Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. UC Davis: Feeding Cattle Seaweed Reduces Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions 82 Percent, New Long-Term Study Could Mean More Sustainable Burgers, by Diane Nelson, March 17, 2021, UC Davis. ~~~ I did not know that cows came with Appaloosa paint jobs. Rodney’s Diet Secret, Cow TV Stay safe. Stay sane.Continue reading “Now Appearing on Cow TV”

Images Awareness of the outside world. Andrea Animates: Cooking With Wool.~~~ Wednesday, BucketsThursday, Bell BootsFriday, BreyerSaturday, Birmingham Not planned. Just worked out that way. Process notes: Inkscape for scaling & rotation. Finished in GIMP. Started as a sketch! Therefore feeling tres artistic. On a related noteWhen I was a kid, I had trouble telling theContinue reading “The Week Brought To You By The Letter B”

Thoughts Awareness of the outside world. Birmingham Hammerfest supports the Lakeshore Foundation. “To encourage and provide opportunities for people with disability to live a healthy lifestyle through activity, research, advocacy and health promotion.” LF: About~~~ Credit where credit is due. When I moved to the Birmingham area in the mid-90s, I was appalled to findContinue reading “Giving Birmingham Its Due”

The Horse World Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Alabama doctor says he won’t treat unvaccinated people: ‘COVID is miserable way to die’. Gore. Aug 17. Hard to argue with “I can’t watch them die like that.”~~~ “Say what you want about content and fan-engagement, Breyer is a business. Their prime directive is to sellContinue reading “Where The Clicking Is Easy, Virtual BreyerFest 2021, Haul I”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Afghan-American Coalition Releases Call to Action for U.S. Government Assistance to Afghanistan. Appears to have a humanitarian focus. Assist to link shared in Instagram Stories by Muslim-American Cartoonist Huda Fahmy, Yes I’m Hot In This.~~~ Stay! Stay! You hear me, shoes? Stay! Stay safe. Stay sane.Katherine

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “Lambda has been on our minds (see my last post here). Thankfully, and importantly, Lambda is fizzling out. Delta is far more dominant and pushing Lambda away as an imminent threat.” Your Local Epidemiologist: State of Affairs: August 16, 2021.~~~ As my grandmother used to say, I am havingContinue reading “Feed Buckets and Color Theory”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Interesting sidenote, given the prevailing feelings about the month around here. “The president almost certainly made August the basis for his choice.” Raw Story: The truth about the withdrawal from Afghanistan is hard for partisans to admit. Stoehr. August 16, 2021. [On A Related Note, see comment]~~~ The thingsContinue reading “Working The Walk, Virtual Tevis, 39 Miles, 24 Days”