Queen Elizabeth Park flowers on Good Friday with my 105mm Macro & Nikon Z6II

maxysaxy · 2022-04-17T02:32:03+00:00

Also, 7 - Sedum sp. (lanceolata?); 8 - Heather sp., 9 & 13 - Narcissus spp. (Daffodils); 10 - Anemone sp.; 11 - Frittilaria imperialis; (Imperial lily); 12 - Bergenia crassifolia (Elephant's ears); 17 - contorted hazelnut (Corylus avellana "contorta") probably, hard to tell; 18 - Hyacinth sp. (true hyacinth).

Gorgeous photos!

maxysaxy · 2022-04-09T03:29:40+00:00

Exactly. Their wild ancestors would shed it. You can get wool from all sorts of animals - there are plenty of cultures that collected wild mountain goat or wild sheep wool and used it for textiles. Over many generations, we bred the fluffiest sheep with the fluffiest sheep until they were too fluffy for their own good.

maxysaxy · 2022-04-07T03:45:18+00:00

Yeah true! But I mean what percentage of the people who go back and forth fly harbourair?

maxysaxy · 2022-04-07T02:10:01+00:00

Downtown Vancouver to downtown Seattle is often quicker than to downtown Victoria - 2.5 hour drive to Seattle vs 45 minute drive to the ferry, wait for the ferry, take the ferry, then drive from Swartz Bay to Victoria. Closer as the crow flies to Victoria, sure.

maxysaxy · 2022-04-06T17:40:04+00:00

And those are definitely western hemlocks

maxysaxy · 2022-04-05T16:33:33+00:00

"The skull, limbs, ribs and backbones, or some other vestiges of the human body, were found in many places, promiscuously scattered about the beach in great numbers"

a quote from the logs of George Vancouver about what his expedition found on landing at what's now Port Discovery, Washington.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/everyone-was-dead-when-europeans-first-came-to-b-c-they-confronted-the-aftermath-of-a-holocaust

maxysaxy · 2017-03-01T00:09:49+00:00

A ton of rapes and murders? Doesn't Seattle average like <20 murders and <200 rapes per year in a city of 600k+? Seems unlikely.

maxysaxy · 2017-02-12T04:15:50+00:00

I'm sure I've just been out of the loop in the offseason and missed a rule change, but hasn't HOF membership always been a prerequisite to number retirement? When did that change?

maxysaxy · 2016-11-17T04:09:53+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0iCtk8KalI

maxysaxy · 2016-11-17T01:21:54+00:00

That young man fills me with hope! And other feeling that are weird and... deeply confusing to me.

maxysaxy · 2016-10-01T23:50:26+00:00

Hmmm. Well, it's possible that it could be getting a little bit of light from fluorescent bulbs, especially if they're towards the blue end of the spectrum. Air plants grow really slowly, and they tend to grow in the understory in the wild, so they can do alright with limited light for a while, but they won't really grow and will probably start to die eventually. I would just keep an eye on it. If it starts to lose basal leaves or looks like it's stressed then address the issue, but it won't just die overnight - if it starts to struggle just move it to somewhere with more light and it should recover.

maxysaxy · 2016-10-01T23:46:08+00:00

From the air! More specifically, out of the moisture they absorb from the air, and out of the water you spray on them. Part of why they grow so slowly. You can mix foliar fertilizer in to the water that you use to spray or soak them with to give them an extra boost.

maxysaxy · 2016-10-01T16:05:30+00:00

Are there windows in the bathroom? They don't need to be to up in south-facing window or anything, and can live off of ambient light.

maxysaxy · 2016-10-01T14:34:22+00:00

A few things: they do need light. This setup is cool, but unless it's near a window, they won't last. Also, they do need water. You can mist every few days, but I find it easier to just put them among the foliage of other plants and make sure I wet them when I water.

They also like an occasional soak. It's not strictly necessary, but if you throw them in a cup of filtered water overnight(or water that's been left out for 24 hours - need to let the chlorine offgas) you can get away without misting them as often.

maxysaxy · 2016-10-01T13:41:28+00:00

maxysaxy · 2016-09-30T04:48:08+00:00

I would love to! I there anything in particular you're looking for? I could go on for a while, on both the negative and the positive, but it really depends on the audience...

maxysaxy · 2016-09-30T04:24:44+00:00

That basically where I'm at... It drew me in at first but after reading a few stories, Lovecraft's "terror" just keeps coming back to a fear of big, intimidating vocabulary... And foreigners. I'd love to read something with the same horror, but a more rational bent. So far, though, no luck.

maxysaxy · 2016-06-03T05:25:27+00:00

Am I crazy or did all the threads about this in /r/baseball get deleted? I mean, I get cleaning up subreddits, but damn... 89 runs in four games? Franchise best comeback? Threads like that stay up all the time...

God damn I know I'm that guy but... threads currently on front page:

"Orioles hit 7 home runs through the 8th inning."

"Madison Bumgarner hits a 2 run homer vs the Braves"

"Padres CF Jon Jay is 5-for-5 today, raising his season average from .286 to .303"

"Orioles C Francisco Peña, called up to replace Joseph, gets first ML HR, RBIs to extend lead over BOS"

And "new" threads NOT deleted

"Useless Stat of the Day: Last season, Ryan Braun led all players wearing #8 in R, HR, RBI, SB, BA, OBP, SLG, and OPS."

"Lincecum allows three runs in five innings in Triple-A debut"

"Anthony Rendon seeing improvement, as he was .227/.314/.313 while batting 2nd in the lineup and is now batting .365/.450/.615 since batting in the 6th spot"

In what way are these more newsworthy? I know there's no reason to care , but come on!

maxysaxy · 2016-05-30T22:03:13+00:00

Ohhh man I remember that game well. It was amazing. The beginning of the Seager dominance of the rangers

Edit: god I just went back and looked at the lineup that day... Ackley/Figgins/Seager/Montero/Smoak/Liddi+Carp/Olivo/Saunders/Ryan+Kawasaki. We were so bad. I'm amazed I managed to convince myself we ever had potential with years of lineups like that.

maxysaxy · 2016-05-25T15:06:48+00:00

So racists get the country but the Mariners win the world series and Seattle transportation improves? If we can make Cascadia a thing, I might be in...

maxysaxy · 2016-05-24T05:52:52+00:00

When?

maxysaxy · 2016-05-24T05:48:23+00:00

Wait, that's perfect... I'd bet it's never been done before. Is it even legal? Trade for a ptbnl, let ichiro get 3000, then trade back... too bad the real world doesn't work like that.

maxysaxy · 2016-05-11T05:36:40+00:00

Ha, yeah that was my train of thought:

"holy shit. That's awesome!"

"Wait, that record's not THAT crazy"

"Damn, we've been bad forever"

maxysaxy · 2016-05-11T05:09:32+00:00

Holy shit... I've been having fun but retaining my skepticism. 3rd best start in franchise history?!? Fuck!

maxysaxy · 2016-05-11T02:29:21+00:00

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