Monday there was an 3.3 Earthquake in our area...and that is the 10th quake we have had since Nov of this year...this epicenter was about 18 miles away from my house....In 1886 in the month of August a Quake destroyed Charleston, SC and killed 60 people. They estimate it was a 6.9-7.3 in strength....the shock wave was felt as far away as Boston, Mass.
I want to do a time lapse something I haven't tried yet, so soon I want to make one.
I want to do a time lapse something I haven't tried yet, so soon I want to make one.
Tonight we have a red sky...and it seems peaceful. I have felt quakes before and it normally sounds and feels like a big truck going by and vibrating the house...I did not feel the one today as I had just arrived at home from a day out and about but I had been much closer to the epi center earlier in the day by the river...
Anyways...one never knows what Mother nature has in store for us.
Like buying my vegs in bulk that is not prepackaged...BUT don't reach for that thin film...some stores recycle it but most don't bring your own paper "lunch" bag to put your fresh produce in...and if it's gonna be something heavy get some Paper grocery bags at the entrance to the store or bring your own to reuse from home. AND do reuse your shopping bags or bring your own..
The bulk laundry det. in plastic jugs,...or those pops in plastic wrap just don't buy it you can still buy detergent in a cardboard box...that is bio-degradable, and sustainable, and most of the time recyclable. You can premix in water to be sure its dissolved prior to adding it to the tub of your washer....AND there's other alternatives online the little sheet that you simply toss in very little packaging involved but it's pricey.
...a young Buck was hanging out behind the fence on Christmas Day...
This really fine White Throated Sparrow paused from his work of seed picking...
...and a Golden Crowned Kinglet showed off his gold crest but moved...
I have enjoyed the ease of the steam in the bag, but Im not doing that anymore...I will buy fresh and steam it the old fashioned way....
Some products I eat like Veggie Sausage comes in those NOT recyclable zip top bags, I plan to phase that out and find my own recipe for making my own veggie sausage veggie burgers, etc.
Some products I eat like Veggie Sausage comes in those NOT recyclable zip top bags, I plan to phase that out and find my own recipe for making my own veggie sausage veggie burgers, etc.
the Kinglet liked the sound of my camera as it tried to focus on him...
Lake Bee has been closed for over a year so they finally opened it back up and put in a brand new deck. They put in a new dam overflow, made repairs to the earthen dam, repaired the shoreline, and tore down the old deck. The old deck was made of that composite stuff it did NOT hold up....and they closed it for a year before giving up on it....
I was glad to see the area open again I was able to walk back to the wetland where there is/was a small beaver dam...I want to stop in the HQ one day and ask about their policy on Beaver, because I see signs of beaver,
then I see signs of disturbance of their dams also....
Are they welcomed or not is my question?
We had a wide variety of weather events this week and today it's raining, I saw this Red Shouldered Hawk in one of the trees so snapped this window shot...he didn't sit long, by the time I jockeyed for a better look he was gone...
I hope everyone has a peaceful New Years Eve and Day.
2022, sounds like it came out of a Sci-Fi story but it's for real. Sometimes it feels like we are living in a sci-fi story, if only we could see into the future.
We can plan, we can prepare, we can try, and we can do our very best and at the end of the day we have to accept the reality of the choices we make across the board.
Happy New Year and may we each have Many More!
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
