Crocus flowers
File photo KDG
The forecast here in Merritt at 700 meters is for near 20 C for Sunday. Resurrection tulips are pulling hard…
On this day: April 13th 1997
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters.
Category: Vegtable soup
Nicola Avenue Merritt lit up for after pavement and traffic island redo.
The writ has not dropped yet however there is an Elections BC office on Voght St. here in Merritt across from the Credit Union.
The Incumbent Jackie Tegart has an election office in the Rail Yard Mall, her constituency office remains the same at 2152 Quilchena avenue. Harry Lali is nominated for the NDP.
The Writ period is 50 days,( usual ) . The writ day is April 11th according to elections BC. April 18th is the last day to register as a candidate. The General vote is May 9th. making the writ period 19days in April and 9 days in May . That makes for 28 days of campaigning.
On this Day: April 7th 1906
Mount Vesuvius erupts destroying Naples Italy.
Symbols are a funny thing, sometimes used to reinforce power there gets to be a hand behind them. Sometimes random events bring symbols together and there is a feeling that they need interpretation so that our conscious minds ( if only that )can attempt action.
On Saturday last I noticed a new beaver swimming in the Nicola River here in Merritt it was headed downstream to the foot bridge area behind the Merritt Desert Inn. There it had a 4 inch in circumference root peeled back about six feet and protruding over the flow of water. There it was laying about a foot above the river on the stripped white wood, seemingly relaxed.
It looked so relaxed in its perch you would think it was a nesting bird.
The thought struck me that the fact that his plate was secure made him feel more secure and happy. An affinity began to develop and a distant memory of a time I was fishing through the Ice with a preschool youngster who was much taken by the small fish we were pulling through the ice with corn as bait. He abandoned his desire to see fish pulled through the ice when ne appeared with the yellow corn kernel outside its mouth. ” Ah he was just hungry” and that was it for our fish gathering that day.
Food security is a common need, according to councillors its one of the three that need to be filled before social abilities are fully useful. The hundred KG gold Canadian coin taken from the museum in Germany on the weekend was an interesting symbol with the queen on the front I wonder if it was a Nickel Coin with our national symbol the beaver on it, and what that symbol means to those over there?
Canadian Beaver
File Photo KDG
Peace and security to you and yours.
On this Day: March 28th 1920
Andrea Rogers quilt hangs in the city hall foyer File Photo KDG
Andrea Rogers a long time resident from Merritt came here from post war Holland in 1948 and lived in the historic down town core with her husband a liberator of the Dutch and a veteran.
Andrea went to Kamloops for assisted living and to be near her sister a few years ago, she taught piano and was an enthusiastic artist gardener and community supporter.
On this Day: March 17th 1992
A referendum to end Apart ide in South Africa carries by nearly 70 percent of the vote.
( 2.8 million cast votes for 85 percent of registered voters)
Visitor to the Nicola Valley
Ran a program with youth
File Photo KDG
Butterflies have a following in the Nicola Valley.
The Nicola Naturalists are having their March meeting on Thursday the 16th . The speaker will be local Bob Scafe and will present butterflies and Moths of the Nicola Valley.
Bob is an active member of the Nicola Naturalists, a keen photographer and a very enthusiastic investigator of butterflies and moths. Bob’s presentation on this topic was very popular so we’re getting him back with new photos and new information on these colorful insects. Bob’s documentation of our local butterflies and moths is a popular feature of the Nicola Naturalist Society website – .. Come and see great photos and learn about these interesting members of the Nicola Valley area fauna.
Start time is 7PM at the NVIT lecture hall, top of the hill Belshaw Ave. in Merritt BC. Membership or donation requested
On this Day: March 15th 1892
The Liverpool Fo0tball Club is established.
Google mapping car computer driven clocks atomatically change
File Photo KDG
The time changes on Sunday, March 12th at two AM in the morning, you don’t need to be up to change your clocks…. Spring ahead Fall back!
Editors note; check your settings in your devices and be aware of clocks that are not automatic…
On this Day: March 10th 1947
Born Kim Campbell, first women Prime Minister of Canada.
A sign displayed at a new local pre owned businees in the down town of Merritt.
Photo KDG
The Nicola Valley Film society is presenting its March film on the 13th. The film is entitled Our Little Sister, the start time is 7:PM at the NVIT lecture theater, admission is 5 dollars with a 2 dollar season membership. No food or drink in the theater.
NVIT is the local community college and is at the top of the hill on Belshaw avenue in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada.
https://nicolavalleyfilmsociety.wordpress.com/
On this Day: March 9th 1959
Barbie débuts at a toy fair.
Eagle eyes Looking for spring Photo KDG
On this Day: March 7th 1985
People and birds are weary of winter here in the south central part of BC. Even though its the shortest winter since the thirteenth century ending on March 20th.
We are the World is released.
The government is blowing out the monitoring well next to the library. The well is used to see what solids are in the aquifer “every thing except biological ” source. The well also has a n aluminum box with instruments .
Merritt is currently having a UV microbe killing system installed at all its producing water wells.
On this Day: February 24th 1955
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and Pixar is Born.
Moon at three quarter August Merritt BC
Photo KDG
There will be a subtle eclipse of the moon this weekend . The event should be visible if there is no cloud cover at moon rise tonight here on the west coast.
A light shadow will be visible for two days as the penumbral event sees the moon pass through the earths shadow. There is comet activity as well this evening.
On this Day: February 10th 1870
The YMCA is founded.
File: Photo: KDG
The temperature in Merritt ( 700 meters above sea level) is -7 Celsius. However there must be some warm upper level trough as freezing rain is spitting on the ground. A traveler at Starbucks said that the freeway to Hope is closed till at least 2PM this afternoon. Unconfirmed: he saw a half dozen vehicles in the ditch after having difficulty with freezing rain.
The freeways have video cams at the summit, and once again we recommend that you do not do unnecessary driving when winter conditions are in effect. The Coquihalla highway to the Okanagan was designated as a road way subject to quick on set of unfavorable conditions.
That said it is about an hour under best conditions from Hope to Merritt.
There is public weather alerts at:
https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc and Drive BC has highway cams for your safety and convenience.
On this Day: February 9th 1971
Apollo 14 returns from the moon. from their 9 day trip.
Nicola Avenue Merritt lit up for after pavement and traffic island redo.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is a condition that is like what its anachronism implies SAD . A low feeling of mood contributed by less light in winter or more in summer. It is believed to be a treatable condition with full spectrum artificial lighting. The term full spectrum lighting is a marketing term and high spectrum lighting may refer to blue light boxes that filter out other colors.
“Full-spectrum” is not a technical term when applied to an electrical light bulb but rather a marketing term implying that the product emulates natural light.[1]
Products marketed as “full-spectrum” may produce light throughout the entire spectrum, but actually do not produce an even spectral distribution, and may not even differ substantially from lights not marketed as “full-spectrum”.[
Sleep time is a matter of biological clock and can be effected by less light in winter this can be addressed by numbers of disciplines including dark therapy, (sleep mask)and behaviour therapy ( don’t be in bed except for sleep and relations.)
If you feel better after spending money then there are many ways to do that but understanding that your bio-clock may be out from a differentschedule is a key to making adjustments.
On this Day: February 9th 1922
Brazil joins the Berne Convention, treaty for copyright.
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