#greater bluebonnet

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the greater bluebonnet is a small parrot found in southeastern and central australia. they are considered a sedentary or resident species and do not migrate. they mostly remain in pairs or congregate in small groups of up to ten; while they are social, they are not as gregarious as some other parrots. they are known to be aggressive and difficult to breed by aviculturists. females are slightly duller than males, with less red on their bellies. they primarily feed on seeds, but are omnivorous and have a varied diet that also includes nectar, fruit, and insects.

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Greater bluebonnets

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Barn Swallow

2. Superb Fruit Dove

3. Greater Bluebonnet

4. American Purple Gallinule

5. Brown Creeper

6. Cedar Waxwing

7. Cassowary

8. Royal Fly Catcher

9. Resplendent Quetzal

Bonus Cassowary pic below!

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A comprehensive guide to louvered patio roofs

Additional seating space is always essential when you plan a gathering at home. Having a covered patio offers the benefits of having a comfortable, inviting and functional outdoor space. Therefore, patio roofs are getting immensely popular. Especially among city dwellers who have limited real estate.

You might be looking for options to make outdoor gatherings more enjoyable. When it comes to functionality as well as aesthetics, louvered design has become the unrivaled hero of all outdoor patio roofs. Louvered designs are popular because these products can provide the perfect settings regardless of a sweltering sun or drizzle. Nowadays there are motorized options available which are surely a valued addition to your home. Let’s discuss how to make the outdoors more enjoyable with an equinox louvered roof.   

Why is louvered patio roof design the most popular?

Louvers are slatted panels that can be adjusted to prevent the random weather setting from spoiling your time on the patio. These are great for patio roofs because the design allows you to control the amount of sunlight while fresh air can circulate easily. 

If you want to create a comfortable outdoor living space that invests in a louvered patio roof. It offers the dual benefits of aesthetics and functionality. 

Having a louvered roofing system offers you the benefits of:

Increased outdoor time

Enjoyable outdoor living space

Valued addition to your home

Optimal furniture protection

Blocking harmful UV rays

Dry and sheltered outdoors in the rain

What are your options to make a louvered patio cover roof?

Louvers are the ultimate shading solution for patios because they offer the flexibility to have an entirely open or shut patio roof. These louvered panels can be made from wood, aluminum or vinyl. Based on your style and budget preferences, you can find various products in the market. Though, equinox louvered roof is the best seller and is recognized as the ultimate shading solution.

Is it worth investing in an Equinox louvered roof?

Add tremendous value to your home by investing in an Equinox louvered roof. The extruded aluminum patio roof is precision engineered and comes with an innovative system of rotating gears. When you host a gathering, the louvered roofing system will surely be the conversation starter. Here is why Equinox louvered roof has become the talk of the town:

Shading solution: Extend the seating space and gather even bigger parties by installing Equinox louvered roofs. These louvers can be adjusted easily to protect skin and eyes from harmful UV rays. 

Durable: Equinox louvered roof is made from extruded aluminum which offers greater durability compared to conventional wood and plastic panels.

Customization: Aesthetics can be maintained with this roofing system because the option of customization allows designing louvers in a style that seamlessly integrates with the existing architectural style.

User-friendly: Modern day louvers come with motorized operations which feature remote controlled operation. Users can easily rotate the louvers with the touch of a button to control the climate.

Easy to install: Equinox louvers come with an innovative built-in gutter system which makes installation quick and hassle-free. The precisely angled louvers ensure that rainwater flows easily keeping the area under the roof all dry and comfortable.

Cost-efficient: The innovative roofing system comes with the option of solar power. Using a renewable and sustainable energy source makes the roofing system affordable. Moreover, using a solar battery cell also eliminates the hassle of wiring and installation inside the home.

Bottom line

Invest in the Equinox louvered roof and take full control of your patio seating even when the sun is at its full height. For orders and further enquiries connect with Bluebonnet Patio covers. They are the only certified and authorized dealers of Equinox louvered roofs in San Antonio/Austin. 

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Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster) by Ian Colley

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Excerpt from this story from Massive Science:

The big sagebrush is far from your typical tumbleweed. In the dry landscape of the American West, the sun catches the plant’s fine silver hair like light reflecting off a stormy ocean. Growing as tall as your thigh, their lanky limbs seem frozen in a permanently petrified stance.

“They kind of look like tortured little bonsai trees,” says Kathryn Turner, an evolutionary ecologist and assistant professor at Idaho State University. But this delicate bush is an essential native plant for desert wildlife—and it’s under threat.

Eighteen sagebrush species grow throughout North America’s Great Basin, a massive network of watersheds and prairies that spans the arid lands of Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and California. Sagebrush growing here creates the largest interconnected habitat in North America, spanning across 175 million acres. This keystone plant supports over 350 species, including the adorable pygmy rabbit and charismatic greater sage-grouse.

“It’s one of the only things around here that’s really green all year round,” says Elizabeth Leger, professor and director of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Nevada, Reno.

While mostly recognized for its sea foam-green luster, sagebrush is actually part of the sunflower family. In the late summer and fall, small light yellow buds bloom “off the top of the shrub, kind of like candles on a birthday cake,” says Leger. Big sagebrush, scientifically known as Artemisia tridentata, is even Nevada’s official state flower. But unlike springtime bluebonnets and poppies, she says, “They’re not really showy flowers.” You have to look close to see the dozens of tiny flowers dotting the stalks.

Maybe even more distinct than its little florets is the smell of sagebrush, which shares the same genus as absinth. Not to be confused with the sage herb that you use to season your cooking, “sagebrush has this wonderful really herbal spikey smell,” Turner says. The plants unleash a pungent musk of camphor and aromatic compounds, particularly after a desert rain. The fragrance lures various wildlife, but Turner says “in order to eat it, these herbivores have had to adapt to deal with these particular compounds.”

For many birds and animals, the tiny flowers and leaves are delicacies. Sagebrush are “the grocery store” in these desert ecosystems, Leger explains, supporting large communities of birds, reptiles, pronghorns, and mule deer. If you’re lucky, you might spot a pygmy rabbit or the greater sage-grouse nibbling on the plant. During the winter, it becomes almost 100% of the adult sage grouse diet, as it stays alive and leafy above the snow line.

Sagebrush also acts as a soil anchor and canopy for communities of wildflowers and other small plants. “If you put a big shrub out in the middle of the desert, one thing it’s going to do is collect nutrients around it,” says Turner. “The wind will blow topsoil to the base of the sagebrush, and it’ll settle there. So they kind of act as these fertility islands for other plants.”

But this icon of the American West is under constant stress. Increasing wildfires, invasive plants, and human land use have quickly changed the Great Basin’s landscapes, putting pressure on its wildlife. Alarmed scientists, such as Turner and Leger, are now trying to assess how the diminishing sagebrush is impacting already threatened species.

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last wishes

Don’t touch me more than I

Have been, it has been too much.

Put me in a rocket and send me

Into space, to the nearest star.

Maybe someone will find me

And pump me full of life again.

Or better yet steer me towards

A black hole so I can be the first.

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Put my body under the seed of a

Tree and let this waste nourish

Something greater than me.

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Burn me and put pressure and focus

Into my remains to shape into some

Precious stone.

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Drag me up a mountain side where

The carrion birds will live and let live.

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Bury me and plant bluebonnets.

For I have always loved them,

The symbol of my home.

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• Lupine Flower Essence with Rain Magic & the Super Flower Blood Moon • {Swipe} Continuing my story of Lady Lupine from a couple posts ago ~ on the night of the Full Moon I returned to the Medicine Meadow she guided me to, to capture the vibrational powers of this magical ally. Wearing the linen dress I made for myself in Amethyst Purple in honor of her💜 As always, I climbed up the ridges & the moment I reached the Meadow it started raining! Between my Wildfire dream & the legend below, you’ll see why it felt extra precious to utilize the healing spring rains to capture her essence. I used my Great Grandmothers crystal bowl that was passed down through my Motherline, to me. I wandered around the Lupine field, asking her permission to harness her medicine as I harvesting a few blooms into the crystal bowl. I sat beside the bowl in the Meadow & watched as the Moon rose beyond the giant Doug Firs & Cedars surrounding us. My eyes welled along with the rains as the drops fell down upon Lady Lupine, the Moonlight reflecting so bright & brilliant through the crystal medicine bowl. Myth & Medicine of Lady Lupine: An Indigenous legend ‘The Legend of the Bluebonnet’ tells of a tribe suffering from extreme drought & famine. They are desperate & hardened, resorting to selfishness as a means of survival. Someone must offer their prized possession to The Great Spirit in order for the rain to return. No one wanted to offer what little they had, until a young orphan girl came to teach them great lessons. She climbs up a hill & offers The Great Spirit the only thing she had left in the world - her beloved doll. She burned it in the flames & suddenly rain began to fall & Lupines sprung up all around! Her tribe celebrated & finally felt hope, her people were saved. This is how the Lupines came to be. The Medicine of Lupine cultivates community & selflessness, she never grows alone but in giant patches. Lupine brings upon hope & healing, of necessary sacrifice for the greater good. She softens a hardened heart, pulling one from the depths of despair & guides us on how to contribute & support ourself & village. I’m honored to bottle up her magic to share in my next release💜 (at Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPdmxalgJkH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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04.02.2020

The world is a mess right now. I’m stating the obvious right?

Gee. I don’t even know where to begin...

I have several friends, who I have not been in physical contact with, who have presumptive positive of COVID-19. However, they can not get tested because of a slew of “reasons”.

I have friends who have relatives with the virus and are on the verge of dying right now.

One of the faith communities I serve has already experienced a death due to COVID-19. A “perfectly healthy man” at that.

The mission trip I have been planning since July has been cancelled because it falls in the eight week time frame of gatherings of 10 or more. Which honestly is heartbreaking on a few levels. Yeah, it’s no surprise that it was canceled.. everything has been cancelled at this point. However, my mourning for this cancellation is no lesser or greater than anybody else’s mourning of their events, like graduation, birthdays, funerals, baby showers, weddings and so on.

This news comes on the heels of me having to cancel my trip to Big Bend and my annual bluebonnets adventure with one of my best friends. Which also cancels all of my creative projects I had going on in association with it.

Then the news of my two and a half week France trip was cancelled because the Camino itself was closed in both France and Spain. Which cool, I have money sitting in my seminary account now.

Like many others, I am now doing classes online.

Both of my part time jobs are now full time jobs. Meaning I’m working anywhere from 70-80 hours a week. Sparing myself for naps every now and again. However, I am beyond grateful that I am still employed in this time. I just never would have thought I would have been considered “essential personal”. At two places at that.

I have friends and family afraid for my well being. It’s been suggested that I draft up my will because of my exposure rate. It’s heart breaking to have conversations with my ex fiancé about her being afraid of loosing me to this virus.

Some of this stuff is heavier than others. Some of it is trival. But it’s all real, and all things I’m struggling with over the last couple of weeks.

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I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.  August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.  "Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement.I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. “Wonder is the best kids’ book of the year,” said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. Join the conversation: #thewonderofwonderSource: penguinrandomhouse.com

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Create an Amazing Outdoor Environment with Custom Patio Covers

Indulge in beautiful patio cover ideas for your home!

Have you ever contemplated creating a fantastic outdoor area where you and your family may unwind without being concerned about weather changes? A bespoke patio cover can help you add extra room to your house by transforming it into a beautiful outdoor living area.

According to a builder who works at a leading Austin patio cover garage that I met at a local grocery store recently, adding customized patio covers as part of your backyard design scheme makes your outdoor space even more functional.

By adding a patio cover to your house's outside space, you get access to crucial features of a pleasant home, such as the opportunity to use your living room more frequently and enjoy your backyard space for the majority, if not all, of the year.

What you can use to make custom patio covers for your home

Bluebonnet Patio Covers and other custom patio cover builders often employ a variety of materials to construct patio covers for clients. These include everything from outdoors fabrics like shade sails and wood pergolas to aluminum and steel constructions.

My interest in customizable patio covers recently prompted me to pay visits to leading manufacturers of porch enclosures near me to witness firsthand how they use awnings, canopies, retractable covers, and even cabanas to create bespoke patio designs for customers.

The visit to the patio covers that specialize in retractable awnings, big umbrellas, built-in pergolas, wrought iron patio covers, and all manner of shade structures, in particular, made me decide to do a makeover of my home backyard.

It was amazing to see how patio shades improve year after year, which for a fast-paced luxury home lover like me, failing to keep up with can make your home appear like a museum among your neighbors' homes with amazing outdoor environments.

Why opt for custom patio covers for your home?

According to a renowned Austin patio cover landscape designer, opting for custom patio covers provides you with distinctive structures for aromatic vines that add layers of beauty that please all of the senses.

A customized patio cover provides you with countless options to enjoy the beauty of your backyard, whether you want to spend some peaceful time alone or entertain your friends with outdoor dining in a stunning outdoor setting.

A bespoke patio cover, when done right, can help to create a seamless transition between your interior and exterior spaces. You can, however, only achieve this by working with patio cover builders who have classic design thinking and can provide you with the out-of-the-ordinary outside setting you desire for your home. I recommend Bluebonnet Patio Covers!

Why you should consider a retractable awning for your patio

Retractable awning patio covers are a great option you should consider for your patio because they can give you customized shading options for your decks and patios. They can also be easily installed on any of your walls, soffit, or roof for greater headroom.

I have had the pleasure of visiting a number of former college friends who live in Austin, New Braunfels, and San Antonio, whose home outdoor environments are very breathtaking and have been designed using retractable awning patio cover options. What I have found to be the common denominator in the amazing designs is that they have all been done by louvered patio covers!

Get your custom patio covers done by a design thinking professional!

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Take home original art and support Harvey relief efforts at the same time! 💕🖌

Two ways:

💕 Bid on my original illustration of a Texas bluebonnet: http://ebay.to/2ewjLAC💕 Purchase a 5x7 or 8x10 print of the bluebonnet on Etsy: http://etsy.me/2gvlwyJ

✨100% of the profits from the auction and prints sales through 9/4 go to United Way of Greater Houston.✨

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Wonder - R. J. Palacio | Fiction |442165350

Wonder R. J. Palacio Genre: Fiction Price: $9.99 Publish Date: February 14, 2012 The extraordinary #1  New York Times  bestseller that has captivated over 1 million readers and inspired a movement to choose kind. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER , now a #1  New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. "Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy . In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. Join the conversation: #thewonderofwonder From the Hardcover edition.

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Wonder

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY! Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind movement. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. “Wonder is the best kids’ book of the year,” said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. Join the conversation: #thewonderofwonder Source: penguinrandomhouse.com

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