Conservation 101- The Legacy of Steve Irwin

Posted on Sep. 4, 2008 at 3:59 PM in Conservation 101

 Today, of all days, is a grim reminder that the world is without the greatest Wildlife Warrior ever. Sept. 4th, 2006, Steve Irwin was tragically killed when a sting ray barb pierced his heart. My heart wishese he was still alive saving wildlife. I want to see NEW Episodes of Croc Hunter, with his determination and enthusiasm to save wildlife. My ehart aches for his family who I know miss him more than I do. He is my hero, my idol. I want to do everything he did. I want to save wildlife. I want to stand up for whats right. I want to be something in the world of animals.

But I know I cannot possibly be him and do everything he did for wildlife. But I want to hope. I want to know that my dream is not out of reach. You all must think I am silly, but how would you feel if your idol died suddenly? You would be crushed to, and you would grieve for years later. Nobody understands how important I saw him as. There are a few people I know who have lost a loved one, and to me I loved Steve and everything about him, I saw him as a distant uncle. I would watch his show regularly and would always cheer along whenever he caught a snake or a croc. I do not know if he was saved or not, or if he is in heaven or hell. I don't want to think about it. I just hope at some point in his life he was presented with the gospel and maybe I will get to finally meet him in heaven. I can hope can't I? You can never loose hope, not one inch lost.

His legacy of being a wildlife warrior will continue forever.  His Australia Zoo in beerwah, Australia, will forever be an attraction throughout the world. I AM going there someday. His love of crocodiles told the world that they are not mean,ugly creature's but they are magnificient and poweful.  He also was able to purchase Australian land that is now a habitat for crocodiles and everything else to survive in, however that land in under threat of strip mining. I signed  a petition the other day to help save the land in honour of Steve. Go here to help Save Steve's Place.

I didn't know what I was going to do for today's post, so I guess rambling on was good enough. I have this song on my IPod, it's called 'Goodbye Crocodile Hunter' and whenever i need a good dose of crying I listen to this song over and over and over again. I also have a VCR tape (yes they still exsist) full of Crocodile Hunter episodes and I watch that along with listening to the music. Sometimes I think he is still alive and is in the outback of Austalia, hiding from the world, but thats just my imagination. Here are the lyrics to 'Goodbye Crocodile Hunter'

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Life is short, Life is sweet, I want something good to eat!

Posted on Aug. 21, 2008 at 10:48 PM in My Life

Here are some pics of my precious niece "TinyBel" (Isabel)

You cannot tell me she isn't the prettiest baby around! :)

Lately, I have had NO time to blog, as you can probably already tell. I know I said I would post about my 17th birthday but I don';t really want to :) Nothing special happened there just gained another year in life. I have been working on the past two months of Conservation 101. I missed May and June. I have August saved and am working on it. Just not diligently ;)

Alot has been going on lately. I decide I am going to vent in this post. Lately, I have become the target of one girls hatred (a girl at my work). She decided that because of something that happened in the past she is going to hate me because of it. Might I add the fact that I did absolutely nothing wrong except defend a close friend. I was accused of saying something mean to the girl and I was called names which shall not be repeated on the blog-o-sphere. Why do people have to be so utterly ridiculous? I don't understand people sometimes.  Anyway today she decided to "attack" me the best way that she possibly could. She was rude and arogant towards me. She almost refused to work with me today at work. My boss assigned me to a project that SHE wanted and so she decided to make a big stink about it and go complain to my boss that she didn't think it was fair that she was told she was going to do it and now I was. Immature!!!!! I really didn't care whether or not. I didn't even want to be at work but I was asked to come in to replace someone who called out.  Anyway, LO and Behold she got her wish, to do the stupid project and make me do the "low-on-the-totem-pole" job. Oh and she decided to rub it in my face that she got what she wanted by telling me herself. I swear she was talking down to me. I smiled and said ok thats fine, and walked off. I really did not want to participate in her childish "nana nana boo boo" game.  For the rest of the day I stayed my distance, yet whenever she was around I killed her with kindness.

College starts back up on Monday, with my first class being my American Sign Language class. I am very excited to be starting that class. I used to know alot of sign language, now I only know my ABC's in sign language ;) Also Tuesdays and Thursday I am at school all day for my English 102 class, and my Pre-Algebra class. Wednesday afternoon I have my US History class, another one I am excited about. I have always loved history :) Then IMMEDIATELY following my History class is my second American Sign Language class of the week. I think I have everything I need for school. I hope I do :)

Anyway, It's late and I am extremely tired from working an almost 30 hour week and it's only Thursday :( NIghty NIght all.

Love
Julia

OH I forgot to mention, My laptop is not working and I cannot get at my email so please leave comments or send me a PM until I get my email back working :)

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Organic Living

Posted on Jul. 17, 2008 at 8:51 PM in Organic Living

*NOTE: This may seem like a weird post to post, but I have been working on it  for a looong time and it's more of to make my stand on Organic living*

I am starting a new monthly category. For the next few months I will be showing you different Oragnic living. Some posts will be mixed with Conservation 101, such as next months. But for this month I will show you some Organic foods that my mom and I bought today. Both of us are now switching over to semi-organic eating. I must say, alot of the organic food is delicious. I am currently drinking some Organic Chocolate milk and it is soooooooooooooooo good :) So here is a list of what we bought and how it is healthier for you.


**O- Grape Juice  and Lemondade
**Organic Rice
**O- Cheese Crackers
**Pomergran Oragnic Waffles
**O- Yogurt
**Fiber one-Organic oats and Chocolate bars
**Horizon Organic Chocolate Milk
**Oragnic Cut Green Beans
**All Natural Organic Omega-3 eggs
**Shamrock Farms Organic Milk
**SILK Vanilla and Chocolate Soy Milk (Not really organic)
**O- Orgnaic Roasted Garlic Sauce
**O- Organic Brown Eggs


OK so i am not going to compare each organic item to the commercial one but only common ones so.

In the case for Shamrock Farms Organic Milk products the cows that produce this specific milk are not giving hormones in order to produce the "best tasting" milk. However I personally think this milk is fresher tasting than any "generic" brand at the local market. Also, Shamrock Farms is dedicated to producing the best field for their cows to graze in, which means no sewer-based fertilizers (I mean really think about what fertilizer really is), no pesticides grown on the fields, and definetely no petroleum based fertilizers. Thats a scary thought. You know that funny little saying you hear on TV, "A Happy Cow is a Productive cow!", well thats what Shamrock Farms is aiming for this generation and next.

 
Another organic product we used was Del Monte's Ogranic Cut Green Beans. *Yes Mackenzie I like green beans ;) * Personally I love these organic green beans. We have a bunch more cans in our pantry. In the words of the Del Monte Company

"They're the same high-quality, great-tasting vegetable & tomato products you've always loved, now grown under strict USDA organic standards, without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Like our non-organic canned products, Del Monte^® canned organic vegetables and tomatoes are preserved through a high-temperature heating process, so there are no preservatives or artificial ingredients. Del Monte^® Organic products are perfectly suited for the way you eat today!"

I really enjoy the fact that this brand of green beans is definetly the healthier brand than the commercial kind.

 


I guess it just hit me that the Dixon's live organically. I never realized that. Hahah So in my attempt I bought some organically grown vegetable sprouts and planted them in a little "harvest patch" outside my window. We  as a family are actually growing quite alot of food for ourselves. Yes, plants survive around here. (Well they have so far!)

This here is our "garden". The big patch of vegetable on the left is our watermelon plant. My brother Brandon got a watermelon seed from  Home Depot and he grew it inside in a little pot, when it got to big for the pot my step dad Mike planted it in sand. We are very excited that this is growing so nicely and when I get the chance I will post updated pictures! The vines are starting to grow outside the rock barrier.
 

We are also growing a cherry plant, and a strawberry plant.

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Conservation 101

Posted on Jul. 1, 2008 at 12:47 AM in Conservation 101

July '08

Conservation 101 is brought to your from the minds of Julia (Cherryblossoms) and Toria (CrocToria)

Conservation 101 for July 2008 is July '08 Organic Living post. 

Please go to the Organic Living post.

-Julia

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Me and My "Animal-istic" life

Posted on Jun. 17, 2008 at 9:24 PM in My "Animal-listic" Life

Well as the title says I have a very "animal-listic" life *Or so I think I do* Lately i seem to find animals (not just cats and dogs) everywhere. Bunnies running through our backyard, coyotes howling in the distance, chasing lizards, pulling snakes off the road, and climbing cliffs to -once again- catch a lizard. I start off with the first story.

April '08

My aunt and Uncle came to town and whilst on their vaca we visited the Indian drawings up on the mountains surrounding the valley. While we were hiking around abit my aunt was standing below me on a rock when she shouted 'Look at that thing" I could not see what she was pointing at so we all scurried down the giant rock we had climbed. I jumped down and landed in a small cactus shrub and saw where my aunt was pointing. Sitting in the shade attached to a bush was a HUGE Desert Iguana. It was about a foot long *nose to tail* and was thick as mud!!!!!!!!!!!! The following picture does it no justice in size but you get the idea.

I was sooooooooooo excited that I ran for it and skimmed past another cactus. The lizard took off like lightning. For a fat thing it moved fast!  It skimmied up that rock next to the bush and into a crack then up behind the rock  and onto a boulder and sat atop looking down at me and my cousins, who were standing near me shouting "Get it Julia!" , the thing was mocking us. I just knew it was thinking 'You can't get me since I can climb sheer cliffs and you can't" . It looked me in the eye and winked... I SWEAR IT WINKED AT ME! *Ok maybe it was my imagination* Me and my cousins did our best to climbed that boulder, and for proof, here you go.


Oh and after my cousin failed to get to the top I tried *the picture turned out really bad so I will not post it* But I almost got to the top and ALMOST had the little bugger within my grasp when he moved several inches over. After I fell off the rock i looked up at the bugger and there he sat. On his throne. Mocking me.
Oh and in case your wondering my leg was scraped up pretty bad and my hands were all scratched. But it was fun!!!!!!!!!!

May 08

My Mom, Brandon, and I were coming back from one of my college classes when my mom said 'There's a snake in the road!". She spun the car around and pulled slightly off the road. I jumped out of the car so fast I got in trouble (Little did I know a car was behind us) Anyways -Moving on- Mom pulled off the road completely and I ran and got Brandon. I pulled the snake off the road and Brandon helped. Unfortunately the snake was dead by the time we got there. Off in the distance was a road runner, I can only imagine it was getting a lunch snack when the snake went for the road and was hit by a car. But anyways, brandon was able to touch it and hold the tail of the snake. Oh in case your curious it was a harmless Red Racer, very common around here. In fact that is the kind of snake we had on our back deck about 3 years ago, and it was the same kind of snake that my friend Mackenzie's aunt had in her house. Here are some pictures



Brandon enojyed the one on one encounter and now he no longer has a fear of non-venomous snakes. He still doesn't appreciate all kinds of snakes ;) Oh and yes Brandon is bare foot. Thats how we do it in Arizona.

June 08 (Hahaha this month)

Well actually more of yesterday I was staring at our little "desert herb garden" when mom spotted another type of desert Iguana by our plants. Brandon came running over and we watched it for a while, and it spotted us and dove back against the house below the window, I looked out the other window and spotted the same type but a bigger version of the lizard. I realized there was two of them!!!!!!! I was so excited. Mom grabbed the camera and I rushed outside *In my pajama's!* (It was a lazy day) and snapped a few pictures.
Here's the female.
And there's the male (the bigger version ;) )

Of course I made my attempt to snatch the critter but he fooled me and just disappeared. All that was left was a puff of dust when he hit the dirt running. Man, I am always amazed at how fast these lizards are. It amazes me. Anyway, I tried again but no success.

So this is my Animalistic life! More stories to come in the future!

Julia

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