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Sprague’s Pond is smallish water body in a suburban setting. The pond covers an area of about 2.5 acres. On the pond’s northwestern side is a mini park with playground and a grassy area. Two ...
by BrownsBay
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 06:00 AM PST
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The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a citizen science project that I’ve participated in for over 10 years. Our local CBC is organized by the Pilchuck Audubon Society . What is the ...
by BrownsBay
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on Tue Dec 26, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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Bellingham, WA Pacific Northwest October 2023 The Northwest Mushroomers’ Association held their 31st annual Fall mushroom show In late October, the prime collecting time of the year in the Pacific Northwest. This show, hosted at Western Washington...
by RonK
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on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 07:35 AM PST
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I’m not one to argue when my wife texts me from her work on Saturday with: “Do you want to drive the Mountain Loop Highway tomorrow?” This, after all, was her idea, which is better than if it ...
by BrownsBay
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on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on magic mushrooms. For roughly six hours, adults over 21 can experience what many users ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Welcome to Overnight News Digest- Saturday Science. Since 2007 the OND has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat May 20, 2023 at 08:55 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, where politics meets up with religion, nature, art, food, and life. Come in, have a cuppa and a cookie (or three!), and join us.
At my farm, we’ve just ...
by Aashirs nani
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on Sun Apr 30, 2023 at 01:06 PM PDT
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“ Magical , Youff? Isn’t that hyperbole?”
Well, maybe a little bit, because I’m not talking about psilocybin mushrooms.
But there are so many different types of edible mushroom, each with ...
by Youffraita
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on Fri May 12, 2023 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, the place where politics meets up with religion, art, nature, food, and life. Come in, have a cuppa and a cookie (or three!), and join us.
My “farm” ...
by Aashirs nani
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on Sat Mar 04, 2023 at 01:06 PM PST
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The Overnight News Digest is a nightly chronicle of the day's news. Each editor makes his or her own story selection for that day's digest and publishes the compilation typically around midnight ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Feb 11, 2023 at 08:59 PM PST
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In my work email inbox was this: Subject: vacation in Wisconsin? We just signed a contract for *** —�site visits next week Great free beer Four days after that email, I’m on a flight from ...
by BrownsBay
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on Tue Nov 15, 2022 at 06:00 AM PST
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Not my problem Commentary by Chitown Kev I’m not at all surprised that�American politics is experiencing�various outbreaks of anti-Blackness as Election Day approaches. The strains vary, of ...
by Black Kos
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on Tue Oct 18, 2022 at 02:01 PM PDT
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If you recall, last year I stumbled across a lovely place that had more mushrooms than I’ve ever seen in one place. This year is just as good for the summer monsoon season so we headed back up to ...
by sandbear75
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on Tue Aug 23, 2022 at 07:52 AM PDT
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Pacific Northwest
Whatcom County
Washington State
The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s ...
by RonK
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on Mon May 09, 2022 at 07:21 AM PDT
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Ryan Morales (candidate for Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture) and Adam Hattersley (former Rep and candidate for Florida’s CFO) recently visited Nassau County Dems to rally them for the upcoming midterms but one thing stood out the most amongst the...
by RyanMorales2020
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on Wed Mar 23, 2022 at 06:03 AM PDT
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I get inspired every now and then to try something new, after visits to my local farmers market and to the corner store, La Grande, just a block from my house.
La Grande has a really nice produce ...
by DrBobOpEd
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on Mon Jan 31, 2022 at 05:00 PM PST
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It’s Christmas Eve, a connection to some of the most ancient of all known northern European shamanic traditions. Like people living in the north for millennia, we continue to embrace them with regional, national, and religious tweaks. It occurs during...
by thomhartmann
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on Fri Dec 24, 2021 at 10:55 AM PST
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Welcome to the Christmas Day edition of WFD? As you are filling up the corners by nibbling on your favorite dainties, enjoying your favorite beverages, and in general winding down the day, I hope ...
by zenbassoon
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on Sat Dec 25, 2021 at 04:00 PM PST
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The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the...
by sandbear75
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on Thu Aug 26, 2021 at 08:10 AM PDT
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August 2021
Almost every day�I take photos of wildflowers and native plants, along with the insects and birds that favor them. If I posted�the photos along with the minutiae observed over time, I��
by PHScott
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