Experience Journeys

I saw three robins this morning. It reminded me of this calendar of "natural milestones" I compiled which mark the year for me in our part of the Alberta Foothills. There are a few I should probably add like the skunks starting to roam about mid-march and ice out on the Elbow River in the hamlet about the same time. Any other suggestions?
Happy Spring...I hope it's a wet one!

Happy Earth Day...a day to remember our connection to all live on earth. Essentially all (99.999999995%) of our ancestry on earth is shared with microbes, fungi, sponges, fish, amphibians, reptiles and early mammals. We share important things like mitochondria, skeletons, awareness and emotions with our cousins: from other primates and mammals to now distant cousins such as plankton. We depend on them to survive. Lets recognize our family and take of them like our family. Happy Earth Day!

And another beautiful thing about our gaia...a magnetic field that protects its lifeforms and creates a light show at the same time!

r/space on Reddit: The northern lights as seen from the International Space Station. The video begins with the green hues of the northern lights dancing across the skies of North America. The curvature of the Earth is visible where the auroras in... Posted by u/Davicho77 - 549 votes and 16 comments