A local church was used by turkey vultures for their morning gathering but it was demolished last fall. They've had to move to a nearby tennis court fence. They usually face into the wind like this getting ready to ride the thermals off the escarpment.

#birdsofmastodon, #vultures, #naturephotography , #Niagara, #Ontario

“It’s only in hockey that a middle-aged power broker who won Cups and gold medals is so delighted to be regaled by a guy who called those games. Because in hockey, the veteran always has precedence. The orderliness of that idea – that we are all part of an unbroken chain – is hockey’s secret formula.“

#nhl, #hockey, #bobcole, #nostalgia

Hockey’s greatest strength is nostalgia, and Bob Cole represented a connection to the good old days

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-hockeys-greatest-strength-is-nostalgia-and-bob-cole-represented-a/

The usual spring shrubs and flowers; alders(?), lesser celandine, and Siberian squill.

#wildflowers, #naturephotography , #nature, #Niagara, #Niagaraescarpment

Page 10 of Literary Review - April 2024.

http://www.exacteditions.com/browse/327/342/115706/3/12

I hate when I agree with an observation, but am made sadly uncomfortable by its ramifications.

Richard Williams, Literary Review, April, 2024

#jazz, #milesdavis, #bobdylan, #picasso, #music

A very unusual find for these parts (Niagara, Ontario) especially in only the first days of March, albeit a warm one. Scarlet elf cups I believe. And two hours later they were covered with snow.

#mushrooms, #fungi ,#forests