White Jellies, Stanley Park Aquarium, Vancouver BC

Relax, take a break, it's time to meditate... on the flow of jellies and anemones.



"

All jellies sting, but not all jellies have poison that hurts humans. Of the 2,000 species of jellyfish, only about 70 seriously harm or occasionally kill people.
Listed here are the more dangerous jellies and where you can find—and avoid—them.


Atlantic Ocean from above the Arctic Circle to Florida; Gulf of Mexico; Pacific Ocean from Alaska to southern California


Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea near the Bahamas; West Indies


Chesapeake Bay; Pacific Ocean from Alaska to southern California; Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida; Gulf of Mexico


Pacific Ocean near northern Australia, Philippines"

Jelly Fish at Stanley Park Vancouver BC

Slideshow, some photos from our trip to Baker, Vancouver, Seattle, and Rialto

A Video of our trip to Rialto and Hole in The Wall Beach

"From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. " Kafka

Mt Baker, Chain Lakes Trail

" My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. " Franz Kafka

At Baker Jeremy enjoyed the snow, above, a photo of a snow bank in August,

 we had late snow this year.

Daphne and Jeremy, my daughter and Grandson just left yesterday after a week here discovering and exploring Seattle, Vancouver, Mt Baker and Rialto Beach.

It was a whirlwind affair, but so much fun, Backpacking into Rialto was an amazing adventure, as Rialto is a rare beach in today's world, I'd say, with old growth logs that wash ashore, perhaps from The three rivers that flow into the ocean there from old growth stands; The Hoh River, The Quillutte, and the Bogiechiele.

Jeremy discovered our banana slugs, and haystacks, and Daphne wanted to take all the driftwood home with her. She poked her way down the beach examining beautiful pieces of wood, and even found some beach glass, rare at this beach.

I haven't downloaded Rialto Yet, .....be here soon!

Jeremy hikes into Chain Lakes Area at Mt Baker

Mt Shuksan shrouded in clouds

Died and went to Pasta Heaven

Boat Houses off Granville Island this week while visiting Vancouver BC

Rialto Beach slideshow

Early August 2008

Footprints in the sand

Still out with family...hope you enjoy Rialto with me, and us..

Rialto Beach haystacks, and other stuff of interest

A raccoon?

They should clean this beach up! It's littered with driftwood! Lol

Me at Railto Beach

Well look at this silly gold starfish...too!

Rialto Beach hikers

Some of these logs are amazingly large..

Rialto Beach

Haiku

silvery reflections

high tide acrobat

balancing on moon lit beams

Might be where I am now. I am posting these automatically since my daughter and Jeremy are here and we're probably out backpacking on this very beach right now.

So hi everyone, wish you were here is the sentiment.. Michelle, I know you'd love it with all the eagles and pelicans and so forth..

3 haiku's

Black as night

softly folded

my cat upon his pillow.

Cool opaque fog

hovers over water

like a lover

Many small blossoms

become food

for sustenance

S. Stewart (C) 2005/2006

This Haiku is from
Nobu

summer evening

a letter waiting

in the warmed box 

Salad, largely from my garden... Colorful Red Radish Salad

The large radishes inspired me...

Red leaf lettuce

Iceberg lettuce

English Cucumber

White radishes , red inside, grown large

Sprouts (clover and radish)

Yellow peppers

Carrots grated

Feta cheese

Tofu

 Kalamata Olives

 Red Grapes

A spicy ginger dressing

Yum!

For leftovers, stuff into a pita pocket lined with hummus, and add drizzled dressing...

Wow!

Pineapple Rice Cream

I grew up on this simple dessert, we called it glorified rice..I changed it's name

Blue Heron in North Cascades

I've been away, but here are a few heron shots, and I'll have more photos soon...

A two faced horse...

I see this horse in a pasture in Snohomish, I call him Blue because he looks blueblack.

He has a face on his side, can you see it?

An Aside

"Set aside the fraught question of when human life begins. The new debate: When does pregnancy begin?

The Bush Administration has ignited a furor with a proposed definition of pregnancy that has the effect of classifying some of the most widely used methods of contraception as abortion.


A draft regulation, still being revised and debated, treats most birth-control pills and intrauterine devices as abortion because they can work by preventing fertilized eggs from implanting in the uterus. The regulation considers that destroying "the life of a human being."

Many medical groups disagree. They hold that pregnancy isn't established until several days after conception, when the fertilized egg has grown to a cluster of several dozen cells and burrowed into the uterine wall. Anything that disrupts that process, in their view, is contraception.

The draft regulation, circulating within the Department of Health and Human Services, would have no immediate effect on the legality of the pill or the IUD if implemented because abortion is legal. But opponents fear it would undercut dozens of state laws designed to promote easy access to these methods of birth control, used by more than 12 million women a year...

In Colorado, voters this fall will weigh a state constitutional amendment that would confer full personhood on fertilized eggs, as well as embryos and fetuses. ....

Dozens of Congressional Democrats -- including presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama -- have signed letters of protest blistering the proposal. His Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, declined to comment."

Read more here:
weird, the link won't work here, google:

Treating the Pill as Abortion,
Draft Regulation Stirs Debate
By STEPHANIE SIMON


Still time to impeach if we all make it the most important goal of the year. We'll only be sorry once, from now on...if we fail in this undertaking.
Some don't realize that if he isn't taken out along with Cheney for their covert activities of over exercising executive privilege, these excesses of presidential power will become law that can't be changed in the future. We will live with this abuse, and any new administrations powers will not be checked by legislative process, but will be used to control in the future by any administration crazy about control. Our government is set up to check these balances of power, Bush has defeated these constitutionally provided mandates.

I have completed my own impeachment petition a year ago here:


Again it isn't showing up, go to: impeachforpeace dot org/impeachNow/html
Download the document, and send it out to the 7 judges stated. Send these documents and judges addresses to all your friends.
"Jefferson's Manual" is an interpretive guide to parliamentary procedure, and is included (along with the Constitution) in the bound volumes of the Rules of the House of Representatives. It is ratified by each congress (including the current one), and has been updated continuously through the history of our democracy. The section covering impeachment lists the acceptable vehicles for bringing impeachment motions to the floor of the House.
Humorous Video About the DIY Impeachment

Our trip to DC!Kucinich Speaking About Impeachment


Before the House Judiciary Committee can put together the Articles of Impeachment, someone must initiate the impeachment procedure. Most often, this occurs when members of the House pass a resolution. Another method outlined in the manual, however, is for individual citizens to submit a memorial for impeachment.
After learning this information, Minnesotan and
Impeach for Peace member (Jodin Morey) found precedent in an 1826 memorial by Luke Edward Lawless which had been successful in initiating the impeachment of Federal Judge James H. Peck. Impeach for Peace then used this as a template for their "Do-It-Yourself Impeachment." Now any citizen can download the DIY Impeachment Memorial and submit it, making it possible for Americans to do what our representatives have been unwilling to do. The idea is for so many people to submit the Memorial that it cannot be ignored.

So far 6,290 signatures to impeach Pelosi who is blocking the impeachment process.

Articles Of Impeachment:



Learn more about impeachment:
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Why Impeach?
US House Resolution 1258 Impeaching Bush - synopsis, full text
US House Resolution 799 (was 333) Impeaching Cheney - synopsis, full text, and supporting documents
Bill Moyers discusses impeachment with Bruce Fein who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION
Naomi Wolf Talks About Her New Book, THE END OF AMERICA
American Bar Association on the Impeachment Process
Bruce Fein, Author of A Clinton Article of Impeachment Argues for Impeaching Cheney Immediately
PBS Frontline about Cheney's lifelong pursuit of a "Unitary Executive" Expanded Presidential Power
House rules 602, 603, 604
Washington State impeachment memorial SJM 8016
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