Author Archives: The Happy Poster
What is a drupe?
What is a drupe? I’m familar with this as a verb not a noun. Droop: What happens to my plants on hot days, or a descriptor, Droopy: How I feel after a long hot walk on a summer day, when the closest parking was 6 blocks away. Well that’s not what we’re talking about … Continue reading
Shade Grown Coffee
What is Shade grown coffee?How do you grow coffee in the shade? Wouldn’t you want to grow it in the sun like other crops?Doesn’t seem like a way to get a very good yield if you’re a commercial grower, does it?The difference between shade coffee and coffee grown in the sun:Coffee grown was originally grown … Continue reading
Full Moon -August 13, 2011
Full Moon -August 13, 2011 All full moons are given names by different cultures. This full moon coming up tonight is called the Full Sturgeon Moon . Large fish of the Great Lakes were caught in mass during this month. It’s also been called the Red Moon for the reddish hue it has shining through … Continue reading
Crickets Tell Temperature
Cricket Chirps Tell the Temperature How to find the temperature outside. For degrees Fahrenheit: First start counting the chirps of the crickets for 14 seconds. Add 40 to get temperature. Example: 20 chirps + 40 = 60° F For degrees Celsius: Count number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add … Continue reading
… Ellipsis
… Ellipsis, not to be confused with ellipse…which is what I’ve always called it. What is the use of these three little dots. I admit to using them willy-nilly, and without my thought, letting them walk through my writing like a trios of ants separated from the colony. One day I asked myself, what is … Continue reading
Orchard, Vineyard, Farm, Plantation
Orchard, Vineyard, Farm, Plantation What’s the difference? An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. A plantation is a large artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant … Continue reading
July Full Moon 7-15-11
July’s Full Moon. Each new moon has several different names according to individual cultures. Last nights full moon is called: The Full Buck Moon: When buck deer produce new antlers. The Full Thunder Moon: For the Summer Thunderstorms. The Full Hay Moon: When farmers bay their hay for the winter.
Stone Color Blind
Stone Color Blind Everyone is familiar with red-green or yellow-blue color blindness. But have you ever heard of Stone Color Blindness? I think these days it must have fancy medical term but so far I haven’t found it. But back in the day Stone Color Blind meant people could only see various shades of blue, … Continue reading
Par, Under Par, Sub-Par?
Sub-Par? Is that even a word? According to the urban dictionary, it means not acceptable, below an acceptable level. But isn’t “under par” in golf a good thing and “over par” the bad thing? So wouldn’t sub-par be good? Ok, admittedly I’m not into sports and the most experience I’ve had with golf is getting … Continue reading
Baking Powder Gone Bad
Does Baking Powder Go Bad? You bet and it can ruin the best of baking intentions. I speak from experience. It doesn’t go bad as much as flat. It just doesn’t have the ability to leaven the baked goods any longer. So how do you know? Does it smell? is it discolored? No. You can’t … Continue reading