Sidewalk Art

The Picture here and what will be posted in the next few days were created by Julian Beever. Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of Australia, Belgium, England, France, Germany and USA. Beever gives to his drawings an amazing 3D illusion. Thanks to Sara for bringing to my attention, Julian Beever's work.

4 Self-Portrait








Arctic













Coke












Ross












Batman


















Sun

























Spiderman












Globe-wrong view












Globe

SQUIRRELS

Thanks to my Mom and Dad for these pictures.

LIME CAKE

Lime Cake

This recipe is one of my own, Peter.

Cake:

1 Cup sugar

3 oz. unsalted butter (room temperature)

½ teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 Cup milk

2 Cups flour

2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder

Zest of one lime

Butter and flour an oversize bread pan. Preheat oven to 350°. Blend together sugar, butter and salt until well mixed. Combine or sift flour and baking powder together. Fold in flour and milk along with zest until the batter is creamy about two minutes.

Bake at 350 for one hour and 5 minutes until the cake is lightly browned. Remove from pan after 10 minutes. Cool completely and frost.

Frosting:

1 or 2 Cups powdered sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

1 egg

Juice of one lime

Combine the sugar, salt, egg, and juice. Beat until smooth. Frosting will be firm in an hour. Trim off excess frosting away from cake. The cake looks and tastes unbelievably good.

AGE AND YOUTH

. . . Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth . . .

Albus Dumbedore to Harry Potter book six

WEATHER STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY '06

You may be tired of hearing about the amount of snow we receive here in our part of the country. Some of you have all the snow you want but some of you might not. Either way here is another update of the weather and snow of our area with the statistics for the month of February. The average snowfall and percentage of snow cover the past five years. February was fairly normal for us. The temperatures fluctuated up and down rising above and falling below the normal temperatures. We received over the average February snow fall by 1.07% with 35.30 inches. The month ended at 69% of the average seasonal snow fall at 108.2 inches. It looks like spring is on schedule.

Highest temperature: 60°

Lowest temperature: -1°

Average temperature: 27.2°

Departure from norm: 2.7°

Normal Precipitation: 2.2˝

Total Precipitation: 1.66˝

% of normal Precipitation: 75

Total Snowfall: 35.30˝

Average Snowfall: 32.8˝

% of snow for February: 1.08

Accumulative snow fall for ’05 - ‘06 season: 108.20˝

Accumulative average snow for our area: 156.73

% of accumulative average snow in February ’06: 0.69

TRANSPLANTING

I must say that even today I remain quite certain that souls which take root in a particular geography cannot be successfully transplanted. I believe that these roots, these tiny fibrous filaments, will almost inevitably dry and wither in the new soil, or will send the plant into sudden and irretrievable shock.

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
1997