cohanf

cohanf, 2 days ago

@NatureMC Those are your down/upload speeds? Sometimes I get better speeds, usually I'd be thrilled to have those...lol I just checked now and got 19/1.8 then 27/1.1..lol (this should be a not busy time of day for the network)

cohanf, 2 days ago

@NatureMC on the plus side, if it is widespread, you know they will work as fast as they can..lol

cohanf, 1 day ago

@NatureMC even if you keep your fire for smoke signals contained in a metal burner? 😆

cohanf, 4 days ago

@vlrny sounds like you are well along the path 😆 I can't follow your example, since I use a mouse, no room to put it on the left side...lol

cohanf, 3 days ago

@vlrny I could roll my chair over a bit, I guess... lol I'm actually moderately ambidexterous- we used to practise opposite hand writing when I was a kid, haven't done that for ages, but hairdressing also gets you using both hands with comb, scissors etc going at the same time,,, Just occurred to me to wonder if 'handedness' is why some of my co-workers only spin one drink at a time, when 2 handed is so much more efficient (we are always rushed..)

cohanf, 9 days ago

@pagan @paganism
the video links- also in the blog:
https://spectra.video/w/t96sFFbGhHyCmZQ4S7ibRx
https://youtu.be/5X06DML9xGI

cohanf, 9 days ago

@pagan @paganism
from the blog- re: Baltic goddess Ragana:
"Of course ... authority based on intimidation and ignorance drove the old ways to the wilds, outside civilised village and city life. Of course they labelled these women as dangerous or deranged- for the simple truths they lived were indeed dangerous to the repressive patriarchy..."
Birch catkins- Birch is a tree associated with Ragana and many other European goddesses, suggesting the antiquity of the association. #witch #OldWays

cohanf, 9 days ago

@pagan @paganism
Here's a still view of the finished altar, plus another angle where it seems the Goddess manifested among the flowers and greenery (I say this kind of thing a bit jokingly, but also believe the [non-specific] divine energy is there for us to see and feel)

Same altar as previous, in this view beside the handle of the Mom cup, several things in the background have combined to give the appearance of a face, white and sharp almost like a theatre mask.

cohanf, 9 days ago

@billyjoebowers I personally am not into the risk of it, but man, the storms are beautiful!

cohanf, 9 days ago

@billyjoebowers yeah, some of them seem well prepared and careful, others ( I presume wanting to cash in on the potential YouTube fame) seem rather reckless. I was surprised recently to see how long many of the videos are-- many hours! I'm good with the highlights reel...

cohanf, 13 days ago

@NatureMC At first I thought this was a caterpillar picture :)

cohanf, 13 days ago

@NatureMC !! don't keep them in the bedroom! 😆

cohanf, 12 days ago

@NatureMC oh, was I supposed to be feeding my jeans? 🤔 😆

cohanf, 12 days ago

@NatureMC that's from not feeding the jeans enough? I thought it was from feeding me too much 😁

cohanf, 17 days ago

@pagan @paganism
see main post for description and blog links-- Latvian pagan god Ūsiņš and primal aspect of the Great Mother -Ziedu Māte/Flower Mother escort Saule/the Sun on her spring return, green the land, nurture bees and spread flowers! A blessed and fruitful season to you! #animist #florespondence #pollinators #Alberta #bloomscrolling #BorealForest #gardening #nature @insects @plants

We see the 'back' top of a honeybee with wings spread, more or less vertically perched on a pussywillow which is partly still silvery fuzziness and at one end shows pink unopened pollen cases with a few stamens open at top. The catkin is on an erect red-brown smooth willow stem. Background pinkish blur of more stems.
Large bumblebee queen pale gold with black head, legs, 'shoulder' spot and black band toward 'tail' with an orange band below that. She's carrying an orange clump of pollen and hovering in front of several pink-purple sort of trumpet shaped flowers, growing from just opened palmate foliage above the flowers.

cohanf, 17 days ago

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:
   #wildflowers #nature

cohanf, 17 days ago

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 #RainMother and #Perkuns (thunder god, in case you think the primordial goddesses need help with storms 😉 ) were kind and held off till I was back indoors!

cohanf, 23 days ago

@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