Darren Kirby

This is just a couple of the 'florets'. There must have been 30 or so of them on the entire patch!

Our previous neighbors did, on both sides.

Which park is this?

I have, when I was driving truck for a living. Got pulled in for commercial inspection at the scale in Enterprise, NWT. The guy pulled off my fuel caps and shone a flashlight inside.

I'm not sure how they'd even be able to tell in a regular vehicle, as the collar is so narrow and has a flap.

Your 49 seconds of Zen for today: Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bee slumber party on goldenrod up in the Grandby Valley north of Grand Forks, BC. 🐝

Hi Pratab. Sorry, I've been out of town camping.

Nice picture, I've added you as a contributor.

A metallic blue wasp collecting pollen from a daisy like flower.

Found One in Blue!

Emerald Wasp in sapphire on wild Scentless Chamomile.

Chrysididae
Tripleurospermum inodorum
🌿

I would watch these guys working whilst waiting to load at Interfor at Adams Lake and Castlegar. Definitely looked like the funnest job at the mill...

Bedtime booty. 🐝

I fucking have. I pulled b-train decks for over 15 years, and vans for another 10 before that. Somehow I managed to not hit any pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, or any other fucking thing in those 25 years of being a commercial driver.

Just shut the fuck up...

They've been doing this since Explorer vs. Navigator.

12 Monkeys...

@sasseymills.bsky.social says it's on Tubi!

And yes, I saw yours. Looks right fucked up haha. From the year I was born. I'll look for it.

Oh, is it! Excellent. I'll be watching for the second time tonight then!

I don't even recall where I came across it, as it was some time ago that I watched it. I may have torrented it. I don't think I've seen it on any of the typical streaming outfits.

But yeah, worth seeing. Don't read the Wikipedia plot synopsis (if you haven't already). Better to go in cold.

It is a sci-fi/time travel film with absolutely no special effects. Everything is done in story. All the science fiction is delivered in the plot and dialogue, with incredible 'mind fuck' results. It's a reminder that good films just need good writing, and not huge budgets or SFX.

I'm not sure how obscure this is, but certainly no one I've talked to has seen or heard of it: the 2007 Spanish film 'Time Crimes' (Los cronocrímenes). I'm a big fan of time-travel films where the paradox is dealt with intelligently, and this one is it...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timecri...

A slightly dishevelled chickadee perches on a branch. The background is an out of focus wash of greens and blues.

Black-capped chickadee found on the Terrace Loop trail at North Thompson River PP in Clearwater, BC. 🪶

#birds #birding

It's amazing how both the singles, and the Live-aid concert were so slap-dash, but it really came together. Pete Townsend talking about how The Who were bullied into it 😆

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation.

I watched the first two episodes. Great doco.

It's interesting, looking back to the time, I remember thinking both songs weren't that great because of my music-snobbery, but the documentary (and Bob) make a great point of how the song(s) were not important, and just thrown together in hours.

I did not. We just popped in for ~20 minutes whilst passing through to recon the pollinator garden for the bee walk next month. I did see a calliope in the milkweed haha

I'll look for the swifts when we return 🙂

A bee with a mostly black abdomen enters the blossom of a foxglove flower to collect pollen. The background is an out of focus wash of green.

Unidentified bee in foxglove. Syringa PP, Castlegar, BC 🐝

Image of two baby wrens on branches. Photo by Serene Maisley.

It's wren week!
Little ones are dropping fr the nests & checking out their neighbourhood.
Watching the first to drop to the ground, scurry to cover, then chirp and encourage the smaller/more feeble ones to 'come on down'. Some needed an hour of encouragement but eventually they all took off.

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Visit nearby Coulter Park if you haven't already...

When you go camping in Canada, you're going to see (and hear) a loon 😁

I've seen two, at two different lakes in the last week.

Your hope and optimism soften my steeled heart. Keep being brave and strong. 🙌

Added. Thanks, Lisa.

Thank you!

Thank you! It's not even that great a story haha, just a broken branch that ripped our tent.