgical art show beginning with a public reception March 14th, 2008. The works include paintings, icons

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Umauma FallsNot far south of Hilo on the east coast of Hawaii, a modest but attractive World Botanical Gardens provides access to one of Hawaii's triple tier waterfalls, the 300-foot Umauma. A visit to the Gardens, the waterfall, and a nearby rain forest will occupy a pleasant afternoon.Beyond the Umauma turn off but also south of Hilo is the impressive Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.Other

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GeofferyOne disadvantage to being the tallest animal on the planet is the risk of lightning strikes. Seems that giraffe that live in zoos are sometimes the tallest thing in the park and are hit. In their normally arid habitats, lightning is infrequent and Acacia trees on which giraffe feed are taller than they are.The long neck requires a 20 pound heart to get the blood to the tips of the horns

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Corcoran Men's LavatoryThe Cocoran Gallery of Art, the oldest in Washington DC, recently featured the photography of Annie Leibovitz and Ansel Adams.Leibovitz, a lifetime photographer of people, both family and famous, is perhaps most popularly known for her nude portrait of pregnant Demi Moore published on the August 1999 Vanity Fair magazine cover.In contrast to Leibovitz' color portraits of

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Narrow, deep, and shear describe the walls of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. This also explains the name of this national monument: the walls are so narrow and deep that sunlight reaches the river at the bottom a few hours each day, leaving the canyon walls shadowed the rest of the time.Dropping nearly 100 feet per mile, the Gunnison river provides an opportunity for hardy, very advanced,

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Although more than 100 species of rose grow wild, the most familiar are those growing at nurseries or on display at your local florist or food market. Roses are the classic, "I'm sorry honey, I forgot" gift. They are also one of the favorite flowers for home gardeners.The roses here were resting on a pass-through shelf between my kitchen and dining room and caught my eye because of the warm light

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Tulips were growing in Turkey around AD 1000, nearly 600 years before they appeared in the Netherlands where they became so popular that a tulip "futures" market developed as money was exchanged on the outcome of planted bulbs developing into blossoms. One transaction included cattle and several tons of commodity plus cash for a single blossom.If you enjoy tulips and are very fortunate, you can

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The Komodo dragon is native to the Komodo Island of Indonesia where about 1,500 specimen are believed to live. Another 3,000 to 4,000 live on other islands or in zoos. These giant lizards which reach the length of 10 feet and weigh as much as 365 pounds are large and fast enough to capture, kill, and eat deer, wild buffalo, and occasionally humans.Komodo don't have to overpower their prey. Their

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Oxidation of human tissue by free radicals causes damage that leads to cancer as well as other diseases. Antioxidants are substances, such as vitamins A and C, that inhibit the action of free radicals and the damage they can cause. While vitamin deficiency causes disease, the question remains whether loading up on extra vitamins can prevent illness, or even death.An international team of doctors

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It seems the original ED drug may have a favorable impact on tigers' survival... not by helping them make more baby tigers but by reduced poaching of tigers for body parts. Some traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe tiger penis to be a potent aphrodisiac. Sea horses and rhinoceros are also poached to obtain substances used for sexual enhancement. Viagra, even at $8 to $10 a pill is

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