The branches were so heavy, we are lucky this spruce did not sustain damage

#Nature #IceStorm #Spruce #Winter #Spring

#CamdenME - RSVP to Join #PlantSpecies Documentation on April 22 at #CamdenHillsState Park

Date: April 22, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 280 Belfast Road, Camden, ME 04843
State Park: Camden Hills
Event Type: #NatureExploration, #NatureWorkshop / #PlantIdentificationTraining

"Pre-register to join in on an educational morning of plant inventorying at Camden Hills State Park. Kerry Hardy, a local plant enthusiast, will lead a hike with park staff to document and take GPS coordinates of the park's unique plant species. Included in the inventory will be #BrownAsh and other #ash species, #Spruce, #MaidenhairFern, #YellowViolets, #Mayflowers, also called #TrailingArbutus, and spring ephemerals.

Limited to 30 people and free to registered participants. Pre-register by emailing [email protected] and please put "April 22 plant inventory RSVP" in the subject line.

Can't make April 22? A second inventory session is being planned for May 27 at 9:00 AM. Email Charlene with "May 27 plant inventory RSVP" in the subject line if you want to attend this session.

Cost: Free to pre-registered participants."

Source:
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_history_explore_nature/activities/eventinfo.shtml?id=13345462

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineStateParks #MaineDACF #SpendTimeInNature #CitizenScience #MaineEvents

Event: Activities & Events: Discover History & Explore Nature: State Parks and Public Lands: Maine DACF

For #ThickTrunkTuesday a big old spruce at the park. I go out of my way to visit it sometimes to see what birds are among its branches and also at a certain time of summer to look for shed cicada skins. It must be a cicada favorite. #tree #spruce
The old days

Over the last few days, I’ve been rummaging through my digital photo albums and found a few old works from the times when I used to stroll through the Westphalian forests together with Jan Philip Scheibe and we just made art for the sake of art. For this one we mounted a photo wallpaper ("Paradise") onto panels and staged it in the forest. There were more spruce trees back then.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Fototapete, 2008, temporäre Installation]

#art #conceptualart #konzeptkunst #contemporaryart #zeitgenössischekunst #fotografie #photography #photowallpaper #fototapete #wald #ostwestfalen #westfalen #westphalia #fichten #spruce #spruces #paradies #paradise #wald #forest #fichte #spruce #fichtensterben

#GreenOps isn't just about carbon — water matters too. 💧

Data centers consume enormous amounts of water, and AI is intensifying that demand. Yet most cloud dashboards (and even some commercial #greenops tools) don't measure it at all.

We just merged a PR in #SPRUCE to add water consumption estimates — including regional water stress data from WRI Aqueduct. A litre used in Canada ≠ a litre used in South Africa.

As far as we know, no other #greenops solution does this. We think it should.

Meet Bruce. He’s Got a Long Line of Advertising Mascots to Honor in Quest to Sell for Procter & Gamble

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/procter-gamble-bruce-spruce-commercial-tv-mascots-1236675945/

Meet Bruce. He’s Got a Long Line of Advertising Mascots to Honor in Quest to Sell for Procter & Gamble
#Variety #News #MarchMadness #ProcterGamble #Spruce

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/procter-gamble-bruce-spruce-commercial-tv-mascots-1236675945/

Procter & Gamble Debuts Bruce for Spruce, Latest in Line of Ad Mascots

Procter & Gamble, famous for launching ad characters like Mr. Clean and Mr. Whipple, is debuting Bruce, a dog who will help pitch Spruce to consumers

Variety