Hey Bill know you know what it sounds like when doves cry. I’m sorry but it was just so ez.Poor Dove.
I was heartbroken for it.
I feed them by the apple tree outside the back door.
I'll have to put up a warning sign.
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Heavens Shores - Bill's 2022 Grow: Come Meet Howie! Show Us Your Grow Too - Bring A Pic
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Funny I’m singing the song now!
Yeah been stuck in my head since I said it.Smh
What a great story!Totally with you there. Ages ago, my time in Jasper driving the tour boats at Maligne Lake, I used to sit at a picnic table with my lunch. You gotta understand, Maligne Lk. is waaay out of town, 45min drive up a dead end road up the canyon another couple thousand feet and the docks, restaurant, gift shop, fishing guide shack and a ranger station are all that's up there. When we got there end of April to start work there was 10ft of snow covering the whole 20km lake (that's when I realized I was about to learn to how polish a boat, really, really well). That, and study to pass the 40 ton Cdn Coast Grd Masters Sm Craft, plus the big local history and trivia test req'd. We were crews of 2 and alternated each tour who would make a presentation and who skippered the boat. (I think 4 per day, 90 mins each)
Oh right....sorry... and we smoked lots of hash many evenings, always avail and delivered by our Quebecois pals who worked in the kitchen. They had the market cornered and I wasn't gonna be the guy horning in with BC Bud, even though I took regular deliveries of the stuff (My gf at that moment was from Crawford Bay in the Kootenays, part of Canada's green triangle). I made sure they knew it was recreational amounts only and shared with them, those guys were my pals and that's the way I meant to keep it, if you catch my meaning. HI Mods!
Anyway, the picnic table. I'd sit out there and there was a little prairie dog family living under a rock ten ft. away. One day I offered out a piece of cheese from my sandwich to poppa prairie dog who popped his head out to see what's what. Slowly he crawled out of his home and crept closer and closer to possibly take the nice thick cheddar chunk right from my hand. When he was a foot away from my outstretched hand suddenly everything went blurry, got windy and something felt like it brushed my face and hair... and then, no more prairie dog. I looked to my left and he was in the talons of a bald eagle squealing away. The cheese still in my outstretched, frozen in time, hand. Man, it was an awesome display and a heartbreaker. That huge eagle was so close to my face going by it felt like it hit me even though it didn't. My jaw was slack, but my hand still outstretched when I finally stopped watching the departing drama and realized that Mrs. Prairie Dog had just crawled out of the hole looking for her husband, recognizing his death cries as he was swept away. I'll never forget the look on her face as I sat there still outstretched with that damning piece of cheese in hand, she knew exactly what just went down and called me "murderer" with her eyes. She cried out for him just once, then returned to her hovel no doubt to go tell Johnny and Susy Prairie Dog that Daddy wasn't coming home. I may or may not have misted up 15 mins later when the adrenaline finally stopped flowing.
Had plenty of similar experiences since but they all remind me of that one. I always feel sad for the prey and impressed by the skill and daring of the predator, they risk all every time they go in for the kill. High drama. When we humans complicate things the stakes only seem to go up.
I’m sure you already know and have been told this, so I’ll add to your list lolll. You are a really good writer! Like a book worthy writer! I felt I was there, watching. I felt the loss, smiled at the humour, and appreciated the story.
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Hey T.
good morning.I agree totally.
First book should be his memoirs .
Incredible stories of his life have been drip fed to us.
I'd love to read the whole thing in order.
Hope your ankle is feeling better.
Easy on the triathlons T.
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Bill284
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Hey bud,
Just starting using Remo nutes week 2 of flower. Quick question brother.
On plain waterings, still have about 20% runoff?
Thanks man
Just starting using Remo nutes week 2 of flower. Quick question brother.
On plain waterings, still have about 20% runoff?
Thanks man
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Good morning GG
I'm glad you switched to @Remo Nutrients I love them.My girls are doing so well with them.
Plain water days I really soak the pot to get water into every nook and cranny.
So 20% run off may be less than what I get.
I am not collecting runoff in the greenhouse so it's a guess on my part.
But if you had 20% I'd say you would be fine.
Have a great day my friend.
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scottreid1966
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Gotta love glacier lakes, the color of spearmint but cold as heck even in mid-summer.At leat the Hawk didn't hit me.
That pic is incredible
Must have been a great place to work.
I used to fish Emerald Lake by Temiscamang was the same color.
Full of speckies.
But it didn't have the back drop.
I'm sure the cooks had real hash back then.
I've tried various kinds lately and it doesn't compare.
I loved getting keys with the red wrapper and the gold stamp of the militia group who made it.
That shit sold itself.
Hope your doing well today Amigo.
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Bill284
I never new that Temiscamang had a lake that color.
Where abouts are you living now, Bill to have such a cold summer? So glad that you built your green-house.
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It's a terrible pic,I need Google earth. You can see it from space.
The light also
I'm in the red zone.
It's absolutely freezing here today.
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Bill284
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It still doesn't show properly but you can tell it a cool blue color
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Bill284
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DaradeGrows
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It's crazy how clean, and clear it is, no algae blooms or anything??It still doesn't show properly but you can tell it a cool blue color
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Bill284
Wow you’re that close to Detroit and it’s freezing. Wouldn’t think that distance the weather would change that much.It's a terrible pic,I need Google earth. You can see it from space.
The light also
I'm in the red zone.
It's absolutely freezing here today.
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Bill284
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It was just an incredible color.
Clean & clear spring fed.
Spent a ton of time there , we used to take the bus to North Bay and hitchhike from there.
Then I bought a Ford one ton super cab with a slide in fiberglass camper.
1976 Camper Special, bought 2 16 ' cedar strip canoes as well.
You could paddle end to in under an hour.
But we trolled the shore with a silver Williams Wobbler with a worm on it.
You couldn't paddle 5 minutes without catching a speckle.
People used to come from North Bay for the summer, it was fantastic back then
Just old logging rds.
Then the ministry took it over and closed it.fek.
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Honestly neither did I.
It's 5 hrs north of my previous home.
Not much really but maby it's just a bad summer.
I'll let you know when it comes.
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Bill284
DaradeGrows
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By the time you get summer Bill, it'll be winter. xD I don't even think you need summer, though your UFO must produce a TON of heat?Honestly neither did I.
It's 5 hrs north of my previous home.
Not much really but maby it's just a bad summer.
I'll let you know when it comes.
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Bill284
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It's a brilliant light for sure.
If things get any colder I'm wheeling the BBQ in there.
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Bill284
Yeah it already turns night into day. Sure grows some beautiful ladies to. But I’m sure it’s your green thumbs that does it.
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I've got to put on my long John's and go take some pics.
Post em soon.
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Bill284
@Bill284 if I lived somewhere that required Long Johns this time of year, I'd move and never look back 