Notices by book_dragon (jeanieburrell@mstdn.social)

Crisp rainbow carrots
Yellow, purple, orange, pink
Bright earthy fireworks

#dailyhaikuPrompt

This is fascinating. Humans don't have to leave earth for long or far before they start to forget what "human" means.

"Every astronaut who spends more than a few months in orbit comes back describing some version of the same disorientation. Rain smells overwhelming. Fabric feels abrasive. Familiar streets feel piloted rather than driven. The Earth their bodies evolved for has become, briefly, a foreign planet their nervous system is re-learning in real time."

#space

https://spacedaily.com/j-v-astronauts-returning-from-long-stays-in-orbit-say-the-smell-of-rain-is-almost-too-much-to-bear-and-a-familiar-street-feels-like-something-they-are-piloting-rather-than-driving/

#ThreeGoodThings this morning.

1. Snow flurries this morning have stopped my complaining about the clouds. For now.
2. There are two robins at my feeders, and they are not fighting. Potential mates?
3. The wind has just turned over a beech leaf in the yard, which has the color of a wood pigeon's breast.

Be still. Notice things. Share them with others. 🙂

A peaceful mossling (wall screw-moss?) dozes in the brief sun.

#mosstodon #calm

We have lost a great woman, whose span of years encompassed a profound segment of American history.

#History #BlackHistoryMatters

https://www.kqed.org/news/12068214/betty-reid-soskin-oldest-u-s-park-ranger-and-trailblazing-historian-dies-at-104

@killyourfm Turn this up and go yell at the fog. Fully embrace the "Old Man Yells at Cloud." meme. 😎

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=HZHxDf4U66w

@killyourfm Glad you're here too, friend. I like the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas albums turned up to ear-bleeding volume. With cocoa.

And because I'm in England, its dark at 4:00pm, 48 degrees F, rainy. How's your weather?

@futurebird This is the most entertaining thread I've read this morning. But I do have a question. In the attached photo is a reference to "fungus-growing ants." I wonder if any of those particular species affect mycorrhizal networks either positively or negatively?

Best shot I could get here in cloudy Georgia. Just for a moment, silence and wonder abounding.
#eclipse2023