Each year,
California, the Golden State, suffers several forest fires.
These fires cause a great deal of property damage, and death to livestock, wild
animals,
and even people. Remember, only you can prevent forest
fires.
Park rangers often educate the public about the dangers of forest fires.
Willow wood is never used by keen campers, because it doesn't burn very well in
a campfire.
Pine forests are especially prone to fires, and forest fires are dangerous and
destructive.
Controled burning of some forest lands should only be conducted by trained professionals.
Beef is considered to be "red meat." People have been eating
beef for thousands of years.
There are many cuts of beef, including steaks and roasts. Sometimes,
steak is ground
up into hamburger. People love hamburgers, especially when
they put some cheese on them.
Then they are called cheeseburgers.
The flesh of an adult domestic steer or cow used as food is called beef.
Some cuts of beef are steaks, and some steaks come from Omaha, Nebraska.
Beef is what is for dinner for many beef-loving people.
Kobe is a city in Japan, a seaport on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu.
Kobe beef is perhaps the most expensive and succulent beef to be found on the
planet Earth.
Barbed wire is twisted wires armed with barbs or sharp points. Barbed
wire is also called barbwire.
Barbed wire is often strung along fences to keep intruders from trespassing.
Barbed wire or barbwire fences are also used to keep livestock either within or
outside an enclosed area
such as a pasture. Barbed wire was invented in the nineteenth
century.
Home fries are potatoes that have usually been parboiled, sliced, and then fried
for delicious GOOD eatin'!
As most people know, brushing against poison ivy vines leave most
folks with a painful, burning, itchy rash that lasts for a week or
more, so you'll want to avoid it whenever wandering around in fields
and wooded areas.
There are lotions, balms, and soothing salves to help bring comfort and
relief to people suffering to exposure to poison ivy or poison oak.
Toilet paper is thin, absorbent paper, usually dispensed in rolls, and used to
cleanse oneself after defacating or urinating.
Invented in the Seventeenth century, toilet paper is used today by nearly everybody
living in civilized environments.
Our sun is a star, and it's very hot, in the order of thousands of degrees.
Our sun is the star closest to the Earth.
Indeed, the Earth orbits our sun, whose official name is "Sol".
Sunshine is vital to gardens and fields. Sometimes, it is necessary to shield things from
sunshine, using awnings, roofs, and various other coverings.
A day without sunshine is like a day without orange juice.
Sun shades help creat shade from fierce unrelenting sunlight.
Influenza is an acute infectious viral disease characterized by inflammation of the respiratory
tract, fever, muscular pain, and irritation of the intestinal tract.
Influenza is also called "grippe", and "the flu".
Colds are a milder form of influenza.
