Single Malts - and other odd Musings
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Lovely Wind Turbines
I believe this is The Amherst Wind Farm commissioned in April of 2012 in Cumberland County near the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia Border - as this was where I was traveling when I took this photograph - the farm hosts 15 Suzlon S97 turbines with a capacity of 2.1 MW each with a total capacity of 31.5 MW.
The Skink - IV
(the sequence is a little skewed - my son and I photographed the skink nearer the ground - see the ivy on the tree - then as he and she watched it climb rapidly higher I snapped their photo)
Old Cellar Window - w/Luna Moth
Luna moth
Actias luna (Linnaeus, 1758)
This
moth is often mistakenly referred to as the Lunar Moth, instead of the
Luna Moth. It is also sometimes referred to as the American Moon Moth.
The Luck of the Draw
This old dead gum gave up the ghost and crashed across my drive while I was out this a.m. - I had walked under it twice about an hour before but luckily it stayed intact at the time.
Finished Today
The intense heat and humidity of the last few days slowed down the completion of the permanent portion of the wind-break for out bee hives but all but one board on the east wing are now done providing both protection from the wintry gales that howl around our front yard in the winter and provide a small privacy to the bees from the lane.
Black Velvet Bolete - Tylopilus alboatur
The black velvet bolete is listed as a choice edible mushroom so I may have misidentified this Bolete because after satisfying myself that this was the Black Velvet (and since it was a bolete that was not brusing blue upon being opened - as in the last photo - I did not bother with a spore identification as I knew that the worst that could be was a non-palatable taste upon cooking) I brushed it clean and removed the porous sponge-like gill section then sliced the lovely white meat of the crown into small pieces and using olive oil gently grilled these for five to ten minutes. When I chewed one small section the taste was quite bitter so I spate it out and rinsed my mouth with water, put the cooked and un-cooked pieces in the compost and washed the round iron grill, that I had used, very carefully. It might have been just my own personal reaction to that particular mushroom and that it was identified correctly or maybe it was just a Black Bolete look-a-like - for sure next time I will do a spore identification first
The Silver Dart
I called this posting The Silver Dart because of the sheen of the dragon-fly's wings not because I recognized the type;
"The dragonfly has been a subject of intrigue in
every single continent it is found in, and with each civilization, has
developed a unique meaning to it, its behavior and its lifestyle.The word Dragonfly and the family it
belongs to, Odonata, have evolved from the many myths associated with
Dragonflies and their taxonomic cousins, the Damselflies. The word
Dragonfly has its source in the myth that Dragonflies were once Dragons.
The family name Odonata
comes from the Greek word for tooth as Odonates were believed to have teeth, it
is a verified fact now that while they don’t have ‘teeth’ per say, they have
strong mandibles that they use to crush their prey.
The dragonfly normally lives most of its life as
a nymph or an immature. It flies only for a fraction of its life and usually
not more than a few months. This adult dragonfly does it all in these few
months and leaves nothing to be desired.
The eyes of the dragonfly are amazing and awe inspiring. Almost 80% of the insect’s brain power is dedicated to its sight. It can see in all 360 degrees around it."
The eyes of the dragonfly are amazing and awe inspiring. Almost 80% of the insect’s brain power is dedicated to its sight. It can see in all 360 degrees around it."
The
dragonfly has been a subject of intrigue in every single continent it
is found in, and with each civilization, has developed a unique meaning
to it, its behavior and its lifestyle.
The family name Odonata comes from the Greek word for tooth as Odonates
were believed to have teeth, it is a verified fact now that while they
don’t have ‘teeth’ per say, they have strong mandibles that they use to
crush their prey.
- See more at: http://www.dragonfly-site.com/meaning-symbolize.html#sthash.ydWXqvDU.dpuf
The
dragonfly has been a subject of intrigue in every single continent it
is found in, and with each civilization, has developed a unique meaning
to it, its behavior and its lifestyle.
The family name Odonata comes from the Greek word for tooth as Odonates
were believed to have teeth, it is a verified fact now that while they
don’t have ‘teeth’ per say, they have strong mandibles that they use to
crush their prey.
- See more at: http://www.dragonfly-site.com/meaning-symbolize.html#sthash.ydWXqvDU.dpuf
The
dragonfly has been a subject of intrigue in every single continent it
is found in, and with each civilization, has developed a unique meaning
to it, its behavior and its lifestyle.
The family name Odonata comes from the Greek word for tooth as Odonates
were believed to have teeth, it is a verified fact now that while they
don’t have ‘teeth’ per say, they have strong mandibles that they use to
crush their prey.
- See more at: http://www.dragonfly-site.com/meaning-symbolize.html#sthash.ydWXqvDU.dpuf
