NatureMC

NatureMC, 23 days ago to random

A soggy young woodpecker knocks on my window and begs for insects that I don't have. The mother birds are working hard in the constant rain at 12°C. A cat is getting dry outside the front door. Tonight the first mice fled into the houses because their burrows were flooded.

#rain #Starkregen #torrentialRain #Alsace

NatureMC, 25 days ago to random

After a hard day ... Aly Halpert: She's On Her Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0g4OAJgEwU&list=PLwIeYqZ6Vo6n7pG0OQK05Dh93Y6r_t9EC&index=4

NatureMC, 25 days ago to random

🧵 I wish the platform #Doctolib boils on its backside right now. I've been on the phone since yesterday: I urgently need a referral for an echography. Yesterday they sent all the information to my doctor completely wrong. Today they promised to send it correctly, but didn't inform me that it was his day off. Now the next secretary has the wrong information from her colleague. Tomorrow morning another attempt to at least speak to the doctor in person.
My pain caused me to snap in a quite

NatureMC, 27 days ago to scifi

Is there actually a #scifi #novel or #film that understands the #universe as a living being? @scifi

#astronomy #animism #fiction #bookstodon #bookwyrm #solarpunk

NatureMC, 28 days ago to Eurovision

1/2 Even if you're not interested in #Eurovision, when I heard #Nemo for the first time yesterday, I knew they had everything needed for a great career. Energy, passion, performance, charisma (wow) and above all: what a voice! Listen to this #orchestra version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DqP-Xdj3jk Imagine #JamesBond, #bohemianrhapsody and #HarryStyles would meet in an #opera. What a talent!

#mustwatch #TheCode #singer #rapper #ESC #winner #music #voice

NatureMC, 28 days ago to Birds

Very bad photo: I can't and especially don't want to approach. Never disturb animals with babies!
The black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) above my door have youngsters (I counted 3). They come every year and I have to leave very carefully. The chicks react to my movements and open their beaks. Then my primal reflex: I would like to catch a fat insect to feed them. But no, little chirpies, I'm not your mum! I continue very calmly to clear mum's flight path.

#birds #redstart #Rotschwanz

NatureMC, 30 days ago to random

Manche Menschen verarmen so schlimm in ihren sozialen Skills. Schaffe unterm Wanderzeichenschild. Desorientierte Gruppe wischt manisch auf Handys. Ich Landei: Bonjour! Erschrecken. Nur zwei grüssen zurück. Ich könnte ihnen den Weg erklären. 30 min später kommen sie vom falschen Weg zurück. Panisches Handywischen. Ich schaffe immer noch unterm Wegweiser, aber da sind sie schon wieder falsch abgebogen: Das Navi sagt hier lang! Das Schild und ich kichern. Wir wollen uns nicht aufdrängen.

NatureMC, 1 month ago to nature

I know it's too early for #FollowFriday but you can follow @eclectech even on thursdays. I do love her #sillyScribbles, the different perspective on #nature. If you like #pareidolia, intelligent fun and artist's wild creativity, follow now! For crafters: #MyFanwyAndFriend or look at this:
https://mastodon.online/@eclectech@things.uk/112407743692875060

#TimelineCleanse #art #photography #ArtistOfMastodon #knitting #crafting #hen #chicken #feelingGood #mentalWellness

NatureMC, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to climate

🧵 1/ Great action against #FastFashion, #Waste and #ClimateChange: The #AtacamaFashionShow https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/08/castoffs-to-catwalk-fashion-show-shines-light-on-vast-chile-clothes-dump-visible-from-space?utm_source=press.coop
I would like to see more of these #catwalks in television and #fashion magazines!
The #FashionWeek Website: https://atacamafashionweek.com/

And you can engage yourself in #FashionRevolution https://www.fashionrevolution.org/

@sewing @visiblemending @fiberarts @fibrearts

#SlowFashion #Upcycling #Environment #ClimateAction #PlasticWaste #Atacama

NatureMC, 1 month ago to animals

"What, you can't do that? What are you humans actually good for?"

#Yoga #CatYoga #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

NatureMC, 1 month ago to shopping

Another change in French laws for supermarkets: up from July, shops are obliged to clearly affix signs to products with shrinkflation. The previous and new price in terms of a unit (e.g. kg, litre, etc.) must be indicated and the price increase calculated in euros or as a percentage.
https://www.sudouest.fr/economie/conso-distribution/supermarches-a-partir-de-juillet-des-affichettes-pointeront-les-produits-touches-par-la-shrinkflation-19572967.php

#consumer #ConsumerRights #PriceIncrease #shopping #France #shrinkflation #price #shops #supermarkets #products

NatureMC, 1 month ago to random

Essen ist Kultur. Manchmal gibt's einen Culture Clash. Hier in Frankreich verkauft eine deutsche Firma eingelegte Gurken als ‘Cornichons Russes’. Wie alle griff ich spontan zur Elsässer Marke mit der Aufschrift ‘Cornichons Aigre-Doux’ (süßsaure Gurken, auch Molossol). Nicht nur wegen des Lokalbezugs.
"Russisch" produziert Ladenhüter. Es mag noch so lecker sein, es verdirbt den Appetit. Ich frag mich, ob die Gurken noch in De laufen oder exportiert wurden, weil sie dort auch niemand wollte. 🤔

NatureMC, 1 month ago to random

I was amazed to find so many shelves empty in our hypermarket on a Tuesday. Until I saw the information signs. If hypermarket chains in France are fighting back like this, there's a lot wrong with the food corporations.

People can hardly shop anyway because of inflation. Other supermarkets are also boycotting brands, some quietly.

If you are in France, partially empty shelves at the moment are due to this political trade dispute. The missing products exist. (And you find products from others).

NatureMC, 1 month ago to scifi

I was talking to someone who was born in the 1960s.

• Crazy, it's already 2024 - remember, for us children it was so #scifi!
• I remember the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• Old past.
• You know what annoys me about this nowadays-future?
• That we don't have a United Federation of Planets yet?
• No, that #humanity can't overcome this carnage and devastation on Earth. We're still so Stone Age.
• We're wasting so much time.
• We need #evolution.

#grief #dystopicFeeling #anger #future #HomoSapiens

NatureMC, 1 month ago to visibleMending

#VisibleMending is not only for #clothes. This #colourful #handbag with abstract roses helped me against dark winter days. Suddenly I discovered this terrible hole and decided to mend it. It was not easy to find the fabric (more in the Alt texts) but I saved my handbag! 😊 And now it's a unique piece of individual design! @visiblemending @sewing

#repair #RepairReuseRecycle #luxury #design #sustainability #maker #sewing #fastFashionSucks #slowFashion #RepairCafe #roses

The back side of the patch shows that I reinforced the rose fabric with jeans fabric. The seam serging is pinned in place.
Photo of the design check. It shows the hole (made by a mouse) and the fabric patch. As the design is very wild and abstract, I tried to work on the topic "roses" and stay in the same colour shades. But the patch shows 4 very realistic, identic roses in a geometric pattern - as a contrast.
The handbag is repaired. The square fabric patch closed the hole and is visible. But its colours are the same red and green shades as on the handbag.

NatureMC, 1 month ago to music

🧵 A project idea has been stuck in a brain coil for a week and won't come out. I'll blow it free very carefully with music ... Inspiration, come on! You'll get Satie as well ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVW8NxlkE4c

#music #inspirational #Satie #Thylacine

NatureMC, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to coffee

I do like Mastodon. On this day in 2024, the first #teleportation of #coffee from Wales to France from @druid succeeded: https://mastodon.online/@druid@toot.wales/112382136650041040

May the #4th be with you! 😁 💪 :blobcatcoffee:

NatureMC, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Weather

It is becoming more frequent: #supercells, singlecells, extreme #weather of various kinds in a small area of one country. Example France, yesterday. In northern Alsace 26°C in the shade, steamy. The worst #hail in the Yonne department, #flooding in Burgundy. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/cote-d-or/nous-avons-un-temps-merdique-depuis-novembre-depite-cet-agriculteur-a-perdu-8-mois-de-travaux-dans-l-orage-de-grele-du-1er-mai-2963960.html Rain, ice and destruction in #agriculture. Departements with too much rain, others still with water deficit. https://www.eaufrance.fr/actualites/bulletin-national-de-situation-hydrologique-de-fevrier-2024

#ClimateDiary #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

NatureMC, 1 month ago to visibleMending

Why am I hanging around here? #Procrastination. I have to write a French promotional text for myself with trous de mites in meinem Gehirn.

The worst thing is that the topic only exists in English, but some visitors don't like foreign languages. 🙄 How do I tell them ... about my workshop for #VisibleMending! Je travaille sur la définition succincte en français. :clippy:

#réparer #racommoder #reparation #vêtements #customisation

NatureMC, 1 month ago to nature

The best ever about #ecogrief by @firstdogonthemoon "So we sit together and hold each other's hearts for a moment ..." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/apr/29/a-cup-of-tea-and-a-biscuit-for-the-end-of-the-world

#mustRead #mustWatch #Comic #grief #earth #nature #tea #cartoon #natureLovers #biodiversityLoss #climateCrisis #climateDiary #mourning

NatureMC, 1 month ago to zerowaste

Challenge: How do I eat a whole pineapple in two days? 🍍 😋
Pure luxury from the Zero Waste Box: a pineapple, lots of grapes and tens of mandarins. It's hard to believe that #supermarkets used to throw this away (which is now banned in France). A #ZeroWaste box in our #supermarket costs 3 EUR for 2 kg of "ugly" or overripe vegetables/fruits. The very ripe pineapple smells delicious!

#foodWaste #food #waste #WasteReduction

NatureMC, 1 month ago to random

@FotoVorschlag
'Das kann weg'/'This can go'
Eine Spezialfirma fällt eine über 100 Jahre alte #Atlaszeder in einem #Garten. Später stellt sich heraus, der #Baum war gesund, die Besitzerin hatte nur die Nase voll vom "Dreck", den so ein Stück Natur macht.
A specialised company fells an over 100-year-old Atlas #cedar tree in a #garden. It later turns out that the #tree was healthy, the owner was just fed up with the ‘dirt’ that such a piece of nature makes.

#biodiversityLoss #ThickTrunkThursday

NatureMC, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to internet

🧵 1/3 Was an #SocialMedia toll ist: Ich kann Dummbratzen, Schandmaulende und Müll ratzfatz blockieren. Was wir heute im Museumsdienst erlebten, mussten wir mit professionellem Lächeln und einem inneren Stinkefinger quittieren.
Es ist unfassbar, wie fies ein gewisser narzisstischer Menschenschlag sein kann. Ich wundere mich nicht, dass sich viele dem ehrenamtlich nicht aussetzen wollen.
Unsere Profistickerin, über 40 Jahre im Metier, muss sich

#Museum #Ehrenamt #Publikum #Besucher #Besserwisser

NatureMC, 1 month ago to random

Ja, man kann richtig gute Talkshows produzieren. Wie? Man setze zwei kluge, unaufgeregte, interessierte und zuhörende Frauen ins Studio. Heraus kam ein inspirierendes Gespräch nicht nur über den tagesaktuellen Punkt, sondern über Polarisierungen in Social Media, das Reden dort ohne die Inhalte zu kennen, welchen Wert wir der Kunst zumessen und warum wir wie algorithmengesteuert so bemüht in unseren Köpfen aufzuräumen versuchen, dass wir Zwischentöne nicht mehr wahrnehmen: https://www.3sat.de/gesellschaft/sternstunde-philosophie/sternstunde-philosophie-142.html

NatureMC, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

🧵 1/5 I often feel the need to start a blog ‘Against polarisation’.

Example: I come home from mowing. My TL is full of calls to stop mowing. This activism is good and important. BUT...

Those who have other needs are often bullied. People in SocMed often don't listen to different thoughts anymore.

I just mowed a far too high meadow in order to promote biodiversity. How so?!?
We had extreme weather. Two early hot summer phases have allowed plants to flourish that hold down anything less robust.