Monday my favorite news reporter posted an essay in his new blog about bird watching in Plainfield. For years we had fought and sometimes successfully the squirrels to keep our bird feeders in our yard filled. The past three years I had to admit defeat, not from the Squirrels and Chipmunks but by the Deer who would empty several pounds of seeds at night.
Years ago in the 70s there were Pheasants in the detention basin off Terrill Road and one severe winter an Eagle paid us a visit.
So as a pleasant alternative, Mark, this JAMA cover is for you.
Moulting Ducks circa 1900 Alexander Max Koester (1864-1932 Germany)
On Wednesdays Mark Spivey publishes an Epicurean Wine Column in the Courier. He has yet to experience the delight of quaffing a liter by the Chinese Pagoda in the "English Gardens" in Munich to the sounds of an Om Pa Band.
The latest issue of BAR (Biblical Archeology Review) has an article titled "Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?".References are given to Numbers 287-10, Proverbs 31:6, 20:1. 31:4 as well as Isaiah 5:11,28:7, 24:9.
In the late Bronze Age Barley not Wheat was the main crop in the Fertile Crescent. The production of Beer was similar to Bread. Hops were not used. The Author goes to great length to postulate that Beer consumption was common and large in all age groups including children. Perhaps it was partly a health measure since water sources could be contaminated.
This journal is often controversial and worth reading.
The latest issue of BAR (Biblical Archeology Review) has an article titled "Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?".References are given to Numbers 287-10, Proverbs 31:6, 20:1. 31:4 as well as Isaiah 5:11,28:7, 24:9.
In the late Bronze Age Barley not Wheat was the main crop in the Fertile Crescent. The production of Beer was similar to Bread. Hops were not used. The Author goes to great length to postulate that Beer consumption was common and large in all age groups including children. Perhaps it was partly a health measure since water sources could be contaminated.
This journal is often controversial and worth reading.
My problem is squirrels...they even rip up my garden plants and potted plants. I know deer are worse, but from bird seed to plants the squirrels rule the roost here...
ReplyDeleteRob, But the Squirrels to perform one great function. That have replanted my Croci so that although my border along the mailbox has thinned out, spring comes early in what passes for my lawn There are two daffodil plants one tn the middle of the gravel lowland and the other at the "forest's" edge that I look for every spring.
ReplyDeleteLOL...my squirrels provide entertainment and entertainment alone Doc ! I can watch them for hours..
ReplyDeleteSqirrels are tasty if cooked right!
ReplyDeleteWhy thanks! Or should I say, cheers! Or rather, prost!
ReplyDelete...keep fighting the good fight against those squirrels, by the way. -Mark