Please enjoy your visit ...
Wednesday, November 20th, 2008
Studio Weather... sunny , high 67...
Buddies seen at Blue Sawtooth today: ...backwoods Florida orchid beginning to flower...
Blue Sawtooth...Making memories last a lifetime...tm
Water Lily study -- posted 10 12 08
Please pardon our dust -- the site is undergoing a facelift. Contact info@stfrancis.com if we can be of help...
... Blue Sawtooth is nestled in the pine and palmetto scrub in Malabar, on Florida's east coast. In the shadow of Cape Canaveral, the studio loft overlooks some of the wildlife that become the fine art images of Lloyd Behrendt
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copyright, 2008, Blue Sawtooth Studio
On the Bench: Water Lilies 16 x 20...
The studio is named for the blueish sawtooth palmettos that
enfold it. The
palmetto is a unique plant – tenacious, virtually indestructible, possessing
restorative qualities, and providing a nurturing natural habitat for wildlife. The name
and symbol reflects our continuing goal to observe and share the wonders around us, and provide an
illustrated record of the here and now, for present and future generations to
know
and to reflect upon. The site shares philosophy of St.
Francis of Assisi -- to go and only do good works. In keeping with that example, these offerings
are for you.
A Walker's Hound
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,
Snoopy, and an Australian Shepherd
, Beej, run the show.
From the Cape: Active Mission/Next launch: Endeavour, STS 126, Today 'routine' work continues, with astronauts hooking up the water recycling system, and two of them back out for space walk II, to do maintenance on the Canadian-built robot arm and repair the starboard solar rotary joint, which allows the optimum orientation of the solar panels -- a task illustrating the need for manned spaceflight, one which could not be done by robots.
Phoenix Mars Lander near Mar's North Pole region, has not phoned home since November 2nd, due to loss of power from the winter-setting sun. It is not expected to survive the cold winter temperatures, though scientists will keep listening and check in next spring to see if it rises from the cold like its namesake did from the ashes. STS 125 now set to launch in May 2009, although the replacement computer spare failed a test, possibly pushing the mission to 2010, and perhaps cancelling it altogether (mission delayed due to the failure of the data transmission computer on Hubble) moving back to the OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) to await the addition of the Hubble replacement part and crew training on its installation and to free up the VAB so the new Ares test bird to be stacked. Ares I, the first test of the new Constellation mission tentatively set to launch from Pad 39B on July 12th, 2009. NROL-26 on a Delta 4 Heavy, now set to lift off on mid-December. Falcon 1 -- on their fourth launch attempt, SpaceX reached orbit with a successful launch from their Pacific atoll site, Kwajalein Island! A milestone in the history of commercial space, and to my way of thinking, man's leap to the stars.
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