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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 4h

The 23-book English detective series featuring DI Hillary Greene, by Faith Martin (starts with “Murder On The Oxford Canal”). Great writing, surprising and ingenious plots, and recurring characters that change and grow from their experiences. Just wanted to put that out there. 👍

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 15h

Is Premier Smith doing anything to stop this?

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 15h

I like a good western. Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order: (I thought about adding “Bad Day at Black Rock,” but wasn’t sure it qualifies as a “western,” though it plays like one)

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“I do not like hardness of heart, but neither do I like softness of head.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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After Octavian @afteroctavian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well , this is nifty. I have found a whole new cohort to block on sight. It's the ebook haters. You know the ones - the posters who talk about "real" books, who never acknowledge readers with disabilities or failing eyesight or worsening arthritis. Who somehow think paper and glue make a text.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The tremolo is arguably the most beautiful, and undeniably the most difficult technique in a classical guitarist’s arsenal. When combined with the musical genius of Giulio Regondi (1822-1872) and a top guitar virtuoso, Kanahi Yamashita, the result is mesmerizing: Regondi’s Reverie-Nocturne, Op. 19

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Kanahi Yamashita | Reverie-Nocturne, Op.19 by Giulio Regondi | Open Strings Berlin

YouTube video by Open Strings Berlin

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m always looking for bugs under outdoor chairs; you never know what might be hiding there. So, today I found what I think are two varieties of the two-spot ladybug (Adalia bipunctata), one a paler version of the other. They’re tiny little bugs, around 5mm. Alberta has ~75 ladybug species.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ruffed grouse just off the driveway this afternoon. They don’t normally stick around to get their picture taken.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A bee mimic fly, Sericomyia sp., on a potentilla flower.

From Wikipedia:
Sercomyia are large flies with species that are bee mimics both short pile and long pile. Sericomyiine flower flies are common in boreal forests across the Holarctic region and southward at higher elevations into the Oriental and Neotropical regions. Sericomyia species have larvae of the rat-tailed maggot type, often found in ponds rich in decomposing vegetation where they filter out microorganisms as their food.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A rain cloud from the other day. Clouds like this, especially the bigger, taller ones, can contain over one million pounds of water vapor.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A jumping spider, Phidippus borealis, at the entrance to its hideaway on a fence post the other evening.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just watched this classic gangster movie on Netflix, starring Robert DeNiro who plays two characters that go head to head against each other. Really well done, and a very good story. 👍

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Here’s a recipe for Apple Dumplings that’s been in my family for almost 90 years. As you can see from the stains on the card it has been used extensively! I had to laminate the card to keep it from disintegrating! 😁 Great as a desert, especially after Thanksgiving dinner. Enjoy!

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Middle East is imploding, getting worse by the day, and President Trump is in Ireland visiting a golf course.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In 1970 students moved into their new campus at Cairo American College, in the suburb of Maadi, Egypt. There were about 230 students in grades K-12 then. Today, with nearly 1,000 students, the campus looks very different, with bigger, and more modern classrooms and facilities.

Sportsday at Cairo American College in the spring of 1970.

The modern campus of Cairo American College.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Feeling awfully patriotic these days!

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Looking out my back window this morning.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Don’t forget: the 60th anniversary of the debut of STAR TREK is Sept 6th, *not* Sept 8th. Star Trek debuted in Canada two days before it did in the US. 🖖🏻

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Went through a “psychedelic” car wash this morning. Flashing colored lights, rainbow-colored soap …. What’s up with that?? 😂

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The “Rizzoli and Isles” series of mystery/thriller novels by Tess Gerritsen (starts with “The Surgeon”). Just wanted to put that out there. 👍

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I don’t understand why an author promoting their latest published book uses neither correct punctuation nor grammar in their written sales pitch.

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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Remember to tag me so I can beat them up

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

When you blow out a candle the apparent smoke that rises from it is briefly flammable, and can be used to reignite the candle without directly relighting the wick. Quite a neat effect! I slowed this video down by 50% to make it easier to see.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii tonight - especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters. I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horseback since 5 p.m. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.” - Mark Twain (from “Rouging It”)

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This afternoon I was in the right place at the right time to get this. The wasp returned a few more times and brought 2 more caterpillars out of the same hole. It dropped them all on the ground and left them there.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This bubble formed on the spout of a dish soap container, and lasted quite a while. Lots of interesting movement going on!

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The great Venezuelan guitarist Alirio Diaz never fails to give an impressive performance. Here is his version of Preludio no. 1 op. 5 by Barrios. This is certainly the fastest tempo I’ve heard anyone play this piece, and the clarity is a tribute to Diaz’s virtuosity. Beautifully done!

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Alirio Diaz plays Barrios - Preludio No.1 Op.5 (rec. 1966)

YouTube video by Stu Blag

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

An adult male Araneus trifolium. At this time of year the species matures. The adult males don’t spin a permanent web, but wander in search of adult females. After mating she’ll lay eggs that overwinter. She’ll die after laying eggs, but a new generation is born next spring.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Meet one of the winners of the 2026 Fields Medal for mathematics. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mTPy...

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2026 Fields Medal: Hong Wang

YouTube video by Simons Foundation

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Smoke from wildfires contributed to yesterday’s evening sky, with a nice result.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking place at the end.” - Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“No vision of God and heaven ever experienced by the most exalted prophet can, in my opinion, match the vision of the universe as seen by Newton or Einstein.” - Isaac Asimov

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP Sam Neill, who never disappointed in any role. He shall be missed! His autobiography, published in 2023, is an entertaining, anecdote-filled memoir of his life that his fans will want to read.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I used to play classical guitar once a week at a local restaurant. One day I finished a song and heard clapping coming from behind me. I turned around to acknowledge the applause and it was a lady hitting a bottle of ketchup she held upside down over her hamburger, “clap clap clap …” 😅

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I just happened to look out the back window the other day just after some deer entered the yard. The protective mother took a good hard look at me while her fawn pranced around, lol. Nice to see them! 😁

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Some colorful beetles on flowers in the garden yesterday.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Beautiful piece, beautifully played, and on a beautiful instrument. I love the sound he gets! m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQXJ...

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"Fuego" by José María Gallardo Del Rey

YouTube video by José María Gallardo Del Rey

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Here are a couple of male crab spiders (Misumena vatia). One is lurking on a daisy flower, waiting for either an unsuspecting fly to arrive, or a perhaps a female spider, and potential mate, instead. The other, hunting among cow parsnip flowers, has already caught a fly.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A young crab spider (Misumena vatia) with a fly it just caught. This spider will often bend over a petal or two on one of these flowers to make a shelter for itself. I was lucky to get these pictures. These spiders have good eyesight and often move and hide under the flower when approached.

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗 So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old! @55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Alberta separatists brag about meetings with top White House officials and a $500Mil slush fund. But getting an investigation into the foreign interference isn't that easy. I received a bizarre email from the bureaucracy in charge of the issue. Check it out. charlieangus.substack.com/p/i-stand-co...

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I Stand Corrected

When it comes to foreign interference, Canadians are on their own.

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Found some tent caterpillars (probably Malacosoma disstria) on a young aspen tree in my yard. There are just a few of them, nowhere close to the infestation numbers that occurred about ten years ago. Beautiful colouring!

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Isaac Albeniz 🇨🇦 @pardosa.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A sign I saw once on the noticeboard outside a church: “Did you ever wish Noah had swatted those two mosquitoes?”

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