A brief glimpse into my season. |
Hi everyone, Welcome to my portfolio. For those of you who have only recently found this collection, please make sure you explore, and have fun. In the spirit of Halloween, the pumpkins are out on the porch, the mums are in full bloom, the ground is covered with leaf-color blankets, and magic is in the air. It's only a few days past the full, Hunter's moon, and the nighttime is bright in the moonlight. My house hosts a traditional tableaux featuring several scenes of interest. In the backyard, I've decorated the main patio gazebo with orange lighting, candles, and variously glowing centerpieces. Also, at the wooded gazebo, I've mounted our scarecrow, hanging lanterns, and Marcus the Carcus. The main gardens are accented with purple lighting and the chiminea, of course, is ready for lighting a nice, warm fire. My son's house is being prepared for entertaining the passing ghosts, and witches from the front entrance. His is an enclosed entranceway, 6x6, with a season background sheet across the inner door. He runs a fog machine, and a symphony of halloween music selections for great atmosphere. A full size, dancing pirate skeleton greets visitors along with assorted centerpieces celebrating the night. But, what strange things are "out there" that you could be concerned about, while enjoying the company at your house on this halloween night? Scientists have found that crows bend twigs into tools to find food. This is a headline folks. The crow... a noble animal... has been around a long, long time, and only now observations surface about it's eating habits. But, I think the following story is the best for marking this year's halloween season. There's the recent news that our friendly white-jackets, have tweeked the genes in worms to make 'lesbian' worms. Ok, are 'lesbian' worms better eating, or something? Are they bigger? Do they catch more fish? My first impression to this news was: I'm sure Dumbledore is to blame somehow. And now from Space.Com... Defect Suspected in Fabric of Space-Time Eddies in the space-time continuum? Scientists think that shortly after the Big Bang, as the universe cooled and expanded, exotic particles transformed into the particles we know today via phase transitions similar to the gas-liquid-solid transitions that matter now experiences on Earth. One artifact of this may be an enormous 'cold spot'. **What Big Bang? And, what exotic particles? Are these 'scientists' referring to klingons? And, yep, it's cold in space... there are plenty of cold spots to go around. So, how can we fix it? I've have two words... Duct tape. It'll be a stretch to make any political money out of this.... it's just too far away for anyone to be made to be fearful of, like they are doing to us with global warming. Well then, whew! If you read carefully enough, you can find plenty of stories here upon which you can apply your magical tricks. So without further ado, have a great season, don't forget to change your clocks, and wear your seat belts... something large could lurch at your car as you drive by a dark patch of woods in the night. Stop by again to have a read. Don't forget the coffee!! |