To the seasons of life
The Nicola naturalist Society is having its monthly meeting on May 19th 2022. The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. in the Nicola Valley institute of technology lecture theater. Free parking, no food or drinking the theater.
Dandy lions and bees. So does everybody know that Google is said to have rented goats and got service from both ends on its lawns at it’s headquarters. That begs the question what other nuisance is employed against the grain of some people’s sensibility.
When coming to the environment one must be careful there is something in it to offend everyone and often it does.
There are literally hundreds of these little creatures that we call bees. Some are pollinators extraordinary which when it comes to some flowering weeds might put them on the wrong side of you. Manicured lawns often do better with lots of watering that seems weeds take advantage of it when there isn’t this much watering.
Utilities box with new graphics Photo KDG
Before we go silly with this there are good reasons for this endeavor as it relates to the environment.
One being :
In the absence of naturally occurring coloration a substitute for light colors such as white over dark colors such as black will decrease the absorption of heat and promote the reflection of light and heat back towards space.This is a good thing especially in times when the white reflective pools covered in snow and ice are diminishing and showing dark ground that would love to absorb any heat that was available. As well painted panoramas of live trees may have a calming effect on some people as they walk about or drive about. You could test this theory by painting some relief of weedy ground maybe ad a goat. Some how this idea lacks comfort in my viewpoint. So that leaves the actual property Care at home that would have less of a permanence and be comforting in the fact that it can be managed and it’s not forever.
The province of British Columbia how often puts on fire safe courses and I know from experience that they’re easily questioned and open the discussions on what’s the best way to make your property fire safe and at the same time not inconveniencing the present ability of the property.
The time in the spring that dandelions are a nuisance is only compounded by the fact that they spread seeds however you can spread your seeds you can put them in a pile on the dry out nicely in the window pick them up and send them away and if you get big black plastic bags to deal with them they’re out of your control by for part of the time that they go to the landfill perhaps try a black polyethylene sheet a black polyethylene sheet glued out on the ground to absorb heat, place the dandelions and Weeds on it and just get an idea of how quickly they can be dried out in a way that makes disposal in a local burial pit practical.
Being blind to the fact this youngster could be nefarious conductor of heat you might say more everywhere please.No no weeds under concrete!
Yes, and this conductor doesn’t have an orchestra. It only conducts heat and cold and it’s up to you on how you employ it which it will choose to do. So you could plan it’s they so it wouldn’t be lost and lonely and it could be productive preserving heat for when you need it and conducting the cool 😎 when most beneficial to you. That’s also your value to begin it is like contractors city planners and more. The way you put these things out and the way you plant around them can be as planned as you want it to be.
So back to our main topic those dandelions, round up the cost of not buying toxic poisons and make a donation at your local outlet that offers these things or to organizations like mind it to you in your rebirth has a environmentally astute liver.
Stay safe ❤️
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Tomorrow is Earth Day since 1970 the world has had an Earth Day. And the music that’s in the photo of the deer down below is from artist John Denver, proclaiming that celebrate Earth Day everyday is the way to go. Happy planet!
The Nicola Naturalist Society is having it’s April meeting on the 21st at 7:00 p.m. at the NVIT lecture theater. They’re fond of saying all are welcome membership or donation is requested.
This month’s speaker is Camille Rbberge, At biologist taking her master’s degree at the Thompson Rivers University.
Her presentation will be on moose and whether or not cut blocks are beneficial to their habitat.
The local Merritt Naturalists are going out to count birds this Saturday, December 18th, 2021. The club has a 22 KM, circle area for their count. Data is submitted to the continent corresponding count, conducted by the Audubon’s.
You can contact the local club to report a bird sighting or interest at nicolanaturalists@gmail.com.
The Great White Fleet begins its trip around the world on the high seas.
The November meeting of the Nicola Naturalist Society was postponed to December 16th 2021. Elaine Sedgman from Kamloops will present a postponed show from May 2020 and October at the NVIT lecture theater on next Thursday at 7:pm.
She believes in the native quality of BC bees to pollinate.
Montreal becomes the first North American city to have a YMCA.
The Nicola Naturalists are having their members photo night. The venue is tomorrow night at the NVIT lecture theater at 7PM.
NVIT top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt BC.
We keep the necessary business meeting short so there is ample time to enjoy local nature photos taken by our talented membership. We haven’t seen members’ photos on the big screen for many months so this will be a gala occasion.
NNS
Light bulb begins patent process..
This post is not meant to be a complete guide to poison safety. We only want to draw attention to the observance. More attention to poison safety then what is published here is required.
Some Black Berries can be poisoned,. You need to be aware of the colours of berries and other traits to be confident to eat them.
The frost can ferment berries in fall and winter making large animals eating them drunken visitors.
The battle of Salamis’; Persians defeated by Greeks .
The fall equinox marks the end of summer, it can be anywhere from September 21st to 24th, there has not been a September 21st equinox for thousands of years. this highlights the weight of time that went in to the orbit cycles and its consistency
At 3:21 PM Eastern time the earth will enjoy 12 hrs light and 12 hours dark as the days start to move to the Winter Solstice, then the northern hemisphere tips its full 23 degrees away from the sun making the shortest daylight in that 24 hour cycle on December 21st 2021, in 91 days.
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