The 'islands' are the remains of the old road-rail bridge, long gone, revealed by the very low tide and made mysterious by the fog.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Low tide
The big moon's causing all sorts of anguish around the country, you can put a ring around that, but here in Riverton, it's creating beautiful scenes like this.
The 'islands' are the remains of the old road-rail bridge, long gone, revealed by the very low tide and made mysterious by the fog.
The 'islands' are the remains of the old road-rail bridge, long gone, revealed by the very low tide and made mysterious by the fog.
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I got to admit Robert, although a wee bit la di da...it is a beautiful photo ;)
I'm going to try to beef up my posts Dutchie, starting with another on the Feds in response to a letter in today's Times. I hope that's the kind of thing you were wanting. Maybe another on the pesticide use by commercial flower growers, something that concerns me a lot :-)
Any way, thanks for your comment re the estuary - it was an amazing morning out there and funny too - two big trucks (a stock truck and a tanker) got wedged on the bridge, causing a traffic jam (in Riverton!) and took some careful backing to undo. First time I've seen that here and I got a photo!
Have they burnt the witch at the stake yet?
Made smoke "Rings"?
That goddamn witch keeps sending earthquakes!! burn da witch!!
Be still friend (I write the 'planting by the moon' column for the NZ Gardener, remember :-)
What seems really crazy to me is when people don't think the moon affects life on this planet.
Our Moon is about as good as moons get!
It is premium 'moon' as far as the solar system goes.
Got some good pictures of it last night too.
Put one up on your blog Shunda - I'd like to see it! (maybe send me one to post :-)
We missed the spectacularness of the rising giant moon two days ago because it rose around 6.
looking forward to your post about the use of plant protection chemicals.
If you know the price of some of these chemicals you will understand that any grower who is looking for sustainable growth of both his crop as well of his business tries to minimize the use of these chemicals.
That's good to hear Dutchie - I'll bear that in mind when I put together my post. Some flowers, tulips in particular, are difficult to manage without serious chemical input. I grow a lot of flowers (la-di-etc) but not on a commercial scale and organically, in a very diverse ecological situation, so no need for intervention of any sort here.
Robert,
I can understand your concern, however most of the fungicides which are used are a lot less harmful than the chemicals used approx.20 years ago ( I can still remember the days back home that tulips were dipped before planting in a mercury solution...)
Back home in Dutchieland the rules around the use of chemicals and spraying are a lot tougher with promotion of the use of sprayers with air support, a compulsary W.O.F. for the sprayer each year and compulsary "spray free" areas along ditches and waterways because a lot of the fungicides are still harmful to aquatic organisms.
A lot has been achieved but the same story goes for every industry...there are always some players who don't want to play by the rules and giving the other a bad name.
Dutchie - I do appreciate the gains made in the industry and am thankful for your sake that mercury isn't still used for the purpose. Some of the modern nano-grade substances are a worry in themselves however. As a councillor involved with granting consents I am taking an interest in the details of areas where chemicals such as these are being employed.
I'm interested to, in your statement (and it's one that Federated Farmers favour) that 'there are always some players who don't want to play by the rules and giving the other a bad name."
I'm sometimes of the opinion that that is a 'cover' used to mask an industry that is by its very nature bad for the environment - saying that 'a few of us are bad, but the rest of us are fine, so don't worry' - the dairy industry does this regularly. I'm not meaning your own industry Dutchie, necessarily, it's just that the claim, coming un-qualified as it usually does, doesn't wash with me.
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