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Last Notes npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Congratulations to U.S. friends-- and good luck with the hard work ahead. I think much of the world (some despots excepted) is breathing a sigh of relief even if these victories are really only a first step. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Chuckling at a tiny home show- (by all means have the amenities you need- my observation is just humour at the things that are important to different people)- but this home owner specifically mentioned the ice-maker and dishwasher as being crucial/most appreciated things in her kitchen. Two things I don't have and have never used (did have a dishwasher at a couple of rented places in Toronto, didn't use them; don't think I've ever had or wanted an ice maker..) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan The Cross-quarter Day between Autumn Equinox/ Winter Solstice is this week (November 6/7). In the ancient Latvian calendar this marks the end of Time of Spirits +beginning of Time of Ice. So we have taken time to remember lost loved ones and now we continue preparation for colder shorter days ahead. This week is set to be warmer again, but last week was looking quite icey! Views from a brief trip to the town of Sylvan Lake last week #landscape #photography #pagan #animist #SeasonalRhythms npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Sending a hug to everyone dealing with anything that unsettles your day, troubles your mind, puts your security or health at risk! I hope that collectively as humans we can move in better directions to support our planet and one another... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 1 Watching Canadian national news stories about the American election and mystified yet sadly not surprised by all the people saying they were surprised/disappointed by the president's actions-- because they were somehow incapable of extrapolating from everything he's ever done and said... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan #TimeOfSpirits ends over the next few days and #TimeOfIce begins in the ancient #Latvian tradition. Greet your lost loved ones and prepare for the cold short days ahead, #HappyHalloween #BlessedSamhain #WinterIsComing npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Video (no talk, chill music quiet country roads) from drives to/from work during first snow October 10/11. It fell Saturday/Sunday, most melted by Sunday afternoon,though there were patches in shady spots for a few days. We've since had more light flurries, maybe something more tonight/tomorrow- this one could last longer as temps are lower now... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan So this #My9Albums thing looked kinda fun- but what to pick? Like many of us (esp *old* music lovers?) I could have easily done 10 of these from different points in my life, different genres! I opted for a somewhat random but representative selection from early-middle adulthood, from a few (but not all) key uber-grenres for me. Of course I had to spend some time arranging the albums on the poster..lol almost went back to choose some different ones for the look...lol #music #PopCulture npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 'Bug' season is winding down here- we've had many nights below freezing, very few flowers left etc. I haven't seen #moths on the outdoor walls by night lights for a while so I was happy to see these through a window. Taking pics from inside in the dark was tricky but got a few with flash- kind of light but interesting + without flash- lacking detail but cool mood. These are probably Bruce Spanworm Moths Operophtera bruceata #insects #inverts #nature #autumn #photography npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan The Tamaracks -Larix laricina, our local Larch (last of the native trees to turn, and mostly unaffected by caterpillars and hail that diminished the show on poplars this year) reached peak colour last week, as colour now starts to drain from the landscape... (these are tall trees in a fairly heavily wooded spot, so their foliage is only at the top, others have a more typical conifer shape) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 1st snow of the year (late for that!) happened last weekend- here's a short video showing views around the yard Sunday morning before much of it melted later that day and over the next couple. I'm working on wide video from the drive etc but photo and video editing has been challenging (slow!) since we've had some computer issues and gone back to an older laptop- more stable, but less powerful. YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/sFiLxnw6pH4?feature=share npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan I photographed these funky fungi next to my woodcutting area- the ground is covered with debris as this is the spot where I break branches to use as kindling. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Blessed Autumn Equinox to all (Spring Equinox for Southern hemisphere friends) and welcome to the beginning of the Time of Spirits season. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Always happy to see Dragonflies- because they are cool, but also because they are key predators helping keep insect populations in balance (esp mosquitoes!) We've had recent cool damp weather, not really their ideal (last few and next couple of days warmer) but happy to see a new flush of a few kinds. I think this one is White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum, taking advantage of the sunny warm side of a spruce tree by the house npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 1 of 2 These two tiny frogs were photographed less than a minute apart and within a metre or few. As different as they look (next post), I think they are both Boreal Chorus Frogs Pseudacris maculata (the ones that sing in ponds in the spring).Fast little critters+ crappy photos..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 1 Any Canadian Generation Jones folks here? Curious about your thoughts on common desciptions (between gens, not quite fitting etc) Watching (probably won't finish) a video about the psychology of the generation between boomers and gen x- those born 1954-65. I was born near the end of that- definitely agree that I never felt part of the boom-- I was born in the Summer of Love, not participating in it. Overall probably more in common with gen x.. -cont- npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan I swear Environment Canada is embarrassed from recent years of constant warnings- rainfall warnings for not that much rain, snowfall warnings r\for 10cm, thunderstorm warnings all summer.. now they seem to downplay everything- last week's hail and hours of lighting? 'chance of showers, with possible thunderstorm'.. tonight? 'showers, local amount 5 mm' actual result hours of rain, varying intensity, but often coming very hard.... #weather #Alberta npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 1 Environment Canada (weather forecasting) is weird- day after day week after week over summer they have had 'Severe Thunderstorm Watches' - meaning the conditions are there, and not rarely 'ST Warnings' when tracking specific storms. Often the end result may or may not be much of anything depending on where you are and the storms hit.. Now this evening, no watch or warning and there was tons of lightning, downpour, hail, thunder at work in town-- contintued- npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Catching up on video posts to fediverse (all these and the longer ones I probably won't post to fediverse due to file size are on YT link in pfile). npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr @nprofile…p7a0 yes, eyes, antennae and no 'wasp waist' npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…add4 Yeah- I was suprised some years ago to show a picture of some 'bees' on a flower, and be told they were flies! I've since seen many many kinds and sizes and shapes! There are in fact various sub/families/genera involved- and variously called drone flies, flower flies, hover flies, bee flies etc. Some like this one really look like wasps, some really look like various kinds of bees, others are more loosely inspired- striped or fuzzy etc npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr @nprofile…p7a0 iNat's auto recognising software actually suggested it was a wasp, when I clicked that choice away it suggested perhaps Meadow Flies npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr @nprofile…p7a0 As promised. When I went to fish this person out of a water bucket, I thought it was a wasp from a distance but seeing the chunky body it was obviously a fly :) antennae are another giveaway. Not great shots, the spot was darker than I realised. It looked very soggy but quickly moved onto the pots from where I placed it on a bench + by the time I got the camera + took a few shots, it was dry enough to buzz away! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr @nprofile…p7a0 so many cool creatures :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan I was talking about #wasps (etc) with @nprofile…p7a0 + @nprofile…djfr here's a cool local one not huge but good size- maybe close to 1 inch/couple cm long? but very narrow. I *think* this is the same kind I saw earlier in the year laying eggs in cocoon of the Forest Tent Caterpillars (of which we had a major explosion this year- did I ever share videos?) if so, this should have been a great year for them! #insects #Alberta #BorealForest #inverts #nature #photography npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk somebody invented- or noticed and described!- the first stories :) also I get the impression with the Little Mothers that they can be described/added to as needed, so I feel free..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan the first one is a thunderstorm, viewd through the windows, rain and light hail pouring down on the rock gardens etc. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan huh, that one shows.... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 2 I'll try the link to the second, but I still haven't figured out how to get around the post pending thing-- the link still works, but it doesn't show the thumbnail. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p6sd 2 more comments: shared link to mastodon, and it says post pending to get original author's permission to quote- that's me, how do I set that to work properly? npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan that's interesting- says 'post pending' while they get the original author's approval for quote.. hmm, that's me, we'll see how this works..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 1 I've posted my first 2 videos to Loops, a non-corporate, open source short video hosting platform-- anyone using it or have thoughts? npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p6sd note: the description space allowed is super limited! If one needs to put music credits, for example, its way too small.. I suppose more could be added in comments, but... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p6sd got it, first vid uploaded. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p6sd cool, thanks, I'll have to look closer- I clicked on join and step 2 or 3 was 'download the moibile app' npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p6sd I'm interested, but is this only available as mobile? I don't use a phone. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Fascinating to see reactions to the song The Visitors by #ABBA- reactors are young/youngish (Americans + a Brit) and don't understand what the song is about: someone in their home as secret police come banging on the door to take them away. A reference obviously to #authoritarian regimes, perhaps more on people's minds in the '80s, but really, the relevance has never gone away. Do young people in general just have no idea about this or were these just some sheltered individuals? #music npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…zkdz @nprofile…h7hc npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…5h5g fashion statements of young generations are *supposed to be* incomprehensible to onlooking elders, that's half the point, at least. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk I never thought about meteors etc in this context (Latvian mythology) I'll have to look it up sometime... meantime I will assume the existence of- or just invent- a Mother of Meteors...lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk so it's kind of an intimate relationship to every kind of weather, every season, and of course every rock and tree and field and water. I think this is the point of animism-- it is not necessary to really believe the rock is alive (I'm not saying it isn't!) but if we treat everything as if it is, we are really part of the world instead of just sitting on top consuming it all! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk Latvian mythology has similar sky gods to the other Indo-Europeans like Nordic, Greek etc, so a thunder god, a big daddy ( I haven't looked at him much-- Zeus analog maybe). But also the stuff I'm more interested in- even older, the ancient earth goddesses but also moon (male) sun (female) + there are Little Mothers (goddesses or goddess aspects) for everything- leaves, gardens etc- but also snow, rain, wind- so usually I talk to them, and not those puffed up Indo-European gods..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…gxll Yeah- be prepared to shed and re-add layers...lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk yes- daytime also, when I lived in citiesa lot of my nature fix came from clouds/sky :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…gxll 4 here, but that's not the coolest night we've had this summer. Normal here, though-although not that close, we seem to have mountain weather. Well into August, could be frost any time! Looks warmer in the week ahead, though. (with half the world frying, I'm happy for every cool day..lol) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan This handsome person was on a willow support stem in a pea garden bed. At first I thought it was a much more common npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8hvr can't wait for full retirement to move somewhere where no driving is needed! (and I actually don't drive, I'm a passenger!) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8n8d great idea :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk fun :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Definitely a wet day- sun came out for a bit but more showers and another downpour now.. just as I was about to go outside....lol giving it a few minutes :) (and still happy it's raining) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Holy Downpour Batman! We were just wondering whether we'd get #RockyMountainHouse weather (20 miles west)- definite showers today/tonight or #RedDeer (40miles east) 30-60% chance.. tapering off already, but a lot of water came down in a few minutes.. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…h7hc dang! why does the ground have to be so far away and so hard? Hope the healing goes smoothly... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…yk9w limitations of finance and shopping and library opportunities where I live make it tricky for the present..lol (there are libraries in towns here, but I have no chance to go there-if I could pre-order and pick up it might work) If I could find it free online it would be doable, otherwise it will have to wait..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…l2dq We do have dairy, but other than that all the serious proteins here are legumes- yellow split peas, lentils, several kinds of beans.. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…yk9w I'd like to read the rest of the trilogy- I *think* this is the middle one-- works fine as a stand-alone, but if the ideas are interesting, it would be nice to see the full development. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…add4 Living in the bush we have trees fall quite often through the year, sometimes you do hear a big bang, other times find something by surprise that fell unnoticed-- of course it's usually during strong winds and those are already super noisy in the trees! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…zkdz it continues here-- more yesterday afternoon (more at home than in Rocky) and again in the wee hours this morning.. just dark and cool, currently- not quite 14C at 12:40 npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…zkdz good start, hope you get more :) there were some big storms around for sure, though I think we were probably just at the edge. i'm happy to get more too - hoping to bank some moisture before El Niño likely gives us a dryish winter! though farmers are probably hoping for some ripening weather..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…zkdz Hope you get some! We've had less since the end of June (June was quite wet), but still nothing approaching dry, though we aren't really north at all, by the map..lol. The chance of rain today gave some showers in Rocky, more at home with storms and we just had a serious thunderstorm downpour before 10pm. In general we aren't as dry as the parkland and grassland areas east and south of here. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Well El Niño is still not appering here- looking like a moderately cool and possibly wettish week ahead (average for now is 22C/72F day 8C/46F night so this is not far off, bit wet for this time, maybe, but not too strange either) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan We are again at the time of the #CrossQuarterDay this one between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox. In the ancient calendars this time marked harvest and the first hints of the autumn season. I think the actual date is tomorrow, deciding on an observance- an altar or a bushwalk? both? we'll see what energy and inspiration dictate! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk Doctor Dolittle! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk because we think (or capitalism wants us to think?) that taking time to rest, recover, be inspired is lazy or wasted time..lol but we need to embrace/ celebrate our downtime :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Didn't have room for #BloomScrolling and #florespondence..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan A couple of views of the rock gardens in front of the house in early evening light (6:30 pm ish as days get shorter). npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…fa5p thanks, lots of beautiful landscapes around here :) The only thing I like about having to drive to go to work or buy groceries is the views..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Watching Stromboli on #Netflix (short description: a 40 something woman from Netherlands goes to the island of Stromboli, where she made happy memories in the past, after her life spirals out of control; she accidentally ends up in a group therapy retreat). npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…yk9w Yeah, we know whatever the details, it's foolishness, just as well not to get immersed in it. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…7vcf sounds like a very useful lesson to learn :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr ouch :( and then I suppose winter will bring too much rain all at once and cause flooding! This is the pattern recently in British Columbia (province to my west) also. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr I think on our news they said this is #4 for France! brutal! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…yk9w I find lots of weirdness in the reception/criticism of movies and tv. Some people get hung up on technical and structural things , some compare too much, others might be worrying about things like -in this case- whether the actress fit their 1950s adolescent male ideal of a what a comic book female should look/behave/be styled like... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Saw this little person on the Painted Daisy/Pyrethrum/Tanacetum coccineum. Looking for all the world like a tiny snake! it seems likely it is the caterpillar of a Pug Moth of one species or another. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk or not...lol I'm being kind of lazy this week (I know it's necessary at times-- I think I've mentioned Latvian tradition has Gausu Mate- Mother of Laziness! one of the minor goddesses)- I have a lot of mowing and garden work to do, and I'm doing that in the afternoons, but not doing much productive indoors (video editing, writing etc- not happening at the moment..lol) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8dvk yes very picturesque! not my kind of painting, I don't have the ambition...lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…7npn You could try to bag a whole plant-- easier if it's in a pot.. if bagged you'd want to make sure bag is tucked around bottom for seeds that fall, or put some liner around the base- paper, plastic bag, cut out tin foil pie plate.... npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan We had noticeable wildfire smoke over these days, which was said to limite the height and strength of the storms- they might have been stronger in clear skies! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…7npn To catch: I've seen people use the little fabric (often kind of translucent) drawstring gift bags you get at dollar stores tied over drying flower heads I think pieces of nylon stockings and similar as well. If they seedheads were bigger or you could bend a few into one spot you might use brown paper lunch bags also (these are all assuming not damaging the stems, still live so they can keep maturing). npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…7npn No books, but I've dealt with some of those issues in the past. No easy answer on the 1st- you just have to get to know each species you are collecting- seeds must be ripe before collecting or they won't be viable and/or won't store. Some species you have to watch /check constantly or be really lucky (Geranium species were super hard for me...lol). npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Still active storm clouds around this past weekend. Storms begin in the foothills west of Rocky generally gain strength as they move east + often north into warmer zones. This is often nearly parallel to my route home though usually angling north of highway 11, I live south. None hit in town where I was working nor at home (Saturday we drove into the edge of the first one as we got close to home- heavy rain + hail but then turned south + drove away from it #storms #weather #Alberta #photography npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…yl5a tks, it was a bit surreal.. I kind of wish I'd taken a photo while we were actually looking right at the funnel coming toward us- but I was a bit preoccupied...lol also I'm not accustomed to thinking of a phone as a camera..lol The last 2 nights driving home there were some really impressive thunder storms just ahead (passed through the edge of the rain and hail last night).. those pics have yet to be looked at/edited. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…gxll we've had a couple of 28-28.5 and one 29.5 which counts as 30- though all that was in Rocky, I don't think we quite hit that here. On the other hand, I think humidity is higher out here-- we are surrounded by vegetation and soil, so more evaporation than in towns/cities with lots of concrete. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…gxll How is your house on hot days? npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…8g36 nice :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr I should be clear, I don't disagree with your points, but I think- and North America is worse than Europe- that much more priority is given to profit than safety/health- and don't even mention environment or climate change! They can know perfectly well that something is harmful but if it will affect business- well, we cna't afford to change it. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p8rt You can post to your feed and they will show up in the timeline :) npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p8rt sure-that's an agricultural project, right? npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr And air pollutants are another issue-- 'Well we can't 'prove' that ultra fine particles are killing people, so lets expand the airport in downtown Toronto' (this is a real example) so more people can be exposed to deadly pollutants, presumably because some rich companies have the ear of the politician and need to endlessly increase economic growth. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr they assumed it was all safe because they prioritise profits over health. And when doubts arise it takes years or decades to make changes. I give them no excuse. Ignorance is not a justification. Humanity survived (with a lower level of economic profit) before those industrial processes- so prove its safe before you use it. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…djfr sure we don't need to re-invent known products, but they are constantly adding new ones and fighting tooth and nail to keep old ones that are suspected to be harmful. North America generally allows a lot of dubious food additives that Europe doesn't - and for no good reason: brighter red, texture or flavour enhancements to make up for poor base ingredients etc. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…p8rt I'm hoping a new generation will say 'enough!' we want policies that prioritise people over profits for the few. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan Mystified that we still have a system where we must absolutely prove that chemicals, technologies, additives, pollutants etc are harmful-- it should be the opposite! Prove clearly that they are *not* harmful before they are allowed-- why should we wait 5, 10, 30 years for people to die to decide to *maybe* take action? npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…a7t7 no radios on, but there were alarms going off on phones for the tornado ahead of time, combined with amber alerts for the missing boy far away in Calgary, so it was weird to keep hearing the alarms going off periodically after the storm as well (presumably that was the amber alert again)! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan @nprofile…a7t7 There was no funnel yet at the time of first photos + I didn't take any photos when the funnel was visible in town- busy with other stuff..lol npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 8 There were some nice large stands of pine trees in the area where the storm hit. There are a lot fewer now! Many went down in yards, on campers, houses etc. No total destruction that I saw, but some of those buildings must be seriously damaged. We also saw some debris scattered for miles along the highway more about this in alt npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 7 I started this reply and then a flicker/sure in the electricity ( storm somewhere else? continuing repairs after the storm?) shut off our poor old start-up challenged laptop.. got it started a few hours later..lol.. meantime I went out and started looking for moths for Moth Week on iNat.. npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 6 As we turned south toward home, the winds were still very strong, but no precip and we could see more light under the clouds. Reminded that days are getting shorter- pre-sunset before 9:30! though much darker because of clouds. Surprised to get home and find the power was out (which it never was in town, despite some flickers). It came back on around 1:20- after seeing crews out there working in the dark on the road by our place! npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan I was still storming in town and very dark along that north route we'd often take, so we headed south to the main highway, where it was raining less, some clear breaks could be seen to west and south, but to the north still very dark and it seemed it was edging south toward us npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 4 Soon we got a little clearing and suddenly we were swamped with customers again! and they didn't stop when the next storm arrived with strong winds, downpour and hail again. This started 6pm ish, I was finished work 830 and my friend who had been monitoring the storm from home and hoping it didn't come our way (we are east and south of Rocky, it moved east, but a bit north of us) picked me up in the middle of that second round of hail npub1tfh0cug4el09ejerpc7w8r73jratdgyglcz2lwzuezzrrj2hd4sq34h6me cohan 3 and as it looked like the funnel touched down (minimal damage south side, I think) and move toward us, a couple people went in- the rest of us kept watching- I felt like the funnel was retracting, and indeed it started to move away, and we got no more than wind rain and moderate hail. To the northeast of town, along a road we often take, they were not so lucky. No injuries last I heard, but lots of property damage (see last post in thread)
