/*CSS Document*/

body {
	background: #339900;
	margin: 0px;
	}
	
	#banner {
	position: absolute;
	height: 90px;
	width: 100%;
	font-family: "Palatino Linotype", palatino, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
	background: #66d7ff url(images/grass.gif) repeat-x bottom;
	border-bottom: 5px solid #00ff00;
	
	}
	
		
	#banner a,
        	#banner a:link,
        	#banner a:visited,
       	 	#banner a:active,
        	#banner a:hover {
	font-family: "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
	font-size: xx-large;
	color: #339900;
	text-decoration: none;
	letter-spacing: 0.5em;
	word-spacing: normal;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	font-weight:bold;
	vertical-align: top;
	padding-left: 5px;
			}
			
	#description {
	position: absolute;
	top: 95px;
	height: 25px;
	font-family: "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
	color: #ffffcc;
	background: #339900;
	font-style: oblique;
	font-size: medium;
	letter-spacing: .1em;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	padding-left: 6px;
	border-bottom-width: 2px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #33cc00;
	
	}
	
	#content {
	position:absolute;
	top:135px;
	width: 70%;
	z-index:3;
	border: 5px solid #33CC00;
		}
		
		.date	{
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #339900;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align: center;
	padding-bottom: 3px;
	border-bottom: 2px solid #339900;
	font-size: large;
			}		

		.blog {
	padding:10px;
	background:#ffffe5;  /*pale yellow*/
			}

		.title	{
		font-family: "Palatino Linotype", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
		font-size: medium;
		color: #339900;  /*dk green*/
		text-transform: uppercase;
				}			
				
			.blogbody {
	font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color:#634221;
	font-size:small;
	font-weight:normal;
	background:#ffffe5;
	line-height:125%;
			}

				.blogbody a { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.blogbody a:link { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.blogbody a:visited { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.blogbody a:active { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.blogbody a:hover { color: #2E5C8A; text-decoration: underline;}
				
	/*for quoted text within a post*/
			.quote {
	padding: 5px;
	border: 1px solid #339900;
	margin-right: 15%;
	margin-left: 15%;
			
			}
	/*for copyright info*/
	.copyright {
	font-size: x-small;
	font-style: italic;}

	
		.posted	{ 
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
		font-size: x-small; 
		color: #634221; 
		margin-bottom:40px;
		}
		
	#links {
	position:absolute;
	top:135px;
	width:200px;
	margin-left:72%;
	padding: 10px;
	background-color: #FFFFE5;
	border: 5px solid #33CC00;
	}
			
			
				#links a		{ color: #2E5C8A;  }
				#links a:visited	{ color: #2E5C8A;  }
				#links a:active	{ color: #2E5C8A;  }
				#links a:hover	{color: #2E5C8A; text-decoration: underline;
				}
	
		.calendarhead {
		font-family:palatino, georgia, "times new roman", serif;
		color:#634221;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		padding:2px;
  		margin-top:30px;
		letter-spacing: .3em;
  		background:#33CC00;
  		text-transform:uppercase;		
		}
		
		
		.calendar {
	font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	color:#634221;
	font-size:x-small;
	font-weight:normal;
	background:#33CC00;
	line-height:125%;
	text-align:left;
	border: none;
	padding: 1px;
		}
		
			.calendar a		{ color: #2E5C8A; text-decoration: underline; }
			 
		
	.side {
	font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	color:#634221;
	font-size:x-small;
	font-weight:normal;
	background:#ffffe5;
	line-height:140%;
	padding:2px;
		}	
		
	.sidetitle {
	font-family:palatino, georgia, "times new roman", serif;
	color:#634221;
	font-size:small;
	font-weight:normal;
	padding:2px;
	margin-top:30px;
	letter-spacing: 0.2em;
	background:#ffffe5;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	position: relative;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #634221;
		}		
	
	.syndicate {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		font-size:xx-small;		
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;
  		margin-top:15px;
  		background:#ffffe5;  		
 		}	
		
	.powered {
		font-family:palatino, georgia, "times new roman", serif;
		color:#634221;
		font-size:x-small;		
		line-height:140%;
		text-transform:uppercase; 
		padding:2px;
		margin-top:20px;
		letter-spacing: .2em;					
  		background:#33CC00;		
		}
		
		
		
		
		
		
.comments-body {
		font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		color:#634221;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#ffffe5;
  		line-height:140%;
 		padding-bottom:10px;
  		padding-top:10px; 					
		}		
                                    .comments-body a { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-body a:link { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-body a:visited { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-body a:active { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-body a:hover { color: #2E5C8A; 
text-decoration: underline }

	.comments-post {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#33cc00;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#ffffe5;		
		}	
                                    .comments-post a { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-post a:link { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-post a:visited { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-post a:active { color: #2E5C8A;  }
				.comments-post a:hover { color: #2E5C8A; 
text-decoration: underline }


	.trackback-url {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
 		padding:5px;	
 		border:1px dotted #999; 					
		}

	.trackback-body {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
 		padding-bottom:10px;
  		padding-top:10px;		
 		border-bottom:1px dotted #999; 					
		}		

	.trackback-post {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;		
		}

		
	.comments-head	{ 
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
		font-size: small; 
		color: #339900; 
		border-bottom:1px solid #339900;
		margin-top:20px;
		font-weight:bold;
  		background:#ffffe5;		
		}		

	#banner-commentspop {
	font-family:"Palatino Linotype", Palatino, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
	color:#00FF00;
	font-size:large;
	font-weight:bold;
	background:#339900;
	padding-left:15px;
	padding-right:15px;
	padding-top:5px;
	padding-bottom:5px;
	font-variant: small-caps;
		}
		
		
		
		
#container {
	position:absolute;
	top:135px;
			}




#menu {
  		margin-bottom:15px;
		  background:#FFFFE5;
		  text-align:center;  							
		}
		
		#menu a		{ color: #2E5C8A; text-decoration: underline; }
		
		
		
/*for pictures in blogbody*/

floatimgleft {
float:left;
margin-top:10px;
margin-right:10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
}