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An April Afternoon
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| Upstate New York, Lake Champlain at Fort Saint Frederic 16 April 2024 |
It was a beautiful Spring day.
And here at 1 AM in the morning, my
throat is sore from a screaming nightmare
that woke me up.
Vivid person appears intent on
harming me in the dream. Out of nowhere,
at a place I don't know, fearing being there,
hearing somebody following me.
Not a good thing for that person
Anger is powerful, my anger.
The scream is louder than usual
because I am certain there is
not going to be good outcome.
Ergo, I awake.
Cough drops at the ready.
Later that morning...
I fell back asleep. Around 4 AM , I woke to a louder scream, different person, same danger though. My throat is slightly scratchy. Beautiful sunny day, I went out and had a relaxing time, bought and planted violas, lunch at McD, and a thrift store stop. I picked up a few lovely small containers for my picnic basket.
There's a gorgeous ecru leather sofa there that I would buy in a heartbeat if I had the room. I also bought a small postal scale for letters from April 1988...1st class...$0.25 cents!
Anyway, I believe the nightmares are due to a heavy (for me) stress event this week that I volunteered for. As it is, I think it is best to let that go; and try a less stressful event.
Painting in Spring
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| Park at Asnieres in Spring 1887 Vincent Van Gogh 1853 ~ 1890 oil on canvas ~ wikiart.org |
For painting, as a child I loved the subject of spring the most. The joyful feeling of so many colorful flowers out of winter's white was magic to me.
If you can get out and about, then consider taking pictures of the flowers and trees of spring.
Paint your favorite image of spring.
Buds, Videos & the Gimbal
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| White Lilac Tree Budding 2024 |
The trees and shrubs are often neglected for photographs when they are budding. This year I set out deliberately with my old Samsung phone to take pictures of the bits of green showing.
I was disappointed in the many pictures I took. The photo above is heavily edited. I use the Samsung cell phone camera because it is so easy to upload the images to my computer; and, it takes much better pictures than my iphone 13, way better. Unfortunately, the cell phone LCD screen doesn't display well enough for me to take quick pictures that will turn out well.
At present, I'm still heavy into daily watching YouTube wild camping videos. There are about a half dozen campers that I regularly watch with 3 of them being the most watched. It takes talent to put together a good video. The 3 that I watch a lot are excellent video creators.
Are there homemade videos that you regularly watch?
What do you look for in a video the most (that makes for good viewing)?
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| Crocus 2024 |
Music. If the music is too loud, overly dramatic, or just does not fit the atmosphere of what the films is about, the entire video can become not so great to watch.
Talking. If there is too much talking going on, then it interferes with my enjoyment of the scenery.
Sadly, there's a wonderful YouTube channel of travelers who hike, that just about describes every detail of what is being filmed. As in writing, don't hog the audience experience. Show, don't tell thing.
Baked Kale Chips
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| Baked Kale Chips & Garlic Powder |
The first time making baked kale chips with garlic powder is probably my last.
They are a fun texture to eat.
They are not a fun flavor. Note, that my sense of smell and taste has been greatly limited since the covid booster in 2022. Sadly, I was able to taste the kale chips.
I had to shovel them in, chew, and chase with spring water in order to tolerate them.
I didn't use any oil, just wash and bake on low.
I might use them crushed up to add to another veggie or salad.
The Return of Old Growth Forests
This is a very interesting documentary. There is good information about trees, and the forests. Enjoy
Poetry Thursday: Eliza Cook 1818 ~ 1889
From The Poetical Works of Eliza Cook,
Song of the Seagull, last stanza
Song of the Seagull, last stanza
We hold our course o'er the deep or the land,
O'er the swelling tide or weed-grown strand;
We are safe and joyous when mad waves roll,
We sport o'er the whirlpool, the rock, and the shoal;--
Away on the winds we plume our wings,
And soar the freest of all free things
Oh! the sea-gull leads a merry life
In the glassy calm or tempest strife.
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| Eliza Cook |
Ninteenth Century sing songy poetry is easier to read under a big shady tree on a sunny summer's day with a nice picnic spread out on a flowery blanket.
Reading other stanzas of the poem quoted above, I didn't find myself breezing along. The wording didn't go comfy with my 21st Century senses. Strange. I grew up reading such metered lines of poety. Thus, my youthful brain was more at ease than my elderly mind of today.
If you have a chance to read old poetry, then give it a try. Despite the wordiness, sweetness excess (imho), the experience can be refreshing in the way of contrasts.
Thoughts About Keeping It Simple
I had a thought yesterday about what I was going to post. After deciding on a post title, I search the Internet to make sure the words aren't being used in some way. Nowadays, with so many millions of people online, it is very difficult to find a genuine title you create that isn't in some way of wording, being used already by someone else.
Thus, the title I chose was tossed because it is the name is too close to a television series title, The Edge of Everything (HBO).
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| Ink drawing 2001 |
Anyway, the thought is about how being on the edge of an idea or on the verge of something, I feel that we can get lost in adding too much detail. Keeping it simple isn't as simple as it should be. Nobody, methinks, likes forgetting something important. The plan should be thorough, the best it can be.
Is there a trick to keeping it simple?
If minimilism is the theme, then simple is easy.
If not, then struggle city we go.
For down sizing aka simplifying life, I decided to only keep the books that fit on my bookshelf, the pans I cook with, the dishes I use, and, the clothes I like that I actually wear. I wish myself a lot of luck getting that done.
Solar Eclipse 8 April 2024
The solar eclipse from here in northwestern Vermont was a magical event. The total dark part didn't last long enough.
I used a glasses' filter over an old cell phone lens. The photograph is of the eclipse about half way through. None of the other photos show the Moon or any part of the phases.
Did you have a chance to see the eclipse?
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| Solar Eclipse over Vermont during the dark totality |
Day 97 of Week 14 March 2024
A beverage center is a must for me. I don't know why, but it makes me feel organized, spiffy, relaxed. With all I need right there, there's no turning around to see dishes in the sink or have reason to go hunting for something or other.
Moving things, I found more dishes to donate on the top shelf. So a packing them up I go for a thrift store drop off next week.
Do you have a beverage center counter space?
Have a best beverage weekend!
Make homemade pasta
Draw a bird
Dance with a partner
Read about the history of rayon
Write a letter to a friend
Organize a hike with your family
Create a playlist
Plan a vacation
Put together a paint & picnic tote
Earthquakes & Earth's Geomagnetic Field
Near Whitehouse, New Jersey this morning at 10:23 UTC, a 4.7 magnitued Earthquake, 7.0 km, NNE at 4.7 km in depth.
Earthquake 4.8It was so weird to feel and see movement, I sent in a report to the United States Geological Society (USGS). Then I checked their earthquake make to see a red dot! There actually was an earthquake at the time I felt it.
My symptoms include no sleep at night, wide awake like insomnia episode from one to multiple nights in a row. It is going on a week since I slept before 5 AM. When I wake up after a strong earthquake, I feel very rested, cozy, lighter. That hasn't happened this week.
I also have physical sensations that range in intensity (smooth - edgy), vertigo, bed, chair or ground swaying, and a feeling of passing out.
2024 6.0 and higher, significant earthquakes:
Note, all are in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Ring of Fire
April
5th 6.8 Northern Mariana Island (Pacific Ocean)
3rd 6.4 Taiwan
2nd 7.4 Taiwan
March
27th 6.7 Vanuatu (Pacific Ocean)
27th 6.4 Vanuatu
23rd 6.9 Papua New Guinea
22nd 6.4 Indonesia
16th 6.8 Macquarie Island Region
That's a lot of shaking going on for Earth. I haven't read an analysis report, whether this is an increase, normal activity phase or whatever.
From what I have read about humans predicting earthquakes, there is no scientific evidence to explain why or what is going on in humans. I myself cannot predict when an earthquake is going to happen. There have been times when I have said there is an earthquake going on because I have a symptom as it happens, not before.
An earthquake can be on the other side of the Earth from my location. That range of distance is creepy because when the tectonic plates shift, rock grinding against rock, sound traveling over 3000 miles doesn't fit what I know about science. The Earth geomagnetic field makes sense to me. I believe Earth is a living system, not just parts making up the whole.
There's probably thousand of folks that pay no attention to a brief wooziness now and then.
On the prediction aspect of earthquakes, I believe that folks with the ability to see into the future can predict an earthquake to the region, but maybe not the date and time. I know of no study of such a phenomena or project to increase human earthquake predictability.
I daily, sometimes check multiple times the USGS earthquake map. More this last 12 months or so because there's a feeling I have to do that. If I ever have a significant strong feeling there is going to be a major earthquake in a specific area, then I would report it through the appropriate channels. The scientists can do what they will with the information. My guess is there are enough scientists that won't be dismissive that maybe the report will help in some way. I hope someday there is a reporting procedure for folks like me to report our symptoms.
Today's earthquake in New Jersey has thousands of reports from folks sent in.
Did you feel the New Jersey earthquake?
Do you have symptom experiences?
P.S.
National Academy of Sciences of the USA
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