Here is a tour of our garden for Takashi
Photo courtesy of Shinya Kamimura
Email Quote of Note
A visitor to the Iowa State Fair writes,
"The LEGENDARY BUTTER COW [it's a life size cow carved out of butter] made less of an impression on her
than I thought, even though it was
a Guernsey ... In any case the butter Tiger Woods excited her curiosity a bit more."
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NPR commentator Bill Langworthy finds
new words the English
language needs.
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We took a few days in August to visit Jim and Julie Shadle in Libby, Montana. Libby is west of Glacier National Park. It is one of the most beautiful parts of America. The Shadles and Snyders drove to Alberta, Canada to see the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
In the days before Europeans
came to North America, the native people killed buffalo (Bison bison) for food, clothing and shelter.
Buffalo are big, and so the clever Indians frightened them into stampeding off of a cliff.
The cliff behind us is the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. (The drop-off is 9 m (30'), but probably more
when it was in use.)
The name of this buffalo jump comes from an Indian legend. Once, a young brave (Indian teenager) decided to hide among the rocks of the cliff to watch the buffalo as they jumped to their death. When the jump was over the brave was found dead with his head smashed in by a buffalo. It is a sad story, but a beautiful place.
Normally visitors can walk in the prairie at the base of the cliff. But not on the day we visited because a mountain lion was seen.
News and Notes
- On our trip to Alberta, we stopped in Sparwood B.C. to see the world's largest truck. It
hauled coal from the mine to the railroad.
The gas mileage wasn't too good: It got 2.3 gallons per mile at 30 mph!
- Also while we were in Montana, we floated the Kootnai river with a friend, Tom Jones. It was a spectacular day! We caught a few rays and caught a few rainbows (trout).
- Dave, our brainiac son, plays the game Scrabble online. This week he scored 158 points
with the word EMIGRANT on two triple word squares! Two English degrees finally
pay off big time!
- Dan started the fall term teaching geology as an instructor at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa City. He is also working very diligently on his dissertation. (We think.)
- And our house is painted! It's gray-green. It blends so well with the colors of Seattle you may not be able to find it.
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| Garden Tour | Join the tour with Takashi Kawamoto, 1 long page | Shanghai | The most populous country's most populous city, 4 pages |
| Antipasti | Julie & Shelley reveal their recipe, 1 page |
| Garden News | The latest on moss and compost, 1 page |
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| The Gates | A quick trip to NYC to see Christo's Gates, 1 page |
| Haida Gwaii | Exploring Canada's Queen Charlottes Is, 4 pages |
| Freedom Trail | Tour of Western US in our red Jeep, 5 pages |
| 'Round the World | The 2001/2002 sabbatical, 43 pages |