UKATANI

  Below is a link to many more bird photos that I copied  https://photos.app.goo.gl/9PLFFo4RM9NDUeFA8

 Crikey, mate....it's been 63 years since I had to play those games.. and this is just the selection process..... I must have been nuts.....(and still am) https://youtu.be/-Kc_OfFhbQU?si=FFku1T-P5Uoh-5x-

  I am posting links here so that my tribe can read at their leisure and own volition, so I don't bother the tribesmen and wimmins with spam whatsApps, emails or messages. Here is a post on Dutch windmills....posting some pages, then if you want to read more scroll down to the link. The mills are state owned and operated by volunteers. Our local grain mill sailed on Saturdays and ground local grains wheat, barley, oats, corn.  https://www.google.com/search?q=Netherlands+how+many+wind+mills&oq=Netherlands+how+many+wind+mills+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTIyMzcyajBqN6gCD7ACAQ&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ip=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=Netherlands+how+many+wind+mills&oq=Netherlands+how+many+wind+mills+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTIyMzcyajBqN6gCD7ACAQ&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ip=1

  https://apnews.com/article/cicadas-fungus-zombies-pee-urination-pumps-7bf34c2d7a3955efc13cfa05e92f27cb?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket_hits&utm_campaign=POCKET_HITS-EN-DAILY-RECS-2024_04_04&sponsored=0&position=3&category=community_pick&collection_item_id=&url=https://apnews.com/article/cicadas-fungus-zombies-pee-urination-pumps-7bf34c2d7a3955efc13cfa05e92f27cb

 Tawny owL Luna adopts chicks https://youtu.be/LG0y9swWgm4?si=VKR89TX_FKBKC-Kt

  https://youtu.be/6RcUsYWE7RY?si=M6uHSQRq9ndJl2QD

  I don't know if this link is live/working  Don't waste your time.....the nest camera is live 24/7 but then you have to be lucky to see the owls. https://www.youtube.com/live/x3Dn46ZiK7M?si=zK6-mAznpIqEV_GT

  This patio storage box bench was covered with algae, mold, leaf debris from many years of neglect. A couple of hours, a good pressure wash and some toxic chemicals took care of that.

  Click on the link below https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/athena-the-great-horned-owl-shows-off-her-third-eyelid/#

His creations, being mechanical, also fascinate me. Video link https://youtu.be/3ZePhxfXlns?si=GEKv4Yp_ybw1mfgB          Video link... https://youtu.be/3ZePhxfXlns?si=GEKv4Yp_ybw1mfgB

Musk has funded most of his projects himself and now he is working on hydrogen fuel  and electric motors. Here is the link https://youtu.be/Nsi2laTjG4o?si=8NHzSjCFq0_DwN9o  

Technology, techniques and training have all vastly improved since my North Sea adventures. Watch the video on  on your TV.  .  https://youtu.be/m-LbbNP58nk?si=REw5cRDnnUJqOxxZ . 

 Got a thing for owls, now.  I'm fascinated by owls......(Not my photos) This little bloke is from a monitored nesting box on neighbours property in Netherlands. The nest box is monitored by the agricultural warden. This year she hatched 4 chicks.....they are banded and tracked. Some have gone as far as 50 kms https://photos.app.goo.gl/9PLFFo4RM9NDUeFA8

 The Florida Phosphate story Read the rest of the article here.... https://projects.wuft.org/priceofplenty/elemental/phosphate-floridas-hidden-backbone/#:~:text=Living%20in%20food%2Dabundant%20upwelling,sediment%20deposits%20along%20interior%20Florida. https://projects.wuft.org/priceofplenty/elemental/phosphate-floridas-hidden-backbone/#:~:text=Living%20in%20food%2Dabundant%20upwelling,sediment%20deposits%20along%20interior%20Florida.

......... Heelweg, Geldeland, The Netherlands and are off on new adventures in the Bahamas. At this time we are house/plant/dog/kayak/boat/Quad sitting for dear friends on the Island of Eleuthra, in the Bahamas. See Marjolein's blog, where she is posting photos https://abacoartist.blogspot.com/ Picking ripe Papaya Trying to get them before the birds

 And now on to Ukatani West, in Bradenton, Florida.  West Coast between Tampa ànd Sarasota. This area was old citrus and fruit farms until the developed in the 80's. Tropicana, a large citrus processor and co-op still has facility close by. Some old trees have remained. This is a very large Avocado, some Hawaiian variety. They are HUGE.

 Best watched on YouTube app on your TV, tablet or PC Best country in the world for drivers.     https://youtu.be/d8RRE2rDw4k   2nd link, comparing driving infrastructure in US/Canada vs Netherlands. https://youtu.be/uxykI30fS54  

 An old friend, Donnie Wood, found a message in a bottle, on Abaco on his beach facing the Atlantic. The bottle had a note and a dollar bill inside.  Also an email contact in Germany.  The note was in German and English and dated from 2012, ten years ago. The note was fragile and a bit tattered, but legible.  It noted the release point and an email address.  Don asked me to contact them, as he doesn't 'do' email. Some more flotsam from Donnie's beach, near Bahama Palm shores. More flotsam and jetsam from the same beach which faces the Atlantic ocean. I contacted the bottle tosser and they were on a sea cruise out of Barcelona and had dumped the bottle 10 years previously. They were delighted that their bottle had been found. Apparently it is entertainment activity on that cruise  line

 

  See the video https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdoBcSC4/?k=1 Swipe left to see some of his other videos. Yes, they are still made and worn here, particularly by farmers in the mud and gardeners. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdoBTfbb/?k=1 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdoBsChV/?k=1 They look like geraniums to me