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The cold that the south as been experiencing is not all bad news. If you are a peach farmer you are loving the freezing temperatures because peach's absolutely love cold snaps and while the orange crops are taking a hit you can expect a fantastic peach crop this year with extra flavor.
Peach's need chill hours, the count of how many hours a peach will spend below 45 degrees. In 2007 there were about 425 chill hours, in 2008 they had 540 and already this year they are in the middle 650s. YUMMO!!!!
Oddly on the other side of the world Australia is worrying about a 70% drop in production of fruit because of a heat wave as many areas have been in the 105F range. So don't go looking for any Australian grapes.
I wonder how the wine country is doing down under.
The U.S. southern cold is also affecting peppers, cucumbers, green beans and tomatoes. Of course in Wisconsin tomatoes seem to never ever be a problem as people can't give them a away typically. There is always a wealth of free tomatoes.
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All My Children fans. There is a Leven Rambin sighting in the USA Today today. You remember Lily right? She has landed a gig on Grays Anatomy as Sloan Riley, Dr, Mark Sloans 18 year old kid. Of course if you watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles you saw she was a regular on the show. Nice to see another cast member doing well. Other actors that have made it big recently is Eva La Rue who plays (I love this name) Natalia Boa Vista on CSI Miami.
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CUTE BABY PHOTO #2
---------------------------------Tomorrow I'm taking photos for "The Country Today" (the only newspaper dedicated to every facet of rural life in Wisconsin and Minnesota) of the Madison Mounted Police at the Horse First Farm in Brooklyn. However - I think they are confused on what a horse actually is! I'd like to see John Wayne on that baby on a cattle drive! Yee Haa giddy up!
I wonder if this photo should be on the rabbit page.
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Being a meat and potato's kind of guy I have always like pot roast. My mom made it and DJ has made it a large number of times. It's not real hard and always tastes great.
However yesterday DJ made it a different way and I tell ya - it was the best pot roast I have EVER had. It was like crack (not that I actually know what that would be like but you get the idea), I could not stop eating it. I almost exploded (a lot of that going around in our house lately). For the recipe contact DJ.
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Way to go Conan O'Brien. I have new respect for you. NBC are a bunch of idiots.
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I guess I have to rout for the Dallas Cowboys. Seems weird. Any true Packer fan can't rout for the Vikings, that's just crazy.
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Popcorn wagon on a rainy day in Madison.
Hey - throw enough spaghetti against the wall and something is bound to stick, although DJ is not to fond of the idea. Best viewed larger.
I made a small fundamental change in my strategy for Art Fairs last night as I came to the realization that canvas works not only costs me money but are expensive for a lot of people to buy. Plus seeing how my posters are coming out and how much easier it would be to sell a 20x30 poster for $40 then a 12x18 $100 canvas print . . . . . . Although with a 20x30 frame it comes to $100 but a purchaser will have $40 more often then $100 at a fair . . .yada yada yada. So I'll have less canvas and more BIG images.I can't turn my brain off on this adventure. What to print, what will sell ??? brain hurt.
I like the canvas and would pay additional for it. Posters are for college kids. Think about giving your art work to charities like the pbs auction. You should be able to write off at a good price and get some publicity as well.
ReplyDeleteknowitall - I plan on having canvas, posters (on real photo paper) and normal prints. My conundrum is what will sell. Personally I LOVE the canvas - for 12x18 canvas - $120 is steep for some people - 20x30 poster = $40 and framed poster $100.
ReplyDeleteOriginally I thought 2/3 would be canvas and 1/3 poster size prints, I'm thinking the other way around now but for instance.
Print "A" will be in canvas AND Poster size AND 8x12 so you have a choice.
ok- I want that recipe- I love Pot Roast!
ReplyDeleteG., you're in the world of art now its better to cost more.
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