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Ellie KennardSitting on the patio at Harvest Clean Eats having a late breakfast while we wait for Badger to have her ultrasound at the specialty vets in the city. She can't keep any food down and her bloodwork is perfect, so this is the next step to find out what's wrong with her. I hope so much that it's nothing serious. While she was waiting for this appointment she's been on anti-nausea meds, which worked. But that's not a long term solution. They have good healthy vegan options, which is always appreciated. <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/badgerTheCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#badgerTheCat</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/HarvestCleanEats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarvestCleanEats</a>

Ellie KennardTake a look at today's great haul from our local farmers. Part is a CSA subscription, part was ordered in addition. All delivered to a local farm stand for easy pickup on our bikes. Strawberries, beets, turnips, radishes, sweet potatoes, greens, broccolini, greens and more greens (kale)! There is a great initiative from the Nova Scotia government where buying from the local farmers market, including the CSA gets a 10% discount.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/buyLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buyLocal</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/buyLocalNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buyLocalNS</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/supportFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supportFarmers</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/veggies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veggies</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fruits</a> no <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/gravy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gravy</a>

Ellie KennardCalling for room service. We need a water bowl refresh! That pesky fox must have been marking the water bowl again. <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/WildlifeWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildlifeWednesday</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/trailcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailcam</a>

Ellie KennardThere's no question about it: gardening is not for the faint of heart, nor the easily discouraged. So is this creature the one that's been feasting on our baby dahlias? If so, what can I do? <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ElliekPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElliekPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/id" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#id</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NotAFly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NotAFly</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/gardenPest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardenPest</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dahlia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dahlia</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a>

Ellie KennardWhat do you think? <a href="https://flipping.rocks/@colinpurrington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@colinpurrington</a> Should this work to deter mosquitos? My brother (thanks to him for the image) says it worked for him today: "Cloth on ants nest. Wait for them to attack it with formic acid. Shake ants off. Wipe arms and legs and face. No mosquitoes."<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Mosquitos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mosquitos</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/formicAcid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#formicAcid</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/mosquitoRepellent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mosquitoRepellent</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

Ellie KennardEdit: I think it's been identified, see the comments. Thanks for the boosts and help. What a great community! Can someone please help me identify this tiny worm in my garden? It's like a piece of hair and it moves in a twisting motion. I think it's eating some of my plants, but I can't find out what it is. Anyone? At first I thought it was a hair, that's how thin it is. It is in a bed where I have sown some red mustard plants which do seem to be chomped on. But maybe they're not the culprits. They look too tiny to cause much damage. If it's them, will diatomaceous earth control them?<a href="https://flipping.rocks/@colinpurrington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@colinpurrington</a> is this something you recognize?<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ID</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/worm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worm</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediHelp</a>

Ellie KennardIs it worth it?If I needed convincing (which I don't) that my months/years of working to keep fit and maintaining and building muscle (at now 75yo) are worth it, yesterday's near accident would have done it! I was coming home from an evening bike ride, and coming down a long rough hill. This is a turn I have to make on the bike almost every day and usually I choose to negotiate the lumpy tree roots on the left of the image, before turning sharply to the left side of the image and then taking another sharp turn up a grassy field to home. This time I chose the other side as the roots looked less protruding than on my usual route. However I was wrong and the turn was much sharper and the bike started to slip sideways on some dried leaves. I lost my pedals and started to fall. Somehow I wrenched the handlebars up and righted the heavy bike, by sheer strength. I caught the pedals again and carried on riding up the field with the momentum of the downhill trajectory. A few months ago I would not have had the strength to do that and would definitely have fallen over. I'm not riding a mountain bike and the road tires are not suited to that terrain, but usually it handles it fairly well. I felt ridiculously proud of my achievement and the strength which permitted me to avoid injury. So, yes! It's worth it! <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/woodland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woodland</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/strengthtraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strengthtraining</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/elder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elder</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/oldWomanOnABike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldWomanOnABike</a>

Ellie KennardFox Shenanigans: This is incredibly silly but a timeline cleanse. What do you think is happening here? Turn your volume right down, I've no idea what that noise is! (Apologies)<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/FoxFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoxFriday</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/TrailCam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrailCam</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fox</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a>

Ellie KennardI think I'm going to have to stop listening to "Framed" by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey. I can't bear it any more. If you still have any faith at all in the justice system (in the US in this case, but probably anywhere), reading this will soon disabuse you of that illusion. I get it. And I have listened to several of the stories. But it is simply too painful to carry on, especially knowing this kind of injustice is running rampant now. I need to try to sleep and this isn't helping.If you're waiting for the audiobook from Halifax library, have at it. But don't say I didn't warn you.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/IAmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IAmReading</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

Ellie KennardClearly the idiots who overtake cyclists on a double yellow lined blind bend are not expecting to meet similar minded idiots doing the same thing, coming the other way. In other words meeting themselves coming back. I hope I'm not there when they do. We have too many of them around here. Idiots. Unthinking. Reckless with the lives of others and in a rush to get to the graveyard. <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biking</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NovaScotia</a>

Ellie KennardGreat article about Halifax cycling stats from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@HalifaxExaminer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HalifaxExaminer</a> <a href="https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/number-go-up-a-decade-of-counting-halifaxs-bike-trips/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/number-go-up-a-decade-of-counting-halifaxs-bike-trips/</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cyclingInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyclingInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Halifax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Halifax</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biking</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

Ellie KennardIt is <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/FoxFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoxFriday</a> surely! We found our foxes! Obviously they moved to a different spot on the property this year. It's all thanks to our trail cam. We got videos of a deer, raccoons (regular, not golden, so far), then moved the camera and in the early morning there were lots of photos of (at least) 3 foxes. They were playing and drinking from the bowl of water I had put there for them. I suspect the other videos are too big to upload.Then came this video! I guess they like shiny things.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/foxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foxes</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/trailcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trailcam</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Words" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Words</a> - I thought of you!

Ellie KennardDoes anyone know where <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/moriartylab.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@moriartylab.bsky.social</a> has gone? It's been weeks since they were supposed to post the next data.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

Ellie Kennard<a href="https://flipping.rocks/@nev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nev</a> Or anyone else who wants to take a look., This is probably a totally common type of fly, but it was walking around and jumping. So, as you have kindly offered to id insects, would you mind checking this one out please? It's probably a regular blue bottle fly, but I'm sure you'll know at a glance. Thanks in advance.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

Ellie KennardFollowing Dan's suggestion that we do the following, here is my brief 10 minute bioblitz in my woods . Birds heard and recorded by <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/merlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#merlin</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/merlinApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#merlinApp</a> I'm trying to learn to identify only from their songs or calls. As I mostly can't see them! <a href="https://ecoevo.social/@danmccullough" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@danmccullough</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/10MinuteBioblitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#10MinuteBioblitz</a>. • Pick an area that you like • Explore for 10 minutes and record what you find, be it flora or fauna • Can be photos, sounds, descriptions, drawings, whatever you like • ID not required. But Alt-text please<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birding</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NovaScotia</a>

Ellie KennardJust enjoying the original music by our <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fedFriend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedFriend</a> <a href="https://musicians.today/@nigelharpur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nigelharpur</a> on this rainy afternoon."Carnival for Little Creatures". Such a great sound through a proper sound system. Waiting for our CDs, ordered through Bandcamp at a ridiculously affordable price to arrive from the UK, but in the meantime the hires digital download (from qobuz) is great.Thanks, Nige.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SaturdayVibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaturdayVibes</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SaturdayMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaturdayMusic</a>

Ellie KennardHi all Edit: I'm pretty sure our green fingered Stéphanie has correctly identified these as white Spanish bluebells! So she wins the prize. (Originally a plea for <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#help</a> from the <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flower</a> people on here.) Can anyone help me identify these flowers? INaturalist has no idea. I know that Steven transplanted them but we don't remember from where. For <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/floralFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floralFriday</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

Ellie KennardTake a listen to <a href="https://musicians.today/@nigelharpur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nigelharpur</a> 's music! Loving it! So laid back, complex and interesting. Pass it on! (And give him a follow)Really reasonable pricing on Bandcamp, too. We're listening on qobuz but no doubt it's on the other services.<a href="https://musicians.today/@nigelharpur/114585248943042023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://musicians.today/@nigelharpur/114585248943042023</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

Ellie KennardGolden Raccoon! We have 2 golden raccoons that walked through our back garden yesterday afternoon! 2! I thought I had seen a very pale looking raccoon at the top of the field, but it was too far away to be sure it wasn't a fox or just an ordinary raccoon with the light playing tricks on me. Then yesterday afternoon I clearly saw one amble by just under my bedroom window, followed by a second one a minute later. Great fat things they are, too!<a href="https://www.wideopenspaces.com/have-you-ever-heard-of-a-golden-raccoon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wideopenspaces.com/have-you-ever-heard-of-a-golden-raccoon/</a>I'll have to try to get a photo, but it's probably unlikely I'll see them again so clearly. In the meantime, here's a screenshot of what it looks like.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/goldenRaccoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goldenRaccoon</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NovaScotia</a>

Ellie KennardThis is a long read, but so beautiful."The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max""It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life"<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/24/the-boy-who-came-back-the-near-death-and-changed-life-of-my-son-max" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/24/the-boy-who-came-back-the-near-death-and-changed-life-of-my-son-max</a><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EllieKPosts</a>

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