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cohanf

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old guy struggling toward a new path; artist; painting, writing, photography, gardening; plants, bugs, music, film, books, connection (not dating)...
West Central Alberta, Canada

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cohanf, to Flowers
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@pagan @paganism
We've just passed in the Latvian tradition- all based on the Cross-quarter day between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice.
In the Latvian division of the year, this marks the beginning of the
of the land ++ are associated with this time. I have a blog post with pics + vids of bees, flowers etc and link to another post about the roots of the Latvian celebration.
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post.html
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/usins-day-spring-celebration-welcoming.html

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cohanf, to 3goodthings
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part 1
@pagan @3goodthings Went out for what I thought would be just a bit of fresh air and brief chores, as it was raining just before I went out. In fact it cleared slightly off and on, didn't rain and--continued:

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part 2
@pagan @3goodthings

  1. I was able to find 8 species of wildflowers that either started since I was out last Thurs, or had started to flower in earnest since then plus
  2. several more things flowering in the gardens, some nice views in bits of sun when it came
  3. what I thought would be very quick jaunt onto the farm to look at Caltha turned into a longer walk, lots of photos and video and enjoying a beautiful spring afternoon as things begin to green--continued:
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part 3
@pagan @3goodthings
Yesterday was Mother's Day ( I was working) and Mom's birthday was right around now also, so I always (still, after her death) make a bouquet of the first wildflowers and early garden flowers-I'll do that tomorrow since it should be sunny, more flowers open, but today was a beautiful scouting walk and and (thunder god, in case you think the primordial goddesses need help with storms 😉 ) were kind and held off till I was back indoors!

cohanf, to InitialD
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This video is a short clip from a video taken a number of years ago in the mountains- the sun hit the water in a way that dazzled the camera sensor, creating this effect of purple rain!
If you are old like me, or a Prince fan, purple rain is going to make you think of his big hit by that name! Do you think this was a message?? 😆
#video #music #light #mountains #Alberta #Prince #funny
links from #Spectra and YouTube
https://spectra.video/w/uyn5ivZVApB8RiJj8tAF2o
https://youtube.com/shorts/lIeyEtwWoBE?feature=share

cohanf,
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@NatureMC I noticed it a little on another video from the same day.. this was my old camera, I haven't noticed anything like this with the current one, though I haven't been in the mountains for a long time, and don't often come near running water...lol

cohanf, to Battlemaps
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I'm back to 3 day working weekends, long brutal days, so weekend posts will tend to be on Monday or Tuesday...lol Last week saw plenty of wet heavy #snow #rain and some #sunshine
#Flowers are coming along anyway mostly in the garden + wild catkins and first wildflower (not shown here, yet) -this week: cool/rain then mid-20sC!
#SixOnSaturday #Alberta #MayDay🌱🌿❄️📷#garden
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vlrny, to random
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I had another meltdown in public today. 🤦‍♀️

Just doing my bit to lower the bar for what "normal" looks like in the outside world. 🤷‍♀️

So yay me! 🎉

And a song for all o' ya'll out there fucking up for the public good. 💖

Mother Mother - It's Alright

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G5-KJgVsoUM&si=Zhvs5fsTjOUK3znB

cohanf,
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@vlrny Hope you're feeling a little better now. A big problem with people being able to get by is other people worrying about what that should look like! Screw 'normal' ;)

cohanf, to Bloomscrolling
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I started this collage for Six on Saturday, didn't finish (work days) then thought I'd add one more image and make - I finished yesterday but by night had no oomph to post! Now it might be !
I already had the square edits for 6, so I made it vertical with the 7th- is this shape ok for people to view? Is it good on phones? I only use laptop, so I always prefer landscape orientation images... details in alt /replies

NatureMC, to random
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I felt quite childish at first when I interviewed an ant for my podcast. I've just seen that the French health insurance chatbot is a grinning ant. Remember: ants are cool!

cohanf,
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@NatureMC Since ants are the dominant life form on the planet, seems reasonable to interview one!

cohanf,
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@NatureMC 🙂

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I had been in a department for printed books (which are very expensive in France) for ages. It's a pain to search shelves where you can't type in a search term or title! 😂
So many non-fiction books cutely laid out, with umpteen different colourful fonts (where is the design god of revenge?), but hardly any content. Many magazines offer more. Or two tutorials on youtube. There was a terrible Harry Potter hype and two shelves of cooking books. I haven't bought a book. 😞

cohanf,
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@NatureMC was this in a store?

cohanf,
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@NatureMC sad to hear. I guess with the changing market for books, they are trying (desperately? unsuccessfully? ) to adapt :( I haven't been to a book store in ages- not that I might not like to, but no funds to buy books and I'd have to go to the small city 40 miles away- we used to go semi often, haven't been there in a year or two...

cohanf,
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@NatureMC There is a library in the town where I work, but I am in town only to work and then buy groceries...lol I'm not the driver, so no lingering! I was starting to think about looking at what books the library has online, then going in person just to pick them up, then covid came along with further reduction in my public activities (my work is extreme exposure, so then just grocery shopping, and nothing else!).. Prob if I live in or near a town in the future all that will change.

cohanf,
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@NatureMC do you actually read while in the library, or take the book home to read? (It's been many many years since I was in a library, but in past here you could of course sit while the library is open and certain specialty books and magazines could not be taken out, but for regular books etc you could take them home for a week or two, whatever it is).

cohanf,
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@NatureMC Certainly in the big cities they would have all of those things in libraries also-- even many years ago they had a lot of it. Probably the small town one has some of it, they also can get materials from other branches. It's not possible for me to spend time there in person, but I presume at least some of the stuff could be pre-reserved online.

cohanf, to Alberta
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@plants I showed Draba aizoides yesterday, which was the first to open in the on Sunday, but several more opened yesterday, in time for
2 vids in replies show all the flowers and a short walk.
Sunny heading for 18C today, so there should be lots more Crocus at least today!

A mound of low stiff deep green foliage arranged in tightly packed rosettes of tightly packed overlapping leaves, with scattered dry seed stems from last year, and many apical bud clusters., surrounded by and growing between rocks. A single tiny white flower is open.

cohanf,
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@plants The videos, (smaller files) and Youtube links.

  1. scattered open yesterday for
    https://spectra.video/w/qWb913kH38J1huaeAWs7gf
    https://youtube.com/shorts/Pfk6W4AxbpA?feature=share

  2. a short walk enjoying sunny moments, clouds, wind, poplar catkins and a with views to the mountains and neighbours' calves.
    https://spectra.video/w/t36L2ajTnDqQq1GwGe11Qv
    https://youtube.com/shorts/lJC3agC2Zb4?feature=share

cohanf, to HikingPics
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cohanf, to Alberta
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lifewithtrees, to random
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And then, one suddenly finds themselves to be 42.

🥰🤔😝

cohanf,
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@NatureMC @mstdn.social darn, I totally missed that answer when I passed 42, and now it's so long ago I wouldn't remember it anyway... 😆
Happy Birthday or belated, whichever it is now @lifewithtrees

18+ cohanf, to spiders
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cohanf,
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@NatureMC haha, well, I'm sure some goddess or Little Mother must be responsible for spiders! Spider Mother visits me often enough that I don't give her credit, maybe 😀

mythologyandhistory, to history
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Did you know that the oldest known was also chewing gum?

tar is in its simplest form, burned birch . It forms a sticky black pitch that can be used as glue.

Evidence for (& ) use has been dated to 200k or the Old Age.

Birch tar is also a disinfectant & it has been found as a chewing gum in various locations in Europe.

One birch gum piece from 5700 yrs ago, contained a complete human of a woman.

cohanf,
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@mythologyandhistory I've known of this substance from archaeological mentions, but never stopped to wonder if it might be easy to make- I've wanted a good durable natural adhesive for certain kinds of art projects.....

kas, to houseplants

My Hoya linearis, that is hanging in the garden all summer, usually blooms when I take it inside in the autumn when the night temperature reaches about 5°C.

This year it has decided that now is the time. It actually suits me well because the flowers are too heavily perfumed for my bedroom.

Now I'm keen to see if there are any Danish night insects that take interest in the flowers, so that I may have some seeds. It would be great to start a new pot from seeds, wouldn't it.

/cc [ linearis | | @plants | @houseplants | | | ]

Blurry picture of the plants seen from beneath in an attempt to better reveal the flower structure.

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