Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Vanishing Buzz

"Vanishing of the Bees" is a documentary about the honeybee genocide ... I had assumed Colony Collapse Disorder was Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus not being contained & getting into the US; rather CCD may be the newer systemic pesticide use on mono-culture, industrial farms. I had toyed with the idea of "bee~ng" a nomadic/itinerant bee~herder; however migratory beekeepers are just agri-biz - not for the honey but pollination - & truckers too. Funny~honey is imported.
My criteria for rural living included not being near/downwind from feedlots nor oil fields and avoiding cotton (fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides,& even defoliants at harvest). BUT corn&soy utilizing systemics ought to be avoided too. (Note: I live downwind from both corn&soy; I find soybeans growing in my lawn - I may be taken-out & lynched by the Monsanto posse.)

Friday, June 17, 2011

Dog's life

Good dogs ...
... stay home















Bad dogs ...
... go everywhere!













Tuesday, June 14, 2011

After the rain ...

Another 2X2 mosaic ... I spend more time composing the shot that I miss the rainbow ... Just like with Blogger, I spend more time re-re-configuring that I end-up with just a blurblog rather than a weblog ... it's taken a day-and-a-half (this was Saturday evening) to post this via ¿smart?phone mobile web ...