Wednesday, 9 September 2026

A - O H R

 

Home. Home on the range.

Cranes

 

      Egrets

 

             Kingfishers

 

 

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"Where good things grow ... "

Sunday, 30 August 2026

A propos "Alice"

 

The Full Exchange
The complete conversation between Alice and Humpty Dumpty highlights a famous debate about language and power: [1]
Humpty Dumpty: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
Alice: “The question is, whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
Humpty Dumpty: “The question is, which is to be master—that's all.” [1, 2]
Meaning and Context
  • Control over Language: Humpty Dumpty argues that definitions are entirely subjective and controlled by the speaker.
  • Power Dynamics: By stating "which is to be master," he implies that whoever defines the words holds the power in a conversation.
  • Miscommunication: In literature and philosophy, the quote is often used to warn about the chaos that happens when communication rules break down and words lose their shared, objective meaning.

  •  Presumably, the name has been misplaced in Canadian waters and will be
  • corrected(?) to the little bit of blue within the country that has no name, that is, united states. I wonder when Italy will start changing names on the discovery map? 
  •  
  • Jus' askin', jus' askin
  • WOB 

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

À propos Apios

 A walk along memory lane where Vicki discovered - and identified

the American groundnut:

 




 This came nearly a decade after we first saw the plant growing here. So happy that it had not been "lost".

 There even appears to be more this year, more spread out:

 

 





 

 

 
 
This came after we saw wild rice growing - wild!
 
Wonderful day.
 
WOB 

Silver Threads among

 And all I could think of was "Wha daur meddle wi' me?"

 

 



WOB

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Interim

 There is so much going on that I don't know where to 

start - and then I do not, I do nothing.

 

So here are 4 photos than span 90° from East to left toward

North. 

 





 4 reasons to fight, to protect what Mother Nature provides.

 

WOB 

Thursday, 13 August 2026

Come From Away

 

Come From Away

 July 6th - August 22nd, 2026

 170 Shaughnessy St. Sudbury, ON

just west of Paris Street.


 She liked this place - she came from away,

and before that from very far away, from a muggy hot region with monsoons, yet only a few hundred kilometers from the Thal Desert.

 



 She loved to walk here.


 A part of all that we have met.

And will not cease to explore until, on returning, one sees the place for the very first time:

 


 Karsh and Leacock:

Renowned portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh spent two and a half days in 1941 photographing famous Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock at Leacock's home, Old Brewery Bay, in Orillia, Ontario. Leacock later humorously awarded Karsh the "Non-Existent Gold Medal" for the iconic photo series.

Did this action preempt FIFA? 

WOB 

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Much ado about 9%

Weather currently does not look good
 





 
but
it is 9% max Moon covering Sun
so you might not even notice anything.
However, it does not start until you arrive!
 
What the SDO saw:

 
 
NASA’s live broadcast of the eclipse starting at 1:15 p.m. EDT on Aug. 12: https://www.nasa.gov/live
 
And what GOES19 saw_
 

 
 
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Orillia, Ontario
Begins: Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 12:51 pm
Maximum: Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 1:38 pm 0.190 Magnitude
Ends: Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 2:24 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

wobbily old fossil or descendant Bird