There are books written on all the uses of duct-tape, but not on the uses of twist ties. They can be used to hold things closed, to hold things together, and in many other useful ways. They also can be used to make something decorative. Such as this basket my younger brother made out of twist ties.
This rose is blooming by the post-office here in M'ville. It bloomed this past week when the temperature each night was somewhere around thirty and the day time temperature rarely got above fifty-five.
My Dairy Nutrition teacher is very big on quotes. She usually has atleast four quote per lecture.
This is one she shared with us this morning.
The clock is running: make the most of to day.
To realize the value of a year; ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of a month; ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of a week; ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of an hour; ask two people in love who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of an minute; ask a person who just missed the train.
To realize the value of a second; ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of a millisecond; ask a person who won a silver metal in the olympics.
And remeber; time waits for none.
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
I thought this was very good. I don't know where she got from.
Today is a wonderful day. The weather is perfect right now. It is a pleasent 61 degrees out with a slight breeze. It feels very peaceful out. I just walked back from my first class. Coming out of Crawford hall you could see students and faculty members going about their business. There have been no emergency sirens going off, no schreeching brakes or honking horns. Walking past the school the kids were all heading to the playground for lunch and recess. There are piles of leaves everywhere and a few people are tending to their gardens. If you look around you see leaved falling of the trees in golden and red showers. The sun is shining in a perfect blue sky.
Here is a vidio of a robotic milking machine. They are really cool. Please excuse the voices in the back ground, you might want to mute the volume.
Friday I got to go visit an Ethanol Plant. It was a 3hr drive there, but it was worth it. We were guided throught the plant and shown how ethanol is made. Here are some pictures I took.
The whole Plant.
The Carbon Monoxide Plant.
They take the Carbon Monoxide that comes from the fermentation process and sell it to beverage companies.
Me; in my hard hat and safety goggles. I needed them, I ran into a door.
The bucket they use to move corn and brewers grain.
It is huge.
This is the grate that corn is dumped onto, below it are large augers that send the corn to be processed.
The lab where they test the ethanol.
The computer lab where they keep an eye on all the machinery, on the temperature and pressure of the pipes and silos.
Inside the plant. Green pipes are water and yellow are air.(I think)
I found this caterpiller on my ride up the hill this afternoon.
I have never seen one like this before.
I don't know what type it is.
I took these pictures this morning, about seven O'clock. They inspired some of the changes I made in the poem I posted earlier. Some times I wish the weather could always stay this way, misty and quiet, everyone alone with their thought and feelings. I really enjoy walking through the mist, especially when I am listening to my music.
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