Good morning! That’s a cool blue picture. Where is that?
My friend is insisting that I watch Call the Midwife from the beginning. She was going to order them all for me. I said to wait because I might get them from the library. I picked up the first one yesterday.
I never could get into that show, Janice, but I know many who like it. Maybe if you see it from the beginning it is much better.
One of my cousins, who is out deer hunting, had pictures of mosquitoes that are out. Apparently, I was wrong about them not being out. He claims they chased all the deer away, so they must be quite big. 😉
We will have a very unseasonable 55 at least. Very windy, however.
I think I may need to ask people to pronounce Thanksgiving today when we go to play music. 🙂
We laugh as we go by a local college and it is teeming with geese. I don’t think I have ever seen so many there. It is right across the street from a lake.
BTW, I remember years ago when a woman was surprised when I used the word ‘bucket’. She did not think anyone from our area would use that word. Hmm, well, I think we probably sang about a hole in a bucket, if nothing else. With television and social media available all over, I would think there would be a lot of variations on speech that was not true decades ago.
Thankfully our mosquitos are gone! They migrated to CA I think…Dj is killing them….
I recall referring to my purse and my “pocket book” and the store clerk looked at me as though I had landed from another planet! “Huh”?
Anyone else call their purse a pocket book? My granny did so I suppose it stuck with me!
Nj
Mosquitos. 😦 😦 I get one in the house nearly every day still, keeping the repellant handy.
It rained off and on through the night with more coming tomorrow and Saturday, but today looks partially sunny for the most part.
But, OK, the benefits of mosquitos according to a website (I’ve been mulling over what the purpose of mosquitoes is, in a good sense, because it seems there must be something, some purpose … ):
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~ 1. Mosquitoes As A Food Source
This is probably the most obvious benefit mosquitoes bring to the planet. With millions upon millions of mosquitoes populating the earth, it goes without saying that something eats them. Mosquitoes are packed with protein and can be found in huge swarms. They can provide a large meal or a tiny snack.
It’s absolutely true that the many insect species provide an essential role in many types of ecosystems. Without mosquitoes, a lot of animals would have to look for an alternative food source. Mosquitoes, their eggs, and their larvae are food for a wide range of species. (Birds, Fish, Insects, Bats, Amphibians, Reptiles)
2. Mosquitoes Remove Waste (To Make Compost)
Mosquito larvae are always hungry. They emerge from eggs laid by female mosquitoes in stagnant pools of water, and can even thrive in moist soil. As long is it is in water, a mosquito egg will develop into a mosquito larva. In a single acre of soggy land, you might find a million eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae. Larvae develop into adult mosquitoes within a week to ten days. During this time, all they do is eat.
Mosquito larvae eat algae, parasites, fungus, and other microorganisms. And they eat all the time.
3. Mosquitoes Gave Birth To A Whole Economic Industry
Repelling insects is an entire industry on its own. That includes this blog, which partially covers my monthly bills. The many types of products produced to keep those nasty creatures away from us (and our loved ones) is a multi-million dollar worldwide industry. They actually add to the global GDP because of that.
4. Mosquitoes Benefit Engineering
Yes. You understood that right. Mosquitoes are making an impact in the world of engineering. Very recently, filming equipment was developed that slowed mosquito flight right down. Engineers were able to see every tiny mosquito wing movement. Why would they want to do that? Now be honest. How many times do you actually notice that a mosquito has landed on your skin? Can you feel it leave your skin when it flies away? Probably not.
The combination of mosquito leg movement, wing movement, and wing speed is now being studied by top engineers. The plan is to develop drones that won’t disturb their surroundings when taking off or landing. Just like the mosquito. The things we can learn from the natural world are truly limitless.
5. Mosquitoes As Pollinators
I’ve already mentioned that only a few species of adult (female) mosquito feeds on blood. The majority of them are quite happy with sugar. The most common sugar source in the natural world is nectar. Plants produce nectar for one purpose – to attract insects and birds. In return, nectar eaters brush against the flower’s sexual organs and pick up or transfer pollen.
With millions of nectar-loving mosquitoes spread all over the globe, they help plants to spread. They also help to increase plant diversity. Mosquitoes even do this in the Arctic, where insect populations are much more limited. Arctic mosquitoes not only drive the local caribou’s crazy, they also play a very important role in indigenous plant pollination. … and…
6. Mosquitoes As (Helpful) Assassins (of other invasive mosquitos)
7. Mosquitoes Protect The Rainforest (nothing says ‘Keep Out’ quite like a swarm of mosquitoes)
8. Mosquitoes Are Medically Important (scientists don’t only search for ways to eradicate disease-carrying mosquito species. They also research into mosquito anatomy and physiology.)
9. Mosquitoes Teach Us Important Lessons (Humans have made a lot of mistakes when it comes to mosquito control. In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States used ‘Paris Green’ to eradicate mosquitoes. Paris Green spray contained large amounts of arsenic. It burned trees. It slowly killed us. So humans began to look for an alternative … )
… So, Are Mosquitoes Really Our Friends?
Mosquitoes still have a long way to go before becoming our friends. They have a bad reputation which has lasted for millennia. I doubt this article will do much to change that. No-one wants to be bitten, and no-one wants to catch a mosquito-carried disease. …
“Pocketbook,” that sounds odd out here. I think of it more as a throw-back term used by our grandparents (as NJ noted). But it sounds kind of cute.
I get complimented on my “satchels” by the young assistants at the eye doctor’s office.
Currently, though, using a very compact cross-body bag; for assignments I sometimes opt for something bigger, one of the saddlebag or tote styles, to hold a notebook and handout materials and stuff that can accumulate on those field excursions; but I try to go with the small cross-body bags as much as possible. Easy, lightweight, convenient. -dj
I can’t remember any of the women in my life calling their purses pocketbooks.
I use buckets, for washing cars, mopping floors, and so forth. I suppose the alternate word would be pail, but to me that refers to smaller ones used by children.
We also use the word bucket more abstractly for categorizing things. For example, in a brainstorming session we might categorize an idea as “do now”, “talk about next week”, “assign to Joe for research”, or “reject”, and we decide which of those “buckets” to put the idea in.
My mother was older when she had me so she was nearer the age of grandmothers of my peers. That explains her use of older terms such as pocketbook.
The friend who thinks I will love Call the Midwife told me today that it actually shows babies being born. It might be too much information (TMI) for me! She was a nurse so enjoys the medical aspects of programs. She loves the Rocky Mt. Vet program, and when I watched once it was too bloody with surgeries, etc. I wIll watch and see.
“Purse” also now sounds quaint. “Bag” is pretty all-purpose, but can sound frumpy?
Maybe there is just really no good, all-purpose word for a purse-handbag-pocketbook-bag. Satchel sounds cool, but only would describe certain types of larger (messenger-style) bags. When I used to commute a lot to work — especially when we needed to cart files & even our laptops back and forth from leased spaces serving as newsrooms — I’d have what I called a “work bag,” a soft-sided brief bag. -dj
Add to that list a fanny pack, totes, and a backpack. I am currently using a snapped up fanny pack to carry my necessary belongings. Since surgery and radiation, my shoulder could no longer carry my big nicer bags (or whatevers), so I go with comfortable tacky.
We tend to call them purses still out here. “Bag” sounds dumpy to me. (Sorry, DJ.)
Call the Midwife, which I have watched from the beginning and still watch when it comes around, has had some episodes with topics that I did not appreciate, like advocating for abortion or the storyline that had a couple of lesbian nurses (they are not on anymore), but there are plenty of good storylines still.
Sometime within the last couple or so years, they touched on the Thalidomide situation, and the babies that were born greatly disabled from it.
I use pail and bucket interchangeably. It’s purse for me – I have never really heard pocketbook in use, but have read it in books. My purse has a cross body strap, but it does seem heavier these days.
Made a trip to Portland today. Blessed as my flight had many empty seats felt God’s care all along the way. Only booked the flight this morning. So very cheap and so well taken care of.
Jo
Granddaughter is in a performance tomorrow
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Good morning! That’s a cool blue picture. Where is that?
My friend is insisting that I watch Call the Midwife from the beginning. She was going to order them all for me. I said to wait because I might get them from the library. I picked up the first one yesterday.
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Morning! Wandering geese convention up there??! 🪿
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I never could get into that show, Janice, but I know many who like it. Maybe if you see it from the beginning it is much better.
One of my cousins, who is out deer hunting, had pictures of mosquitoes that are out. Apparently, I was wrong about them not being out. He claims they chased all the deer away, so they must be quite big. 😉
We will have a very unseasonable 55 at least. Very windy, however.
I think I may need to ask people to pronounce Thanksgiving today when we go to play music. 🙂
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We laugh as we go by a local college and it is teeming with geese. I don’t think I have ever seen so many there. It is right across the street from a lake.
BTW, I remember years ago when a woman was surprised when I used the word ‘bucket’. She did not think anyone from our area would use that word. Hmm, well, I think we probably sang about a hole in a bucket, if nothing else. With television and social media available all over, I would think there would be a lot of variations on speech that was not true decades ago.
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Thankfully our mosquitos are gone! They migrated to CA I think…Dj is killing them….
I recall referring to my purse and my “pocket book” and the store clerk looked at me as though I had landed from another planet! “Huh”?
Anyone else call their purse a pocket book? My granny did so I suppose it stuck with me!
Nj
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Mosquitos. 😦 😦 I get one in the house nearly every day still, keeping the repellant handy.
It rained off and on through the night with more coming tomorrow and Saturday, but today looks partially sunny for the most part.
But, OK, the benefits of mosquitos according to a website (I’ve been mulling over what the purpose of mosquitoes is, in a good sense, because it seems there must be something, some purpose … ):
______________
~ 1. Mosquitoes As A Food Source
This is probably the most obvious benefit mosquitoes bring to the planet. With millions upon millions of mosquitoes populating the earth, it goes without saying that something eats them. Mosquitoes are packed with protein and can be found in huge swarms. They can provide a large meal or a tiny snack.
It’s absolutely true that the many insect species provide an essential role in many types of ecosystems. Without mosquitoes, a lot of animals would have to look for an alternative food source. Mosquitoes, their eggs, and their larvae are food for a wide range of species. (Birds, Fish, Insects, Bats, Amphibians, Reptiles)
2. Mosquitoes Remove Waste (To Make Compost)
Mosquito larvae are always hungry. They emerge from eggs laid by female mosquitoes in stagnant pools of water, and can even thrive in moist soil. As long is it is in water, a mosquito egg will develop into a mosquito larva. In a single acre of soggy land, you might find a million eggs. The eggs hatch into larvae. Larvae develop into adult mosquitoes within a week to ten days. During this time, all they do is eat.
Mosquito larvae eat algae, parasites, fungus, and other microorganisms. And they eat all the time.
3. Mosquitoes Gave Birth To A Whole Economic Industry
Repelling insects is an entire industry on its own. That includes this blog, which partially covers my monthly bills. The many types of products produced to keep those nasty creatures away from us (and our loved ones) is a multi-million dollar worldwide industry. They actually add to the global GDP because of that.
4. Mosquitoes Benefit Engineering
Yes. You understood that right. Mosquitoes are making an impact in the world of engineering. Very recently, filming equipment was developed that slowed mosquito flight right down. Engineers were able to see every tiny mosquito wing movement. Why would they want to do that? Now be honest. How many times do you actually notice that a mosquito has landed on your skin? Can you feel it leave your skin when it flies away? Probably not.
The combination of mosquito leg movement, wing movement, and wing speed is now being studied by top engineers. The plan is to develop drones that won’t disturb their surroundings when taking off or landing. Just like the mosquito. The things we can learn from the natural world are truly limitless.
5. Mosquitoes As Pollinators
I’ve already mentioned that only a few species of adult (female) mosquito feeds on blood. The majority of them are quite happy with sugar. The most common sugar source in the natural world is nectar. Plants produce nectar for one purpose – to attract insects and birds. In return, nectar eaters brush against the flower’s sexual organs and pick up or transfer pollen.
With millions of nectar-loving mosquitoes spread all over the globe, they help plants to spread. They also help to increase plant diversity. Mosquitoes even do this in the Arctic, where insect populations are much more limited. Arctic mosquitoes not only drive the local caribou’s crazy, they also play a very important role in indigenous plant pollination. … and…
6. Mosquitoes As (Helpful) Assassins (of other invasive mosquitos)
7. Mosquitoes Protect The Rainforest (nothing says ‘Keep Out’ quite like a swarm of mosquitoes)
8. Mosquitoes Are Medically Important (scientists don’t only search for ways to eradicate disease-carrying mosquito species. They also research into mosquito anatomy and physiology.)
9. Mosquitoes Teach Us Important Lessons (Humans have made a lot of mistakes when it comes to mosquito control. In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States used ‘Paris Green’ to eradicate mosquitoes. Paris Green spray contained large amounts of arsenic. It burned trees. It slowly killed us. So humans began to look for an alternative … )
… So, Are Mosquitoes Really Our Friends?
Mosquitoes still have a long way to go before becoming our friends. They have a bad reputation which has lasted for millennia. I doubt this article will do much to change that. No-one wants to be bitten, and no-one wants to catch a mosquito-carried disease. …
But … ~
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https://endmosquitoes.com/10-benefits-of-mosquitoes-how-are-they-helpful-to-humans/#google_vignette
-dj
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I have used ‘pocketbook’ but got away from it as it is not common here .
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“Pocketbook,” that sounds odd out here. I think of it more as a throw-back term used by our grandparents (as NJ noted). But it sounds kind of cute.
I get complimented on my “satchels” by the young assistants at the eye doctor’s office.
Currently, though, using a very compact cross-body bag; for assignments I sometimes opt for something bigger, one of the saddlebag or tote styles, to hold a notebook and handout materials and stuff that can accumulate on those field excursions; but I try to go with the small cross-body bags as much as possible. Easy, lightweight, convenient. -dj
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Good morning, all. A beautiful day here with rain over night. Expecting mid forties.
We have seen maybe ten mosquitoes here in the past twenty five years. We have a swamp to the East and a creek to the south.
Why did it capitalize the East but not the south? Seems racist to me, or something.
mumsee
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I can’t remember any of the women in my life calling their purses pocketbooks.
I use buckets, for washing cars, mopping floors, and so forth. I suppose the alternate word would be pail, but to me that refers to smaller ones used by children.
We also use the word bucket more abstractly for categorizing things. For example, in a brainstorming session we might categorize an idea as “do now”, “talk about next week”, “assign to Joe for research”, or “reject”, and we decide which of those “buckets” to put the idea in.
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The first season, maybe even the second, of Call the Midwife was good. After that . . . not. 😦
Girl is off to Japan. I stopped to visit a friend on the way back and it was so good to catch up.
Also, leaving so early meant we missed getting caught in the southward traffic after a manufactured home teetered on the trailer pulling it down!
Oh, my. Many commutes doubled. 😦
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My mother was older when she had me so she was nearer the age of grandmothers of my peers. That explains her use of older terms such as pocketbook.
The friend who thinks I will love Call the Midwife told me today that it actually shows babies being born. It might be too much information (TMI) for me! She was a nurse so enjoys the medical aspects of programs. She loves the Rocky Mt. Vet program, and when I watched once it was too bloody with surgeries, etc. I wIll watch and see.
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How about a bucket list?
Or just a pail list for the less ambitious?
Pails are for the beach.
Buckets are for mops.
“Purse” also now sounds quaint. “Bag” is pretty all-purpose, but can sound frumpy?
Maybe there is just really no good, all-purpose word for a purse-handbag-pocketbook-bag. Satchel sounds cool, but only would describe certain types of larger (messenger-style) bags. When I used to commute a lot to work — especially when we needed to cart files & even our laptops back and forth from leased spaces serving as newsrooms — I’d have what I called a “work bag,” a soft-sided brief bag. -dj
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OK, back to that cruise ship terminal story now … -dj
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Add to that list a fanny pack, totes, and a backpack. I am currently using a snapped up fanny pack to carry my necessary belongings. Since surgery and radiation, my shoulder could no longer carry my big nicer bags (or whatevers), so I go with comfortable tacky.
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NJ – Yes, I grew up calling a purse a pocketbook. 🙂
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Oh, totes, of course.
Whew, finished two long stories, more to write tomorrow from the same meeting. -dj
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We tend to call them purses still out here. “Bag” sounds dumpy to me. (Sorry, DJ.)
Call the Midwife, which I have watched from the beginning and still watch when it comes around, has had some episodes with topics that I did not appreciate, like advocating for abortion or the storyline that had a couple of lesbian nurses (they are not on anymore), but there are plenty of good storylines still.
Sometime within the last couple or so years, they touched on the Thalidomide situation, and the babies that were born greatly disabled from it.
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I use pail and bucket interchangeably. It’s purse for me – I have never really heard pocketbook in use, but have read it in books. My purse has a cross body strap, but it does seem heavier these days.
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Made a trip to Portland today. Blessed as my flight had many empty seats felt God’s care all along the way. Only booked the flight this morning. So very cheap and so well taken care of.
Jo
Granddaughter is in a performance tomorrow
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