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I LOVE MUSIC!!! I like just about all types of music. I always have to have music.
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Don't really like books! I much rather watch the movie.
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Spending time with my family and of course HUNTING!!! And last but not least Shopping!
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girlbowhunter02 Leave in the morning for Dove Hunt in Eastland, TX!!!!!! Yipeeeeeee!!!
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I am a very happy wife and mother of three wonderful children. 20 son in the Navy in Bihran right now; 17 year old son Sr. in high school; 13 year old daughter in 8th grade cheerleader. My husband introduced me to hunting 6 years ago. And I have loved it every since. I have been turkey hunting past two years and still have not gotten my first thunder chicken. I just started bow hunting last year and I am sooo hooked!!! My kids enjoy hunting as well so we can all hunt as a family which is great! I am an accountant. And that about sums it up.
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gteamhunting08 wrote:
Hello from Gteam!! Hows everything going?
Going great just trying to get everything ready for bow season! It is almost here. How are you?
Doing great, getting ready for bow season our selves. Counting down the days till it starts. We Have been trying to get corn picked and everything else just so all we have to do is hunt. Hope you have a great season and God Bless!
Just dropping by to say "HEY" from the new Mr. and Mrs. Green!!
Natural Facts about the Lotus & the Water Lily
Although there is a botanical distinction, the lotus and water lily are often used interchangeably in folklore and mythology. Generally lotus refers to the water lily of India or the plant depicted in sacred art and stories, while the water lily is more often used by naturalists. As an example of the confusion, the World Book actually has two entries, one for the lotus, one for the water lily, both clearly referring to the same plant and neither referring to the other entry.
The lotus of India belongs to the Nelumbo genus (Nelumbo is the Sinhalese name for the plant). It has large flowers and leaves that sometimes grow up above the water. The plant's thorny stalk discourages fish from nibbling on it. The upper cupule or fleshy capsule of the lotus dries out at maturity and separates from the plant. Floating about, it scatters seed from the many perforated holes in its surface.
In Asia, there is only one species of lotus with red and white blooms. Yet early Buddhist scriptures, referring to the seven precious lotuses, mention blue and yellow flowers. The water lily, native to Egypt, has blue flowers but the yellow-flowered water lily is native to North America. This mystery may be addressed in this Buddhist sutra:
"The lotuses of heaven can change according to people's wishes, flowering when needed. In this way they bring joy to the hearts of all. There is no need to declare one false and the other real. Both are called the wondrous lotus flower."
The water lily belongs to the Nympha genus, derived from the same word as Nymph. The Greek word nymph, besides being used to describe the feminine spirits of water and trees, also means something young and budding (like the larva of certain insects) and is the name for the labia minora. In Europe, the common white water lily, the one painted by Monet, is nympha alba while in North America, we're more familiar with nuphar lutea, the yellow water lilies, also called spatterdocks or cow lilies. The English sometimes call the plant "brandy bottle" because the flowers smell like stale wine which attracts flies, the pollinators for the plant.
According to Chelsie Vandaveer, the Amazon Water Lily (victoria amazonica) imprisons its pollinators. The pure white flowers open in the evening and release a fragrance like pineapples. Beetles attracted by the smell find their way to the pale flowers on the dark water and feast on the central petals, while the flower closes over them. Then the anthers ripen and shed their pollen all over the trapped beetles. By the second evening, the flowers have turned pink and lost their fragrance. They open again and release the pollen-covered beetles which fly off in search of more white flowers with that incredible fragrance. Thus the lily is never self-pollinated since it can only be pollinated when the flower is white and fragrant. I love this description of the flower that changes colors and fragrances overnight, all in the service of sex. No wonder it's considered a magical plant.
outdoortexan wrote:
Have a great weekend !
Thank you too! I hope that I am I am going to the woods to get rid of some hogs!!!
headhunter24 wrote:
thank you for the add!!! Hope you and the family have a great weekend!!! I wanna hunt some hogs!! Hope you get a big one!
We love to hunt hogs and catch hogs. We caught one one time that weighed over 400 lbs. talk about a RUSH!!!!
That is AWSOME!!!! I wish i could do stuff like that. My 2 Year old is really getting into the outdoors. I took him to the mountains the other day and he didnt want to leave. Haha i have a hunting partner for life. I have been looking into some hog hunts around my area. I am considering using my bow.