If you watch the videos... the first one is still ... no wind.. and the last one I could barely stand up as this little dealy came across... it was AWESOME, and yet a bit scarey... too.
Monday, April 27, 2009
This little hangy downy thingy if it were hotter.. and a bit more moisture... wow.. what it might have become
If you watch the videos... the first one is still ... no wind.. and the last one I could barely stand up as this little dealy came across... it was AWESOME, and yet a bit scarey... too.
afternoon of storms.. cold front from northwest running under warm air on top of us.... cool shots
notice the wind in the videos... I could hardly stand up to shot the last video... more photos online in picasa gallery.
I have seen this problem before but caused by other reasons...
Not positive but from my farming experience, there are two problems with this field of wheat. One is the very late freeze probably killing over half of the small crop that is here.. the evidence is the white heads, full of empty promises... nothing in the head at all...
and two, some of the worst farming I have ever witnessed! This field had not been worked in two years with the crop from two years ago left in the field due to all the summer rain we had, and then it was disked once and sowed to wheat, and then top dressed... anyone who knows farming in this area realizes you are inviting a disaster to happen, and sure enough, just as I predicted when it was sown, it is a field of Cheat! very little wheat at all... and if you look close you will see one of the best stands of wheat that I have ever witnessed on our land.
For those "city folks" .. haha... cheat is a very valuable crop to makers of cheap livestock feed. It has zero value in a ration, cost almost nothing, but is considered good fill in a grain mix.. to cheapen it up! To the wheat farmer, this is one of the last things you want in a field of wheat. It is a bad weed and grows very easily, especially when encouraged to. It gets its name because when it is ripe and is cut along with the wheat by the combine, it takes up space. Farmers are paid by the bushel for their grain. Wheat weighs an average of 60 lbs to the bushel... and cheat weighs about 18 to 22 lbs to the bushel... when the load of wheat from this field is taken to the elevator and dumped.. it is first checked to see how much "cheat" is in it.. in the old days they did not do this.. and the precentage of cheat in the wheat is deducted from the weight of the 60 pound bushel of wheat.. so if there is 10% cheat.. the farmer would have to give the buyer another 6.67 pounds of good wheat to make up for what they are cheated by the cheat!! As you can see this is a very costly weed especially to the wheat farmer.
It's not to easy to control but the first thing wheat farmers learn in wheat farming 101 is it can be controlled somewhat by proper farming practices, and now days chemicals can be applied to control it even more... the easiest and simplest way is to work the ground a couple of times after showers in the late summer and early fall, especially if not wanting to pasture the crop.
Oh well, I think I am writing this because I wanted to see if I could remember.. haha.. and I do..
so moving on..
have a great day!
s
Sunrise at Moffat Park, Stillwater, OK.
After an 1/2 inch of rain, and an afternoon and night of severe storms and tornados in OK, what a wonderful promise for a great day!Sunday, April 26, 2009
Rooms Availbable on a first come first serve basis...
only Purple Martins need to apply!
Moffat Park open for the Martins!
Moffat Park open for the Martins!Lookie who caught fish....... yesterday at our pond.....
Heather brought her kiddos over for a picnic and fishing at our pond yesterday along with Madison's friend Madison. Our friend Kristen joined them and they had a ball. Then they stopped by the house and visited with us and the kiddos played in "Moffat Park" for some time.
There are many more photos from their trip online at RedDirtDiaries.com, Heather's blog.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Norman Music Festival Downloads (and schedule)
(Click image for the full poster.)
Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman this Saturday for the second edition of Norman Music Festival.
I will be there with Mrs. OklahomaRock. I hope to see many of your faces there as well. (This event is totally FREE!)
To get your ears ready, here’s some FREE mp3s from NMF 2009 artists:
DOWNLOADS:
Ali Harter - “Grandpa”
Crocodile - “August is Over”
Early Beat - “Maybe I Love You”
El Paso Hot Button - “Hot As Fuck”
The Gunship - “Lost”
Hush Hush Commotion - “The One That Got Away”
I Resign - “Indoctrination”
Jabee - “One”
Other Lives - “End Of The Year”
Psychotic Reaction - “Steppin’ Stone”
Rainbows Are Free - “Are You Dead?”
Stardeath And White Dwarfs - “Springtime In Martha Stewart’s Head”
Starlight Mints - “Pumpkin”
Student Film - “Whirling Dervish”
The Uglysuit - “…And We Became Sunshine”
After the jump, get your hour-by-hour band schedule, which should come in handy.
Oklahoma bands are in bold.
11am
Welcome the Silence @ Jägermeister Second Stage
Ford Chastain @ Sooner Theatre
Black Colt @ Studio 360 Stage
Popstar Karaoke @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
11:30am
Maggie McClure @ The Red Room
11:45am
Resident Funk @ Jägermeister Second Stage
11:55am
El Paso Hot Button @ Main Stage
Noon
Here is There @ Sooner Theatre
The Gunship @ The Opolis
Sooner Studio Kids @ The Little Rocker Stage
Susan Herndon @ Coaches Brewhouse
Supreme U-Gene @ Studio 360 Stage
Bungalouski @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
12:30pm
Traindodge @ The Red Room
The Nghiems @ Sonder Music
12:35pm
Camille Harp @ Jägermeister Second Stage
12:50pm
Student Film @ Main Stage
1pm
Lemma @ Sooner Theatre
Dead Sea Choir @ The Opolis
Buffalofitz @ The Little Rocker Stage
Richard Daddy Love @ Coaches Brewhouse
Mary Tyler Morphine @ Studio 360 Stage
Hollywood Homicide @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
1:15pm
Anthony Cavasos (comedian) @ The Red Room
1:30pm
Psychotic Reaction @ The Red Room
Perpetual Motion Modern Dance Oklahoma @ Sonder Music
1:40pm
The Lily Guild @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
1:45pm
The Absolute @ Main Stage
Blue Turtle Seduction @ Jägermeister Second Stage
2pm
Galapagos @ Sooner Theatre
Gentle Ghost @ The Opolis
Jahruba Drums @ The Little Rocker Stage
Meredith Meyer @ Coaches Brewhouse
I Resign @ Studio 360 Stage
Austin Hartel Dance Group @ Sonder Music
2:15pm
Spencer Hicks (comedian) @ The Red Room
2:30pm
Willie Vanilli @ The Red Room
Edgar Cruz @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
2:40pm
The Lee Boys @ Jägermeister Second Stage
2:45pm
Sherree Chamberlain @ Main Stage
3pm
Gabriel Marshall @ Sooner Theatre
Mayola @ The Opolis
Balcum Rancum Puppetry @ The Little Rocker Stage
Depth and Current @ Coaches Brewhouse
Matthew Hart @ Studio 360 Stage
Ivan Peña Trio @ Sonder Music
3:15pm
James Nghiem (comedian) @ The Red Room
3:30pm
Author Charles Martin (reading of The Dominant Hand) and Wayward Poets @ Winans Fine Chocolates & Coffees Stage
Stevedore @ The Red Room
3:40pm
Travis Linville @ Jägermeister Second Stage
3:45pm
Other Lives @ Main Stage
Glowbead @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
4pm
The Ike Lamb Band @ Sooner Theatre
Locust Avenue @ The Opolis
Various Young Musicians @ The Little Rocker Stage
Kristen Stehr @ Coaches Brewhouse
Puzzle People @ Studio 360 Stage
4:15pm
Leah Kayajanian (comedian) @ The Red Room
4:30pm
Ali Harter @ Winans Fine Chocolates & Coffees Stage
8bit Cynics @ The Red Room
4:45pm
Stardeath and White Dwarfs @ Main Stage
Brandon Jenkins @ Jägermeister Second Stage
5pm
Hush Hush Commotion @ Sooner Theatre
Penny Hill @ The Opolis
Sugar Free Allstars @ The Little Rocker Stage
The Workweek @ Coaches Brewhouse
Vandevander @ Studio 360 Stage
Proprietors of the Earth @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
5:15pm
Cameron Buchholtz (comedian) @ The Red Room
5:30pm
The Non @ The Red Room
6pm
Sugar and Gold @ Main Stage
Billy Joe Shaver @ Jägermeister Second Stage
Mama Sweet @ Sooner Theatre
Early Beat @ The Opolis
Michael Bendure @ Coaches Brewhouse
The Mean Spirits @ Studio 360 Stage
6:15pm
Rainbows are Free @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
Derek Smith (comedian) @ The Red Room
6:30pm
Jabee @ The Red Room
7pm
The Uglysuit @ Sooner Theatre
The Separation @ The Opolis
John Fullbright @ Coaches Brewhouse
Zébre @ Studio 360 Stage
7:15pm
BradChad Porter (comedian) @ The Red Room
7:30pm
Man Man @ Main Stage
Todd Snider @ Jägermeister Second Stage
Love Is A Story @ The Red Room
Dorian Small @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
8pm
Crocodile @ The Opolis
Pretty Black Chains @ Coaches Brewhouse
9pm
Starlight Mints @ Main Stage
Tea Leaf Green @ Jägermeister Second Stage
10:30pm
Of Montreal @ Main Stage
11pm
DJ Rent @ Dreamers Concepts Stage
VIDEO: Other Lives - “AM Theme”
Here’s Other Lives‘ music video for “AM Theme”.
The song appears on the band’s full-length, self-titled debut.
Monday, April 20, 2009
A note from Missy this afternoon... and oh my God...
Her photos....
look at the photos... sigh.. are we in the Ozarks??? hehe....
Her note:
Hi Stanley,
Craig took these the other day. I let the horses out around the house a lot, but this is the first time Pawnee ever got on the porch. It was almost a disaster but kind of a long story so I'll tell you at Clicks.....soon!
look at the photos... sigh.. are we in the Ozarks??? hehe....
Her note:
Hi Stanley,
Craig took these the other day. I let the horses out around the house a lot, but this is the first time Pawnee ever got on the porch. It was almost a disaster but kind of a long story so I'll tell you at Clicks.....soon!
Susan Boyle
FAIRYTALE ENDING By MAUREEN CALLAHAN
April 18, 2009 -- By now at least 30 million people worldwide (roughly the same number who view the Oscars, or the Super Bowl) have watched an extraordinary clip from a popular UK show called "Britain's Got Talent." A dowdy, 47-year-old virgin named Susan Boyle takes the stage, wearing her low heels and her Sunday best. The crowd laughs at her, and Boyle - how devastating - laughs along. She says she wants to be a professional singer; people laugh harder and louder. They point. It's grammar school and the Roman coliseum combined. Simon Cowell - panelist and show creator - rolls his eyes. And then Susan Boyle sings.
In the past five days, Susan Boyle has been invited to appear on Oprah, interviewed on all three network morning shows and covered by news outlets all over the world - many of which have descended on her hamlet, where she lives alone with her cat, Pebbles. She is the favorite to win the competition and it's likely she'll sing for the Queen. Cowell will probably sign her to his record label.
But there is something disturbing about the collective rejection-embrace-elevation of Susan Boyle. There is the element of self-congratulation in the viral spread of this link around the Web, the idea that we, the secondary viewers, the judges of those who are judging, are far more evolved. There is the clip itself, suspiciously ready-made for online consumption: A 7-minute movie, slick and pithy in its perfect execution of the underdog narrative. (That something like "Rocky" took two hours to tell now seems antediluvian.) There is the classic David vs. Goliath subplot, the primal satisfaction of seeing the bully (Cowell) slain by such a seemingly inferior force. And there is the profound desire for this entire thing to be authentic, which in and of itself suggests that it probably isn't. Not since P.T. Barnum has there been a show business master of the trompe l'oeil like Simon Cowell.
This isn't to suggest that Boyle herself is a hoax (though she does seem a bit too comfortable on that stage, parrying with Cowell, to be a complete naif). But the notion that Cowell was unaware of Boyle's existence, let alone discordant looks and talent level, before she ever took the stage, is flatly ridiculous. And the song Boyle chose - if she, in fact, chose it - so seamlessly provides the meta-narrative that it's easy to miss how calculated it is. From "Les Misérables" ("the miserable," the way we are meant to perceive Boyle), she sings "I Dreamed a Dream." Boyle opens on the second stanza: "I dreamed a dream in time gone by/When hope was high/And life worth living." In "Les Misérables," it's sung by a lonely, unemployed character on the fringes - just like Boyle, who sang with the undignified descriptor "unemployed, 47" slung across the bottom of the screen.
In a week that saw a good chunk of the nation losing its mind for days over the presidential puppy (just how bad are things?), it seems cynical, churlish even, to speculate about the machinations behind this phenomenon. But it remains true that this clip, and Boyle's rendition, would not be so compelling without the contradictions: the beautiful voice possessed by this defiantly unglamorous woman, who can somehow fully inhabit and interpret a love song without ever having been in love.
Most disturbing of all, perhaps, is that not since Saturday has Susan Boyle been Susan Boyle. It's a permutation of the Heisenberg principle: That 30 million people have heard her, seen her, embraced her has already changed who she is. The shy churchgoer who said that her recently deceased mother encouraged her to "take the risk," who admitted in her audition that she has never been kissed, who has forever lived as something of an accidental outcast - she now seems too much of this world. "I've been for a meeting with Sony BMG, but I can't say much about it," she said this week. "It's early days." Susan Boyle is now one of us. And that is really a shame.
April 18, 2009 -- By now at least 30 million people worldwide (roughly the same number who view the Oscars, or the Super Bowl) have watched an extraordinary clip from a popular UK show called "Britain's Got Talent." A dowdy, 47-year-old virgin named Susan Boyle takes the stage, wearing her low heels and her Sunday best. The crowd laughs at her, and Boyle - how devastating - laughs along. She says she wants to be a professional singer; people laugh harder and louder. They point. It's grammar school and the Roman coliseum combined. Simon Cowell - panelist and show creator - rolls his eyes. And then Susan Boyle sings.
In the past five days, Susan Boyle has been invited to appear on Oprah, interviewed on all three network morning shows and covered by news outlets all over the world - many of which have descended on her hamlet, where she lives alone with her cat, Pebbles. She is the favorite to win the competition and it's likely she'll sing for the Queen. Cowell will probably sign her to his record label.
But there is something disturbing about the collective rejection-embrace-elevation of Susan Boyle. There is the element of self-congratulation in the viral spread of this link around the Web, the idea that we, the secondary viewers, the judges of those who are judging, are far more evolved. There is the clip itself, suspiciously ready-made for online consumption: A 7-minute movie, slick and pithy in its perfect execution of the underdog narrative. (That something like "Rocky" took two hours to tell now seems antediluvian.) There is the classic David vs. Goliath subplot, the primal satisfaction of seeing the bully (Cowell) slain by such a seemingly inferior force. And there is the profound desire for this entire thing to be authentic, which in and of itself suggests that it probably isn't. Not since P.T. Barnum has there been a show business master of the trompe l'oeil like Simon Cowell.
This isn't to suggest that Boyle herself is a hoax (though she does seem a bit too comfortable on that stage, parrying with Cowell, to be a complete naif). But the notion that Cowell was unaware of Boyle's existence, let alone discordant looks and talent level, before she ever took the stage, is flatly ridiculous. And the song Boyle chose - if she, in fact, chose it - so seamlessly provides the meta-narrative that it's easy to miss how calculated it is. From "Les Misérables" ("the miserable," the way we are meant to perceive Boyle), she sings "I Dreamed a Dream." Boyle opens on the second stanza: "I dreamed a dream in time gone by/When hope was high/And life worth living." In "Les Misérables," it's sung by a lonely, unemployed character on the fringes - just like Boyle, who sang with the undignified descriptor "unemployed, 47" slung across the bottom of the screen.
In a week that saw a good chunk of the nation losing its mind for days over the presidential puppy (just how bad are things?), it seems cynical, churlish even, to speculate about the machinations behind this phenomenon. But it remains true that this clip, and Boyle's rendition, would not be so compelling without the contradictions: the beautiful voice possessed by this defiantly unglamorous woman, who can somehow fully inhabit and interpret a love song without ever having been in love.
Most disturbing of all, perhaps, is that not since Saturday has Susan Boyle been Susan Boyle. It's a permutation of the Heisenberg principle: That 30 million people have heard her, seen her, embraced her has already changed who she is. The shy churchgoer who said that her recently deceased mother encouraged her to "take the risk," who admitted in her audition that she has never been kissed, who has forever lived as something of an accidental outcast - she now seems too much of this world. "I've been for a meeting with Sony BMG, but I can't say much about it," she said this week. "It's early days." Susan Boyle is now one of us. And that is really a shame.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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