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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 random
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-- well I took these photos yesterday- Monday- even got the editing done last night, but no oomph to post before bed...lol
A couple of views from the around the acreage and in the still lots of snow around- though probably no more than half of usual, lots of bare spots as there always are, allowing glimpses of

cohanf, to Alberta
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Nevermind that it's Tuesday or that the photos are a couple of weeks old... this is when I got the collage finished...lol #SixOnSaturday Much of our October snow melted, though not all, and we have a fresh coating since these photos. #garden #RockGarden #mosstodon #fungi #Alberta #November #alpines #cactus #CrossQuarterDay #animist

cohanf, to Alberta
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Last week was cold- day time temperatures into the mid minus teens C, repeated snowfalls, 15-20cm over a number of days. Nothing shocking for here, March can be both a winter and spring month here (and back and forth). This week as high as +12C and lots of melting! Pics from last week here, vids in replies-YouTube and smaller file links.

A snowy bit of driveway with dark snow-covered spruce boughs behind. The road has been ploughed but is still coated with snow. Behind, is a mound of shovelled snow and low bank, in front an uncleared area with a half foot or more of snow with tire tracks through it.
A glowing white ball of sun with faint gold around the edges emerges from a blue grey cloud. The rest of the sky is warm grey-blue with bits of textural clouds. In front several modest sized bare poplars and birch and a young spruce tree.

cohanf, to random
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this was one of the most encouraging things I've seen in a while 🙂 rehabilitating degraded land at the edge of the Sahara- revitalising the community and helping to slow/halt desertification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCli0gyNwL0

cohanf, to random
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New banner photo from a couple of days ago on the way to work, late morning. Just rain, no snow yet, on Highway 11, #DavidThompsonHighway
East of #RockyMountainHouse

cohanf,
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@DemocracySpot thanks! That was Oct 20, 3 days later, winter arrived!
In your honour I went back to that folder and edited 4 more shots-- 3 from that same day and 1 from the 22, the Day Before Winter!
#commute #landscape #Alberta #October #Autumn

Looking across a grassy roadside ditch with blurry tan-gold dry grass, some brown weeds and a bare poplar sapling a few metres tall trying mostly in vain to block the view of the pasture beyond. The pasture is a mix of mid-height dry gold grass and lower grazed areas holding some green. Farther back are some low grey metal roofed open sheds and dark grey board wind fences. Rain blurs the trees much farther back and the sky is an overcast warm grey. The whole view is somewhat blurred, more so outside the centre.
Looking up a shiny wet dark paved 2 lane road with yellow dotted line in centre.to each side are orangey-gold grasses/reeds backed by dense but not too tall/old woodland. The trees are mixed, but more tamarack/larch than anything els- mostly bare of needles, but holding on to a bit of gold here and there. The sky is grey and echoes the highlights on the wet road. A few nearby trees and some bits of grass and road nearby hold some detail, most of the scene is blurred by rain and wet windshield, giving a dreamy look to it.
The 2 lane paved road is dry but the grey sky looks heavy with moisture and/or smoke. Roadsides are mowed mostly brown grass, backed by mixed woods of grey bare poplars and tall dark spruce. the same combination continues into the misted distance, and blurs around the edges.

cohanf, to Battlemaps
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Tomorrow is the between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice- this is the real reason for all the end of October/ beginning of November cultural/religious celebrations that have developed in various places. Traditionally for northern Europe this is the beginning of . It's been pretty accurate here in recent years- late Oct or early Nov has seen lasting for us. this year it started Oct 23

cohanf, to HikingPics
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Views from before the recent snow (several days last week + snow all day yesterday, not extreme amounts, but back roads are pretty messy, so extra day off to avoid the driving).

a piece of mostly rotted birch log, the bark still intact, lies in granular half-melted, refrozen snow. A large patch of blue-green-grey lichen is on top of the bark, from one side (upper side in photo) a colony of fungi emerges, rather flat bodies, irregular slightly clam shell shaped with layers/bands of lighter/darker colour and varying texture, all muted by a light coating of green algae.
View across a snow covered road allowance and across a wire and post fence to a pasture with many tracks and trails from cattle, some paths worn/melted away so a bit of dry grass is showing through. Midway into the scene, a patch of dark spruce rises to one side and a bit farther a series of upright dark board wind fences cross the frame. Beyond- more snowy fields and distant blue mountains. It is an hour or so from sunset, and the sun is huge white glow through thin clouds in the upper right, with light clouds farther out tinting to gold and blue grey, a bit darker on both colours above the mountains.

cohanf, to Weather
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I like #puddles , pools, ponds, so this is a great time of year for me- #SpringMelt ! + since we keep alternating melting #weather with snow (more to come in the next few days after 18-19C/64-66F today) the puddle season is extended! Not so fond of mud, but oh well!

I shot this icy puddle the other day, where there'd been a much larger pool a week or two back- on viewing on the screen, I realised there was a face, then 2! Not creepy, I think they are #winter #spirits saying goodbye! #animism

A small irregularly shaped depression in the ground has filled with melt water-maybe still some winter snow turned to ice underneath- then variously frozen, re-melted as temperatures change so there is some liquid water, and several textures and densities of ice and slush at different depths. It's surrounded by a flat area melted out of the snow which has dried leaves over flattened grass, moss, fine shrubs etc, and the dark shadows of trees out of frame except for the very bases of a couple, come toward the viewer, angling to each side around the puddle which is catching a bit of sun.

cohanf, to Battlemaps
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I actually got this readyin time, but by then it was late and since it had been a work day, no more oomph to post ( I take text and alt text seriously, no quick matter! lol)
We had snowy days and cold (seasonally adjusted- days in mid minus teens C) so views of covered beds, and cool with a shadowy selfie + Aloe taking a look at a Haworthia- indoors of course!

cohanf, to wildlife
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Very exciting afternoon cutting firewood on the acreage- in the woods behind the house: it was a 5 day! 2 spotted, one almost for the first time for me , and first photos/videos (a wesael in winter colour!), the other an every day event (squirrel-several, actually); one more heard running away (moose), and two noted from scat (deer, hare)-one of those for nearly the first time this winter (Snowshoe Hare)- all in all, exciting! Pics/vids to come..

cohanf, to HikingPics
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Happy Earth Day! I'm sure most people on here are at least somewhat aware of issues, I hope something can convince the general public to take things more seriously!
First of the year and a view to across the neighbours'.

View across an early spring pasture with low-grazed dry grass and areas of hay and manure remnants where cattle were fed over winter. Farther back a line of low willows is just starting to show a bit of spring colour. Farther still, distant blue, snow-capped mountains, above a row of cumulus clouds, a hint of blue sky showing and above, nearer, blue grey clouds showing light showers trying to reach the ground.

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

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?? 😆

links from and YouTube
https://spectra.video/w/uyn5ivZVApB8RiJj8tAF2o
https://youtube.com/shorts/lIeyEtwWoBE?feature=share

cohanf, to nature
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It won't surprise anyone that I'm late for #ArtAdventCalendar 😆 I had an unexpected day off work yesterday (back at it today!) so got some editing done. With the theme, I've edited a touch more than usual. I'm aiming to use a photo from each day as that day's image (no photos Dec 3, so doubled on the 4th!). Here are days 1-4 #WinterPictures #December #GetOutside #Landscape #garden #nature #Alberta #Canada #Frostodon #fog #commute #CountryLiving

Day 2 Winter sun across a couple of straw stubble fields separated by wire and post fences, the second one bordered by a thin line of variable height native poplars at the back. Sky is mostly blue with dark clouds approaching from left. White vignetting
Day 3 in the woods on farm, looking out between the dark ridged trunks of several balsam poplars, ground lightly covered with snow, dry leaves showing through. Beyond wetland with clumps of dried grass poking through snow, then an area of low red willows the sun hitting their tops and the mixed woods behind against a blue-grey sky. White vignetting
Several wiry spidery dry stems of Sea Thrift, most with dry seed heads, all reaching to the left across shadowed snow in afternoon gloom, Behind the central stems is a cinnabar coloured apple leaf stuck between stems and snow. Black vignetting.

cohanf,
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Cut a bit of firewood today (involved a little wandering with camera time), and cooked a birthday meal for my friend ( a)curry red lentils with tofu b)mashed potatoes c)mildly chile spiced broccoli with black beans, lots of caramelised onion and yellow pepper involved in a and c!
Now for posting and photo editing!
#ArtAdventCalendar I may yet catch up, but it won't be with this post for Day 7- featuring afternoon #WinterLight the day after #rain and #snow #WinterPictures #Frostodon #Alberta

Low afternoon sun shines through a single gold to red-brown apple leaf, which dangles from the tip of an upright stem curving up and leftward into the centre of the image from lower right. Below the leaf tip, some snow and ice crystals are stuck to the twig. Background is a blurred row of tree trunks a little way back, trunks are silhouetted near black, separated by rows of overlapping light circles from near white to gold and blue- artifacts of the camera lens processing the dappled woodland light. The effect is like abstract stained glass, and a wider gap between the trunks frames the leaf like a gem on display. Black vignetting.

cohanf,
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#ArtAdventCalendar Days 8 a #commute shot from the car of a dense stand of Tamarack ? Larix laricina and spruce and 9 pre #sunset across the neighbours' with #cows and #RockyMountains
#WinterPictures #snow #CountryLiving #Alberta #BorealForest #Frostodon #GetOutside #SeasonalRhythms #SnowMother #animist

Early dusk, partly overcast, looking across a pasture covered lightly in snow, occasional clumps of grass and thistles sticking out. To the left of centre, a group of cattle, black or black with white faces and bellies are standing next to or feeding from a couple of metal feeders that hold round hay bales. Farther back is an area of dense lowish (taller than the cows, lower than other trees!) willows, reddish dark with uneven frost/snow coating. Farther yet another snowy pasture stretches into the distance, with just the tops of distant trees showing behind it, on lower land. Mountains run along the horizon, blue foothills with uneven rugged higher mountains behind, blue with white snow caps against a barely pink sky with some scattered light grey clouds just above the peaks and a few darker blue-grey higher up. White vignetting.

cohanf,
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Cool and a glow all afternoon, as we often have in mid-winter. Still mostly above average temps, and moderate snowfall, though we got a few more sticky inches last night (our normal at this time of year should be dry! 'warmer' winters are not all positive)

cohanf,
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Day 17 that was Sunday, so, a work day and so the pic is from the moving car on the I was talking a little to @richardgrant a while back when an earlier photo in this thread showed some Tamarack / Larix laricina ( I had a question mark on the id then, just because with snow/frost/ice covering the trees, it was hard to see what trees were there). This view shows Tamaracks again--continued:

cohanf, to Plants
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1)Some blab, videos + photos of a couple of tropical plants that I had to rescue- from me! I had a bit too much to say about soils, watering, etc, so I made a blog post with the 2 videos + a bonus vid of a flowering cactus.
I'm testing Wordpress, so I posted the same thing there and at blogger. The videos are on YouTube, Spectra links in replies.
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/04/killing-tropicals-belatedly-saving.html
https://cohanmagazine.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/killing-tropicals/
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Semi close view of backlit leaves of Peperomia albovittata Piccolo Banda. From this direction, in this light, the almost heart-shaped leaves appear medium green with blood red venation. At this stage of growth, the leaves are coming nearly from the soil with very little stem.
Murdannia loriformis Bright Star a small plant with strap shaped leaves that taper to a point, a bit wider in middle. they are a medium slightly yellow-green with a wide band across the centre of silver-grey-green. Leaves come from a central rosette with a short stem and new rosettes come from the base. I has a delicate branched flowering stem with one tiny open white flower and a number of buds. Around the base of the plant are tiny green leaves with red reverse, the sprawling stems of Peperomia verticillata. Most of the plant is in shade, with a shaft of sunlight hitting the foremost leaf in the centre, and the open flower.

cohanf, to Alberta
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Late for the UK- but since I'm home/not yet outdoors on a Sunday afternoon and just at the edge of the growing season, here's a post for ! Photos from last week, of the season: -Populus tremuloides +Willow- one of our several native species. Bonus non-native on the Aspen- supposed to be wind pollinated! + one of several types of seen on the Willows (along with honeybees)

A couple of aspen twigs, silvery green with leaf buds at tips covered in red-brown shiny pointy bud scales. Blurred background of other branches with bits of blue sky showing through. To one side, a twig is topped with a cluster of dangling catkins a 2-3 inches long, soft, fluffy greyish fuzz with tiny blobs of red clusters showing through- the pollen sacs- open here and there showing yellow. A single honey bee, already carrying a good load of yellow pollen is intently working, head down on one of the catkins., mid upper left.

cohanf, to nature
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A couple random photos from this week: sun through clouds in the while I was harveting firewood and the before sunset over poplar branches as I checked the mail!

To each side are patches of mixed poplar and spruce forest, with a gap in the middle that has only much lower willows. The trees are silhouetted against the sky- bits of blue showing among mostly white soft looking, patchy clouds, a bit thicker and more dramatic mid-lower right where the sun shows as a glowing patch behind the clouds.

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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cohanf, to Birds
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  1. Short video with music of Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus in Alberta
    In the vid you see one hopping to pluck -rose hips? grass seeds? then up high in nearby trees-- more details + still photo in replies

    both YouTube and links, same video
    https://youtube.com/shorts/eFjRD3O9tB4?feature=share

https://spectra.video/w/3oCg42uArSvxGNG76n7CDX

cohanf,
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I've seen one to several of the grouse a number of times this winter around the southeast end of the acreage.This time I saw a couple heading across into the ditch by the neighbours', then later saw one coming back to zoom across the road high into poplar trees, where I saw there were already a couple of others, feeding on dormant buds.

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    cohanf,
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    @NatureMC very true in art- if you are afraid to make mistakes you will not accomplish much! One practical tip that comes from that idea: when people are starting, they should not use expensive materials they will be afraid to 'waste' (later maybe you learn to work with your mistakes more, so you are not losing too much material!0

    cohanf, to wildlife
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    1. I spotted a in the woods on the acreage. May not sound exciting, but I've never had a good sighting before (more in replies): they are stealthy + presumably mostly nocturnal. So it was very cool to see this one, and in its winter pelage (seasonal white fur) : even more cool! Vid links from YouTube and Spectra (smaller files) another vid + pics to follow
      https://spectra.video/w/kZMTVjwYUwp9nJ8g3mVdFg
      https://youtube.com/shorts/1vvugC7HeNU?feature=share
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    1. a capture from the second video, we see almost the whole body of the weasel as it emerges from one of the burrows.
      This sighting was exciting, since in all the years I've been back here (since 2007) ,while we see tracks of these little critters in the snow, at times, and I once saw the tail end of one disappearing into a hole by the furnace in Mom's old house--it was raiding the cat food! and once saw from the car one dash across the road- that's it!
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