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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 04/10/2026

I got a nice hike in today in the Gatineau Park. The fall colours are really coming in and the forest what’s beautiful.

Looking through a gap in the trees to forested hills

An old fogey posing on a rock in front of yellow/green/red trees. In the distance are tree covered hills and grey clouds

A distant view on trees hills under grey skies with orangey and green trees in the foreground

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 03/10/2026

No sleep, onto my second maß of bier. Prost!

Old fogey drinking a litre of German beer on a table with a blue and white checked Bavarian flag

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 29/09/2026

Here’s some moments of acrobatic flying from Goulian Aerosports from the Salinas Airshow 2026 #AvGeek #Aviation

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 28/09/2026

Archer Midnight eVTOL electric plane This plane has fixed hover rotors at the back, and swivel rotors at the front which transition from vtol to horizontal flight mode Designed as a short range air taxi #avgeek #aviation

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

At the Salinas airshow things are starting to get going

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

I’m at the Salinas Airshow with my buddies from Archer. They’ll be showing off their Midnight eVTOL #aviation #Archer #ArcherAviation

Poster from Archer Aviation - No Roads Tour 2026

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

Oh but there’s one more thing! I got a lovely visit with this cute Bewick’s Wren! No good photos but here’s a nice little video! #birds #MentalHealthHike

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

To end my trail, a grey squirrel gave me a talking to. “AND STAY OUT!” #squirrel #MentalHealthHike

A grey squirrel staring at me from behind the fork of a bay laurel tree

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

Some wag added a nice surprise to the side of the hill… :-) #Gnomes #MentalHealthHike

A gnome statue with a purple hat, blue coat, holding a sign that says “Welcome”

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

Check out this beautiful old oak, festooned with lichen and moss #LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon #Plants #Oaks #MentalHealthHike

Lichen and moss grown on the bark of an oak tree

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

One of the things I love about these hills is that you can THINK it’s dry and dead, and then be completely surprised… #BloomScrolling #Plants #Flowers #MentalHealthHike

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

The trail also was festooned with serpentine rocks, some polished smooth by walkers over the years en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_su… #minerals #MentalHealthHike

Large serpentine boulder embedded in a dirty trail

Close-up of large boulder with serpentine

Serpentine boulder in the middle of a dusty trail

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

I found one manzanita tree with some awesome lichens #LichenSubscribe #MentalHealthHike

Lichens growing on a manzanita branch - the branch is partly red, with some grey bark too

Lichen growing on a red barked manzanita tree

Lichens nestled in the fork of red coloured manzanita branches

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

The trail is lined with cool manzanita trees. These beauties have a deep red colour to their bark, which peels and fades as it grows older #MentalHealthHike

Wizened old manzanita tree next to a dusty trail

Red and grey bark on the trunk of a manzanita tree

Dead manzanita tree trunk, wrapped around rocks in a bank

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

For today’s #MentalHealthHike I visited an old friend, St Joseph’s Hill Open Space Preserve. This hill is perched above the Lexington Reservoir, and the Highway 17 snakes it’s way past Los Gatos, up through the Santa Cruz Mountains, and then down to Santa Cruz and the Pacific Ocean.

A wooden sign in front of a stand of Eucalyptus trees. It reads

St Joseph’s Hill
Open Space Preserve
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

A highway winds its way between hills. A reservoir spillway is visible to the highway’s left.

A reservoir, seen from above. There are power lines crossing the valley above it.

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 26/09/2026

Weekend sourdough makes me happy

Freshly baked loaf of bread on a cutting board with a bread knife

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 24/09/2026

Aside from it being a tweet on xitter, this made me smile and feel all warm inside

Screenshot of a tweet from Lynda Carter
@RealLyndaCarter

“I kept hearing about Fat Bear Week and
thought it was a celebration of body
positivity within a gay subculture. It turns
out it is about actual bears! Either way, I
am here for it.”

Screenshot of a tweet from Lynda Carter
@RealLyndaCarter

“Everyone is so surprised that I know about
gay bears. Listen, they don't make you
Grand Marshal of multiple Pride parades
for nothin'!”

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 22/09/2026

From Smashed Potato Kids… The hook at the end…

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 21/09/2026

Way back in a previous life in Auckland, New Zealand, I was in two bands, playing saxomophone This would have been around ‘93-‘96 One band practiced every week, and almost never played gigs. This band was named “The Teutonix” and was the creation of our mad […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Wanted ad from the early 1990s New Zealand

Teutonix are desperately seeking a singer in their 20s or 30s. Contact Kevin on <redacted phone number>

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