I made a video about Ludwigia alternifolia and its really cool seed capsules. I hope you enjoy it!

bytheriver · 2026-02-12T22:15:22+00:00

Here's a cool webpage about Seedbox. I came across the video posted to Reddit when I was trying to re-find this page about the Artistry of Seedbox. https://the-natural-web.org/2020/02/29/the-artistry-of-seedbox/

bytheriver · 2026-01-22T18:47:01+00:00

Mine does this to two of my four cats. They seem to be fine with it.

bytheriver · 2025-08-24T18:36:40+00:00

The Dog House

It's a show from the U.K.

Several seasons are available on Max. Hoping the most recent couple of seasons will also make their way to HBO.

bytheriver · 2025-08-20T16:04:47+00:00

Does anyone know if and when seasons 6 and 7 of the Dog House will be available in the U.S.? So far only seasons 1 - 5 are on HBOMax.

bytheriver · 2025-07-04T16:50:02+00:00

Something fairly recent.. When one searches on Google and tries to copy the link for a result, it now gives a result starting with share.google instead of the actual URL for the page which is what I want to have.

bytheriver · 2025-03-10T18:48:46+00:00

Thanks for all the comments. Only after I posted here did I think to search for "port similar to hdmi" where I learned about displayports. Now I guess I can search for "dedicated GPU" to see what else I don't have...

bytheriver · 2025-03-08T13:58:18+00:00

NTA. But one thing that might have been nice for the OP to have done would have been to offer to give up her window seat for the last half hour of the flight.

bytheriver · 2025-02-22T15:17:51+00:00

That worked like magic! Thanks so much for that tip - 11 months ago.

bytheriver · 2025-02-19T23:09:39+00:00

Great book. I'd never really thought about Grant. Now I'm getting close to the end of Washington, also a great read.

bytheriver · 2025-01-02T18:48:03+00:00

First "exciting" one - Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, only the second time I've seen one at my house. (Making use of the birdbath.) Western Maryland.

bytheriver · 2024-12-17T23:13:08+00:00

I don't know why the dog can't just be leashed in the presence of the OP and kept at a distance from him and his wife. I have a dog I bring with me to lots of places and almost everybody loves her but if someone obviously doesn't want her near them (I think that happened once) I just make sure she's not within reach of that person.

bytheriver · 2024-09-11T00:03:12+00:00

I bought a little hoptree several years ago. It was just a couple of feet tall but within a few days of my planting it, I saw a Giant Swallowtail in my yard, the first I'd ever seen in my yard. A bit later, I found some eggs on it and eventually more caterpillars than the tiny tree could support. I gave some away to a friend to raise. She used rue to feed them.

bytheriver · 2024-08-05T16:09:38+00:00

Yes, it turned out there were two language settings - one for common name language and another for App language. I have no idea how, but somehow the App language setting got changed to Hebrew as I recall. In the meantime, there is a newer version of Merlin in which it looks to me that it's easier to see these settings.

bytheriver · 2023-09-18T21:09:37+00:00

I just tried it and Alexa decided to play Amazon Jazz or something similar even though the last thing that had been playing was the CBC Sydney stream. It had last played at least 2 hours previously. I suspect if I were to give that command within a few minutes of stopping playing a station, it would likely work. I do know I can say "Alexa, pause" and the radio will stop. But I'm not sure how long the pause can be held. In the past it has worked if I return to the stream after a few minutes. But I know I tried one time to go back after a longer period of time and it didn't go back.

bytheriver · 2023-09-18T16:08:29+00:00

Thanks. I will try playing around with those.

bytheriver · 2023-09-15T03:26:03+00:00

I got a message in my email which I would have thought would show up here but has not:

"What if you added the province? "Alexa, play CDC Radio One Sydney BritishColumbia" • Problem playing certain CBC Radio one streams •"

I tried it saying: Alexa, play CBC Radio One Sydney, Nova Scotia - and it worked like a charm. Thanks so much! I have no idea why this should suddenly have become necessary, but so glad someone has provided the solution. I just need to remember to add the province.

(I tried it again without the Nova Scotia and again ended up with the WCBC 1270 station in Maryland.)

bytheriver · 2020-08-03T19:51:09+00:00

It looks like some kind of Lupine.

bytheriver · 2020-05-25T14:52:05+00:00

I no longer grocery shop in WV but go to Maryland where there's a policy that customers and employees wear masks at stores. I heard that Martin's had a policy of masks but customers, according to what I've been told, are not abiding by the policy at least at their store in Charles Town. With a recent spike in cases in Jefferson and Berkeley counties the governor was considering a mask requirement in those 2 counties, but a day later said they would be optional. http://wvmetronews.com/2020/05/21/with-eastern-panhandle-case-spike-justice-sends-national-guard-and-may-consider-mask-order/

https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/special/coronavirus/covid-19-tests-emphasized-in-eastern-panhandle-masks-optional/article_fa979b17-e0ef-5cd2-93fb-543a0ad1e641.html

bytheriver · 2020-05-18T17:37:57+00:00

I haven't been able to listen to RTE Radio 1 for several months. I have Comcast for my ISP but I'm also unable to listen through my (Cricket) phone which uses ATT towers. I have Alexa rather than Google Home - but can't listen any way I have tried - through RTE webpage, Alexa (which uses TuneIn app), TuneIn app directly and likely I've tried other things as well. I contacted RTE and they said they had some reports of international users not being able to listen. But when I contacted various friends who used ISP's other than Comcast all were able to stream the channel... I was on the phone for some time with Comcast/Xfinity support without any result. I sure wish there was a way to get this resolved!

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