️NEW️
MCDOT will hold two public meetings to discuss the MD355 Flash BRT project. The meetings will be conducted in an open house format, allowing attendees to engage directly with project team members, view project materials, & ask questions.
Details https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=46943&Dept=50
#montgomerycountymd #maryland #pike&rose #pikedistrictmd #BRT #ridetheflash #transitTooter #transportation #futuretransit #rideronbus

#EAS #WEA for Clark, #AR; #Garland, #AR; #Hot Spring, #AR; #Montgomery, #AR; #Pike, #AR: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Little Rock AR ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SO

https://www.europesays.com/uk/36518/ Salmon given antianxiety drugs take more risks, study finds #28km #along #antianxiety #baltic #Central #dams #danger #Drugs #endure #finds #freshwater #from #gauntlet #given #grounds #Health #hydropower #Medication #migrate #more #must #Northern #pike #rife #risks #river #route #salmon #sea #seabirds #spawning #study #Sweden #take #their #UK #UnitedKingdom #with #Young

Heute morgen mal kurz die Fischereibehörde besucht und nachgeschaut, wie es dem Hechtnachwuchs 2025 geht.

Vor gut einer Woche geschlüpft, ist der Dottersack, das Lunchpaket für die ersten Lebenstage, fast aufgebraucht. Im Laufe des Tages werden Sie in größere Becken nach draußen umziehen und dann mit frisch gefangenem Zooplankton gefüttert.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Made some vegan peanut butter cookies.

Unhooking a big pike is like changing the spark plugs in a truck with the motor running.

- John Gierach

#fishing #flyfishing #pike
#fishingfriday #canada

Contrast

My fourth entry in The Composition Challenge is for subject isolation and contrast. This one was a little harder to find good subjects as part of my daily routine.

The other evening I was taking pictures of dinner prep for a possible recipe post that I haven’t yet gotten around to. With our stainless steel mixing bowls subjects can “pop” in an interesting way. Unfortunately a lot of our cooking turns out kinda beige, but not for purple sweet potatoes!

I would be remiss if I did not include our dog Pike in this challenge. I have many many many pictures of his black and brown coat contrasting with our blue-green couch. Here’s one now! This was taken right after he got groomed on Sunday.

I’m happy with how the depth in this shot turned out with our neighbor’s budding Japanese maple outside the window. Apparently it’s not good enough as my iPhone offered to convert this to Portrait Mode, something I never use. You can see how the faukeh is better now at his hairy ears but still brings the tip of his snout out of focus.

Finally here is a shot taken in a specific place that immediately popped into mind as somewhere I’d want to capture when reading Hiro’s description of contrast:

It could be very visual by putting a brightly lit subject against a dark background, or color based by contrasting a bright red rose against green foliage, or even conceptual with something like capturing someone who is clearly quite happy on a bus surrounded by dour fellow passengers.

At work, just past the security turnstiles in the newer re:Invent building, is a vestibule of Amazon Orange (#FF9900) furniture and decor that is perfect for colorful photo opportunities. For contrast I placed my grey laptop backpack on the couch.

If you also work at Amazon, or are able to enter as a guest, it’s a fun spot to check out.

There are inevitably guys who say stuff like "If I go fishing again, my wife will kill me" and I'm always astonished by that. I mean if it's not true, why say it. And if it is true, why did you marry her?

- John Gierach

#EAS #WEA for Amite, #MS; #Pike, #MS; #Walthall, #MS: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 4:00 PM CST. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS New Orleans LA ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

“I’ll talk to anybody who has questions,” he said. “They’re surprised that I’m still here.”

To help them figure out the puzzle — #gefilte is traditionally made from #whitefish, #carp or #pike — Taylor asks customers about their taste preferences, what their grandmother’s #gefiltefish looked like and where their families are from. Plain carp is darker than other fish, while buffalo carp and whitefish are fattier. Russians, Europeans and Israelis typically would have used plain carp, whereas in New York the preference was for #buffalocarp, or a mix of pike and whitefish.

Taylor can also tell what’s in a dish of already cooked gefilte just from taking a bite. Texture and taste are the tells. Whitefish has a fattier and softer texture than pike, according to Taylor, who prefers fattier fish. He likens the differences to making a burger using beef that’s 20 percent fat versus 3 percent: The texture is totally different.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/meet-the-fish-detective-who-can-decode-your-gefilte-fish-heritage/

Caught this baby #pike last night on local #lake. 113 cm, catch & release, see ya next time. #fishing

The Kale Wanter

#EAS #WEA for Coweta, #GA; #Heard, #GA; #Meriwether, #GA; #Pike, #GA; #Troup, #GA: #Tornado Warning issued February 16 at 4:02AM EST until February 16 at 4:45AM EST by NWS Peachtree City GA Source: NWS Peachtree City GA #Coweta, #GA; #Heard, #GA; #Meriwether, #GA; #Pike, #GA; #Troup, #GAwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***