And who says that Botanists don’t have a sense of humour? Link: Obe-Wan-Conobea (Leucospora multifida)
Category: Nature
It’s mid-december and there’s a fly outside my window
As I was sitting here looking out my window, I just noticed a Blue bottle fly, like this: Sitting outside in the sun. It’s +3 out there this morning and walking the dog was a pleasure, especially after the coldest weather of the fall earlier this week. You have to notice and celebrate the small […]
I’m experiencing a little falcon fan-boy moment
I just had two Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) scream by the apartment building at eye (fifth floor eye) level. One pulled up and did a little “wing over” before peeling off in another direction. This is the second time that I’ve seen Peregrines in the last week or so. I know that they live over […]
Human and sea urchin genomes “surprisingly” similar
Dunno what we’re supposed to make of this news release: “What? We’re similar to a sea urchin? That can’t be possible.” Um, well, not really. Some part of our genomes are the same. And there might be clues in there to help humans live longer (which, I ask: do we really need?). That’s about it. […]
Ollie featured on Grown-up Puppies
Check it out. And here are his puppy photos featured on the same site. I’m proud to say that Ollie has received 10.4 biscuits out of 11 with over a thousand votes!
Top of the CN tower above the clouds
IMG_0988.JPG, originally uploaded by ryandt33. Here’s a neat-o shot on Flickr from last week for us Torontonians who live lower than the 346m of the CN tower’s observation deck.
It’s snowing outside
Mark the date-October 12th, 2006-as the first snow of fall.
Corn Plastic to the (?) Rescue
Lee, Katie and I had a discussion a ways back on the use of plastic bags for picking up dog shit. Our chat was along these lines: Given that plastic bags seem to be the easiest way to do pick shit up, and since plastic bags seem to be symptomatic of our “convenience today for […]
Ollie on his new grass bed
Ollie on his new grass bed, originally uploaded by Gavatron. This is Ollie’s new grass bed. He loves it. It’s a dishpan that I drilled full of holes in the base, added soil and some shade-loving grass seed. Add a little water, and a few days later (4 days), you see the results above. I […]
Deer heads in Toronto
Hazel with Toronto’s Finest, originally uploaded by bytepusher. Caught a posting about this urban art experiment on blogto.com. Eight people strapped papier-mâché deer heads to their, well, heads and proceeded to walk around Kensington Market and the like. The artistic statement behind this deer crossing was to “to address urban wildlife following the trail of […]