After five weeks in the woods of central Idaho, camping out nearly every night, I have accumulated plenty of pictures and memories. Being away from highways and towns enables me to get pictures of the landscape and sky with no billboards, power lines, or strip malls.
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note of any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or flowers. All are worthy additions to the bucket. Please let us know what is going on around you in a comment. Include, as close as is comfortable for you, where you are located. Each note is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the patterns that are quietly unwinding around us.
The last picture was taken at sunset yesterday, with thunderheads looming over the mountains. That storm missed my area, as did the next one. But late last night it began to rain, and it's still raining at mid-day today. Rather than slogging through the wet brush, I took some time off and headed for a nearby coffee shop.
I won't be able to constantly monitor this diary, so post your local observations and I will check in whenever I can.
"Green Diary Rescue" is Back!
After a hiatus of over 1 1/2 years, Meteor Blades has revived his excellent series. As MB explained, this weekly diary is a "round-up with excerpts and links... of the hard work so many Kossacks put into bringing matters of environmental concern to the community... I'll be starting out with some commentary of my own on an issue related to the environment, a word I take in its broadest meaning."
"Green Diary Rescue" will be posted every Saturday at 1:00 pm Pacific Time on the Daily Kos front page. Be sure to recommend and comment in the diary.