#bee feeding on #borage.
Fuzzy wuzzy plant. Fuzzy wuzzy bee.

#FuzzyWuzzy #PollinatorGarden #pollinators #BeeLovers #nature #WhatsInMyGarden #Insects #GardenFriends #Photography #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BeeScrolling #bloomscrolling

Wee little garden cross orb weaver spider. Resting on tomato plant leaf in my greenhouse.
This is one of the most commonly found spiders on Vancouver Island. Introduced to North America from Europe.

#spider #OrbWeaver #GardenFriends #arachnid #nature #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall #SpidersAppreciation #coexisting #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #WhatsInMyGarden #zone8 #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Araneidae #diademSpider #EightLegged

Part 0. Preamble. Part 1. A prosodic Preface. For those who enjoy #purpleProse and #spokenWord Part 2. The Crux of the Matter. >>>>>>> any other Part of my Verbal Vomit. Part 3. Tags-related by some Degree of Separation. For you to find this/me by Topics of Interest, Passion, Concern, or piqued Intrigue. :)

Part 0. Preamble.

I am here to ask for your Help—that in Turn I may regive such Help to others—for no one alone is self-sufficient: Lend a Hand to a Stranger, and keep one Hand for yourself.

Part 1. A prosodic Preface.

The Season of Cold Winter forwent its Stay with us again. While, I must admit, my Parents have done well to afford for me what mere Privilege I may boast, there are—and I know this—those who run about in Mass to prepare up Homes, for each their Beloved fears this deep, dark Cold.

Bleak Torrents in Drizzle dazzle down-down Liquid Crystal Displays and we tune out the Sirens who sing in the Church—where a lonely Voice hangs weeping on the Line—and with Blood spilled fill we our Aquifers: with unmet Woe do our earthen Wombs cry while we goad onward Death’s Cousin: Thirst.

My Family need only re-arrange an outdoor Shed this Year—for that I am grateful. What pains me, though, is this: That offer I may Help generic, yet know I not how to assist others by the skilled Means of my own; meanwhile, I know Families who, while for granted I take the Necessities of Life, keep an eager Watch for Signs of Respite nigh.

Part 2. The Crux of the Matter.

Please, help me to learn to collect, purify, store, and re-use my Water. Safe Water is running and potable! I get it from a #public #Utility and, in Case of Emergency, I have #IodineTablets to purify Waters-stood-still.

#RainCollection offers me Water for a Beginner’s Garden. I could botch together a Rig—but it certainly would be non-compliant of any OSHA Standards, and risky from which to consume! So I need your Help to learn “How to do it safely.” A #homemade Water #FiltrationSystem would encourage Re-use of our Supplies of Water; as would be knowing a “right” Order for multiple Uses of Water in a Day. Can you give me some Pointers and Tips?

#Heating a Room requires active Caution and Care. A #KeroseneLamp, a #NaturalGas #Fireplace, or #GasStove is commonplace in a Settlement without #CentralHeating, but a Flame or Heating Filament carries with it the Risks of Fire and of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. What Methods and Means of keeping warm in an enclosed Structure are you willing to share with me?

If you made it unscathed through the Reading of this, spectacular! Please reply to my #Toot with any #Advice, #Pointers or Leads to #guide me on my Way. Add your voice to the #Discussion; I’m excited to hear what you have to tell me. :)

Cheers! 👋 Sage (is the Name)

Part 3. Tags-related by some Degree of Separation. If you share Interest(s) with me, request to follow me and send me a Message about what Interest(s) we share; I’d like to keep in Touch! :)

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Indirectly:

• #Blankets #Quilting #DIYRug #Candlemaking #Clothing #Tailor #Seamstress #Bedding #Underclothes #TubeSock #Hoisery #sewing #darning #Knitting #Crochet #FingerKnitting #Weaving #WeavingLoom #Looms #Embroidery #CrossStitch #NaturalFibers #Wool #HempFiber #Cotton #Silk #Linen #BambooFiber #Leather #FurCloth #AnimalHide #SinewChord #PatternWeaving

• #Cobbling #Carpentry #Electrician #Plumber #Plumbing #Reupholstery #FurnitureRepair #HomeCleaning #PowerTools #PowerDrill #CircularSaw

• #Homestead #OrganicGarden #NonGMO #FreshFood #Composting #NaturalFertilizer #Fertilizer #Permaculture #Ecology #GardenFriends #GardenFoes #GardenPests #PlantPests #nativePlants #nativeGarden #foraging #Ethnobotany #Biochemistry #Microbiome #MortarAndPestle #Mortar #Pestle #WaterMill #WindMill #SawMill #AnimalHusbandry

• #Metalwork #TinSmith #IronSmith #CopperSmith #GoldSmith #SilverSmith #Metallurgy #Weld #MetalRecycling #MetalScrap #Scrapping #DIYJewelry #MetalRounds #Cutlery