Escaping the Legacy II, The Swing Voters

by Daoud

More Spring plants

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Bluebells and Ferns

White House Press Conference '08

Trout Lily

Trout Lily 4-26-08

One of my primary philosophies of land restoration is that as you get rid of the bad stuff the good stuff will eventually show up. It is always a pleasure, then, to find and identify a new native plant growing on the property where only weeds and noxious invasives once grew.

Over the past few years I had seen the single leaf version of this plant (left leaf of photo above) in scattered locations. They were almost always growing in the same areas as the returning Red Trillium and other shady woods plants. At one point I even thought they were another type of Trillium.

As you can see from the photo this year one of them bloomed in its 2-leaf form motivating me to pull out my Dick Young plant bible, Kane County Wild Plants & Natural Areas to ID it.

Mr. Young describes the Trout Lily as a plant common in fine woods. He continues:

"...It is a choice April wildflower, a captivating little bell springing from a pair of pale green and rusty, variegated leaves from which it derives another of its common names of Adder's Tongue. Sterile, one-leave plants abound and are said to take 7 years to bloom, when they then send out 2 leaves."

Cool.

JBC Jaams - kewl covers 4

kewl covers 4 - A JBC Jaams Compilation CD.
A Spring '08 gathering of covers from the odd to the better-than-the-original.

1. Mission Impossible III Theme -- Kanye West
   
2. It's Not Unusual -- Marta Kibisova
   
3. What A Day For A Daydream -- Ray
   
4. Jive Talking -- Unknown Chinese artist (so sue me)
   
5. More Than a Feeling-- The Moog Cookbook
   
6. Hazy Shade of Winter -- The Bangles
   
7. Summertime Rolls -- Puracane
   
8. Ceremony (live) -- Radiohead*
9. Under Pressure -- Xiu Xiu
   
10. Everyday -- Rogue Wave*
    
11. Four Sticks-- Sones de Mexico Ensemble*
    
12. ll I Have to Do Is Dream -- Nils Lofgren
13. Its the End of the World As We Know It -- Vitamin String Quartet
    
14. Age of Consent -- Grant Lee Phillips
    
15. Let My Love Open the Door -- M. Ward
    
16. Mansion On the Hill (live) -- The National*
17. Don't Give Up -- Willie Nelson
18. Teardrop --Jose Gonzalez
19. Which Will -- Beck*
20. Words (live) -- Daniel G. Harmann
    

* = JBC fave, Total Time: 77:01, Final Compilation 3-27-08

Bloodroot blooms

JBC Jaams - Baile tonto

Baile tonto - A JBC Jaams Compilation CD.
A dance trek into Spring '08.

1. Dr Dedoverde -- Cypress Hill*
   
2. Cheap and Cheerful -- The Kills
   
3. Step Back (Deekline & Ed Solo Remix) -- Ursula 1000
   
4. L'Heros -- The Pinker Tones
   
5. Despabilate -- Anita Tijoux
   
6. Hold On -- Holy Ghost!
   
7. Hustler (U.S. Version) -- Simian Global Disco
   
8. D.A.N.C.E. -- Justice
9. O Pobre Dos Dentes de Duro -- Cidadão Instigado
   
10. And I Was A Boy From School (live) -- Hot Chip
    
11. Alice (Drop the Lime-Heavy Bass Remix) -- Moby*
    
12. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough -- Eliess*
    
13. House of Fire (Propellerheads Mix) -- Arkarna
14. Sleepwalking (The Glass Remix) -- 120 Days*
    
15. Get Carter Theme -- The Bombay Dub Orchestra
    
16. What Else Is There? -- Royksopp
    

* = JBC fave, Total Time: 75:50, Final Compilation 3-27-08

Early Spring delights

April 19, 2008 Northern Illinois

Bloodroot

Red Trillium

Young May Apples

Ostrich Fern Fronds

Ostrich Fern Fronds

Virginia Bluebells

JBC Jaams - brighter daze

brighter daze - A JBC Jaams Compilation CD.
An alternative trek into Spring '08.

1. 12 Bars To Say It -- Archie Shepp
   
2. Porno -- Clinic
   
3. The Children's Progress -- Pomegranates
   
4. Northwestern Girls -- Say Hi
   
5. Midnight Vignette -- Evangelicals
6. Hallelujah -- The Helio Sequence*
   
7. Adieu, Adieu -- The Pharmacy
   
8. Lowlife -- Scanners*
9. This Is Where We Are - - Ravens and Chimes
   
10. No One Said It Would Be Easy -- Cloud Cult*
    
11. Autoclave -- The Mountain Goats*
    
12. Hummingbird -- Born Ruffians*
    
13. Kids -- MGMT
14. Duke of Hazzard -- Blockhead
    
15. Beer from a Bottle -- Daniel G. Harmann
16. Baker Lake -- Sera Cahoone*
    
17. Meet Me By The River -- Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State
    
18. Zero Gravity -- The Transmissionary Six
    
19. Alabaster -- Joshua Morrison
    
20. It's Hard -- Two Sheds
21. Lump Sum - Bon Iver
    

* = JBC fave, Total Time: 76:59, Final Compilation 3-26-08

Today's scanned object - Wooden, fire-damaged, duckman and Homer

Dem house divided

My bumper these days confuses people. I suppose the messages are that we have a divided household, that "either or both" will work (we'll vote for whoever the Dem candidate is) and a reminder that we still have two good candidates while the GOP has none.

As a side note - I know my license plate holder is wishful thinking during the Unaccountable Dauphin's reign, but it has received lots of good laughs and scowls over the years (on my cars since early 2003). Maybe somebody will Pinochet them some day while they are traveling abroad. Hope springs eternal...