Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦
@pardosa.bsky.social
Books. Writing. Chess. Classical Guitar. Science. Spiders. Degrees in music and science. 🎼🔬 Lifelong reader. 🖖🏻
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“Beware of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss.”
- Robert Heinlein
🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP! 🇨🇦
“Beware of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss.”
- Robert Heinlein
A 1943 zinc-coated steel penny made to save copper during WW2. Worth a few dollars today, from what I could find out. A nice piece of history.
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A 1943 zinc-coated steel penny made to save copper during WW2. Worth a few dollars today, from what I could find out. A nice piece of history.
Have you seen this book? 500+ pages.
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Have you seen this book? 500+ pages.
A little north of Edmonton, Alberta tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A little north of Edmonton, Alberta tonight.
Rereading this now. So well written, and also an object lesson that’s relevant to what’s happening in parts of the world today.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Rereading this now. So well written, and also an object lesson that’s relevant to what’s happening in parts of the world today.
Googled “water stream electric charge.” Very interesting!
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Googled “water stream electric charge.” Very interesting!
Sunrise this morning.
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Sunrise this morning.
I just like the look of this spider from Alberta. Gnaphosa borea
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I just like the look of this spider from Alberta. Gnaphosa borea
Fall colours today
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fall colours today
Here’s an insider’s account that tells what LDS was like for women under Brigham Young.
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here’s an insider’s account that tells what LDS was like for women under Brigham Young.
Early morning moon and Venus
September 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Early morning moon and Venus
During the winter here, when conditions are right, a low sun will light up ice crystals in the air, creating a “transporter effect.”
September 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
During the winter here, when conditions are right, a low sun will light up ice crystals in the air, creating a “transporter effect.”
Here’s an entertaining, hilarious book (1986) that pokes fun at unnecessarily technical-sounding words or phrases used to describe simple, commonplace things. An enjoyable light read! You may find yourself calling a spoon a “noninvasive transfer utensil,” or a window screen an “arthropod filter.”😁
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s an entertaining, hilarious book (1986) that pokes fun at unnecessarily technical-sounding words or phrases used to describe simple, commonplace things. An enjoyable light read! You may find yourself calling a spoon a “noninvasive transfer utensil,” or a window screen an “arthropod filter.”😁
Author Susan Jacoby, writing in the introduction to her book, “The Age of American Unreason.” (2008), on why so many Americans question the theory of evolution:
September 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Author Susan Jacoby, writing in the introduction to her book, “The Age of American Unreason.” (2008), on why so many Americans question the theory of evolution:
Feather cloud this morning.
September 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Feather cloud this morning.
It’s a shame to come across an interesting post, but to which only certain people can join in.
September 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It’s a shame to come across an interesting post, but to which only certain people can join in.
Some of my amateur splatter art. I thought the colours would go well together. Purely for fun.
September 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Some of my amateur splatter art. I thought the colours would go well together. Purely for fun.
Another web covered in early morning dew. This one’s horizontal and two-tiered. A closer look reveals a tiny spider hanging upside down under the top layer, waiting for its prey.
September 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Another web covered in early morning dew. This one’s horizontal and two-tiered. A closer look reveals a tiny spider hanging upside down under the top layer, waiting for its prey.
Morning dew settled onto several orb webs in my garden the other morning, highlighting their amazing architecture.
September 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Morning dew settled onto several orb webs in my garden the other morning, highlighting their amazing architecture.
I’d like to see the Nobel Peace prize go to someone who hasn’t been in the news; someone whose quiet, effective work in the shadows turns out to be far more valuable than some posturing loudmouth.
August 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’d like to see the Nobel Peace prize go to someone who hasn’t been in the news; someone whose quiet, effective work in the shadows turns out to be far more valuable than some posturing loudmouth.
My orange baboon tarantula molted recently. She’s about half grown now (got her last year as a captive-bred spiderling).
This is a rare picture, because she stays in her webbed retreat most of the time. I hardly ever see her.
This is a rare picture, because she stays in her webbed retreat most of the time. I hardly ever see her.
August 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My orange baboon tarantula molted recently. She’s about half grown now (got her last year as a captive-bred spiderling).
This is a rare picture, because she stays in her webbed retreat most of the time. I hardly ever see her.
This is a rare picture, because she stays in her webbed retreat most of the time. I hardly ever see her.
“Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery To Freedom” (2023) - Ilyon Woo
This is a well-researched, beautifully written modern account of William and Ellen Craft’s escape from slavery (see the previous book in this list). Theirs is an incredible story.
#booksky
#slavery
#history
This is a well-researched, beautifully written modern account of William and Ellen Craft’s escape from slavery (see the previous book in this list). Theirs is an incredible story.
#booksky
#slavery
#history
August 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
While mowing the lawn today I came up to this interesting flat, shiny mushroom blocking my mower’s path. It looked so nice that I mowed around it, rather than over it.
August 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
While mowing the lawn today I came up to this interesting flat, shiny mushroom blocking my mower’s path. It looked so nice that I mowed around it, rather than over it.
One of my favorite Kirk moves is when he attacks the wall during a fight in “Journey To Babel.” 😂 🖖🏻
August 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
One of my favorite Kirk moves is when he attacks the wall during a fight in “Journey To Babel.” 😂 🖖🏻