Thinking of a Norwegian sailor who was a customer of my late boss . Lived above Santa cruz with a view of the bay . He was a mate on sailing ships .
He opened his sea chest and had shown me the horn of a Narwhal.
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I dislike very much waking up to the sound of chainsaws and the ensuing ‘thhhummmph’ of another fallen tree. Then another. P’s me off. Joni Mitchell comes to mind.
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It happens in my old, leafy city neighborhood a lot. Not because of rebuilding, but because the old trees die. When I moved into my place, there were huge oak trees in front of my windows. They belonged to the building next door. They’ve all been cut down now, and I get to stare at parking pavement. I miss the bired and their singing, too.
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Toronto’s High Park Cherry Blossom tracker
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Thank you!
I checked out Merlin this morning! I like how you can see all the birds you’ve heard, and the ones that are singing light up!
This was 10 minutes, after which it asked if I wanted to keep recording.
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Sometimes, life provides just enough comedy to make up for the darker times. Here for it.
Life IS a cabaret, old chum 
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People will pay me not to sing and dance!
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People pay me to sing, but my dance moves could use a lot of work 
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Very cool! I just downloaded it.
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Wow! Going to send this to my mom.
We have a lot of birdsong early in the morning, and are always guessing what the birds are (other than the koyal/ koel, which is completely distinctive).
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I’ve taught a dance class. Literally twice.
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I use a similar app, PictureBird for bird song. Love using it when we’re down in FL since the avian population is different from home.
I discovered it after having downloaded PictureThis to identify plants and flowers on my walks. I get a kick out of the different plant names.
There’s also Picture Mushroom, but I haven’t used it much yet. I’m less of a forager than an explorer / seeker of knowledge that I proceed to immediately forget.
As evidenced by many pics I took of the same flippin’ plant 
Sigh. I am so OVER winter at this point, We got a few flurries a day or so ago. WTF? It’s mid-April!
Get it together, weather! Sheesh 
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Yeah. Same here. I think it’s switched over to rain, but it’s just gross out.
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Wow, you got real snow. When I stumbled into the kitchen this morning I looked out the window and saw some white stuff covering the lawns and roofs. Took a minute to realize it was snow 
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