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SNOW, SNOW, GO AWAY. DON'T COME BACK ANOTHER DAY! Sigh, it snowed again overnight and this morning. There are about 10" of the white stuff along the top of my fence. After today, the forecast says we are in for some sunny, cold days. Sure hope the snow melts as fast as possible.
All sorts of problems with Flickr this morning!
Today, I have added 8 more photos from 8 September 2019, taken at Rod Handfield's acreage.
On that day, we had such a wonderful four and a half hours, searching for different kinds of fungi in the amazing forest on Rod Handfield's land, SW of Calgary. I think this was our tenth visit - the first one I went on, being on 25 June 2009 - each one resulting in various different species. It was so overwhelming yesterday! You didn't know which direction to face and which mushroom to photograph first. They were everywhere! Such a contrast to our visit on 6 August 2017, when basically there were no mushrooms (other than maybe three), because everywhere had been so very dry.
A day like this can be so exhausting, not just from the walking, but also because of all the excitement. That night, I slept well. The quality of many of my photos is not the best, as the day was very overcast - the last thing one wants when trying to take photos deep in the forest. After leaving Rod's, it did rain. I had driven myself there instead of carpooling, so that I could drive some of the backroads in the area after we had finished. The forecast was for sun and cloud - and I had foolishly believed it. The rain put an end to my plans and I headed for home. I'm so glad I had checked a special little spot near Rod's first thing in the morning, when I got there a bit too early. A few years ago, there was a beautiful display of Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing there, but not since then. To my absolute delight, there were maybe half a dozen, in different stages of development. Surprisingly, we didn't come across a single one in Rod's forest this year.
As always, thank you so much, Rod, for so generously allowing us to explore your property. This has been my favourite place to visit for quite a number of years now. We greatly appreciate your kindness - you are always so welcoming, and we learn so much and discover so many beautiful things. Thank you, Karel, for leading the group and helping with identifications. I'm sure at least some of us are anxiously waiting for you to have time, in between leading botany walks, to post some of your photos along with their IDs. Meanwhile, "fungus" has to be sufficient for many. As usual, any IDs given are always tentative, not 100% confirmed. Rule is, if you are not an expert in mycology, do not pick wild mushrooms to eat!
waiting for Victoria, before carpooling down. Unbeknownst to us, Victoria was already on her way to San Marcos.
Took this while carpooling too. This is one of the first colour/b&w photos I've done (This one's the very FIRST one). And yea, I missed a few spots up there.. it was kinda messy.. hah..
And yes, these were the bobbleheads that were given out in the cereal boxes a while back.
Hi all,
Here are a couple of photos -
Rachel Kanz and her two children, Micah and Ellie. Rachel is a teacher
at Richmond Consolidated School in Richmond, Massachusetts. Here they
are with Bruce Winn and Jeff Turner from Berkshire Environmental Action
Team (BEAT), a non-profit protecting the environment for wildlife, also
from Massachusetts.
#3 - Gathering at the Lincoln Memorial for the Massachusetts contingent
before the rally - Massachusetts had about 550 people who came down on
buses - not to mention those who carpooled and drove down.
#25 - Bruce Winn and Ceacy Henderson at the end of the march.
#12 - BEAT banner at the start of the rally.
Thank you all for all you did to make a great rally!!!!
/Jane/
--
Jane Winn, Executive Director
413-442-6815 home/office, 413-230-7321 cell
*BERKSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM (BEAT)
*/*Working with you to protect the environment for wildlife
*/BEAT, 27 Highland Ave, Pittsfield, MA 01201-2413 www.thebeatnews.org
*
FREE weekly e-newsletter *with environmental news, calendar of events,
and public notices for western MA.
Coworker/friend carpooling home with me from work. I work 10-7 in North Hollywood. It sucks always getting home late.
Day 328 of 365: "guardian"
One of the bi-products of this 365 project is all the additional time I've spent in my car. Any miles I save carpooling to work each day are balanced out by scouting for new locations, usually waiting for the lighting to get to just right.
As I was driving around today, I noticed the Yoda stuff animal that I've been driving around with all summer. He was placed in this little bag that I sometimes put my iPhone or sunglasses in by a friend as we were driving around on Friday. This spot seems perfect for him. Just perfect.
The two Yodas (yes two) that I have in my car serve as constant travel companions for me and symbolize being guarded by the light side of the Force. :)
(9/3/12)
Intellicenter served “Conservation Key Lime Coladas” and Earth Day-themed cupcakes and cookies. They filled Transwestern tote bags with free marketing materials ordered from ENERGY STAR, including tips on household appliances and lighting. Tenants also received a single CFL light bulb for personal use.
Additionally, the Clean Air Campaign set up a table in the lobby promoting carpooling and vanpooling programs. They also hosted an electronic recycling drive for tenants to bring old electronics to recycle.
The building is currently in the performance period for LEED® for Existing Buildings. Gift card winners were announced for the participants of the Occupant Comfort and Transportation surveys, part of the LEED certification process.
I had such a busy day today that I had no opportunity to look for decent pictures. This was the only one, shot from the car in which we are carpooling. A lucky shot!
Family Transport – Carpooling, Thai Style: Mopeds seem to be the standard transportation for most Thai, and it is common to have at least one extra person sharing a ride. From the “Survivors of the Tsunami” expedition on Richard Bangs’ Adventures on Yahoo. Photo by John Canning.
January 30
Chris and I carpooled to Dallas for an all-day shoot at Ryan, LLC. The company was founded by a UNT alum, which is what brought us there. The shoot was buttery smooth, and went by a lot faster than I thought it would. I actually forgot to take a picture until we were heading out. This is the main lobby of the building.
We ate lunch at Five Guys, which I hadn’t had in awhile. They have shakes now! You can add bacon to their shakes! I had a peanut butter shake with bacon and did not regret it one bit.
A meandering all-day social climb up the First Flatiron organized by Rom McGuffin. We had two ropes, but even so, with eight people things go slowly. Ironically because the meetup was in S. Boulder, I rode all the way down there, and then we "carpooled" back to Chautauqua, in Football traffic, climbed (we could hear the stadium from up on high) and then "carpooled" back to S. Boulder, where I got on my bike and rode home (unimpeded by said traffic). Tons of people up on the rocks, many without gear. Beautiful day. And I got to practice listening to Russian!
We carpooled to the Yale Center for British Art for a tour of "The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting 1830-1925." Here we are at the Union Club restaurant.
This was a week long retreat for many community organizers, solutionaries, and Grand Aspirations volunteers. Over sixty individuals carpooled to one of the most driven organizer's home in West Virginia. Please donate, and spread awareness on mountain top removal sites.
www.facebook.com/pages/Keeper-of-the-Mountains-Foundation...
I was in Jacksonville July 9-11 for Ancient City Con IV.
K.L. Nappier and I carpooled to and roomed at the convention (thanks for all that driving, Kathy!)
The Jacksonville Times-Union provided excellent coverage of the event. Check out the paper's article, photos, and video.
Instead of posting more mushroom/fungus photos tonight, I had thought about uploading a few totally different images. However, I have ended up starting to post photos (8) from today, 22 September 2019. We were fortunate enough to be invited to explore another acreage SW of the city. It is so interesting to see that various acreages, really not all that far from each other, can have some different species.
Again, I drove myself instead of carpooling, as I had been invited to a friend's birthday party and needed to get back to the city by a certain time, in order to get a ride with another friend. From years of experience, I know only too well that once you get our enthusiastic leaders into the field, there is no telling how long they will stay out there! Normally, that is fine, but today I had a deadline.
The weather was beautiful for our bioblitz, which was so much appreciated, as there are snowflake icons in our weather forecast in a few days' time. It still definitely feels like fall, though, and golden leaves were constantly falling to the ground, making it a challenge to see any fungi. Many of the mushrooms we saw today have started to rapidly decline, but others proved to be of interest. One of my favourites was a mushroom that had a number of water droplets on its cap. I could be wrong, but I suspect that these were guttation droplets, Usually, I see these on Red-belted polypores growing on tree trunks, so it was interesting to see these on the cap of a smallish mushroom.
We were warmly welcomed by the landowners, Michael and Marie-Claude Singleton. Marie-Claude accompanied us on the walk, which was great. Their beautiful property is a mix of mowed lawn (that certain mushrooms love), grassland and forest. They have a beautiful pond, too, edged with very healthy cattails and other water plants.
Thank you so much, Michael and Marie-Claude, for inviting us to come and see what is growing on your land. The coffee, too, was just what was needed after time spent outdoors.
Also from the field. This was taken while I was hiding in the grass next to the trail, Miss Mady walked by and I scared the bejeebers out of her. It was very funny.
After the majority of people left Dd stayed and we carpooled into town to her weight training and volleyball classes and my math class (the results of my latest math test have left me lamenting). Then we came home, played lot's of Bananagrams and watched more Sherlock. Benedict Cumberbatch.
I am fond of the light in this picture.
This painted utility box is a tribute to great leaders throughout our history. Their images reside on the Boulevard in an effort to influence an alternative mode of transportation. Driving a car day in and day out is not good for our environment. In this depiction, Martin Luther King recommends the bus, Cesar Chavez prefers a skateboard, and John F. Kennedy is carpooling down the Boulevard in a motorcade, as he did in 1963 on his way to San Diego State University to deliver an inaugural speech. Artist Mario Torero, along with students and teachers from the Cesar Chavez School in Barrio Logan completed this box in celebration of Martin Luther King Day, 2008.
Globe #35
Artist: Cheryl Steiger
Sponsor: John, Shari, David and Ethan Woldenberg
Share a Ride
"Want less traffic? Use fewer cars! Commuting Americans have so much extra room in our 140 million cars that we could give everyone in Western Europe a ride. If every car carried just one more passenger on its daily commute, 32 million gallons of gasoline and 600 million pounds of carbon dioxide would be saved each day."
"Carpooling and vanpooling are easy solutions. Get online (erideshare.com) to find people living near you who are also looking to share rides. Companies like Pace offer vanpool options or busing services for people who live and work near one another. Would you like to avoud the hassle and expense of owning a car? I-GO lets you share hybrid cars with people in your locale. Just reserve the car when you need it -- you don't have to pay for gas, insurance or parking."
"Don't just fill your car with gas; fill it with people! Can you join a carpool?"
Project365 • Oct 12, 2009: Had the pleasure of hearing big-name wedding photographer, Becker, speak at a SmugMug meetup! Nick and I carpooled to the event, and then joined Becker and friends for dinner!
An image that requires a long explanation. This is me, circa (that's Latin) 1986. The bike and suv pictured were owned by my friend, Steve Brown, a great influence on me in my early bike riding years. The first time I was in the Trooper, we were carpooling to a ride. There was 4 of us. Steve pulls out this shiny disc from a case and says "Look, I've got the just-released cd from Echo and the Bunnymen". He slips it into a device on the dash and the interior fills with some incredible sounding music. This was the very first time I've seen, much less heard a "compact disc" and the first time I've heard of a group called Echo and the Bunnymen, My mind was blown but I tried to keep my cool.
The bike was a West-coast built Masi, that, thanks to Steve, opened my eyes to the bicycle being a hand-crafted work of art. I saw my very first cut-out bottom bracket on the Masi, and it changed my life. And, wait, tires are glued to the rims?? WTF??? Brooks seats are comfortable? How can that be?? You build your own wheels? Get outta here!!
I'm not sure why I'm pointing to the Kirkland saddle bag, I'm sure I'm in awe for some reason.
I've met a ton of great people in the bike community but Steve will always be a stand-out.
I bought my dress off of Craigslist. Jacque stepped in as bridesmaid at the last minute when a life-long friend canceled. I was stoked that Jacque carpooled with my former boss. They are both (s)heroes of mine.
I started carpooling to work last week. This morning, we had to fight our way through fog zombies to get there.
Fiona had her first day working at SVH as a Pharmacy Tech and we car pooled in. It was odd and cool all at the same time!
Congrats again Fiona :)
Carpooling is something that myself, and my wallet have appreciated. the 20 dollar trip to rocklin (a day for 2 days) gets reduced from $30-40 dollars to about 10-15 dollars a week riding with friends.
Hi all,
Here are a couple of photos -
Rachel Kanz and her two children, Micah and Ellie. Rachel is a teacher
at Richmond Consolidated School in Richmond, Massachusetts. Here they
are with Bruce Winn and Jeff Turner from Berkshire Environmental Action
Team (BEAT), a non-profit protecting the environment for wildlife, also
from Massachusetts.
#3 - Gathering at the Lincoln Memorial for the Massachusetts contingent
before the rally - Massachusetts had about 550 people who came down on
buses - not to mention those who carpooled and drove down.
#25 - Bruce Winn and Ceacy Henderson at the end of the march.
#12 - BEAT banner at the start of the rally.
Thank you all for all you did to make a great rally!!!!
/Jane/
--
Jane Winn, Executive Director
413-442-6815 home/office, 413-230-7321 cell
*BERKSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM (BEAT)
*/*Working with you to protect the environment for wildlife
*/BEAT, 27 Highland Ave, Pittsfield, MA 01201-2413 www.thebeatnews.org
*
FREE weekly e-newsletter *with environmental news, calendar of events,
and public notices for western MA.
The motorcycle is a very popular mode of transportation there, and they're all about carpooling apparently. Sadly, I didn't get a picture of the six people on one motorcycle.
But I DID get this shot of a monk on a cell phone. Hee!
Care More, Car-Less is an Earth Ministry program aimed at mobilizing faith communities to reduce the number of single occupant vehicles and to encourage advocacy and environmental stewardship. These images are from a Care More, Car-Less Sunday at Fauntleroy First United Church of Christ on October 12th, 2014. They highlight church members walking, biking and carpooling as well as a "Blessing of the Travelers" portion of the service. Images copyright Kristie McLean.
Hi all,
Here are a couple of photos -
Rachel Kanz and her two children, Micah and Ellie. Rachel is a teacher
at Richmond Consolidated School in Richmond, Massachusetts. Here they
are with Bruce Winn and Jeff Turner from Berkshire Environmental Action
Team (BEAT), a non-profit protecting the environment for wildlife, also
from Massachusetts.
#3 - Gathering at the Lincoln Memorial for the Massachusetts contingent
before the rally - Massachusetts had about 550 people who came down on
buses - not to mention those who carpooled and drove down.
#25 - Bruce Winn and Ceacy Henderson at the end of the march.
#12 - BEAT banner at the start of the rally.
Thank you all for all you did to make a great rally!!!!
/Jane/
--
Jane Winn, Executive Director
413-442-6815 home/office, 413-230-7321 cell
*BERKSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM (BEAT)
*/*Working with you to protect the environment for wildlife
*/BEAT, 27 Highland Ave, Pittsfield, MA 01201-2413 www.thebeatnews.org
*
FREE weekly e-newsletter *with environmental news, calendar of events,
and public notices for western MA.
Helen poses for me. Of all the women in my writer's group I felt most sympatico with Helen. I enjoyed her company and sought her out for carpooling when we went to Connie's beach house for our writing retreats. I was nurtured by her wisdom and calm attentiveness, yet she never held herself above me though she was a mother of three girls close to my age.
There were five of us at lunch. Two long time members Ann and Connie and a newcomer, Marylee. It took us so long to catch up on what we were doing just as writers that we were at this table until three in the afternoon. Luckily, owing to it being New Year's Eve afternoon, it wasn't busy and the parking police took the day off; we were all in two hour zones and didn't get tickets.