So, the last couple of weeks I’ve been staying in the Boler. I figure that it’s the closest thing to living on a boat that I can get right now. Well, last time I spent a prolonged period of time in the thing, it was … Read More →
Category Archives: Folk Science
Back in the Saddle
Been a while, hasn’t it? But I’ve been busy — making speeches, riding the rails, and shootin’ skeet. And that’s not even the whole of it. If this keeps up, she’s gonna be a busy summer. (’02 Skeet Champions) Now, I was thinking that from … Read More →
Go Climb a Tree
Having seen a video on YouTube of a (Canadian!) fellow who climbed a really tall tree, we thought it might be fun to tackle the big White Pine out back — see how far up we can get, find out how tall the tree is, … Read More →
Cookouts & BioBlitz Wrap-up
So, I sent in my meagre results to Voltage Gate, where the B3 records are to be aggregated, tabulated, triangulated, and all of that. Anyhow, sometimes it seems like a good idea to look back and break these things down, “post-game” talk radio style. What … Read More →
BioBlitz: Kemptville Creek
So, last Saturday we went struck out on Kemptville Creek, more or less in the name of (citizen) science. Here’s a map from Google Earth of the stretch we paddled: We basically travelled from the bottom-left corner to the top- right one. We started off … Read More →
The Sap’s Running…
…which for some reason makes it even lousier being stuck in the city. In the meantime, I’ll have to content myself with stories of others’ tapping exploits. Anyways, you know the old expression: “when you can’t tap, think.” And in Sharkwater‘s wake, I’ve been thinking … Read More →
Bate Island Picnic
How long has it been since you had a picnic? Yeah, I thought so. As you can see, Bate Island is in the middle of the Ottawa River. You can get to it if you go over the Island Park bridge. It’s a favourite place … Read More →
30 Years Later Expedition
Being Earth Day, it seems like a good idea to pass along this brief video describing Fred & Aleta’s latest adventure in citizen science: Looks to me like a perfect mix of art and science, and just the sort of thing I’d like to tag … Read More →