Also see her LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sallyharold

#rivers

Dam removal event.

Trout lilies.

Sally Harold at Highland to celebrate World Fish Migration Day. Image by Chris Brunson.

Along the way, going to Middlesex Land Trust event to meet Sally Harold. Highland Pond to celebrate World Fish Migration Day.

Putin pleased.

Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.

Nôtre Dame, Paris. A drawing, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper.

‘He therefore turned to mankind only with regret. His cathedral was enough for him. It was peopled with marble figures of kings, saints and bishops who at least did not laugh in his face and looked at him with only tranquillity and benevolence‘ ~ Victor Hugo. #BookWormSat
🖼️ David Roberts, 1828.

Ahab answered—“Aye.”

Long walk from Race Point Lighthouse to the Pilgrim Monument.

Two days apart.

After a rare six months together, our family (80 per cent of it anyway) will fracture again at the end of this week: our youngest is heading to Sydney, our eldest to Turkey (to walk the 800+ kms of the Lycian Way), and Given and I to Cagliari to move our storm-damaged Wrack to a yard for a refit.

"I try not to take any foolish chances, but there's just no way to play it completely safe and still do your job."
Ernie Pyle

Ernie Pyle. #WWII

Live updates: Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Tehran reimposes restrictions

I'm starting to get the feeling that Hegseth and Trump have no earthly idea what they're doing.

The Iranian military says the Strait of Hormuz is closed again. Ships are turning back.

“The website collects scenes of flooding and other weather-related damage that are occurring with increasing frequency as sea level rises and storms intensify.”

And from elsewhere at the museum… They recently renovated and reopened, and it all felt very fresh and springy today. Another great Yale museum that I hadn’t visited in a long time.

The Strait of Hormuz is the Schroedinger’s Cat of bodies of water.

Paul Cupido

More than 6.5M Canadians are now covered under the Canadian Dental Care Plan, with over 4M already receiving care, Health Minister Marjorie Michel announced. Eligible Canadians can renew coverage by June 1.

Info: Canada.ca/dental

Taking the dog for a walk. #tofinobc #canada #dusk

The whole thread.

The day’s first rays of sun paint Nipper’s back in #AlbanyNY.

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For #FossilFriday I was just thinking of William Fox #IsleofWight who discovered several new dinosaur taxa in the 1860s. He called them dragons. “I cannot leave this place while I have any money left to live on, I take such deep in hunting for old dragons”.

So true.

May his home and gardens be reborn.

From Friends of Gillette Castle State Park. Two views. Note the trellises, fencing. May this site be reborn.

Note the fencing, trellises.

From the first link, above.

The House of Yukitaka Osaki Historical Marker (A historical marker located in Lyme in New London County, Connecticut.)

Would love to see his gardens restored.

Images and more about Yukitaka Osaki: www.gillettecastlefriends.org/yukitaka-osaki

His home, waiting.
www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=266480

Play on William Gillette’s 'Gentleman Valet,' Yukitaka Osaki, to Be Staged Inside Castle – LymeLine.com An original play at Gillette Castle offers insight into the Japanese immigrant experience through an intimate one-man performance.

"The production is sponsored by the Friends of Gillette Castle State Park, with proceeds supporting preservation efforts, including plans to restore Osaki’s former riverfront home."

via @lymeline.bsky.social #ConnecticutRiver

Under international law, transit through waterways like the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free of charge. This is what leaders made clear in their call on reopening the Strait today. (1/3)

evening walk yesterday