Two of our local white-tailed #jackrabbits (again, a species of hare, not a true rabbit) in my backyard today. We had a bunch of snow Tuesday, but that's mostly melted, leaving just the remainders from winter in the shady spots and where there were big piles or drifts.

These two's faces have mostly turned brown, but their bodies are still almost pure white. It's kind of weird; elsewhere in the city, there are jacks that have pretty much turned completely already. It makes these two look like they're a brown hare sitting inside a white fur coat.

They'll be shedding/blowing this coat soon, and will look much trimmer afterwards.

I like their eyes.

#rabbit #hare #WhiteTailedJackrabbit #jack #jacks #Canada #SK #YQR #wildlife #UrbanWildlife

If you're in the area and care about band, please come out.

#band #schoolband #music #musiceducation #education #reginapublicschools #Regina #yqr #sask #Saskatchewan #SaskatchewanBudget #saskbudget

Hell yeah. 11k people and counting calling to stop the Bell "AI" data center outside Regina. Join the chorus!

https://c.org/RKb2pdk86M

#yqr #skpoli #noAI

"Hey, Marge?"

"Ya, Thelma?"

"I'm not sure our camouflage is working any more."

(The one at bottom-right looks like she could use some hare conditioner...)

#jackrabbit #jackrabbits #hare #wildlife #UrbanWildlife #rabbit #rabbits #Canada #SK #YQR #frizz

We've had some warm temperatures here on the prairies the last couple of days, and it's mostly looking like above-freezing during the day for the foreseeable future [1]. So today I pulled the snow tires off the cars and put the "all-season" [2] ones on.

Please join me tomorrow in celebrating the semi-annual festival of Oh My Gawd Why Are My Knees On Fire And I Didn't Even Know I Had Muscles In That Part Of My Thigh.

[1] To be fair, this is about 5-6 days max. They don't bother to even try forecasting further out than that here.

[2] Really "three-season", if you live anywhere where it gets more than a handful of degrees below freezing.

#Canada #prairies #SK #YQR #weather #warm #spring #snow #tires #SnowTires #AllSeason #knees #thighs #pain #sore #MiddleAge

Wanna fight a data center?

Mentioned: #yqr #skpoli #bell

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ai-data-rm-of-sherwood-9.7130417

It's spring-ish today on the Canadian prairies, and while I was out running errands a car cruised by me in the parking lot. A little Acura coupe with the sunroof open, and a dog's head [1] sticking up out of it, loving the breeze, the smells, and the sights of all the people.

It was a good day.

[1] What looked like a cross between a husky and a border collie - pretty sure its IQ was higher than anyone in the US administration's cabinet.

#dog #SmartDog #smart #prairies #SK #YQR #Canada #spring #sunroof #arf #GoodDay #ItWasAGoodDay

A local white-tailed jackrabbit (actually a species of hare, not rabbit) is in solar-charging mode, having found a bit of sunbeam passing between our house and the neighbour's in the mid-afternoon.

#rabbit #hare #jackrabbit #SK #YQR #wildlife #RabbitsOfMastodon #SolarCharging #sunbeam