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Jonathan Riley
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special interests: clean air and water... and a liveable planet for my granddaughters.

exploring the natural and cultural history of Kespukwitk (SWNS). canoeing, camping, running, skiing, lichen — and haiku
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If gathering dead conifer branches for your fire, be sure and check for Eastern Candlewax lichen (Ahtiana aurescens) — it’s S2S3 endangered/ vulnerable here in Nova Scotia. That is: pretty rare. But if you camp in old woods by rivers, lakes or swamps, you might just see some. #lichen #speciesatrisk
A small golden leafy lichen on a dead conifer branch in the foreground. Snowy forest in the background and a canvas tent. A golden leafy lichen (eastern candlewax) mixed with a tube lichen on a dead conifer branch. The candlewax lichen has one brown disk, the fruiting body of the lichen, rimmed in the same golden colour as the lichens lobes. A golden leafy lichen (eastern candlewax) mixed with a tube lichen on a dead conifer branch. The candlewax lichen has two brown disks, the fruiting bodies, rimmed in the same golden colour as the lichens lobes. A golden leafy lichen (eastern candlewax) mixed with a black and white tube lichen on a dead conifer branch.
February 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.

—Joseph Brodsky
February 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Why are lichenologists so good at flattery?

Cause they study ascus!
#lichen #lichenpuns
February 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Blue Felt (Pectenia plumbea), Nova Scotia’s official lichen — found a couple yesterday on Red maples on swamp edges. Scallop shape tending towards circular, deep blue mat but frosty white at lobe tips, red apothecia with thin pale white margins. raised radial ridges on lobe surface. #lichen
Blue Felt lichen, lead gray colour, scallop shaped, red fruiting bodies on a mossy maple trunk with other bryophytes Blue felt side angle highlighting slightly upturned lobes and frosty white hairs around lobe tips. Red apothecia with white rims. Hidden amongst pale green of Tree Lungwort Lichen, a small, barely mature Blue Felt lichen thallus. Lead gray colour, scalloped lobes, slightly upturned lobe tips, frosty white hairs underneath. Only a few small red apothecia (spore producing bodies) with white rims. Growing on green mossy stuff (?), an immature Blue Felt lichen with no apothecia (spore producing bodies). Lead gray colour, scalloped lobes, slightly upturned lobe tips, frosty white hairs underneath turning bluer under the lobes. Raised radial ridges.
February 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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My special interests are clean air and water and a liveable planet for my granddaughters
February 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Prepping for tonight’s *Paddling Adventures* talk, thinking about Douglas LePan’s “Canoe-Trip”
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«What of this fabulous country
Now that we have it reduced to a few hot hours
And sun-burn on our backs?»
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In this case, now that it’s reduced to a few hot slides…
630pm Sissiboo Cafe, Annapolis Royal
January 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This Friday in Annapolis Royal I’ll be talking about this fun little local backcountry canoe trip over 12 lakes between Hwy 10 and Hwy 8. I’ll spend some talking about how to plan a trip somewhere you’ve never been. #canoeing #kespukwitk #SWNS #microadventure #go #getoutdoors
A poster with a map as background and a picture of a young man wearing a PFD and bucket hat standing on a high place overlooking a lake with many coves surrounded by woods. Hwy 10 to Hwy 8 by canoe. Join Jonathan Riley as he talks about his 5-day backcountry paddling adventure! Friday, Jan. 31 6:30 pm Sissiboo Cafe in Annapolis Royal. A tent and red canoe on a sandy shoreline overlooking a lake coloured many hues of pink by the rising sun plus a rainbow reflected in the lake and a small wooded island. A person carries a red canoe across an open rocky grassy portage. A young person in PFD, bucket hat and shorts stands atop a beaver dam beside a red canoe loaded with backpacks. The stream below the dam is choked with pickerel weed. The person looks forward above the dam to the stream and hardwoods beyond.
January 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Sweet little xc-ski on a beautiful piece of provincial land overlooking Folly Lake — wasn’t really looking but did see one Shaggy Fringe lichen (Anaptychia palmulata) — such beautiful brown fruiting bodies! Skiing’s been amazing this year! #xcskiing #lichen #speciesofconservationconcern #novascotia
A xc-skier stands in a snowy winter woods overlooking Folly Lake, Colchester County NS Xc-ski tracks through a snowy woods. A wooden sign saying “Folly Face” in a snowy woods overlooking Folly Lake NS A Shaggy Fringe lichen, with many narrow strap-like lobes and dark brown apothecia on the scaly old bark of a hardwood.
January 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM