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This is a close-up of an Aster Yellows Disease effected Echinacea 'Magnus' plant. The flowers have all turned green and are distorted. It is caused by phytoplasma which is similar to a virus. Not much can be done for this except to take out the plant and put in your trash-can and NOT in your composter, or out with the other plant material which will only spread the disease. The disease is spread by leafhopper insects that suck out the juices, taking in the disease, only to spread it to other plants that it subsequently feeds off of. I have lost a few Echinacea's over the years. For more information go to: Missouri Botanical Gardens - Aster Yellows.
This is an Aster Yellows Diseased Echinacea 'Magnus'. Notice that the flowers have moslty turned green with floret's of smaller flowers emerging out of the cone. Some of the flowers still have purple petals.
This is how a healthy Echinacea purpruea 'Magnus' should look. Notice the orange center cone and clear purple petals.
The Plant – Indescribable… Indestructible! Nothing Can Stop It! or: Invasive Plants – the ruin of America's natural history and identity. or: What not to plant.
Invasive plants and organisms are one of the greatest threats facing our natural ecosystems in the United States. They are destroying America's natural history, native plant communities, and national identity. We as a society that likes and needs to have plants in our home and office landscapes are an unwitting accomplice to the takeover by these invading alien species.
It's like the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. We use plants that look like they belong here, why else would that Garden Center be carrying a particular plant - money, but when we plant them they can take over, reproduce, spread their seed, and crowd out the native plant communities that are so important to the biodiversity in our landscape. A plant food web chain so to speak.
Over millennia species have evolved to coexist together and be dependent upon each other for food, shelter, and places to bear their young. When a plant like the Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora, is brought in from Japan as an under-stock plant it was spread throughout the country by Us planting them for different purposes and then by the birds eating and then spreading the seeds in their droppings. This invasive plant outcompetes the native plant community, crowding them out forming dense thickets many feet tall, I've seen and experienced large thickets on the edge of woods that are over six feet tall and full of eviscerating thorns. A nasty experience if one fell into a patch.
Doug Tallomy, a Professor & Chair of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware has written the book "Bringing Nature Home" revised and updated in 2009. This is the treatise to use in correctly creating a biodiversity of plants that are beneficial to all native species from caterpillars, to butterflies, to birds and all of the beneficial insects. Reading it is a real eye opener but a good guide as to what are the most beneficial plants out there. For example an Oak, Quercus sp., can feed at least 534 species of Lepidoptera – Butterflies and Moths. His research has shown that a native plant/tree can provide over 35 times more insect bio-mass than can alien species of plants. This means that there is 35 times more insect food for baby birds with natives than with alien plants.
Most insects are completely dependent upon specific native plants for food. They have developed to be only able to eat certain species of plants. Without that particular plant food source they will not be able to eat, reproduce, and thrive. As a result the food chain is interrupted and greatly diminished. Larger creatures depend upon the insects to feed their young. For instance birds feed their young a diet almost entirely consisting of insects. If the plant food for the insect is gone then the insect food for the baby birds is therefore gone and so on.
The Nature Conservancy states: "Invasive species damage the lands and waters that native plants and animals need to survive. They hurt economies and threaten human well-being. The estimated damage from invasive species worldwide totals more than $1.4 trillion – five percent of the global economy." This is a real (scary) number. If left unchecked we as a society are in for some problems.
Now this does not mean that all plants that have been imported into this country are invasive, quite the contrary. Most are not invasive and are friendly to their neighbors. Some even have some beneficial attributes to the native fauna but they as a whole do not have the ability to provide food to the beneficial insects like native plants can. So please try NOT to use plants that are considered an invasive species and beware of plants that are on the watch list.
INVASIVE PLANT LIST: (a very small partial list of plants commonly found in garden centers and in our gardens– in no particular order)
For more information please take a look at my Invasive Plants Information section and my Native Plant Information section in the "Resources" section of my website.
I'm Stephen Coan, of Stephen Coan LLC at Ferret Hollow Gardens, an ecological landscape designer and ornamental horticulturist certified by Longwood Gardens.
I create beautiful and ecologically friendly landscapes and gardens.
Stephen Coan
Stephen Coan, LLC - Landscape Design & Consulting
Located at Ferret Hollow Gardens
Ecological Landscape Design, Consulting, Installation
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a beautiful rainy day at Longwood Gardens
Now is the time to start your new gardens or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Garden.
Hi all, It's been a long and cool winter. Spring has sprung – sort of – and we're all starting to come out of hibernation. In fact my chipmunks had made their first appearance last Sunday scurrying around looking for fresh food that I amply supplied them. We on the other hand are looking at our yards and thinking – uggh, I have to clean up after the long slow winter. (see the bottom of this post for its time to…)
Before you begin you have to decide what you want to do this year with your gardens and landscapes. Do I just do a little cleanup and let it do what it may? Do I plant a couple of new plants? Do I switch from the chemical fertilizers to natural fertilizers? Do I use sustainable green planting practices? Do I need to replace some plants/shrubs/trees? Do I plan a new planting bed? Do I need to do a complete overhaul? And for you new homeowners: Do I plant a new garden landscape around my property? If you do want to plant new beds: Do I want an environmentally friendly garden? Do I want to add a pond or water feature this year? Do I want to attract butterflies? Do I want to attract birds? - My property is designated as a certified wildlife habitat garden. I bring in about 33 different birds throughout the year plus the migratory birds from Red-Bellied Woodpeckers to American Goldfinches that I feed year round. For a list of the birds: http://ferrethollow.com/index2.php#/rtext_4/2/
All of these questions need to be addressed plus many more if you decide that now is the time. You can do it yourself with a lot of research or bring in a professional to consult with or design it for you and/or install it for you.
I would start with the basics and decide if now is the time and then figure out what you want to accomplish now and over time. Then decide if you have enough time to devote to your project if you want to go it alone. There is a lot of information that you need about plant communities and putting in the right plant in the right place – this is where many of the problems start, wrong plant, wrong place. I would then decide if you want to do this yourself or bring in a professional on just a portion of, or on the entire project.
One very important item is to figure out a budget for your project. It is far better to come up with a plan that you want to accomplish and then install is over a period of time/years using persons that really know what they are doing than to hire an all in one contractor/landscaper that gives you the lowest and cheapest price. You get what you pay for.
As a trained and certified landscape designer and ornamental horticulturist I would highly recommend using mostly perennial plants that are native to North America in general and then use a smaller portion of plants that originally come from foreign lands. I only use a couple or three annuals. One of my favorite sayings is "Friends don't let friends buy annuals."
Annuals are the ultimate in unsustainable planting practices. They have to be regrown every year from seed/cuttings/tissue culture by the grower in distant places using a lot of energy. They then have to be shipped to the store using a lot of fuel. You then have to drive to the store and then back and then you have to plant them again each and every year costing you time, money, and energy. This is an unsustainable planting practice. I highly recommend using perennials. They are grown, shipped, bought, and planted once and can last for many years – Sustainable and cost effective. However I do use the occasional annual plant to fill very specific needs that can only be achieved with that particular annual.
Typically if you want to landscape your entire property the recommend practice is to budget approximately 15% of the value of the property into the garden and landscape. This might sound like a lot of money but if you think about it you spend a lot of money in building, rehabbing, upgrading, etc on the home itself. The surrounding land that you have is an extension of the home, office, institution, etc and can be used as such and is just as important. Imagine a garden "room" in which you can sit with family and friends and enjoy a meal cooked at your outdoor kitchen and then sitting by the pond watching the dragonflies darting across the waters as your koi jump out trying for a meal. I digress, but you get the point. The landscape is an extension of the home in which you can have "rooms" to lounge around in front of the firepit on a cool summer night watching the shooting stars or… there I go again.
A new home on a barren lot just doesn't look good and devalues the property. Or even an established home with a badly done or unsustainable garden and landscape can take away from the beauty of our homes and sanctuaries. This also includes having just a few evergreen shrubs planted around your homes foundation. However a well-done landscape increases property value and gives you a sanctuary in your yard to relax in and enjoy throughout the years.
I'm planning on doing a series of landscape design issues over the coming weeks and months to help you get through the "ordeal" of proper planting and landscaping. If you should have any questions or topics that you would like to have addressed please feel free to comment or send me an email and if appropriate I will address in an upcoming post.
Now is the time to:
Now is the time to do the yard cleanup before any more of the plants shoot up out of the ground.
Make all of your pruning on plants that bloom on new growth. If you see flower buds do not cut – wait until after blooming. This means that they set their buds on last years growth.
Cut down all ornamental grasses, just not the carex's that are evergreen. I do not cut down the Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' - Black Mondo Grass –ever – I only pull out the browned blades one at a time if there are any at all that died over the winter.
Make up your plans for the upcoming planting season.
Look into using leaf compost for adding to your planting beds. Many towns now have the compost available to the townsfolk if they collect the leaves in the fall. Check with your town hall.
Go to the stores and pick up the summer flowering/growing bulbs now before all of the good or unusual ones are gone.
I'm Stephen Coan, of Stephen Coan LLC at Ferret Hollow Gardens, an ecological landscape designer and ornamental horticulturist certified by Longwood Gardens.
I create beautiful and ecologically friendly landscapes and gardens.
Stephen Coan LLC at Ferret Hollow Gardens
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Outdoor Landscape Lighting - The shortest days and longest nights of the year are here. How are You going to see in the dark?
Over the past season I have been doing an informal study on solar lighting for gardens and landscapes. The idea of having a sustainable light source that uses no exterior energy source sounds good but according to my findings solar lights are just not ready yet as a viable outdoor lighting source.
In the spring I had purchased a number of different types of solar lights made by different companies, some cheap and some expensive to test out myself so that I could recommend them in my landscape designs and consulting to my friends and clients equally to or instead of low voltage electric lighting. I already had a low-voltage lighting system that I had designed, built, and installed to great effect but I wanted to see if the promise of an off the grid system was feasible for both decorative and functional purposes.
The function of a solar light is to gather energy from the sun, temporarily store that energy, and then use that energy to power a light bulb that night. A solar light has a solar panel that gathers the sunlight during the day that is turned into energy and stored in batteries and then that stored energy is used as the energy source by the light bulb that same night.
The advantage of landscape low voltage lighting is that you can put them anywhere, as long as you can burry the wires for them, and have them on a timer to turn off and on at will; you can even have different zones lighted up at different times on the property. The promise of solar lighting is a bit different. Theoretically you can put them anywhere in the landscape and you don't have to worry about the wiring but you have to consider that they will only work in areas that receive sunlight. Currently they turn themselves on as soon as it is dark enough and will last as long as the battery has a charge in it, which typically are only a few hours. They must have direct sunlight during most of the day in order for them to work that night. They can't be placed in shady areas and on cloudy days, and especially on rainy days they will not work that night at all limiting their functionality. Additionally the amount or brightness of the light that they put out is far too low to be considered functional in most applications. Typically you can only see the light itself instead of what it is lighting. It's like the difference between a 6-watt nightlight compared to a 75-watt reading light. This is a real problem if you need a light or lights to see your driveway or your walkways, which can make it an unsafe area especially in a high traffic area or on the properties of senior citizens. As a result of the shortness, brightness, and amount of needed sunlight I would not recommend them at all for functional lighting in which the need for light is a requirement especially in a safety situation.
However as a decorative light they can be charming. If all you need is a bit of detail or color in your darkened landscape for a few hours after dark they are decent. I would say that the only real use for solar lighting at this point is for decorative purposes. A number of attractive lights are available in a number of different colors from most large hardware stores or garden centers. They can be added to a large planter for some color or in a "black hole" in the nightscape. Or they can be grouped together ornamentally in the garden for an interesting effect. The imagination is the limit – also so is the amount of sunlight it gets during the day.
I still would recommend low voltage lighting for this purpose at this point in time. The solar light technology is just not ready for usage in the different applications. There might be some company that is making a better product but I have yet to see or hear about it. If that does happen and the technology makes a useful advancement then I will post that information.
One possibility is that for those that have a solar panel system on their roofs in order to get them off the power grid somewhat then you could tie the outdoor landscape lights into that source but you would still have to use a low voltage lighting system to make use of the stored energy.
Now that I have used the solar lights for a full season and have personally seen their shortcomings and issues I am planning on converting all of my favorite solar lights into low voltage lighting for next year.
So in conclusion I would not recommend solar lighting at all for safety or functional purposes and still would not use them for decorative lighting myself – too limiting.
For other landscape design, wildlife habitat, native plant, or gardening tips and ideas take a look at my website for Ferret Hollow Gardens, a certified wildlife habitat, www.ferrethollowgardens.com
I'm Stephen Coan, I exclusively provide landscape design, garden design, plant lists, consulting, and project management services for public, residential, commercial, and wildlife habitat projects using sustainable green practices with a combination of native and ornamental plant species that are site appropriate for the conditions.
Happy Holidays
Tulip Beds at Longwood Gardens - Spring 2012
A peony-like Tulip at Ferret Hollow Gardens - Spring 2012
Still Blooming as of 12/5/2012 - Tricyrtis formosana
Toad Lilies make a great, late-season, blooming landscape design plant choice.
This group of perennial plants, genus Tricyrtis, produces a very long season of blooming, starting in the late summer, that can last into December depending on species, form, variety, or cultivar.
Zones: 4-9Light requirements: part sun, shadeSoil: moist fertile soilSizes: varies from 6" to 4' tall; some can spread out into a 3' wide patch over time.Found in: better garden centers and nurseries.
T. 'White Towers'
T. sinonome
T. 'Samurai' a variegated cultivar with yellow edges on the leaves.
T. hirta
I believe that this is a variegated leaf variety of T. formosana
In the fall we tend to get rid of all of the leaves that fall to the ground in our yards and gardens. The leaves are actually natures best fertilizer. - Just think, for millions of years there was no chemical fertilizers only the natural nutrients provided by nature. If you rake up your leaves and mulch them into a fine mixture and then cover your planting beds with a 2-4 inch leaf mulch layer thenyou are providing most of the nutrients that your plants/grass needs. This also goes for turf grass, lawns, if you would mow in a layer of the leaves onto the lawn in the fall and leave it there much of it will be broken down by spring and the remainder will continue to break down over the year as the new grass grows through it and covers it up. Natural fertilizer. The recommended amount is 2-4 inches per year for a healthy soil. The broken down leaves provides the food for the beneficial soil inhabitants - bacteria, fungi, nematodes, worms, etc. that in turn break down the nutrients and provide the nutrients to the roots of the plants.
Update: Wednesday Morning, May 16.
Well folks, we survived the thunder storms and heavy rains of last night. The garden will be that much fuller come Sunday. One word about finding Ferret Hollow Gardens - It seems that Google Maps and Google Places has screwed up and have deleted the listing for Ferret Hollow - very frustrating I must say - some kind of double entry for two different places, so instead of fixing it they just deleted it. If you need directions you can still go to google maps but you have to put in the address instead of the name: 131 Lawnside Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108
The general word at the Garden is that we are about three to four weeks early this year - nice weather, but are having a very dry season which if it keeps up could lead to a few problems later on in the growing season. Keep an eye on your gardens for dryness - put a thich layer of compost down - two inches a year is ideal, then add a layer of mulch to retain the moisture. I use both ground hardwood mulch and finely ground leaf mulch in different garden areas and at different times of the year. This is a very good sustainable practice to follow in your gardens. The idea is to keep all of your soil covered. A soil exposed to the sun quickly looses its very important biological contents - beneficial fungi, molds, nematodes, arthropods, etc., dries out, sterilizes, and allows "weeds" to take hold. I call this worn out soil - dirt. It won't allow much to grow in its depleted form and would require ammendments to bring it back to a healthy growing condition.
I came across a site today by "stomaster" of the Kawachi Fuji Garden in Japan with some spectacular photographs of wisteria tunnels. It's a bit slow loading due to the size of the photos but WELL worth the wait. Just imagine walking down the long tunnels with the smell of wisteria on a nice sunny day - mmmmmm. One of my suppliers has it growing all over his outside open office acting as a wall on one side and hanging down on two other sides - very nice.
This is my latest creation - a miniature and dwarf conifer rock garden with a water feature for water plants. Conifers - mostly evergreens, pines, spruce, etc, but include decidious trees also such as the Taxodium aka Bald Cyprus and the Ginko - a very ancient tree. There are both a miniature Taxodium and a miniature Ginko in the mix. They will both get to be about 3' tall in ten years.
Monarch Butterfly drinking the nectar of Verbena.
Bumble Bee feeding on Echinacea.
Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa.
Hello South Jersey, I don't know about your way of thinking but I like to design gardens that attract pollinators–butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, etc. In doing so we help the plant, insect and animal worlds and create a sustainable environment for them to live and grow and for us to enjoy. Most flowers and plants need to be pollinated by bees and butterflies, in order to reproduce, survive, or produce their fruit, vegetables, and future flowers. Over the years we, man, have reduced the amount of natural areas through development leaving less and less diversity and habitat for the birds and the bees to live in. I like to provide a diversity of native and pollinating plants that look great and are good for nature.
Two recent studies of the dangerous worldwide decline of bee population were published Thursday in the journal Science. They link the use of a common type of pesticide class known as neonicotinoids, used on our food supply crops, to the decline in bee population. "Virtually all corn grown in the United States is treated with them," according to the studies. The studies found that crops requiring the use of bees to pollinate them, i.e. bees feeding on their nectar, are harmful to the bees due to the chemicals being present in the nectar and then causing harm to the bee. This worldwide decline in bee population could have some significant repercussions for us if left unchecked. For more information click here.
I'm planning on putting in a few bee hives myself just to help the area flower and plant communities. I myself have noticed a large decline in the bee population on my own property over the last 10 years. I do not use pesticides, instead choosing to use natural means of control. Most bees will not harm you if left alone, meaning don't swat at them. They'll just fly around you briefly but are much more interested in the next nectar-bearing flower. Think of it. How would you react if someone swatted at you?
My thinking is, why not help the environment and make our gardens and landscapes beautiful with the installation of sustainable native and pollinator attracting plants. My property is a designated wildlife habitat that contains the four basic tenents–food, water, shelter, and places to bear their young. I achieved this by the diversity of native and ornamental plants, shrubs, trees and the inclusion of a pond plus a number of other things. (More on this in a later blog post.)
One of my favorite native perennial plants to use is Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa, zone 3 - 9, full sun, low maintenance, medium to dry conditions, 30" T x 18" W, does well in the tri-state area. It comes in a few different flower colors, orange, my favorite, yellow, and a bi-colored variety or two. The flowers attract butterflies, especially Monarchs and Queens, bees, hummingbirds and various other beneficial insects. If you are lucky you might find a Monarch Caterpillar feeding on it or my favorite yellow or orange aphids on it that eat the nectar which are then fed upon by larval ladybugs.
To me this shows a well balanced garden habitat. Remember, most insects are good and not harmful to us like the bane of many people: the dreaded mosquito. Just make sure you don't have any standing water around your home for the mosquito to grow in, and a copious amount of bats that eat an astonishing number of them.
For other info or inspiration take a look at my blog and website - Ferret Hollow Gardens.
From my Patch Website Blog Posting.
That's right—the global warming that isn't happening, in some circles, is actually happening and we are warming up.
The USDA has just published a new 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone Map that is searchable by state and zip code. What was a 6b might now be a 7a.
Although some areas just have had some better temp readings done than in the past. Many areas have not been effected to the changes due to their location in the previous map, where they are in relation to dividing lines, and the extent of the somewhat northerly shift.
To find out your specific zone location to the new 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map check out the link on my website, USDA Plant Hardiness Map.
Today's post is on the practice of vermicomposting which is very well described by Wikipedia as: Wikipedia Vermicomposting link
"Vermicompost is the product or process of composting utilizing various species of worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and earthworms to create a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. Vermicast, similarly known as worm castings, worm humus or worm manure, is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by a species of earthworm.[1]
Containing water-soluble nutrients, vermicompost is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner.[2] The process of producing vermicompost is called vermicomposting."
The use of vermicompost is quite useful for a well balanced nutrient rich soil for gardens and plantings. It has an already established beneficial biological content, bacteria, fungi, mold, nematodes, etc. that your plants will thrive on and with a good quality one it could control soil pathogens.
A very good video to watch describing the process and benefits for those who are interested is: vermicomposting video
A small composting set up can be achieved in your own home/kitchen. You just need a container, worms, and the proper ingredients. Take a look at the Wikipedia link above for a basic recipe. There are a number of worm sources online and one somewhat locally but I don't want to favor one over the other, although I have been told by plant pathology sources at Longwood Gardens that a good commercial producer of Vermicompost is "Worm Power."
For other topic information take a look at my Garden Blog and my Ferret Hollow Gardens website.
The Patch Posting
Earlier this year I started to blog for the "Patch" website in eight towns covering all of South Jersey. Here is the first one: Patch
I look forward to having the Ferret Hollow Gardens Blog added to the Patch. I'll be adding posts regarding garden, green and sustainable practices, and environmental issues, ideas, information, questions, and answers. Please feel free to ask gardening questions and I'll do my best to answer. I'll link this to my other blog when the address is updated in a couple of weeks. For the time being you can reach it at: The Ferret Hollow Gardens - The Blog
To start off with here are a few ideas.
1. Due to the warm winter season many plants are already starting to wake up and grow. It's time to cut down your Liriope and other perennials before the new shoots emerge.
2. Consider going totally green this year. Instead of chemical fertilizers try using compost tea, leaf mold/mulch, compost, worm castings and other Natural soil ammendments. This would also go for turf grass lawns. More at a later date.
3. Start sewing seeds indoors by the end of the month for a jump start in the spring.
Well, it's that time of the year for one of the earliest blooming plants to start. Hellebores are a great four season interest plant. This photo was taken today, 1/26/12. The leaves are tough like rhododendron and stay green all year. In the mid-winter they will start to bloom and can last into the spring, some varieties start earlier. The blooms are a welcome sight at this time of the year to add interest and to get things going in our gardens. A bit pricey but well worth the display that they keep on giving. Look for them in your better garden centers. Hellebore Information: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3.
Do you have or know of a Collingswood, NJ "Green," "Sustainable," "Rain Garden," "Environmentally Friendly," "Xeriscaped," "Native Planted," "Butterfly," "Pollinator," "Certified Wildlife Habitat," or just a Great Garden then the Proud Neighbors of Collingswood needs you for their Annual Colligswood Porch Brunch, House, and Garden Tour on Sunday, May 20. If you have one or know of one to recommend then please contact me, Stephen Coan, at Ferret Hollow Gardens - a Certified Wildlife Habitat, for more information. www.ferrethollowgardens.com email@example.com, 267-251-5855.
He said his name was Fernwood - A Gardian Gnome.
It's November 29, 2011 and we still have flowers blooming!! It was 70º yesterday and 62º right now. This is a Black-eyed Susan Vine flower that keeps on going. Three other plants are blooming - two different Toad Lilies and an Oxalis. Global warming? - Not happening according to some uneducated persons in the Re... / Longwood Gardens was updated from a Zone 6 to a Zone 7, a warmer planting zone this year due to Global Warming/Climate Change. Enjoy the weather and the very late blooming flowers.
It's still not to late to make some soil amendments to your gardens. Instead of getting rid of your leaves just grind them up with a leaf blower / mulcher / lawn mower and put the leaf mulch on your garden or just leave on your turf grass. This will give you a nice natural mulch for the winter and into most of next year. The advantage of this is that the leaves break down putting the best fertilizer into your soil. Short story is that it increases nutrients and builds up the good biological content in the soil which helps whatever is planted get NATURAL FERTILIZERS unlike what the Chemical companies want you to think that you need chemical based fertilizers - A BAD THING! More on this at a later date.
Hold onto your hats. It seems that we are in for a bit of weather.
BBC News - Climate Impact Risk Study
Toad Lilies or Tricertis have been one of my favorite late summer / fall flowering perennials. The one above is a purple flowering variety with a yellow edge on the green leaves. I have one Samurai that produced a true blue flower last year, hopefully it will be the same this year, maybe I'll see next week. Toad Lilies produce small delicate orchid-like flowers in a variety of cool colours with a few yellow ones, many have dark spots or markings on them. Most varieties have a solid green leaf but I find that I am most interested in ones with varigated leaves giving a bit more interest to the shade garden. I have a number of varieties that started to bloom last week and should keep on blooming until near the end of October maybe into November depending upon the seasons weather progression.
Zones 6 - 8, some varieties might survive in a protected zone 5 area. / Dry to moist soil / part sun to shade. / Medium growth rate. / Blooms in late Summer to Fall.
For those who are unaware, Lyme Disease can be contracted in their own back yard. According to Timber Press and Ruth Rogers Clausen "Gardeners and ticks share an affinity for trees, shrubs, lawns, and mulch. And those that live in an area with deer ticks (the Northeast, Midwest, and Northwest) are at risk for contracting Lyme disease. Around 70% of people with Lyme disease are infected in their own yards, making home prevention a priority."
If you think that you might have contacted it please see your Doctor immediately. It is NO laughing matter.
For more information about Lyme Disease here are two links.
Lyme Disease - Wickipedia
Lyme Disease - PubMed Health
This is Emma, Ruling Queen Chipmunk of Ferret Hollow Gardens. She always chases away the other Chippy's when she's out and about sometimes in a rather violent looking fight. She has a small dark upside down triangle of fur over her nose that is very different from the other Chippy's in the area.
This is Emma again, who resides behind the waterfall of the Koi pond. I regularly, but one at a time, hand feed Emma, Stella and the other visting chipmunks. Stella has a shortened tail and lives near the far side of the Koi pond. They both run around me or pause at my feet when I am in the gardens. Today I hand fed her as I usually do except that I hadn't seen her for about a week or so. I think that I have found out why - she is pregnant. Well let me say that she is exceptionally plump around her midsection. I have read that chipmunks have one or two litters a year, in early spring and late summer if the weather (zone) is warm enough. I didn't see her pregnant or have little ones in the spring so I guess that she was playing hard to get. Hopefully I'll see the little ones soon and will post any photos that I am fortunate enough to take. Hopefully she'll trust me with the little ones once they are old enough to feed on solid food. We'll wait and see.
This monster is a Wheel Bug or Arulus cristatus, It's body is about 1.5" long.
You know it's summer with the sound of the first cicada. This year NJ and PA are only getting the common ones that are not part of the mass Brood emergences. We get the emergence of the 17 year cicada from Brood II (2) in 2013.
For more info on the Common Cicada.
For more info on the Magicicada, the 13 or 17 year Cicada.
On the late afternoon of Wednesday May 11, 2011 the Great Battle of Ferret Hollow took place between the Eastern and Western Garden Ant Colonies. It was a large pitched battle with thousands of warriors struggling for control of the garden moving back and forth across the width of the entrance in a tumoltuous melee'. Many were killed and dragged off of the field of battle. It lasted for hours, I had walked into the middle of the conflict and observed it off and on for the duration on the engagement with what appeared to be the victory of the Western Ant Colony. Only time will tell who is the final victor of the war. (Video coming soon)
Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. - John Muir
There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. Minnie Aumonier
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hi All,
On Sunday May 15, 2011 12pm - 6pm I am having a garden "party"/tour at my home which has been certified as a wildlife habitat. All are welcome. There is also a porch brunch, house and garden tour going on in Collingswood, NJ that same day, for info: http://www.collingswood.com/living/porch-brunch-and-house-tour
Hope to see you there, call if you have any questions.
During the winter especially when everything is covered with snow including all of the native food and water sources for the critters that didn't migrate south to Fort Lauderdale it's a good idea to put out and maintain food and water sources. I leave my pond's fountain and waterfall flowing to maintain a source for the animals and birds to wash and drink that also leaves an area unfrozen on the waters surface. My Koi have entered into their winter slow motion "hibernation" at the bottom of the pond "sleeping" until warmer days return. This year I've been leaving out pumkins, gourds and squash in addition to the dried whole corn cobs and a mixture of different seeds and nuts for the different animals to eat. For the birds I make sure that there is a good supply of woodpecker specific suet and a wild seed mix and nuts that attracts many varieties of birds including the predatory hawks that hunt throughout the winter.
In the photo above is a Red-bellied woodpecker and a morning dove with the locally standard red/pink legs.
Taken 7/2/10. This is the #2 Chippy.
A Peanut!!!
One of my little guys foraging. Turn up your volume to hear better.
For those of us that come across orphaned, trapped, wounded or injured wildlife there are two very good local rehab centers that you can bring them to in the Philadelphia/South Jersey region.
The Woodford Cedar Run WIldlife Refuge http://www.cedarrun.org/
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (SCEE) http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/departments/wildlife/
Here is a link for info on the proper steps in animal rescue from the SCEE.
It contains a list of what to do in the situation and names of other centers
"The Higgs boson particle is thought to give all others their mass"
Scientists have simulated the sounds set to be made by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson when they are produced at the Large Hadron Collider.
Their aim is to develop a means for physicists at Cern to "listen to the data" and pick out the Higgs particle if and when they finally detect it.
(The sounds are amazing and organized)
BBC News Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10385675.stm
On Sunday morning my beloved wrens that grew up in the bird house over my pond left the nest. But before they did they said goodbye. The three young ones and their parents all flew down and lined up on the portion of my fence closest to me and just looked at me for a little while to say what I would like to beleive was thank you. They then flew off one at a time and haven't been seen since. It's moments like this that make all of the work worthwhile. This is the fourth year in a row that they have been nesting in the different bird houses in my yard. Wrens are tiny birds that like the smallest opening in their houses to rear their young, a 1.25" opening. They are great insect hunters and are great for keeping those annoying mosquitos at bay. If interested look for simple houses with the 1.25 opening that are made specifically for wrens. It is too small of an opening for most other birds in this area. It protects them from preditory birds and the stalking cats in the neighborhood. They were well used to me being around in the yard and would come right up to me as long as I didn't move too much as they were hunting for insects to feed their young. They have a very distinctive call.
On June 6th I posted the following on my Facebook page:
A perfect morning. The Dead playing, Koi swimmin', Red-Bellied Woodpecker tapping a tune, Juvie-jays being fed, Cat birds guarding the wren nest who were out chasing squirrels, Chipmunks were scurrying, Baby Bunnies were hiding, Cardinals were gliding and the Robins were taking a bidet in my fountain shakin' their butts.
The wrens will be missed until next year.
The photo was found online. Photographer unknown.
It's Hibiscus season once again. I plant a number of perennial varieties in my garden that just keep on growing every year. This year I picked up this one, which is zoned for a warmer climate and will have to be brought inside for the winter but is just spectacular with its ruffled edges and alluring colors.
I'm always on the look out for the unusual variety of any given plant species frequently acquiring new cultivars as they come to market in the specialty garden centers.
Today's bloom is in under the crape myrles in the front of the garden. It was yesterday's Viagra Moment.
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notice all of the flies.
Today's new Viagra Lily bloom that is next to the pond is being stalked by the pond gator. Flies were substantial and the odour was strapping.
Need I say anything - of course. If erection lasts for more than four hours contact your local gardener.
photo - Denise Henhorffer/Courier-Post
This is a photo of us taken during the Garden Tour. It was used in an article in the Courier Post about Garden Tours. Here is the link.
If the link doesn't work just copy and paste it into your browser.
This is Phase One completed last year of your typicaly clear cut New Retirement Community that required community board approval for the design and new bed plantings. The arborvitae were requested by the homeowner and used as a privacy screen for the patio. To the left of the arborvitae is a young filbert or walking stick tree. I used a red lace leaf japanese maple as the focal point and main attraction on the left corner of the rear patio surrounding it with a variety of perrienals and stones. Nothing has been planted this year, and all that you see survived the blizzards of the 2010 winter. The planting beds were all given a rounded shape all across the back of the building leaving a five foot wide grass entrance to the back yard. Phase Two will consist of different beds and shaped mounds in the yard with tree and periennial plantings. The customer is very pleased with the results and is anxious to have Phase Two approved and installed this year.
The joys of having a lot of different plants. This morning one of my water iris went into bloom. I'm not sure yet what type it is yet but will try to find out.
Thanks for all who came through Ferret Hollow. It was a great sunny day, well over 600 people attended. The hit of the day were the starburst allium, Allium schubertii, that I have been growing for a number of years. Unfortunately two of them didn't make it through the rough winter we had. The pond Koi were busy spawning in the newly 50% water change that cleared it up quite a lot from all of the pollen that was in it. The other hit are all of the Viagra Lilies, Dracunculus vulgaris, that I have spread out around the garden. Their flowers grow to over 2' and I have measured my largest one at 28". Unfurtunately they were not quite ready to bloom. One should be popping in a couple of days. They propogate using fly's instead of the typically used bee's and to attract them they have a slight smell reminiciant of rotting meat for the first day. They are the cousin of the Voodo Lily, Amorphophallus, that has the largest flower in the world growing upwards of 8 feet in its native environment with the plant growing to 15 feet.
Keep your eyes out in the Courior Post for photos and an article on the event.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me using my contact link.
Allium schubertii - Ornamental Onion/Allium
A visitor from the night.
I have been told by a number of other pond owners and dealers that there is a problem with pond water colour this spring, turning into a dark brown tea. In speaking with them we have come up with the probable cause - POLLEN. This spring has had an extraordinary amount of tree pollen in the air - a brownish green color. On some days everything is coated with a thick layer. We generally feel that it should clear up with the end of the tree pollen season pretty soon. One way to lessen the amount of the colour would be to do a water change. I wouldn't do more than about 1/4 - 1/3 of the total volume cleaning the brown residue out as you empty. It's a very good idea to use the run off water to fertilize your garden which is very high in nutrients that plants just love. I use two 25 foot sump pump 2.25" hoses, inexpensive at Home Depot, to reach most of my garden. Remember to add pond salt back into the water all around the edges. It's good for the health of the fish.
My Favorite pond supply is Pond Pro Aquatics in Jobstown, NJ. The owner Don has quite a great setup. They absolutely have the most pond fish that I have yet to encounter. Mostly KOI but also carry a large selection of Comets, Shubunkins, Tadpoles and Snails with a large supply of aquatic plants. The free range Chickens make it an interesting visit. The shop is located on his father Don Sr.'s family farm in the middle of farm country in NJ. A very nice drive out there past horse and goat farms. for information - 609-723-4220
When buying garden tools make sure to spend the extra money and buy well made preferably forged steel. The tool will last you a long time. Most store bought tools are cheap, poorly made and will break, bend or fall apart when used. My favorite place to get tools is at the best garden center in the entire Philadelphia Tri-State region - Terrain at Styers. Well made hand forged tools are a bit pricey but well worth it. What was the best garden center was bought by the owners of Anthropologie who gave it a do-over turning it into a complete magical experience. It is located in Concordville PA on the corner of Rt 1 and Rt 322. Go and spend an afternoon there, have lunch, shop in the home store, buy all of their top quality stock of plants, pick up planters, fountains, everything that you need for the home landscape except the person to install everything that you couldn't live without. They'll do that too for a fee, so will I. My latest want is a hosta called Fire Island. It is an offshoot of the Red October hosta but has yellow leaves instead of green but has the same red petioles. It is just stunning. None are in at the moment but one is on display in one of their many beautifully planted containers. - off to Ferret Hollow.
The tools that I use most of the time are a forged steel trowel, a Japanese Hori Hori Weeder Knife, a three pronged cultivator claw, good leather gloves, and of course good knee pads. Also a good idea to be wearing glasses or sunglasses for eye protection. You never know when one of the branches are going to make a bee line to your eye when you are least expecting it.
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|Story by
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|Screenplay by
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Coco is set to be Pixar's nineteenth feature film. It is directed by Lee Unkrich, the Oscar-winning director of Toy Story 3. It is scheduled to be released on November 22, 2017.
Coco follows a 12-year old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery. The official story description is "Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion." Coco follows the secret musical ambitions of Miguel, who resides in a lively, loud Mexican village but comes from a family of shoemakers that may be the town's only music-hating household. For generations, the Riveras have banned music because they believed they've been cursed by it; as their family history goes, Miguel's great-great-grandfather abandoned his wife for decades earlier to follow his own dreams of performing, leaving Imelda (Miguel's great-great-grandmother) to take control as the martriach of the now-thriving Rivera line and declare music dead to the family forever. But Miguel harbors a secret desire to seize his musical moment, inspired by his favorite singer of all time, the late Ernesto De La Cruz. It's only after Miguel discovers an amazing link between himself and De La Cruz that he takes action to emulate the famous singer and, in doing so, accidentally enters The Land Of The Dead. In the beautiful underworld, it's not long until Miguel encounters the souls of his own family - generations' worth of long-dead but no less vivacious Rivera ancestors, including great-grandmother Imelda. Still, given the opportunity to roam around The Land Of The Dead, Miguel decides to track down De La Cruz himself. He teams up with another friendly (and skeletal) spirit, a trickster named Hector, to find De La Cruz, earn his family's blessing to perform, and return to the Land Of The Living, before time runs out.
- Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel
- Gael Garcia Bernal as Hector
- Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto De La Cruz
- Renee Victor as Abuelita
- Ana Ofelia Murguia as Mama Coco
- Edward James Olmos as Chicarron
- Jaime Camil as Papa
- Sofia Espinosa as Mama
- Luis Valdez as Tio Berto
- Lombardo Boyar as Mariachi
- Alanna Ubach as Mamma Imelda
- Selene Luna as Tia Rosita
- Alfonso Arau as Papa Julio
- Herbert Siguenza as Tio Oscar & Tio Felipe
- Octavio Solis as Arrival Agent
- Gabriel Iglesias as Head Clerk
- Frank Welker as Dante
- Cheech Marin as Corrections Officer
- Blanca Araceli as Emcee
- John Ratzenberger as TBA
Unkrich said the culture of Dia de los Muertos left on him a lasting and inspiring impression. The story originated from him wondering what if one could meet his deceased relatives.[2][3][4]
Disney/Pixar first announced Lee Unkrich's next film after Toy Story 3 at CinemaCon on April 24, 2012. It was referred to as The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dia de los Muertos. The following official synopsis was provided:
|From director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, the filmmaking team behind the Academy Award®-winning Toy Story 3, comes a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos.
The title of the film, Coco, and the expected release date of fall 2017, were first revealed at 2015 D23 Expo. The official synopsis is:
|Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion.
On April 12, 2016, Lee Unkrich announced on Twitter that animation has officially started on Coco. The film's writer, Adrian Molina, was promoted to co-director in 2016.
Lee Unkrich confirmed that there will be a reference to a Stanley Kubrick film.[2]
Attached Short Film
Olaf's Frozen Adventure, a half-hour short film based on the 2013 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Frozen that was originally to be aired as a television special on ABC, will accompany Coco.
- Director: Lee Unkrich
- Co-Director and Writer: Adrian Molina
- Producer: Darla Anderson
- Character designer: Daniel Arriaga
- Supervising Animators: Mike Venturini and Gini Santos
- Animators: Eliza Ivanova, Dovi Anderson and Gwen Enderoglu
- Lighting: Danielle Feinberg
External Links
- Official Site
- Lee Unkrich announcing his next film on Twitter
- CinemaCon 2012: Pixar's Dinosaur Film Gets A Title, New Lee Unkrich Project Announced

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Akira Kurosawa, who died on Sept. 6, was one of the towering figures of world cinema. His work--31 movies made over 50 years--is one of the great treasures of film history. Kurosawa introduced Japanese cinema to the West in 1950 with Rashomon, a work of tremendous moral and cinematic force whose influence on Western filmmakers is immeasurable. This was the first in a series of masterpieces from Kurosawa in the '50s and '60s, one more startling than the other: Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, High and Low; in his work, the CinemaScope frame always threatens...
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If you think reactions to President Obama's arrival on the world stage from the likes of the Russian, Chinese, Iranian, Venezuelan and even European leaders have been lukewarm at best, check out the North Koreans.
They're going ballistic -- literally.
Sometime in the next couple of days, Pyongyang is expected to launch a satellite into orbit.
The launch vehicle? A multistage Taepodong ballistic missile -- which, by the by, has the potential to hit the western United States.
For good measure, it's predicted they might loose a couple of salvos of short- and medium-range missiles during the same period, as well.
The obvious point of that is to (saber) rattle its South Korean and Japanese neighbors. (Naturally, those missiles put US forces in South Korea and Japan into harm's way, too.)
Of course, the North Koreans say the launch is just a harmless bid to put a satellite into orbit (following unsuccessful attempts in 1998 and 2006). We're supposed to believe that the purpose is benign -- for civilian communications or scientific monitoring, plus propping up the image of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il, who suffered a serious stroke last year.
A successful launch would also raise the prestige of the isolated, Stalinist regime: Only nine nations have launched their own satellites into orbit, Iran the most recent.
But the launch defies two UN resolutions, passed in the wake of Pyongyang's 2006 nuclear-weapon test, that prohibit North Korean missile and atomic activity.
And the satellite may have a military purpose -- such as relaying secure communications or gathering intelligence on US and South Korean forces across the DMZ. (Remember, we're technically still at war.)
Moreover, a successful satellite shot would pique interest among potential customers, including Iran -- which is rumored to have reps in town for the launch. Syria could also be intrigued, considering the Pyongyang-Damascus nuclear ties exposed in recent years.
But, most serious analysts suspect that North Korea is actually testing an intercontinental ballistic missile under the cover of its "civilian" space program.
The ability to launch a payload such as a satellite into space is a key building block in the development of an ICBM capability -- that is, a big step toward building missiles that could reach out and touch us beyond Alaska and Hawaii.
Adding to the worries, US intelligence recently warned that North Korea may be making progress in developing a warhead suitable for mating with one of its many ballistic missiles.
The bottom line? It's an "I will not be ignored" moment: The Dear Leader is sending a shot across the bow of the Obama administration, which had blamed testy US ties with North Korea on bad Bush-era policies.
Indeed, the administration seems to be downplaying the upcoming missile shot as a done deal, threatening unspecified "consequences" for naughty North Korean behavior. It hasn't even indicated that it would put US missile defenses in Alaska and California on operational alert in advance of a launch (as George W. Bush did in 2006).
Team Obama's response is so restrained, in fact, it signals resignation and weakness in the eyes of some.
One thing's absolutely clear: Obama's notion that the world's troublemakers would naturally "change" course once he took office continues to crumble. North Korea is just the latest example.
Peter Brookes is senior fellow for National Security Affairs in the Davis Institute at The Heritage Foundation.
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New River Gorge Trails Officially Open
- Posted: September 15, 2011 at 10:12:44 AM
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The first leaves are starting to float to the ground as fall approaches in Fayetteville, West Virginia. It's been busy and exciting year for trails in this part of the world. After several years in the making, the new trails at New River Gorge are open.
Members of the Fayetteville and other surrounding communities were on hand last Wednesday to celebrate the opening of 13+ miles of fun, flowy singletrack. After some inspiring words from National Park Service and Boy Scouts of America leaders, an enthusiastic group of mountain bikers pedaled their way onto the trails in celebration.
IMBA's Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Frank Maguire was on hand to represent IMBA. Several different staff members from Trail Solutions to the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew have supported the project over the last few years.
In the month of July, over 1,000 Boy Scouts traveled to Fayetteville to craft the new trails by hand. A system of this size would normally take years to construct without machines so it goes without saying that the New River Gorge trail system is something for everyone to be proud of.
It's also a shining example of what great partnerships can create. Special thanks to the National Park Service and the Boy Scouts of America for helping make the vision a reality.


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Having a leg up on the opposition takes on a new meaning with Argos kicker Swayze Waters healthy and mentally prepared for Sunday's East final against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
In a matchup that features two hall-of-fame quarterbacks, big-time playmakers on offence and defensive players capable of turning the game around, one of the biggest keys will be Waters and his booming right leg.
Ironically, it was back in the season opener against the visiting Ticats when Waters hurt his groin on the second-half kickoff, a setback that forced the Argos to place Waters on the nine-game injured list, an injury that led to veteran Noel Prefontaine rejoining the team.
When Waters was cleared to play, he had to overcome a mental hurdle and a mechanical issue.
He's now completely healed and one reason why the Argos are slight favourites to advance to the Grey Cup in Regina.
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SCOTTISH musician Terry McDermott has came second in American TV talent show, The Voice.
The singer from Aberdeen, was beaten to first place in the competition by 23-year-old, Cassadee Pope.
Speaking on Twitter, he said: "Where do I begin. Such love. Such support. Such faith. I hope I did you all proud. I am honoured to have taken this road. Deepest thanks."
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Congratulations go to Hans Cansler and Nick Thomas for winning the annual Tommy Shaw Memorial Open Team Bass Tournament on Thurmond Lake April 6.
Cansler shared the pair's techniques that led to a five-bass, 23.36-pound catch and netted them $5,000 to boot.
"We caught bass flipping a Berkeley Chigger Craw Crazylegs around stumps in the creek channel the first thing tournament morning," he said. "As the day grew warmer, the fish moved into the grass and weeds that grew along the bank when the water level was down.
"We caught them on a Strike King Sexy Shad spinner bait and fished a plastic Spro Frog and a Zoom swimming fluke to catch the fish in the thicker cover."
The winners also were appreciative of Tommy Shaw's surviving family members who came out for the Wildwood Park weigh-in. Tommy and his wife, Rose Nell, operated a marina on the lake for about 40 years.


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As title. I know how to use Zmodeler which supports GTA3 and GTAVC (but I'll only create vehicles for SA), but nothing else...
do I need any softwares or programming to create vehicles for GTASA? Also, can I replace the original train as well?
If I've learnt how to create vehicles for GTASA I will launch a Bus & Rail company in SA as soon as possible~
Thanks a lot! Any help would be more than grateful~
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Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania
Does a summary offense stay on your record?
I'm 21 and was caught giving alcohol to a minor. The police officer gave me a huge break and only gave me a disorderly conduct, a summary offense. It was one that creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition. My fine was only $50 when I pled guilty. My question is does this stay on your record and if so for how long? I want to work in the government and was wondering if this will hinder my chances.
Thank You.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Does a summary offense stay on your record?
It stays on your record forever. As a misdemeanor, however, it may be used against you for only five years.
Maybe you can get the record sealed...on the basis that your career will be harmed should it remain unsealed.
I haven't a clue as to what it will mean to a government recruiter.
Re: Does a summary offense stay on your record?
A summary offense will stay on your record. Because it is not "crimen falsi", or a crime of falsehood, it can never be used against you in a subsequent court case unless you try to introduce character evidence (at least, this is the law in Pennsylvania). As to Pennsylvania and Federal government jobs, you will not be automatically exluded from hiring as a matter of law. Whether an agency might not hire you due to the summary conviction, I can't predict that.
Re: Does a summary offense stay on your record?
Previous counsel must not have read your paragraph...but your summary offense will remain on your record, however, it is not a major reportable event. In other words, it should hurt your chances for receiving a government job, but it doesn't help either....if you had an attorney present you might have had all of the charges dropped, but in any event it isn't as bad as it could have been....best of luck.
Marc V. Taiani, Esquire


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A flat namespace is great when you're dealing with 3 or 4 bits of info conceptually at the same level. When you're dealing with 20 or 50 or 200, that are conceptually at varying levels and associations, not so much.
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Over the years, I have witnessed a significant increase in the diagnosis of "Bipolar Disorder" (formerly called "manic-depressive" illness) in people who have an antisocial personality disorder. What I believe has happened is that well-intentioned professionals who do not regularly evaluate or treat antisocial individuals are deceived.
The antisocial person thinks in extremes. He is number one or he is a zero. There is no middle ground. He has highly unrealistic expectations of himself and others. As long as he can prop up a shaky image of himself as a powerful and unique person, he conceives of himself as on top of the world. He appears to fulfull criteria of a "manic episode" specified in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (TR-4) such as "inflated self-esteem and grandiosity," "increase in goal-directed activity," and "excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences" (e.g., unrestrained buying, sexual indiscretions, foolish business investments). Inevitably, events in life do not fulfill his unrealistic expectations. And so his unrealistic view of himself and of the world is threatened. Then he may appear to experience a "major depressive episode" (another aspect of a bipolar disorder). However, he is unlikely to remain depressed for long, if at all. For the antisocial person, the "best" antidote to the collapse of one's plans and to feeling like a nothing is to demonstrate that you are somebody -- thus further assertions of his power and control, often through the commission of crimes.
The antisocial person's peaks and swamps of emotion thus are very different from a person who suffers from a mood disorder and who may genuinely merit the diagnosis of a "bipolar disorder". There is no medication that effectively treats and alters the antisocial person's cognitive processes.


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Port to Gtk+3 (new dependency on gir1.2-poppler-0.18).
Port to Python 3 (new alternative dependency on python3-pypdf2).
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Package Details: pdfshuffler 0.6.0-3
|Git Clone URL:
|https://aur.archlinux.org/pdfshuffler.git (read-only)
|Package Base:
|Merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages
|Upstream URL:
|Last Packager:
|First Submitted:
|2009-04-17 23:44
|Last Updated:
|2017-09-18 01:24
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Latest Comments
TheChickenMan commented on 2016-04-08 00:46
sleeping commented on 2016-04-01 10:01
pdfsam is less visual than pdfshuffler, but at least it works.
Will keep an eye on this in case someone fixes the package.
positron commented on 2016-03-14 18:13
Maybe someone can try to modify the PKGBUILD.
I tried but I get some strange permission errors when doing python setup.py install.
Alister.Hood commented on 2016-03-14 10:34
Hi guys, it isn't a release version, but the most recent development code from the original author still seems to work. (I thought he had it on github, but can't find that anymore, so it is either https://gna.org/projects/pdfshuffler/ or a clone at https://github.com/jeromerobert/pdfshuffler).
positron commented on 2016-03-13 21:08
You can't.
Read the previous comments.
lugarparaler commented on 2016-03-13 16:53
I am getting this error message:
$ pdfshuffler
Error: Could not import pdfshuffler
Cause: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/poppler.so: undefined symbol: poppler_orientation_get_type
How can I fix it?
snout commented on 2016-01-09 15:42
Agree with positron. pdfmod is perhaps a bit more heavy with mono as a dependency, but it's a much better replacement than pdfsam - the UX is nearly the same, whereas pdfsam is worlds apart.
positron commented on 2016-01-05 08:25
I would recommend pdfmod [community] as a replacement for pdfshuffler because I think it is much more similar than pdfsam.
zoe commented on 2016-01-04 10:59
pdfsam [community] is a nice replacement of pdfshuffler, since the bug due to poppler upgrade
linux-neophyte commented on 2016-01-03 00:04
I just installed pdfshuffler 0.6.0-2. When I try to open the program nothing happens. Is anyone working on a solution? I mean that in the most respectful way.
Alister.Hood commented on 2015-12-23 04:17
If you're talking about pypdf, isn't that what the switch to pypdf2 is about? Although why/how this package is using both I'm not sure...
FWIW there's also at least one other fork of pdfshuffler: https://github.com/fuesika/pdfshuffler-ng
Alister.Hood commented on 2015-12-23 04:09
> It looks like the latest code changes were nearly four years ago now.
Changes on pdfshuffler? They're only a little over two years old at sourceforge, but then at github the latest changes are early this year, with more recent work in branches.
TheChickenMan commented on 2015-12-23 03:27
Yeah I wonder if there is still anyone working on the project to fix this. It looks like the latest code changes were nearly four years ago now. I will probably end up using PDFMod and hope this gets resolved eventually.
positron commented on 2015-12-22 09:17
I reported upstream that poppler 0.39.0 breaks the program.
I do not know how many chances we have to get this fixed though...
dalcde commented on 2015-12-21 11:56
The problem is due to poppler 0.39.0. Downgrading to 0.38.0 fixes the issue
skydesigner commented on 2015-12-20 18:39
tried to install the pythong2-poppler-qt4... didn´t help. :)
GordonGR commented on 2015-12-20 18:27
I reinstalled/rebuilt python2-pypdf and python2-poppler. It still gives me skydesigner's error message :S
skydesigner commented on 2015-12-20 17:56
do I need the qt4 version?
Gryffyn commented on 2015-12-20 13:01
It seems that this error has to do with the python poppler library. Try uninstalling and reinstalling it.
Gryffyn commented on 2015-12-20 13:00
I am not able to reproduce the error. Are you using the latest PKGBUILD?
skydesigner commented on 2015-12-20 10:30
I cannot start pdfshuffler. Getting the following error:
sebastian@e7440 ~]$ pdfshuffler
Error: Could not import pdfshuffler
Cause: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/poppler.so: undefined symbol: poppler_orientation_get_type
woodape commented on 2015-11-02 11:38
Error: Could not import pdfshuffler
Cause: No module named pyPdf
python2-pypdf2 may have all the functionality of python2-pypdf, but pdfshuffler still checks for python2-pypdf so it's is still a dependency.
Gryffyn commented on 2015-10-29 12:47
Added pypdf2 as a dependency. I don't believe we still need pypdf, so I removed it. v2 should take care of all libraries. This fixes the empty pdf bug.
geo909 commented on 2015-10-23 00:41
I cannot export to pdf with a scanned pdf document. When I try to save the edited pdf I get the message "Unable to find 'endstream' marker after stream." and get a 0-sized pdf.
See the related bug here:
alium commented on 2015-05-18 09:30
Since the pypdf is no longer maintained and the pypdf2 is working just fine with pdfshuffler, I think will be nice replace the python2-pypdf with python2-pypdf2.
hydrosIII commented on 2013-10-22 22:22
Hi , something is wrong with the version of libpoppler-glib 0.24.2.1
i get:
Error: Could not import pdfshuffler
Cause: /usr/lib/libpoppler-glib.so.8: undefined symbol: g_type_class_adjust_private_offset
Anonymous comment on 2013-03-13 14:08
It is necessary to manually install python2-pypdf from the AUR since python2-pypdf was removed during the winter cleanup. Otherwise we get an "failed to install missing dependencies" error from pacman:
$ makepkg -s
==> Making package: pdfshuffler 0.6.0-2 (Wed Mar 13 14:52:51 CET 2013)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
error: target not found: python2-pypdf
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
Anonymous comment on 2012-10-27 20:41
ok, it's running, sorry for the last message
Anonymous comment on 2012-10-27 20:39
It's not running
"$ pdfshuffler
Error: Could not import pdfshuffler
Cause: No module named pyPdf"
Anonymous comment on 2012-10-23 19:19
you need to delete the old files in conflict. Maybe should file a bug for the package python2-pypdf ...
Anonymous comment on 2012-10-23 19:09
Sorry, the dependence python2-pypdf has a bug:
"Installa o compila le dipendenze mancanti per pdfshuffler:
risoluzione delle dipendenze in corso...
ricerca dei conflitti in corso...
Pacchetti (1): python2-pypdf-1.13-1
Dimensione totale dei pacchetti da installare: 0,25 MiB
Vuoi procedere con l'installazione? [S/n]
(1/1) verifica dell'integrità dei pacchetti [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) caricamento dei file dei pacchetti [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) controllo dei conflitti in corso [##############################################] 100%
errore: impossibile eseguire l'operazione richiesta (file in conflitto)
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf-1.13-py2.7.egg-info è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/__init__.py è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/__init__.pyc è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/filters.py è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/filters.pyc è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/generic.py è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/generic.pyc è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/pdf.py è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/pdf.pyc è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/utils.py è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/utils.pyc è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/xmp.py è già presente nel filesystem
python2-pypdf: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyPdf/xmp.pyc è già presente nel filesystem
Si sono verificati degli errori, nessun pacchetto è stato aggiornato".
xduugu commented on 2012-10-08 07:04
python-pypdf was renamed to python2-pypdf. The dependency needs to be changed accordingly.
speps commented on 2012-06-02 10:19
@dif Surely it helps, thanks :)
Btw since the desktop file is officially provided, you should report this upstream, asking for your suggestion to be applied in a next release.
You can reach pdfshuffler author (Alexander Lyshenko) easily, open a request on the sourceforge page, send him a mail or just contact him on
IRC (logari81 @ freenode.net). Please, do it :) Cheers
dif commented on 2012-06-02 10:08
Just a short remark. Everything works right, but I had to modify the pdfshuffler.desktop file:
Exec=pdfshuffler ---> Exec=pdfshuffler %U
in order to have the pdfshuffler icon displayed in the "Open with..." dialog window.
Hope this helps someone.
speps commented on 2012-03-30 15:49
@Spyhawk Thanks, you're right. Well, since there is no simple way to resolve this, I've included the source tarball for latest svn revision. Updated to 0.6svn75-1
Spyhawk commented on 2012-03-30 06:33
speps> Hi, here's pacaur maintainer. Just to let you know that pacaur relies exclusively on official makepkg to install packages, so I'm pretty sure the pkgver hack you are using in this PKGBUILD breaks "makepkg -sfi".
ZeroBit commented on 2012-02-11 15:29
@speps No I have no any output in terminal. There is only one page from a big 116 pages magazine which is rendered in a wrong way.
ZeroBit commented on 2012-02-11 15:12
@speps No I have no any output in terminal. There is only one page from a big 116 pages magazine which is rendered in a wrong way.
speps commented on 2012-02-11 14:32
@sp42b Thanks for pointing this out, fixed in release 0.5.1_svn64-2.
@pezzacolori Yep this is caused by the pkgver workaround in package(). Btw this is a pacaur issue, and you may better report this to its developer.
@ZeroBit Thanks for testing, it would be interesting reporting if you get some output when launching pdfshuffler from a terminal.
Anonymous comment on 2012-02-11 09:37
Works great. Thank you.
I think the ui-file in /usr/share/applications can be removed:
[me@oldbox pdfshuffler]$ pacman -Ql --file pdfshuffler-0.5.1_svn64-1-any.pkg.tar.xz | grep "/usr/share/appli"
pdfshuffler /usr/share/applications/
pdfshuffler /usr/share/applications/pdfshuffler.desktop
pdfshuffler /usr/share/applications/pdfshuffler/
pdfshuffler /usr/share/applications/pdfshuffler/pdfshuffler.ui
pezzacolori commented on 2012-02-09 19:30
I can install it manually, but not with pacaur.
I don't know if the problem is given by pacaur or something else.
After the building stuff, pacaur tries to install a package with name: pdfshuffler-64-1-any.pkg.tar.xz,
while the existing one has following name: pdfshuffler-0.5.1_svn64-1-any.pkg.tar.xz.
Probably is due to the fact that packaversion is set to simply 64 (pkgver=64), and the rest is added in the code. Is this possible?
Anonymous comment on 2012-02-09 11:20
Back to using pdfshuffler - works great on my system - Sweet! Thanks speps!
ZeroBit commented on 2012-02-08 07:11
Works great! One page of the Magazine with complex layout is rendered in a wrong way as we can see here http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9860/pdfartefcats.png
But it is not a big problem yet.
speps commented on 2012-02-08 01:01
pdfshuffler 0.6.0 is still a WIP but seems to be usable (since 5 weeks now).
So, while 0.6.0 will not come out, this will build on current svn release.
Please test and leave feedbacks (I'll revert on big issues). Cheers
Anonymous comment on 2012-02-07 20:01
Hello All, I use pdfshuffler everyday and I downgraded back in December per zerobit so I could continue to use. However, I hate having a system not fully up to date. Today I started looking for alternatives and found pdfsam in aur, which seems so far pretty good and has way more functionality.
ZeroBit commented on 2011-12-19 17:24
I downgraded these packages:
And it started to work great.
Of course, it is necessary to add to /etc/pacman.conf
IgnorePkg = poppler poppler-glib poppler-qt python2-poppler
ZeroBit commented on 2011-12-19 12:45
I downgraded these packages:
And it started to work great.
Of course, it is necessary to add to /etc/pacman.conf
IgnorePkg = poppler poppler-glib poppler-qt python2-poppler
speps commented on 2011-12-18 23:44
@dif You're right, it works but blindly. Unfortunately the rendering system used by pdfshuffler was removed in poppler >= 0.18.0
and it have to be reimplemented using cairo. I had a little try days ago with unsatisfying results.
Btw, some hours ago a had little talk with the developer, informing him about all this.
He's going to update pdfshuffler, releasing a new 0.6 soon (i wish max in a couple weeks).
Meanwhile you can work blindly, or if you really need it you can downgrade poppler to 0.16.7-2 and python2-poppler 0.12.1-5,
you can browse packages.git or take a look to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrading_Packages to get binaries.
dserban commented on 2011-12-18 15:21
A possible alternative to pdfshuffler would be pdfchain, although removing a page becomes a two-step process.
dif commented on 2011-12-18 14:16
Nothing new. Same thing as reported by ZeroBit, But I made a simple experiment:
I imported a two-page pdf file, deleted one of the pages, and exported the resulting file.
The resulting file opened OK with evince and included just the one page it was supposed to have.
I made the same experiment with a seven-page file, deleting page 3 and 6. It worked OK again.
To sum it up, pdfsuffler seems to do the task, but you have to do it blind. And I had to close pdfshuffler and reopen it to be able to import another file.
ZeroBit commented on 2011-11-14 20:36
After today's update pdfshuffler runs, but after importing pdf file only black squires instead of pages with this error:
$ pdfshuffler
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 552, in __bootstrap_inner
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 964, in run
thumbnail = self.load_pdf_thumbnail(pdfdoc, npage, angle, crop)
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 1010, in load_pdf_thumbnail
NameError: global name 'pixbuf' is not defined
Still unusable.
ZeroBit commented on 2011-10-30 22:57
Yes. The same situation.
From the begining we have:
$ pdfshuffler
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 68, in <module>
import poppler #for the rendering of pdf pages
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/poppler.so: undefined symbol: poppler_page_render_to_pixbuf_for_printing
After applying Comment by: speps on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:58:53 +0000
We have result from Comment by: dif on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:39:22 +0000
A spent a lot of time in tryings to solve the problem, but failed. Any help?
olivierk commented on 2011-10-27 17:36
Same problem as dif with the PKGBUILD given by speps.
dif commented on 2011-10-22 21:39
I downloaded PKBUILD
from https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26571?getfile=7652
and pypoppler-0.12.1-poppler-0.16.0.patch from
After installation I get the following error message when I start pdfshuffler:
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 552, in __bootstrap_inner
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 964, in run
thumbnail = self.load_pdf_thumbnail(pdfdoc, npage, angle, crop)
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 1010, in load_pdf_thumbnail
NameError: global name 'pixbuf' is not defined
I also tried installing from the testing repository only to see this
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 68, in <module>
import poppler #for the rendering of pdf pages
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/poppler.so: undefined symbol: poppler_page_render_to_pixbuf_for_printing
speps commented on 2011-10-22 16:58
@dserban @dif Thanks for reporting. I've just opened a bug report for python2-poppler (broken due to API changes in poppler 0.18.0)
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26571
and sent a quick fix to let it work, if you wanna solve it by yourself you can build your own python2-poppler using this PKGBUILD
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26571?getfile=7652
Let me know if you encounter other issues.
J4913 commented on 2011-10-22 12:44
Also needs an older python2-poppler (0.12.1-4 works here).
dserban commented on 2011-10-21 19:08
One solution would be to downgrade poppler and poppler-glib to version 0.16.7-2 (simultaneously).
You'll find those versions on a slightly out-of-date mirror such as schlunix, e.g.
Another solution would be to file a bug report upstream.
dif commented on 2011-10-21 17:02
The program stopped working after a system update (pacman -Syu).
Here's what I get when I try to start pdfshuffler from the command line:
File "/usr/bin/pdfshuffler", line 68, in <module>
import poppler #for the rendering of pdf pages
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/poppler.so: undefined symbol: poppler_page_render_to_pixbuf_for_printing
dserban commented on 2011-03-25 11:16
I have a suggestion that is inspired by evince and will increase the overall usefulness of the pdfshuffler package.
Add the following line to the bottom of the .desktop file
You can do this using a command similar to:
echo "MimeType=application/pdf;" >> "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/pdfshuffler.desktop"
In conjunction with the "update-desktop-database -q" command in the post_install(), this will add the option called "Open with PDF-Shuffler" to the right-click context menu of all PDF files.
speps commented on 2011-03-24 19:00
@dserban Thanks for signalling, btw there's no need to add pygtk since that's already a python2-poppler dependency - cheers
dserban commented on 2011-03-24 18:37
pygtk should be listed as a dependency.
Also, please list python2-poppler instead of python-poppler.
speps commented on 2010-12-19 01:00
@all owned && updated
speps commented on 2010-12-05 20:37
@osc Hi farid, here is a working
PKGBUILD ==> http://aur.pastebin.com/uRFvjEtp
.install ==> http://aur.pastebin.com/Ga2jNy70
Anonymous comment on 2010-11-13 03:07
> Changing first line in pdfshuffler bin to python2 fixes it..
That works, though I mean the better solution is to change the PKGBUILD to "python2 setup.py install"
I have updated the PKGBUILD for the ver 0.5.1 and sand it to the contributor.
Phlogiston commented on 2010-10-31 09:39
Changing first line in pdfshuffler bin to python2 fixes it..
quantumphaze commented on 2010-10-26 00:06
Needs fixing for /usr/bin/python2


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Kitchens with Patina
Patina is something we love to see in the home: it gives a sense of age and use and quality materials that stand the test of time. What better place to find these characteristics than in the kitchen?
Every time you begin to feel your kitchen is a little worn out or dated, just remind yourself that it's got patina! It can show up in many places, as found in the kitchens here:
- 1: Metal cookware and cabinet pulls Choose unlacquered metals that will come to show fingerprints from handling.
- 2, 3: Wooden cabinetry Solid weathered wood can be much more beautiful than perfectly-finished veneer.
- 4: An antique marble slab Let coffee rings and wine stains tell their story instead of worrying about polishing.
- 5: Stone flooring It might be cold, but it will endure the ages (and can be warmed up with a rug!).
Related: Antique Nickel Dessert Stands
(Images: Tara Striano /Elle Decor, Katrin Arens, Kitchen Building, Elizabeth Martin Design, Border Oak)


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That communist China's Lenovo Group--which recently bought a majority stake in IBM's PC operation--is moving its headquarters to Armonk where it will be run by a longtime IBM executive, demonstrates just how much the world has changed.
Lenovo's new chief executive Stephen M. Ward, Jr., will direct the Chinese firm from Armonk. Ward was most recently senior vice president and general manager of IBM's Personal Systems Group.
IBM's chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. dedicated the Armonk headquarters in 1964. At the time, bomb-shelter hysteria was sweeping the nation. Earlier, President John Kennedy and New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, a perennial Presidential candidate, were in a one-upmanship battle to see who could do more to encourage the construction of bomb shelters.
IBM had been offering interest-free loans to its employees to build fallout shelters in their homes. Watson set a good example by building one in his Greenwich, Conn., home, and when new IBM facilities were built, they usually came with bomb shelters.


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In Loving Memory of our Father...
David Entriken "Ole" Olson
Former Resident of Walnut Creek, CA
Our dad,
David "Ole" Olson was born in Turlock, CA on February 25th, 1928 and passed away peacefully on September 23, 2012,
in Clearlake Oaks, CA after
losing his
"Ole", as he liked to be called, loved to live life to its fullest and had a knack for making new friends. Always the adventurer, "Ole" was an avid skier, hunter, spear fisherman and master scuba diving Instructor for NAUI, PADI and NASDS. He owned the Olympic Pool Service and Olympic Scuba School , Dive and Travel store on
"Ole" served in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Bosun's Mate where he was part of the Alaska Bearing Sea Patrol. Upon retiring to
"Ole" Olson is survived by his brother Thomas Olson of Riverbank, and four children; Gretchen Olson Bell and husband Kevin Bell of Walnut Creek , Karen Olson of Santa Rosa, Eric Olson of Pleasant Hill and David Olson Jr. of Lafayette, CA.
A "Celebration of Life" is planned at the Moose Lodge in Clearlake Oaks, CA
On Saturday, October 13th, starting at 12 noon to 2:00 pm. http://www.mooselodge2284.org/
A Memorial will be held at the Martinez Regional Shoreline at Ferry Pt. in Martinez, CA
On Saturday, October 20th, at 10:00 am. http://www.ebparks.org/parks/martinez#trailmap
A Facebook page was created in his memory so we may share some of his life stories.
Above found here: www.Creativeportrait.com/ole.htm


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