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Good luck Christmas bird counters…

Alan Burger and the Nicola naturalist Society Incorporated are out today doing their Christmas bird count. Nearly three decades  of service…
Humming bird.

Nice if they counted some of these…

CRA

This is extraordinary as consumption taxes were made to be revenue neutral. With rebates to mitigate lower income payers for taxes raised at the tills.

Perhaps then a billion and a half dollars will be coming out of revenues other than  these and will reappear in rates.

Anyway good luck, take advantage as you may miss out if not.

A little sanity goes away.

Good luck…

Weather

Ai generated photo… Be prepared for anything these days.

The weather is moderate here in Merritt.

Driving is still a serious choice.

Peace and good will to all men ( women)

Gentle Tuesday,this weeks auora.

The sun spots activity is pronounced this week. May see some good colors of light.

May persist …

A storm in the sun has taken place and if the ejection of particules comes to the earth, then by midweek, we should have enjoyed  opportunities for skyscapes. You’ll have a view of some good Aurora Borealis. Depending also on the Weather in your field of view.

Four colours why?

Do not feed stray cats.


SPCA says no

Can carry avian bugs

Do not do it…

Stray cats cannot be kept away from birds and birds can move avian flu very quickly.

Joy needed…

Merry Christmas

This Christmas season you may not want to forget about the people in the other world. They could use a little bit of support. Follow the link above for the Oxfam books that they have to raise money and promote literacy.

Star struck

https://www.youtube.com/

Yes….

I love all that you are…

The Nicola Naturalist Society  INC is having its bird count on Saturday the 14th of December in Merritt BC. This will be the 26th annual count by volunteer members. The stats are compiled and sent to the Audubon Society.

Get counted this Christmas, Heron Nicola River.
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By the By pyro beetle

This pyror beetle showed up after the wildfires of 2023. I believe it was anyway. It was photographed on a wooden edge of an apartment building. These beetles live on burnt wood according to sources.

Pyro beetle

Pineapple Express to bring moisture:

Freezing altitude to drop….

75 to 100 millimeters

By Tuesday in the lower mainland…


A valley somewhere.

This is an Ai generated photo, we asked Gemini to show us the Nicola Valley. Does anybody recognize this as part of the Nicola Valley or any other place?.

Snow is homey in British Columbia. But take care… Use highway cams at drive BC.

Starting Saturday December 7th 2024 snowfall warning for the coquihalla to Hope 1:00  going to 1:00 p.m. on the 8th Sunday. All right

TGIF-Risk and go on..

Photo by Martin on Pexels.com

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?

Climb the mountain of your disadvantage

The classic one from puberty’s plight.

Dime shows

Dime shows peaked during the 1880s and ’90s. The professor often had human freaks and would give discourses and pictures would be taken. However, and it’s not unlikely that The show must Go on in so many lives and that a necessity of sideshows as a distraction was aptly demonstrated in many occurrences.

bless there souls…

Day off  river cleaning:

Dated photo
Snow was dear back then…

Day off takes advantage of snow

This fella had an unexpected day off a year ago or 2 years ago and he decided with the fresh snow that he could do something at the river, so he went down and he sledded what he found as far as recyclable stuff back into the economy.

Sweet