John Fodi

I should state that Lisa is still one of my favorites, especially her work with Dead Can Dance.

YouTube video by Lisa Gerrard Lisa Gerrard & Marcello De Francisci — 'Until We Meet Again' (Official Video)

J's Tune of the Day 🎧

Ever since I discovered Nightwish at the end of May, I have found it hard to listen to anything else. But in the interest of variety, I offer one of my pre-NW favorites: Lisa Gerrard.

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The hypocrisy of our fascist regime is staggering.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are highly over-populated in the vicinity of my Lapeer County R&S site. If I did not construct barriers such as that shown here, deer browsing would keep trees such as this white oak (Quercus alba) permanently stunted. 🌰

Here is one for those who appreciate clouds and skyscapes (in addition to landscapes).

#Landscape

The View from East Point

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Most of the acorns are of northern red oak (Quercus rubra), a species that always seems to produce a lot every year.

I once planted acorns and other nuts one by one but found that the establishment rate was very low and the reward was not worth the effort. I now leave nuts in a pile in the midst of an area in which I desire them to establish and let squirrels and chipmunks do the work for me. 🌰

Wow! Great image!

One can't serve God and money, pope says on day he signs text on poverty Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 4 signed his first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te ("I Have Loved You"), which will be released Oct. 9.

There is a lot of wealth in the world. Would it not be nice if it could be applied to eradicating poverty rather than be squandered on luxuries, comforts, and conveniences?

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Nicely captured.

Is not climate "change" a fake news-hoax? That is what our god-emperor-lord-savior-messiah says, and he surely would not lie to us; would he?

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They both look so different without long hair. Jukka also looks very young.

Yes, I should have specified to whom the edibility referred.

I will need to check that when they return. Under our current drought conditions, they did not last long. 🙁 They are a bit like mushroom jerky now.

Yes, Emppu looks so different without long hair. Tuomas and Jukka are rather young-looking as well. But notwithstanding, the music was still great!

A Forest Mystery (Part 8 of 8)

But there is one further mystery. All of the raccoons seem to have survived the fall unharmed, for there was no sign of them at the base of the tree. There was some scat on the trail leading away from the campsite.

A Forest Mystery (Part 7 of 8)

I conclude that the snarling raccoon was pursing the whimpering raccoons and that the latter climbed the tree in order to escape. A female with grown cubs being harassed by an aggressive male?

A Forest Mystery (Part 6 of 8)

The tree was full of walnuts, but 1. raccoon teeth are not suited to opening the very hard shells of black walnuts, and 2. there were plenty of walnuts on the ground.

A Forest Mystery (Part 5 of 8)

My conclusion is that enough raccoons (which are adept climbers) were on the branch to have cleanly broken it off. But why were they up there?

A Forest Mystery (Part 4 of 8)

The branch fell from a height of about forty feet. The stub can be seen on two of the images, pointing upward and to the left. The question is, what brought the branch down?

A Forest Mystery (Part 3 of 8)

The next morning, I found that a sizeable branch (about 15’ long and 3” in diameter at its base) had fallen from the black walnut (Juglans nigra) adjacent to the campsite. It was a living branch without any decay.

A Forest Mystery (Part 2 of 8)

I have heard the sounds in the past, and I believe them to be raccoons (Procyon lotor), which seem to have a surly disposition. The animal sounds ended when I heard the crack of breaking wood.

A Forest Mystery (Part 1 of 8)

I recently camped at my Lapeer County site in order to enjoy the nighttime songs of tree crickets (Oecanthinae) and avoid time wasted in transit. At one point I awoke to the sounds of animal activity in my campsite, sounds best described as snarling and whimpering.🌿