Monday, Apr 27
My part in the house remodeling project is to handle paying the contractor. Found out how to do that electronically. We are converting our attached 2-car garage into another room of our home. First, it must be repaired and brought up to code. It’s ceiling is falling, having been nailed with small nails meant to hold cedar shakes down, not meant to hold heavy dry-wall up. Screws are the appropriate fastener. The walls, attic, and floor need to be insulated. Electrical outlets, lighting, and ceiling fan will be added. One window needs removed as it only views an adjacent shed put in 8 years after the house was built, by another owner (not us). We moved in, in 1989. I am in charge of moving things we no longer need out of our home, and into the free giver community in our region (various free sites on Facebook) to be redistributed to folks in need. I like to do this when possible.
So, with respect to $, I called Brandy at our bank and arranged to transfer funds to the contractor. His bank account is there as well, so she could arrange a transfer directly to his business account from our checking account.
I also found the owner of the home with the unique tree (a willow) pictured in our previous blog last week (go look if you missed it, and tell me what animal figures you see in the branches). DO THAT BEFORE you read the description below the photo. I got his name from our contractor (who’s his neighbor). I found their phone number and requested an email address to send the family the photo. We had a nice conversation about the tree. It has been in a “dead” condition for a couple of years, but is still standing for people to admire and photograph.
Meals today: Lunch: Roast beef, beans, carrots.
Supper: Meatloaf and scalloped potatoes.
The Livestreaming lectures this week by Nick Zentner, came off successfully as planned:
Let me use this location to print corrections from links related to Nick Zentner’s information that wouldn’t work last week. First, are links related to Lydia Staisch on the Ringold Formation research with Zircons.
The two of our weekly blogs over 2 yrs (2018 & 2019) to connections to Lydia Staisch & Nick Zentner:
See both people below in these weeks on the dates suggested.
Look for Nick & Lydia in several places Wednesday, April 24
Look for Lydia Staisch on Thursday, May 31 & Fri. June 1
Tuesday, Apr 28
I saved myself a trip to town today by calling a friend, Connie, and she checked my numbers at Bi-Mart. We won nothing.
I was scheduled to participate in a 10:30 Zoom presentation with members of the AAC (our local Senior Center), which is closed. I participated. It was a meet your friends for a coffee break.
Palouse Falls
I sent my background viewing suggestions to the group for tonight’s lecture on the Palouse Hills.
Palouse Falls and Dry Falls, 6-12-13
Goldilocks Miracle of the Palouse|Nick on the Rocks, 2-25-19
Palouse Falls & the Palouse River Canyon, 2-min Geology, 6-4-13
Before starting tonight, let me switch you back to Nick’s #23 on April 16, where you need to add this to your background viewing for the ‘Nick from Home’ Livestream on the Yakima River Canyon. This is a 2-Minute Geology video with Nick singing, strumming, and educating viewers about geology.
Entrenched Meanders, Yakima River (near Ellensburg, WA)
And, Nick’s evening lecture:
‘Nick from Home’ Livestream #31 – 4-28-20 Palouse Hills starts 13 minutes in
Wednesday, Apr 29
Sent to the study group for Nick from Home lecture, this for background viewing tonight on Ice Age Lakes.
First—just this morning I found a new video for me and I imagine for most of you, but you may want to put this on your bucket list, after you have followed the ones below on Ice Age Lakes. I have not viewed this video past the first 19 minutes, but I’m hooked. (NOTE: I viewed some of the public comments below it, and was thrilled to see several names of people I have met on the ‘Nick from Home’ Livestreaming). I knew he had a following and now I’m convinced after attending all the Nick from Home presentations since 3/17/20 how worldwide it is.
Nick Zentner in 2015: Speaking to an audience of Pacific Northwest agriculturalists in the 3 Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, WA attending the PNW Oilseed & Direct Seed Conference.
Ice Age Geology: A Common Thread for Pacific Northwest Agriculture – Jun 12, 2015 (57 minutes)
Glacial Lake Missoula-Jun 14, 2015 (19 minutes)
Ice Age Mystery of Lake Lewis | Nick on the Rocks – Feb 25, 2019 (4 minutes)
Lake Chelan — Battle of the Ice Sheets | Nick on the Rocks – Dec 28, 2017 (4 minutes)
Lake Chelan Geology – Feb 19, 2017 (67 minutes)
Ice Age Lakes between Seattle and the Cascade Range May 11, 2015 (18 minutes)
Checked into this Zoom class, but did not stay very long because of too much noise (air compressor and nail gun) from the garage and many other things on my agenda.
Topic: Get Moving Exercise Class
Time: Apr 29, 2020 10:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Worked on sending past stuff to the new Zentnerds in the group.
Last week I listed two of the videos a watcher from Brisbane, Australia has created of Highlights of Nick Zentners’ livestreams in 10 episode segments. This week she made her third, and developed a playlist to which you can subscribe.
Here’s the link to the playlist:
Kathy Williams-DeVries, Nick Zentner’s Episode Highlights Playlist
Nick’s lecture tonight:
‘Nick from Home’ Livestream #32 – 4-29-20 Ice Age Lakes starts 12:50 minutes in
Thursday, Apr 30
I participated this morning in a Zoom presentation from the Ellensburg Senior Center. We visited 3 neighborhood libraries. Katrina Douglas lead the tour (during cold winds) on her bike.
Topic: Virtual Walk: Little Free Libraries – Part 1
Time: Apr 30, 2020 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
I managed to add the newbies to the list from yesterday, so my address list was ready to use. Finally, after several interruptions this morning. I sent out the background viewing suggestions for tonight’s geology lecture on Ice Age Waterfalls. I was rather pleased with what I found and provided, especially when Nick ended up showing 3 of them in the cozy fort.
Background viewing suggestions for tonight’s lecture: Ice Age Waterfalls:
Dry Falls – Roadside Geology August 29, 2012 (14 minutes)
Palouse Falls and Dry Falls June 12, 2013 (44 minutes)
Making our Dry Falls animation Dec 31, 2019 (4 minutes)
Ending with this after numerous mentions of his books:
Link to Central Rocks for Bruce Bjornstad interview on Nick’s site
and go to Central Rocks link below and play Bruce Bjornstad’s
interview (28 minutes).
Once you follow this link, you’ll need to go to Bruce Bjornstad
Nick from his porch because of our strong winds again today:
‘Nick from Home’ Livestream #33 – 4-30-20 Ice Age Waterfalls starts 12 minutes in
Supper: succotash, baked potato, baked chicken
Friday, May 1
No livestreaming video lecture from Nick Zentner tonight; his day off (along with Monday).
Here is the background reading for tomorrows lecture on Ice Age Climate.
Attempting to find this information on Ice Age Climate (Nick’s topic this morning) started Thursday night and continued into Friday, but was a very difficult chore. Here are my results:
For Saturday background on Nick’s Ice Age Climate:
Kathy Williams-DeVries, a friend in Australia reminded me of one of Nick’s Podcasts of the topic that I completely missed,
For the counterview to global warming & climate change, check out wattsupwiththat dot com, and note the following link where Nick has been featured there:
Nick Zentner recognized on a major climate discussion site
Climate Change-Past and Future –The Ice Ages
Evidence of Global Warming & The End of the Last Ice Age
2-13-20, There Is No Impending ‘Mini Ice Age’ by NASA Global Climate Change
Global Cooling: Are You Ready for the Real Climate Change?
Pleistocene History of Earth’s Climate
Paleoclimatology: the Oxygen Balance
Supper: Baked ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, cubed cooked apples in cinnamon/brown sugar.
Going to bed to be up early to watch the early morning geology lecture on Ice Age Climate.
Saturday, May 2
Ready for Nick’s livestreaming by 8:00 a.m. People get earlier each week, and we have our own conversation before most of the people check in.
Nick’s morning presentation:
We were thanked first and then others. You may wish to start watching at 3:00 minutes in.
First is ours: 3 bottles of White Heron Wine-White, Red, & Rose’.
Nick holding the wine and talking about us & him. Better to view in the video (above).
2nd gift, a beautiful water color painting from Jonathan in Portland, of Nick’s opening scene at Dry Falls for all his PBS shows, Nick on the Rocks.
Other gifts not pictured, so best to watch the couple minutes at the beginning of the video.
But here is a description of one gift, all the way from Germany.
It came in the mail with rock samples from Germany (Bavaria) near Austria, from Thomas a geology teacher there in high school and the university. Now Nick is going to share specimens from here with Thomas.
After our morning Livestreaming Geology with Nick was successfully done, John and I spent an interesting day with the contractor, moving our water treatment stuff out of the way for the raised floor in our new room. We were without running water from after lunch until 5:30 and dealing with rain and moving a Refrigerator freezer to the front porch, John building a ramp for us to exit the porch, and I was trying to work inside with a ton of noise.
Supper: Biscuits with ham gravy and mashed potatoes
Sunday, May 3
I called my first geography professor in Atlanta, GA, to wish him a Happy Birthday, for yesterday. His name is Sandy Bederman, and had a nice visit with him and his wife, Jolayne. They were instrumental in my life starting in 1962, and influencing my choice to continue in graduate school.
Nick’s morning lecture is #35 – Volcanoes & Climate.
Here was the background information for this morning’s lecture I sent out yesterday afternoon.
I don’t really have much in the way of background material to suggest, so will pick a couple ones I found today, more related to past lectures (for the volcano part) where Plate Tectonics play a big part.
Introduction to Plate Tectonics
And this morning from Nick’s backyard:
‘Nick From Home’ Livestream #35 – 5-3-20 Volcanoes & Climate starts 13:08 minutes in
Very interesting presentation.
Supper: Fried chicken, fish, and cheesy cauliflower, and a small piece of corn on its cob.
Hope your week was fine.
Nancy and John
Still on the Naneum Fan