Notices by Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg: (roboticistduck@mas.to)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ehsenvironmentalclub1/115670984260945530

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@minorusaba why don’t you buy a cheap wine evacuator (essentially a silicon cap with a one way valve and a small hand pump which fits over the silicon cap to suck the air out). This is how I’ve been enjoying a glass of wine here or there for decades.

Shaved ice— Salted Carmel with Okinawa banana 🍌 @ Iwasawa, Azabujuban #Tokyo

A CD-ROM containing aninstruction manual as a bird deterrent #japan #NaganoPerfecture #SakakiTown #坂城町

Pre-harvest rice and various bird countermeasures #japan #NaganoPerfecture #SakakiTown #坂城町 🌾

Katsurao Castle rises over soon-to-be harvested rice paddies 🏰 🌾 #japan #NaganoPerfecture #SakakiTown #japan #坂城町

Sunflower in front of Masanobu Shrine #SakakiTown #NaganoPerfecture #japan #坂城町 #bloomscrolling

Hibiscus bush from today’s hike where it is a cool 77°F (25℃) #SakakiTown #bloomscrolling #NaganoPerfecture #japan #坂城町

Morning glories on trellis from this morning’s walk #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町 #bloomscrolling

“Good night sweet prince”
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Dead bumblebee from this morning’s walk. shoe tip as size reference #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町

@gullevek thank you. Yes, I am channeling bee names from my youth in North America. I suppose this bee is technically an Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia).

The river runs through it. Chikuma River looking northwest from Showa bridge toward Kamiyamada Hot Springs. #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町

Dew on rice plant blades from morning walk #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町

#bloomscrolling from this morning’s walk #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町

#bloomscrolling from this morning’s walk #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町

Orange rose at local rose garden with the humidity fogging my smartphone camera #bloomscrolling #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #japan #坂城町

Planting rice in the rain 🌾 ☔️ #NaganoPrefecture #ChikumaCity #japan

Freshly planted rice paddies in the rain. #SakakiTown #NaganoPrefecture #坂城町 #japan

#KomoroCity flowers don’t disappoint #NaganoPrefecture #japan #bloomscrolling

Biwa Pond is a natural body of water at an elevation of 4,500 feet in Shiga Kogen in the mountains of northern Nagano Prefecture. It has a depth of 68 feet and is apparently used for limited electricity generation. It's name derives from the shape of the pond resembling a Japanese short necked lute (biwa).
🎸 💧#長野県 #志賀高原 #山ノ内町 #Japan #Nagano
琵琶池は、長野県北部の山岳地帯、志賀高原の標高 1,396 メートルに位置します。水深 21 メートルの自然の水域で、限られた電力の発電に使用されているようです。池の形が日本の短い首を持つ弦楽器 (琵琶) に似ていることから、この名前が付けられました。