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Deep in the Florida woods, a weathered gravestone stands alone, half-swallowed by moss and shadow. It marks the resting place of John Moss Field, a volunteer who fought in the Indian War of 1835. But the silence around it feels too heavy, too deliberate. The stone’s inscription glows faintly in the filtered light, as if still calling out across centuries. The forest seems to lean in, listening. This black and white photograph captures more than history, it hints at a lingering presence, a soldier who never truly left.
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My new 'Volunteer' camellia japonica - a hybrid camellia that has anemone-style variegated flowers - pink with white edges as well as dark pink-red and white. 'Volunteer' was named to commemorate the International Year of Volunteers in 2001. This hybrid was developed in New Zealand by famed camellia grower, Mark Jury, and is now recognised around the world as one of the best japonica hybrid specimens. Like all camellia japonicas, as distinct from camellia sasaquas, 'Volunteer' prefers part shade and not full sun. So I have placed her (mine is a "her" - lol) in a part of the garden that will receive morning sun but be protected from Sydney's hideous western sun in summer. 'Volunteer' is flowering around Sydney now, being late winter. My 'Volunteer' comes from the amazing 'Plants Plus' garden centre in the Cumberland Forest, West Pennant Hills, in north-western Sydney.
For pictures and information about 'Volunteer' camellia japonica (hybrid) see:
tesselaar.com/plants/camellia-volunteer/
Photographed with my Canon 5D Mk IV and a Canon 100mm f 2.8 L lens - because, for once, I remembered to put the 5D in the car and so I did not have to use the Samsung Galaxy mobile phone!!
Sap house where the volunteer's boil the sap until it is reduced to maple syrup. Around 40 gallons of sap,,,sometimes 20 to 60 gallons of sap, are evaporated down to one gallon and a 67% to 68% sugar level is reached. Volunteers at Pioneer Village at Caesar Creek Lake burn firewood to boil the sap. The syrup is used in a fund raising pancake breakfast. A lot of hours and a lot of work.
A valiant volunteer sunflower in a flower bed, seed dropped from a winter feeder.
Anytime an 'exotic' flower bursts forth on it's own, with no help from human hand, I am delighted! I am amazed at the resoluteness of nature.
I used some potting soil out of last years hanging flower baskets in this tub to plant onions.
The onions did great and then the flowers came up.
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Both of these warblers are named after the volunteer state! Nashville Warbler seen at Metrobeach Metropark.
Pansies are one of my favorite flowers, only not in this flower bed. Several years' experience shows they don't thrive. Fertilizer doesn't help. The slugs don't either. So I discontinued pansies beginning this spring.
One of last year's pansies begged to differ. From a tiny seed came this tiny flower. It managed to poke its head out above the thicket of oxalis and glow like a tiny sun in the perpetual shade.
The Nature Collective is looking to add more volunteers to our growing team! We are looking for fellow nature lovers with a keen sense of wonder and adventure who want to make a difference in both our virtual and physical worlds. The following positions are available:
Nature Scouts: Responsible for scouting out nature locations to join The Nature Collective as well as monthly location checks of TNC members.
Nature Ambassadors: Will help out with SL group, Discord and social media member engagement and help answer any questions from group members.
TNC Bloggers: Will be responsible for blogging about TNC member locations, either on a personal blog or Flickr, as well as using TNC member locations as backdrops for general photos and blog posts.
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Interested applicants can apply here:
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** Please note, although volunteer position work is done on your own time as your schedule allows, it is expected that you are able to commit at the very minimum, 1 hour a week towards your volunteer work for The Nature Collective.
Last Thursday Fred and I were pleased to be awarded the
Conservation Council of Western Australia
Outstanding Volunteer Award 2025
In recognition of exceptional work and outstanding voluntary commitment.
I sometimes wonder that ... But when you do and you go and live with them their pain and sorrow all makes sense ... Volunteers give love, love, hope, support ... Volunteers live worldwide
Some of last year’s sunflowers growing in a tomato field in Solano County. When a teenager visiting family in Nebraska my uncles would get my cousins and me and have us cut down corn volunteers out of sow bean fields with a corn knife. Not a fun day in hot humid weather.
Another stream has been daylighted in Kitsilano
The camera software for the iPhone 14 has been updated and this is the first time I have used it. Mostly because I had forgotten to bring the spare battery for the Canon.
Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Knox County. The city had an estimated population of 186,239 in 2016 and a population of 178,874 as of the 2010 census, making it the state's third largest city after Nashville and Memphis. Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which, in 2016, was 868,546, up 0.9 percent, or 7,377 people, from to 2015. The KMSA is, in turn, the central component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2013, had a population of 1,096,961.
First settled in 1786, Knoxville was the first capital of Tennessee. The city struggled with geographic isolation throughout the early 19th century. The arrival of the railroad in 1855 led to an economic boom. During the Civil War, the city was bitterly divided over the secession issue, and was occupied alternately by both Confederate and Union armies.Following the war, Knoxville grew rapidly as a major wholesaling and manufacturing center. The city's economy stagnated after the 1920s as the manufacturing sector collapsed, the downtown area declined and city leaders became entrenched in highly partisan political fights. Hosting the 1982 World's Fair helped reinvigorate the city, and revitalization initiatives by city leaders and private developers have had major successes in spurring growth in the city, especially the downtown area.
Knoxville is the home of the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee, whose sports teams, called the "Volunteers" or "Vols", are extremely popular in the surrounding area. Knoxville is also home to the headquarters of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for East Tennessee and the corporate headquarters of several national and regional companies. As one of the largest cities in the Appalachian region, Knoxville has positioned itself in recent years as a repository of Appalachian culture and is one of the gateways to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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I have not been able to volunteer at my local SPCA due to COVID 19. I really miss the cats and dogs.
Turkey
Turkey is killing children and our women
ئەگەر ئەم بایکۆتە بەردەوام بێ ئەوە دەسەلمێنین کە گەلێکی زیندوین
تا پێتان دەکرێ ئەم نوسینە بڵاوبکەنەوە
بەچەندین زمانی جیاواز نوسراوە ...
Turkish occupying forces used a prohibited phosphorus facility in
Sirikani in western Kurdistan
Турецкие оккупационные силы
использовали запрещенный фосфорный комплекс в Сирикани на
западе Курдистана
Les forces d'occupation turques ont utilisé une installation au phosphore interdite à Sirikani, dans l'ouest du Kurdistan
نیروهای اشغالگر ترکیه از تاسیسات فسفر ممنوعه در سیریکانی در غرب کردستان استفاده کردند
土耳其占领军在西库尔德斯坦的西里卡尼使用了禁止的磷设施
Die türkischen Besatzer nutzten eine verbotene Phosphoranlage in Sirikani in Westkurdistan
قوات تركيا محتلة استعملت اصلحة فسفور ممنوعة سريكاني غرب كردستان.
Türk işgal kuvvetleri, Batı Kürdistan’daki Sirikani’de yasak bir fosfor tesisi kullandı.
White House misinformation on Syria
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I sure hope these little "volunteer" tomatoes decide to be charitable
and come up in my garden again this year! They were very much
on my mind yesterday when I was shoppin' the grocery store for
some 1/2 decent ones for my salad! sigh
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"Dreamin' of homegrown tomatoes!"
~Mary Lou
April 25 is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand. ANZAC stands for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps". I will say more about this tomorrow.
Here are two young modern day volunteers who are part of the Tasmanian Lighthorse Regiment Historical Troop. They were making an appearance at Sheffield during the recent Steamfest.