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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Tweet of the Week
I was this-many years old when I learned the origin of the expression "a bolt from the blue."
Lightning comes in different flavors.
But can you name the different types of bolts?
This chart does a useful and interesting recap.
[📈 John Blackford]
[📸 Olivier Vandeginste/atmospheres.be] pic.twitter.com/6TfegNqBmT— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 25, 2023
The Week’s Best Example of Making Merry
LOL! 🤣
Long before babies can speak conventionally, they begin laughing - making laughter one of humankind’s earliest and most important forms of communication.
For your baby, laughter (which typically begins at about 3 months of age) conveys much more than just “I find this… https://t.co/zoIYstbiNG pic.twitter.com/gM0PqCET7a
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori) November 23, 2023
Music of the Week
Posted: 2023 Nov 25
Poetry of the Week
This is not a loaf of bread
This is daily sanctuary
This is breakfast in bed
Or beans on toast for tea.This is not a loaf of bread
This is shared community
This is a soup-dipped crust
Or a picnic lunch for three.This is not a loaf of bread
This is tasty alchemy
This is a gravy soaker-upper
Or a gourmet chip butty.This is not a loaf of bread
This is a crafted recipe
Of sun and rain and earth
And oven-baked poetry.
Category Archives: Photos of Fauna
Rocky Mountain High
I’m not sure what part of Colorado John Denver had in mind, although I expect it was, well, a more mountainous part than I’m in. But the clear, crisp air and the blue blue sky made a short walk … Continue reading
A Farewell to Loons
Another day well wasted. Continue reading
Loony Tunes and Others
Another Canada Day. Continue reading
Fishbreath
Definitions and pictures of an amazing boid. Continue reading
Time Well Planned
A vague intention becomes a plan and an actuality. Continue reading
Unpredictably Predictable
My last 2023 visit to Huntington Beach State Park last week was much like all the others, this year and other years: Wonderfully predictable and unpredictable. Predictable in the generalities; unpredictable in the specifics. Predictable: Seeing alligators. Unpredictable: Seeing so … Continue reading
More Time Well Wasted
Another 90 minutes at the beach park. Continue reading
And a Bargain at That
Getting our money’s worth. Continue reading
Old Friends & New
More anthropomorphic musings. Not that that’s a bad thing. Continue reading