Category: Arts and Culture


Weather for Total Eclipse May 26th 2021

File Photo KDG

Merritt and Kamloops

Full eclipse start 4:11 AM Cloud cover 60 % chance of rain

Maximum Eclipse 4:18. 42 AM Cloud cover, 60% chance of rain.

End of eclipse 4: 25.54 AM Cloud cover 60% chance of rain.

Post time Update:

Update: the chance of overnight rain Wednesday has dropped to 30% from 60 % as of post time.

Update: Position of moon Wednesday morning 4:14 AM during eclipse.

The Moon will be six degrees above the Horizon 225 degrees South West. The light has broken at this rime and viewing will also be contingent on cloud for the Kamloops area..

The weather for Wednesday is now mainly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain.

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May 26th 2021, eclipse

Live feed

Starts with the shading coming to about 15 minute total at 4:11 AM PST (Set Reminder)

Nasa live feed

What’s Nasa up to?

Good luck…

Art Follows Life, Honey; fun event…

Anyone Keeping Bees Must Be Registered, BC Government. More click on photo.

A science and an art. There is a online registration form click on the photo below.

Hay bale , agriculture a big part of the economy.
The hay needs bees to make it. File photo KDG

On this Day: May 20th 2019

International prototype Kilogram obsolete.

Third Monday of May, Annual…

May has an American Craft Beer week, running from today until Sunday the 23rd craft beer week gives status to the consumer driven choice that free market driven access gives. Not some stoic two of each kind of business, over lorded by mandarins, the laborers go to refreshment is on the scrutiny block .

Choice is good and is better in the hands of more people. Responsibility is good however it sometimes in the hands of two few people. You be the judge this week. Glug Glug…

Wooded pallets for moving beer are made from oak. File Photo KDG

On this Day: May 17th 2006

A US aircraft carrier is sunk as a constructed reef..

Good luck to the Empty Keg in Merritt BC, surely they are interested.

Camp sites are all over the province and hydro asks that Covid-19 restrictions be observed. In particular travel restrictions…

Click on charger picture to see map of hydro rec areas…

Green EV charger. Level 2 may qualify for a hydro subsidy to own at your home. File Photo KDG

Butterflies and Moths…

Butterflies are watched and data collected File Photo KDG

The last item under Interesting things in he right hand menu bar on the blog home page has a butterflies and moths link to log sightings. data collected is used for conservation purposes. If you take in a campsite this year why not take a picture of butterflies , moths and caterpillars and register them once you open an account. There are many identified on the website already and adding yours will enhance data collection.

The power utility has camp sites in BC and unlike the the the dam visitor sites the rec sites are open this spring and summer (avoid weekends) as they are busy then.

First come first serve no reservations are taken.

Hydro rec sites are first come first serve.

On this Day: May 13th 1861

The Great Comet of 1861 is found.

Born in Florence Italy

A nurse and social activist, she practiced what she preached as she lived to 90 years passing August 13th 1910 .Having lived near the start of 2 centuries Florence Nightingales name became closely identified with being a nurse

( angel of the battlefield.)

Red Cross Order of Merit

After a full life including an order of Merit from the Royal Order of the Red Cross, Florence’s death at home surprised many. Heart failure was her end and was not poetic but a reality.

1917 diploma from NVGH
, Nurse training File Photo KDG

Government money available for nursing training…

At least one college in BC is saying that nurse training is a priority, Click above!

On this Day: May 12th 1926

The first airship flight over the North pole.

Hard work tough emotional transference has its one reward moments.

Good day to think about passwords..

Computer virus ?

Today is world password day, observed on the 1st Thursday of May its a good day to mark for changing or recording passwords.

On this Day: May 6th 1835

New York Herald published.

Today Clubhouse art…

File photo KDG Click for location

Group Art Show May 5th- 23rd 2021

May 5th the Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is having a new show at its down town gallery. The Canadian Mental Health Association group Clubhouse is presenting from their Forging Connections program.

Thursday May 6th 2021 there is a meet and greet from 1: 30 – 2:30 Pm as well. Six people in gallery at one time and other Covid- 19 restictions.

The show is regular hours Wednesday through Saturday 11pm – 6PM Sunday 12 noon to 4PM.

The Nicola Valley Art Gallery is at 2051 Voght street ,( take the Kekilui entrance go up the walk.

On this Day: May 5th 1835

First continental railway in Europe.

Toot toot to you…

TGIF- Tax Filing Day…

Today is the day to have filed your 2020 income taxes.

On this Day: April 30th 1897

At the Royal institutional society in London a finding of a sub atomic particle 1800 times smaller then a proton is announced.

Happy World Art Day… Use your Imagination…

Dr. and wife Edmonds Court house gallery show: Internet Identify. Art has healing effects.
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On this Day: April 15th 1892

GE starts to bring good things to life.

Art show for high school grads…

On this Day: April 14th 2003

Human Genome project is done.

Third Wave Stay Put asked for…

The British Columbia health authorities are calling the Covid-19 weekly results as being a third wave ,meaning that surgeries and other health concerns are at risk.

Click on photo for graphs OUCH File Photo KDG

On this Day: April 13th 1870

New York Metro Museum of art comes into being.

Former council member Alistair Murdock File Photo KDG

Of all things people love by the side of their cup of joe, coffee cake reigns supreme. The heavenly aroma and the taste are the factors that make the snack irresistible.

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On this Day: April 7th 1805

Corps of Discovery goes west along the Missouri river.