After walking around the lawn this morning in my slippers, I have come to the conclusion that this is grass self-seeding season. It’s amazing…everywhere I look the grass is growing with shoots full of seeds. I am hoping that somehow this makes the lawn thicker.
Generally, I like to mow the lawn at about 3.5″ to 4″ in height. This gives the grass a nice healthy look and offers the soil some shade so it doesn’t dry out as fast as it would with shorter grass. The higher mowing height also lets the grass self seed.
When I first started noticing that the existing grass was producing seeds, I went inside to grab the camera. I then strolled around the lawn looking for those perfect shots of self-seeding grass. Believe it or not, it’s not easy to take these types of pictures. I did manage to get three decent shots of what I believe to be self-seeding Tall Fescue, Perennial Ryegrass and Kentucky Bluegrass. Please, don’t hold me to what I identify these grasses as. My descriptions are just my best guess. If you know for sure of what they are, please leave a comment.
Okay, first things first. Wind turbines are huge. I always knew they were big, but from looking around online after I read this blog post, I found out that they are really big. Also, a while back I found out that in order to get up to the inside, you have a climb a long ladder that spans the entire height of the turbine. The reason I never knew about this is because I never knew how big the turbine was in the first place. I think I always figured that people worked on these things from the outside or something. Actually, I really had no idea about anything.
So I did a little poking around today. Beside looking at a bunch of pictures, I found a pretty good video that shows just how large a wind turbine is. What’s really nice about this video is that it shows a good view from the very top of the turbine.
Man, it’s downright balmy tonight. I just got inside from taking a few pictures of the most recent flower buds and I feel sticky. It’s been like this all day and they are calling for some thunderstorms tonight. I am not looking forward to them because they say there might be hail. We’ll see.
Anyway, I got some pretty decent pictures. It’s kind of overcast, so they aren’t as sweet as some of my others. I take pride in my work , but I can’t control mother nature. The pictures I took are of some Azalea, Lilac, Columbine and Iris buds. There is also a huge bud of something that I can’t identify. Whatever it is, it’s going to be big. I’ll just label that one “big green bud” and let you tell me what it is.
Okay, here goes…
Red Azalea buds
Up close Azalea buds
Large green unidentified bud
Some fully bloomed flowers and some buds on the Lilac
Do you know what I love about business and economics books that were written in the past? I love it when the authors hit the nail on the head.
I will tell you this up front. I haven’t been on the global economic scene for very long. A year or two at the most. During that time, I have read a good number of top selling books and have watched more interviews online and on the television than I know what to do with. It was sort of a crash course on what the heck is going on.
I’m not sure if anyone else feels this, but I think we are living history right now. I mean, of course we are living history, but if you have any understanding of global affairs, I have an inclination you know what I am talking about. Each day, something else that someone has predicted unfolds. It’s all coming true. The conspiracy theorists have been waiting for this moment in time. I guess it’s been building for a while, but it sure seems like a few pieces have been pulled from the house of cards in the past few days.
Okay, enough of me rambling. I am writing this post to let you know that I have been reading the latest and greatest book on economics, currencies and the Federal Reserve. It’s called, “The Creature from Jekyll Island : A Second Look at the Federal Reserve” and was written by G. Edward Griffin.
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
I would have to say that it’s pretty amazing what this author has put together. You should see my eyes widen while I am laying in bed each night coming across paragraph after paragraph…saying to myself, “Oh man, that happened yesterday” and “I always wondered why they did it that way.” I am learning that there are a whole lot of things out there that we really should start learning about.
One of the problems that I am coming across as I educate myself more and more about these very interesting topics is, 1) not many people I talk to have any idea what I am talking about, and 2) not many people care. I think that’s a real shame. Not a day passes that I don’t think about all the people I love who haven’t got a clue about what makes this world tick. They are too busy out at the mall shopping for a new bedspread or are too busy measuring their kitchens for new granite counter tops, thinking they are going to increase the value of their home with them. What a joke that turned out to be.
Anyway, back to the book. So, what’s it about anyway? Well, here are a few quote from Wikipedia:
…described the U.S. money system in his 1993 movie and 1994 book on the Federal Reserve System, The Creature from Jekyll Island…
…title refers to the November 1910 meeting at Jekyll Island, Georgia, of seven bankers and economic policymakers, who represented the financial elite of the Western world…
…advocates against the debt-based fiat money system on several grounds, stating that it devours individual prosperity through inflation and it is used to perpetuate war…
Also, here is a pretty good line from the book’s amazon page:
…it is sufficient to say that this is a must read for anyone who is interested in learning how the money system operates. Griffin gives comprehensive accounts of how the Fed creates money, and how this affects everyday life….
Even though I am only a third of the way through the book, I can recommend it.
Here is an interview with G. Edward Griffin where he talks about money, the Federal Reserve and all sorts of stuff.
