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Button bush was in full flower this morning on Apthorp Lake. A native plant found frequently lakeside. It is a super pollen/nectar plant and frequently is covered with butterflies. The second photo shows a spider hoping to nab a pollinator.

That’s what it looked like in Stony Rapids when I was trying to fly into Cree Lake. It’s a bit apocalyptical.

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What is spar varnish? Are there different types and if so, what type. It seems whenever I go to buy something, it turns out there’s several choices and I don’t know which one to choose.

Unfortunately, I live in Florida. Otherwise, great idea.

Can you show me a picture or link as to what it is? I still have a supply of N95 masks I was using during covid. Would those work?

Thank you all for your informative replies. I'm not entirely sure what they all mean, but I get the gist of it. I used to repair other stuff with epoxy glue and this seems much the same. Mix up the two parts, apply, hold in place, dry, sand. What do you think about this kit from amazon? It has...

Incidentally, this little guy showed up inside my house today. This is probably a southern black racer, especially notice the very round eyes. But I could be wrong. All the wisps of stuff around his head were picked up when he slithered underneath my piano. I tried to get him cleaned up for his...

I was in the middle of it too. It came through at night. Sounded like a freight train. The trunks of big pines were snapped off like toothpicks at the 4-6 foot level. Walking on established trails almost impossible. Impressive wind power.

My canoe got dinged up on its last trip and I’d like to know of a simple repair that a total novice like me could do. Right now they are covered with duct tape, but this is a photo of the worst of it. Thank you.

I see coral snakes from time to time around my house. Even when I lived in town. Coral snake venom is more potent than other snake venom in North America, but very little venom, if any, is injected during a bite. This is because the mouth is small, the teeth are small, and a large proportion of...

The auction company wants to sell the original Hudson Bay Charter, but Canada says it is a historical document that should be in a museum. It is from 1670 and is signed by Charles II. The article is from a NYTimes Canada Newsletter.

Thank you for saving the turtles. I save them too. Stopped several lanes of traffic to pick up a large turtle, put him in the well of the passenger seat and took him out to a strand where he rapidly moved across the ground and into the water.

My only point was that snakes, especially venomous ones and large constrictors, need to be treated with the same respect, attention and care we give to bears, big cats, alligators and venomous spiders. Bites and attacks, etc., may well be rare, but that doesn’t mean someone should be blasé about...

Thanks. It looks like you are quite the cook. An interesting website, too..