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And I have to say - THIS IS THE BEST SURVIVOR EVER!! I know many of you recorded it and have not watched it yet so no spoilers except to say this is the most outstanding Survivor ever. Can it GET ANY BETTER? (yes - if I was on it, but otherwise, no).
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Also - a retraction from yesterdays star blog. What you are seeing is MARS (orange) then Regulas down and to the left, THEN Saturn lower and more left and finally Spica.
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While waiting in the Doctors office I found a news magazine that I think I like. It's called The Week and takes a digest of the week's news and editorial commentary from global media. I can't decide if it's left or right but I like the global part as you see news from a slightly different perspective.
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I've been railing on the Columbus Chamber of Commerce this week but I have to say in all fairness that when they put their minds to it they can really do a great job. I felt PE Days last year was an outstanding success. People from everywhere were commenting to me about how great the event was. Tourists were stopping and taking hayrides and touring the city and I had entire families tell me it was great fun.
Yet - the organizers feel it was a failure and will not have another one. Seems the BARS in Columbus did not reap huge amounts of money and have talked the Chamber into thinking it was a waste of time. Julie of Julies Java House did a fantastic job and I applaud her for her efforts. I honestly can not see how this could even come close to being a failure.
The Chamber having a broken website just irritates the hell out of me!! It's like giving a middle finger to any perspective business. Websites are SO important.
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Speaking of Columbus. The CDA is forming a Strike Team. The vision is to have a squad of organizations on hand to talk to perspective business. For instance. If a company is planning on opening up business they will be invited to a meeting which will have as school representative , Water & Light, Main Street Org , CDA, City Hall (Garbage collectors?) and so forth to tell them about Columbus. This would show them that this is a community that is on the go and organized and WANTS their business.
Columbus is in a Catch 22 situation. We have Sun Prairie to the south and Beaver Dam to the north. A business looks at this and while it likes Columbus sees that both other towns are much larger with more customers. So we have to work harder at selling them that Columbus is a GREEN community! That is the selling point at the moment and we're getting a lot of recognition for this.
We're one of the first of ten "Energy Independent Communities" designated by the State of Wisconsin and awarded with the largest energy independence grant.
On track to become the first city in Wisconsin to convert all street lights to LED (just so our downtown does not look like Waterloo, MAN I hate those light!)
Featured in Wisconsin Builder Magazine’s March cover story, "Leading the Charge" for groundbreaking energy sustainability efforts
Starting the Columbus energy efficiency home program to build 5-10 solar, high energy efficient homes for sale and for public education.
First city in Wisconsin to install energy sustainable municipal parking lots, including NEV/hybrid electric chargers and LED lighting,
Installing 10,000 foot mirror to reflect the suns rays onto the crops surrounding the city for faster crop growth.
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I was out at lunch yesterday taking photos of the Tulips and went to a little secret Madison garden to take some photos.
At 1 N Pinckney across East Washington from the glass bank in the square is a little subterranean garden. Elweed found it and told me to take some photos so I'm been lurking around like a homeless guy looking for a place to sleep. I decided I better tell them I'm just taking photos so I entered Engberg Anderson Inc and told them what I was doing.
Here is the little secret garden that nobody ever notices.
These are Creep Charlie - the funny thing is if you google Creeping Charlie there are a lot of sites that will tell you how to KILL CREEPING CHARLIE!!!
These flowers are just a tad over 1/4 inch. I was pretty close to them.
and one of the many Tulip shots! Like I'm the only guy taking photos of Tulips in Madison!
Have a great weekend
Rod
I am one of the few people in the entire universe who likes Creeping Charlie- it's green and it has lovely little flowers- wonderful ground cover! My neighbors might think otherwise....
ReplyDeleteSince when did what the bars make control events? Crazy!!!!!
I agree - looks pretty pretty to me!! I think the word "invasive" is overused. Grass is invasive - I hate the stuff.
ReplyDeleteOn this day the FBI raided the Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Vilas Co. They had been tipped off that gangster John Dillinger was hiding at Little Bohemia, but during their raid an innocent Civilian Conservation Corps worker was killed and Dillinger escaped.
ReplyDeleteGreat Blog!
ReplyDeleteI think the Event went well for the first year.
The Bars should have had something during the event and through the evening, maybe they would have had more luck.
To bad not another one......
The Web Site has to get up and running!
More people check web sites for touring the area.
Get Busy!!!!!
I like creeping charlie,my neighbor hates the darn stuff.
weed killer every year and she still can't kill it.
Rod,Those flower pictures are Superb!
I remember those little areas that dropped down back in Milwaukee. When I was a kid we used to jump down into them and call it our hide out.
I hope all have a great Weekend!