#Sheep forecast

[serenityreikiclinic]

Your month is about to get better Ram/Sheep/Goat 💰

[basilpaste]

fanfiction wip... I am guessing the word: sheep :P

Wip Game

yknow. i dont actually have a wip with sheep in it right now. so instead you get sheep facts. so. there are a handful of breeds that are known for having four horns! two sets of them! the most well known of these are prrrrrrobably jacob sheep! but hebridian sheep and a handful of others also get multiple sets of horns.

its called polyceraty! polycerates can also have like. more than two sets of horns? but they dont typically have room on their heads for more than two so. like. issues happen and stuff.

[eth3real-ess3nce]

PICK A WAX SEAL - JULY 2025 FORECAST

Top left (1) , Top right (2) , Bottom left (3) , Bottom right (4)

Remember to take what resonates and leave the rest..

Enjoy!

PILE 1

This reading is meant for you whether one or more of the following apply:

♡ if you own a cat , bonus if it’s dark haired

♡ if you’re a highly sexual person (sorry .. that’s what I channeled lol 😭)

♡ you love or feel connected to sunflowers🌻

♡ you take lots of action in order to prevent aging (anti aging creams, gut health care, etc)

♡ Leo rising

♡ you recently rage quitted a service / rage cancelled a subscription 😂

♡ you recently got accidentally wet with your full clothes on

I see you filtering out negative influences during July. You have been postponing it for so long, you are not even certain why..

It is fortunate that you have observed , noticed, that you have outgrown environments or friend groups that literally clutter your emotional space.

In many of you, I see there’s so much build-up tension, as if there are issues that haven’t been spoken about. Things have been constantly getting under the rug and when this storm finally hits… oof! Talk about some heat! 😳 It’s a tough decision to finally “clear the weeds” from your path. But you will soon realize that you *really* need to get things out of your chest..

Many of you might get to feel like the ‘black sheep’ in such situation. The other party will blame you, find non existent/trivial seeming problems in you. I literally hear you say “Wow that’s such a NON problem” when you get to argue with them. They will use poor excuses in order to manipulate the objective truth. Frankly, you are an authentic soul and you shine bright so , people will get triggered, boo. Just do you.

Remember though, when you decide to finally face this, the universe will have your back, even if you will feel like you’re being treated unfairly.

PILE 2

This reading is meant for you whether one or more than the following apply:

♡ you’re into medieval fiction , or Ancient Greece / ancient cultures

♡ Pisces influence in your chart

♡ you are into cyber/y2k aesthetic

♡ loves seafood

♡ you enjoy listening to sad girl music 💔

♡ you recently tried some new type of yogurt and hated it LOL

♡ like to sleep with socks on :P

Okayyy this pile was chosen by some very sensitive souls 🥺

July is shaping up to be a deeply tender and transformative month for your heart. I’m getting the feeling of a bittersweet isolation. You’ll be visiting old parts of yourself, maybe your childhood too. You’re going to be reconnecting with the beloved ‘old’ times.

Some of you might quite literally go to a place you’d call home, maybe grandparents house or somewhere you grew up visiting.

Others will experience a love from the past coming back. Did they come to cause confusion or pour their heart out about you?………..

Be aware, if you feel that it doesn’t serve you? Kindly let go babes

I sense that many of you are writers. If you’ve been experiencing writer’s block for a while, this will be the cure.

Or if you are artistic in general, this will inspire you to create art based on this.

“Nostalgia will be the end of me” , perhaps your favourite thing to say. You love to seek familiarity and things from your childhood, or the past, it tends to feel like a warm hug to you. You feel like you’re being renewed over and over every time you visit those pieces of you.

Nostalgia has a way of painting the past with soft, golden light, smoothing over the rough edges and challenges that were truly there. It seems ideal to you. Be patient and tender with yourself. Let go, and open your heart to the possibilities blossoming in front of you. You are deserving of happiness and peace—right here, right now.

This summer is promised to you ♡

PILE 3

This reading is meant for you whether one or more than the following apply:

♡ you’re not a big talker. you like to make your point across and prefer to be left alone ! 😎

♡ you cut someone off lately

♡ Capricorn influence in your chart

♡ you’re overthinking a lot lately and experience so much worry

♡ you looove love purple/blue (some of you are into galaxy aesthetics too) and like to use it a lot in your environment

♡ you had some spaghetti very very recently . Yum

♡ you experienced a falling dream / experience it frequently

Hmm this pile is similar to pile 1, so it’s natural that you felt drawn to both! Things are a little different here, though.

In July, a gate will open and a flood of secrets will be coming out. This has to be related to your social life.

It will leave you with no choice but to walk away from this environment. If it’s about work and you can’t exactly “leave”, you’ll simply distance yourself from people who acted behind your back.

Many of you already had this negative feeling about this group of people, be it friends, co workers, etc. And you will finally get to understand the reasons behind it. After all, your instinct doesn’t lie.

I sense that many of you might think this way:

“Will I ever be happy, fulfilled?”. Please, don’t listen to your pessimism. Of course you will!

Kindly allow the universe to clear up the space for you so it can bless you with what you need later. It’s normal to feel defeated sometimes, but remember that everything occurs so you reach your highest good.

Choose the lesson always.

Choose to see the silver lining and walk with it.

Spirit wants you to know one thing, and that is:

What goes around, comes around.

PILE 4

This reading is meant for you whether one or more than the following apply:

♡ you tend to wear your hood up a lot

♡ you like doodling

♡ you some specific art with your hands , maybe you’re good at DIY crafts? Hairdresser?

♡ your room has/used to have blue LED lights

♡ you are in your teen or late teen years

♡ your favourite comfy candy/treat has caramel in it

♡ you recently told someone that you can’t wait for autumn vibes and that you despise summer 😂

Dang this pile has so many messages and most of them are oddly specific! In all of the previous piles, I delivered messages for the collective but now? Spirit is nudging me to be more specific with yall.

Okay first things first, many of you might be very fixated on a water sign (cancer,Scorpio,Pisces) right now and you’re wondering if they’re worthy of your time? Answer is no.

Instead, choose the person who you don’t seem to like as much , because when you start to spend time with them, you’ll realize how precious they are and how much they have to offer to you emotionally. (If they’re not an earth sign then they simply have grounded, stable energy and they belong on the introverted side)

I pick up that some of you are performers, actors? If that aligns with you, then this is what I have to say: go for it!!!! Whether it’s a love interest in that circle, an opportunity that has been lingering … go for it!!

Now, a broader message I can give to all of you, is this…

Passion is good, enthusiasm is good. Heck, even impulsive decisions can be good. But! It’s just NOT always the way!

Sometimes, you have to take the path that’s a little more inconvenient. You’ll give chances to things that don’t initially excite you and make your heart beat like a drum, but are promising in the long run and are genuinely beneficial for you. Whether it’s a lover, a job, a different routine. Trust me, you’ll be building foundations for something that is bigger than yourself!

“Should I listen my heart or my mind?”

This is your sign to give your mind a chance, this time. And it’s certain that your heart will follow. Good things are coming, and unexpectedly too. 🩷

Thank you for your time 💗

[ask-lanino-and-elnina]

werewolves weren't in the forecast what the hell is this [the anon immediately gets attacked by a werewolf]

[ * Elnina is on a sheep-shaped cloud, holding Lanino in her arms bridal style ]

* We apologize but we cannot predict these creatures in the forecast! After all we are experienced in weather, not these!

[shilohta]

It is as I feared, the tote of wool yarn in the basement succumbed to the flood waters.

We're rinsing it all and spinning out extra water with the washing machine, but the weather forecast is rainy and cold for the next few days and *shakes fist* The whole house is going to smell like wet sheep for a week.

Any practical advice for how to speed up the drying time? I'm not putting wool yarn in the dryer, I don't want a tangled felted mess.

[megpricephotography]

Rain, rain, rain.

We have had SO much rain this past week. Even by UK standards, it's been wild.

I checked the forecast on Sunday lunchtime. For this afternoon, it said "sunshine, 5% chance of rain". Only 5%? Yay! Off we trotted, excited for a nice dry outing.

Well. We got absolutely soaked. Again! Flynn was extremely unimpressed, as was I. But... there was a bit of sunshine too, so at least everything looked quite pretty on the way home. Also, we saw some sheep, which is always nice.

[triangle-strategy-notes]

Ezana Concept Art

Concept art and translations for Ezana! Translation notes and image id under the cut.

Translation notes:

On the first page when Ikushima is talking about how he feels pressure to make his drawings beautiful, he's actually saying something more like "Usually with sexy woman I go 'I'm obligated to/I must make them beautiful!'... " but no matter how I phrased it the wording felt awkward in English, so I changed the sentence to go without the quotes.

There's a note on the second page above the monochrome sketch that was pretty hard to read (the middle character in particular might have been scribbled out?), so I kind of guessed at the rough meaning from the surrounding characters. The first kanji seems to be 玄, which has the general meaning of "mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound," and the third kanji seems to be 器, which has the general meaning of "utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set". I went with "mysterious staff" as the meaning of the kanji together, also working off of the fact that it's. um. pointing at a staff that seems vaguely mysterious.

"Call forth the rain" was more literally just "rain," but it uses a particle at the end that has a vaguely commanding/requesting vibe to it, so I added extra words to convey that.

There's a part on the second page where I write "SHAMAN" in all caps. On that particular line, "Shaman" was written out using English phonetics, whereas on the rest of the page when I use the word it's the Japanese word for an equivalent concept.

"Lines like a weather map" is literally "isobar pattern". I'm assuming that most people aren't familiar with the word "isobar" (including myself) but from a brief google search, isobars are the lines that show up on a map when weather forecasts are trying to show the range of a storm and the barometric pressure specifically. Since it's (probably) not a commonly-known word, I just wrote out the "weather map" stuff instead.

"Sexy as it sounds" is a weird one. I think it's a portion of this phrase, which is defined as, "not existing despite seeming like it should", but just uses some different particles at the end which I'm assuming make it non-negative (e.g., "as sexy as it should be"). But I couldn't find a ton of examples of how the phrase is used though or what the differences in particles would be, so I just kind of went with the auto-translation I got from Deepl.

Image id:

[id: Multiple images from the Triangle Strategy artbook surrounding Ezana Qlinka. There is a page with a large colored portrait of her, along with a smaller line drawing in the corner. There are two illustrator's notes at the bottom: the first is, "Ezana has a really lovely ethnic design. Actually, after the character's portrait was completed, Mr. Ikushima redid all the linework, which added a lot to the character's beauty! (Yoshiura Rina)" and the second is, "Ezana is primitive, spiritual, and also a mysterious kind of character. With sexy women I usually feel pressure to make them beautiful, but strangely she was very easy to draw. I like how the natural colors are interspersed with the lapis lazuli. (Ikushima Naoki)". On the second page, the top half has several drawings of Ezana in a design close to her canon one. It is titled, "Weather Manipulator (Shaman)". There is one drawing where Ezana is without her headdress, captioned, "If there are different ranks of shaman, I think it'd be fine to start out without the headdress." There is a note pointing to her headress labeled, "Sheep's skull with some parts cut off," and another that reads, "Horns. Red and blue cord is coiled." Another note points to a full sheep skull and reads, "Origin. It's been shaved away starting at about this area." It points to roughly the middle of it. Another note points to a feather ruff she wears, labeled, "Crow feathers". Her staff is labeled, "A staff with elements similar to a dreamcatcher". There is a portrait of her from the back, with a note reading, "Back of the dress is open." The second half of the page is titled, "Weather Manipulator (Shaman) Large Brainstorming WIP". There are 5 drawings, each of a different potential design. The first is similar to her canon design, but with darker skin and a black dress. The second is very colorful, and has the notes, "Hear the song from the wind and go into a trance" as well as "Lines like a weather map" and "I think it would look better if the saturation was lowered a little or the colors were narrowed down a bit." The third drawing has a purple cloak with eyes on it, and seems to be throwing seeds into the air, captioned, "Sowing seeds toward the sky." The fourth design uses more pastels/bright colors, and has a drum at her hip. She seems to be saying, "Thunder!" and there is a note that reads, "Beat the cover and let it resonate through the air." The fifth drawing is of a woman wearing a full mask and a heavy cloak made of grass fibers. It has several bullet points including, "Weather Manipulator (Shaman)," "Female SHAMAN", "Indigenous - Separate wind and lightning magic", and "As sexy as it sounds." She holds a staff which is labeled, "Mysterious Staff" and also has a note reading, "Indigenous". She seems to be saying, "Bring forth the rain..." There are two illustrator's notes on the bottom. The first reads, "Mr. Asano requested that I add in leopard print, and I thought about how I could make it unique. (Naoki Ikushima)" and the second reads, "Looking at it again, it's a really sexy outfit. And it's great in battle! (Tomoya Asano)" /end id]

[darkmaga-returns]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, Thank you for speaking the truth about the timeline of this war with Ukraine. Every news story here in Europe says the same thing. Russia was unprovoked. Never in my entire life have I ever witnessed such outright lies by the press. I do not see the Europeans rising up to overthrow these governments. We are sheep being led to the slaughter. You have forecasted that the euro will no longer exist, and they are rapidly moving to digital currencies, which will be, as you say, for capital control. We will not be able to leave or get our money out. Will you do a special report on Europe? I think it is time to prepare for the future sooner than later.

I am a great admirer of your courage and endurance.

Hans

ANSWER: It gives me no pleasure to live through Socrates’s forecasts as we head into 2032 when even the euro has a Panic Cycle. I have done my best to try to defeat my own computer to no avail. Nobody will listen to me, and they certainly never listen to history, assuming this time is always different. That is just part of the cycle. Those of us who see the patterns are condemned to sit on the sidelines and watch everyone repeat history repeatedly.

The euro has broken last year’s low and is still trading below it. We have a very serious Panic Cycle for Europe next year, and they are pushing to cancel the currency’s move to digital ASAP. All they look at is capital controls, which will prevent bank runs and stop capital fleeing. They are trying to control their risk of the collapse of the EU.

[poetrythreesixfive]

Winter Forecast

Once upon a groundhog,

in some secluded den,

there came a great commotion

of tall, black-hatted men.

They tore him from his slumber,

while he was counting sheep,

and so he cast his shadow,

and said, Just let me sleep!

-GeorgeFilip

[twistxdcrafts]

002; beaumont proctor

( in response to prompt 002 ) ( trigger & content warning - death mention, animals in peril )

the wind came when beau was in his truck, driving home after making a delivery out of town. he was less than five minutes away from pulling onto the road to his farm. he noticed the sky's darkening and wondered if it was due to rain. he couldn't remember the forecast on the radio that morning. then he felt it... the awful, slithering, familiar sensation in his chest. it made his skin crawl, his stomach twisted and his heart dropped to the floor of his cab. then came the wind, so sudden and strong, it almost knocked his vehicle off the road.

"shit!" beau shouted, gripping the wheel hard and correcting the swerve. he slowed down, but continued on, fighting against the sheer force of the winds. the vile snacking sensation continued, and beau broke out into a sweat. he couldn't escape or shake the feeling of wrongness, of something awful about to happen. while he struggled against the ferocity of the wind, his mind went to his animals, to his bee hives, to his orchard. were they sheltered enough? what if things got picked up and thrown at them? beau took a breath, trying to remain calm and not spin when he turned onto the gravel road.

he could see the farm. he took another deep breath, but his foot pressed lightly on the gas. he needed to get back to his animals and get them inside, he needed to make sure his hives were suitably protected.

the voice came to him out of nowhere, clear as day, as if someone sat in the seat beside him and leaned across to speak low in his ear.

"charlie's death was meaningless, and it was all your fault."

beau felt the air leave his lungs. his head whipped round to the seat, but no one was there. there was a loud, awful crack and he turned his head back, and slammed his foot on the brakes. "shit!" beau twisted the wheel, spinning the truck sideways, but coming to a stop as a tree crashed down on the road in front of him.

heart pounding, beau stared at the tree in front of him. it took him a long time to realise the wind was gone. the only sound was the engine, still humming. slowly, he released the white-knuckle grip he had on the wheel and put the truck into park, then turned off the engine. he got out of the truck, holding onto the door while he steadied himself.

beau looked around. it all looked so normal... excluding the remains of a great tree stretched across his drive, and the splintered remains of the bough. he locked up his truck, walked around the remains of the tree, stepped through the uppermost branches, and continued on to his farm. he could retrieve his truck and sort out the tree, but for now, he had to check on his animals and his home.

he moved, almost in a daze, around the side of his house. when he came to the main yard leading into the fields, it was empty. no animals he could see. various objects had clearly been thrown about the yard or blown over. he went to his garden, partially sheltered. his hives were fine, the bees buzzing in a way that seemed more subdued than usual.

the worst of the damage was his greenhouse. a branch had been ripped out of a tree, and thrown across the yard and into the glass. it was hard to tell without getting inside, but it looked like at least a third of his plants, a mix of tomatoes and beans, had been wrecked. beau didn't have time to check if they were salvageable.

the chickens were dazed, appearing from inside or beneath the coop, or wherever they had scurried under to escape the wind. he counted them all accounted for, and seemingly uninjured, just in shock.

the goats and their babies, the sheep and his dogs, biscuit and curly, were all in the barn, curled up together. beau went to them, speaking softly and reaching out to touch them. he checked them all over, and again, they were dazed, frightened, but uninjured. his dogs, hardy and brave, bred to protect livestock, came to him for comfort. he stroked their heads and necks, offering soothing words and thanking them for rounding up all the goats (and the sheep).

everyone was fine. shocked, scared, but unscathed. beau wished he could brush it off as a freak storm, taking them by surprise, but he knew better. he'd felt it before... he remembered his nightmare. something awful was coming, and he was powerless to stop it.

[minti-tales]

10) finding their partner’s sex toy/toys and making them play with it in front of them for minti and krile

CW: Language, intercourse, consent between adults.

Sprout Safe! Ball's in your court, @ladyofvoss. I did what I could.

For the second time today, as it did every day in Pagos, snow blew past the wooden gates of Northpoint. The forecast called for more of the same, until a break in the afternoon for thunder, followed by a sudden heat wave, then a return to blizzards. The perfect weather to go looking for the voidsent slumbering at the center of the Isle of Val.

Only, today hadn't been a day for that. No, it was for something that could only come from the mind of a very sudsy blacksmith, Gerolt: strengthening the aether of a kettle, which would, in turn, strength the aether of an ancient Summoner spellbook.

Minti Chocolate, adventurer extraordinaire and loyal Gage Acquisitions employee, thought he was mad.

Gerolt, master blacksmith and crafter of relics, thought he was brilliant.

They agreed to disagree on the aethers of kettles and books, and went about their respective days far, far away from each other.

Minti, for her part, traveled about the southern slice of Pagos, narrowly avoiding two dragons, tangling with a mob of angry undead, and squashing a giant morbol that thought she looked delicious. There were bunnies, too, small ones that hopped this way and that, all the way towards treasure chests with gil and Eukrean potions.

Gerolt hammered away at his forge, stopping only occasionally to fill his beer stein with - what else - more beer. He'd be passed out near the lodges by the time Minti got back from her expedition, mumbling to himself and making little kissy noises that made the viera wrinkle her nose in disgust. "Oi, Rowena, I swear I'll come off the drink if only you'll have my hand in marriage. ...Truly? You meant that? Come an' kiss me...Twelve, that feels right.."

Thank the Twelve, indeed, that Minti wasn't going to see Gerolt, master blacksmith, for the rest of the day. She had plans.

---

In between trips to the four "forbidden lands" of the isle, Gage Acquisitions had constructed tents for their adventurers to use. Aside from Icepoint and Port Surgate, Pagos had the most comfortable of these, with dhamelskin leather for the outside, oak wood for the frame, and sheep's wool for a fluffy, warm innard. The tents had to be, given that the land was under the spell of blizzards and freezing cold bursts of wind most days of the year.

Most of GA had left Eureka for the season, gone off to parts unknown, promising to come back when "the weather got better." There was a voidsent and the rumors of a rogue Ascian on the isle, after all. Sadly, only a few had come back, leaving a circle of battered, empty tents out by Icepoint's walls and a firepit colder than Shiva's tits. Today, even the returners were gone off to Kugane, leaving only a single tent in use, with a swinging lantern on the outside to mark its occupancy.

The tent was shaking, but it wasn't due to the winter cold.

---

Minti Chocolate, adventurer extraordinaire, had her back arched against a soft pillow, her gear and smallclothes tossed off to the side. Her ankles were locked in black leather restraints, forcing her to lie down; her neck was in a frilly green "corset," making her look down; and her legs cradled an unassuming wooden model of Bismarck in flight.

On the opposite of her was Krile Baldesion, Student of Baldesion, adopted granddaughter of Galuf, and finder of the "stress relief" whale her partner brought along for the trip to Eureka. She, too, had stripped down, enough so that she could get up close to her bunny and emphasize just how much joy Minti brought her. How she needed Minti to obey.

How badly she needed to stop squirming.

"I can't help thinking that you're being a brat on purpose," Krile whispered into one of those big bunny ears, pushing Bismarck's "tail" into Minti. "Are you, dear?"

Minti moaned and shook her head.

"Good girl." The bunny got a little peck on her nose and cheeks, as a treat. "Big breath in-"

God, she's squirming. She likes this, right? Yes? Krile frowned and pulled the whale out, slightly. "More? You want more?"

The viera nodded.

"Alright, we'll do a little more. I'm so glad we found this in your bag. Aren't you glad, Minti dear?"

The books Krile needed for her trip could wait until the morning. Everything could wait.

Until tomorrow, there was a bunny to enjoy.

A Baldesion Happy Bunny.

[wickedsrest-rp-archive]

Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The giant leg that erupted from the ground is like nothing anyone has ever seen before. Is it a coincidence that Wicked’s Rest is full of bad omens around the same time it showed up? Check out our current plot of the week of Season 2 for ways to interact!

Ring in the Spring! There’s a town picnic, a huge caterpillar infestation, and so much more in our seasonal event.

Another pancake ended up on the ceiling of Flipped, right next to Flappy. It was named Flippy, obviously. Flippy looks like it's about to fall, though, and frequenters of the diner are all trying to be the one Flippy lands on. There's probably space on the wall to commemorate such an occasion.

Normally an uncommon find, a handful of adder stones have washed up on the beach in a pile. What a handy thing to have! Just be careful when you grab one. A bean-nighe found the pile too, and might have you do something for her if you're going to take a stone home with you.

The recent humidity has caused some bloodbrumes to appear over bodies of water in town. These ones are much smaller than average, but also more numerous, and going by the weather forecast, the wind might just bring all of them together.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Initiate 2 IC convos on dash that refers to events in threads posted by other players

Bonus challenge:

The AU takes last week were fun! Let's hear about what your character would be like as another species - which one is fitting for them, and how would they be different? Share in the weekly challenges channel.

Regan is back from Ireland. With very important updates. And simulated humans.

Does anyone have a printer Sai can use? He was banned from the last one he had access to.

Mona needs to know your go-to foods to help cleanse her palette.

Send Elias your weird headlines. For science.

Teach Daphne how to Dougie Wormy.

Eleanore is back in town!

If you see any horse-shaped holes, let Ashton know.

Livia needs advice on how to deal with ungrateful hamsters. Hers is super rude.

The Wall of Shame at Flipped is no match for Daiyu. Meet her there to accept the challenge.

Pedro came across an odd looking plant. It's very sheep-shaped and he could use some advice.

[th3w3ird3nd]

Peachtober day 15: weather ☁️

I'm using the prompts as Halloween costumes so today we have a quick little digital sketch of some sheep dressed up as the weather forecast symbols

[bikepackinguk]

Day Fifty-one

After a very soggy day yesterday, and rain against the tent to sing me to sleep, I emerged this morning to a clear blue sky with the sun shining above the mountains and eagles crying overhead. Good morning!

Out from the green fields full of sheep and cattle, it's a short ride further to dip into the town of Taynuilt to use the facilities. Unfortunately, this is one if the very rare occasions where the water in the sinks at the public convenience are not suitable for drinking. Oh well! I have enough for the morning still, andcan sort that out later.

A short ride down the A road and the bike trail turna off to begin climbing up into Glen Nant National Forest. It's a beautiful tree-lined road but with some stiff climbs up through the valley, and the going isn't quick.

The slow going does mean I do at least spy a couple of red squirrels darting about to the side of the road. Nice!

After more work uphill the road finally gives a zooming downhill and around the corner emerges the impressively and aptly named Loch Awe, a 25 mile long body of water surrounded by forested hills.

And whilst those hills are very pretty themselves, it means a lot more work for the legs! Whilst there are some shorter ascents at first, the climbs begin in anger around Coillaig, with two big steep hills to slog up iver the course of the west side of the loch.

Around the top of the first hill I spy a nice looking stream bubbling its way downhill through the trees next to a layby, and with it hitting lunchtime I break out my water purification gear and get my water carriers filled up whilst getting some fuel in.

A very sharp descent takes the road racintback down level to the water for a flatter cruise past Dalavich, which offers a welcome break from the gradients.

It's only a short respite though, as the climb up through the trees befins in earnest once more, and despite the gathering clouds and wind taking the heat away from the air it's sweaty work despite the beautiful views.

Finally the hill is summited and begins a long, winding dive down to the end of the loch past Torran Bay and out into some nice country lanes.

There are some mild gradients present but after all the hills over the last few weeks, suddenly I'm riding along some lovely flat roads again! The Highlands were beautiful, stunning, and countless other descriptors, but the hills had become quite Sisyphean at this point, so getting some flat terrain now is a joy.

Onward! There's a brief spell if A road to contend with leading into Kilmartin, but it's not too horrible and I have a brief rest of the legs by the town itself, before the trail leads back off into the countryside.

A lovely long, flat, smooth stretch of road across Moine Mhor National Nature Reserve gives some nice therapeutic riding as the miles start to get eaten up, before a left turn at Bellanoch to something I haven't seen in months.

A canal towpath! The trail heads along the canalside here, up a short flight of locks and then it's time for a nice stretch of fully non-traffic flat riding, with the path surrounded by blooming flowers.

Those who know me know that I'm very fond of canals and so after the tough hills earlier, this is a great payoff to the effort of the day.

It's a lovely few miles ridden along here with swallows swooping over the water as I ride past Cairnbarn and spy a nice picnic bench by Lochgilphead which serves perfectly as a spot for a late dinner.

A few spots of rain begin to appear as I'm finishing up, and a check if the forecast shows a lot of rain heading in shortly, so I decide against heading on and get the tent pitched up by the canalside rather than have to setup in the pouring rain later. The timing proves fortuitous as the drops start to intensify just as I'm throwing my gear into the tent, and I dive in to get out of the weather for the rest of the evening.

Not too bad a day all told! I've been particularly happy to have had aome good stretches of flat ground to charge along. The weight on the bike does mean that steeper gradients make for damn hard work, and the last few weeks have had them in abundance. I'm sure I'll be facing plenty more yet, but it's been pleasing to have had some good stretches without them for a change.

TTFN!

[waywardgentlemenshark]

Drones have already had a significant impact on agriculture in a number of ways, and in the years to come, their influence is only projected to increase. The following are some significant ways that drones are transforming agriculture:

Crop monitoring: Drones can be used for agricultural monitoring to check for pests, illnesses, and other issues. This can assist farmers in identifying and resolving problems early on, before they significantly harm their crops.

Precision agriculture: With precision agriculture, herbicides and fertilizers can be applied with greater accuracy than with conventional techniques. Costs and environmental effect may be decreased as a result.

Yield prediction: Drones can be used to gather information on crop growth and health to anticipate yield. Then, using this information, it will be possible to forecast yields and make wise management choices for the farm.

Management of livestock: Drones can be used to keep an eye on the condition and location of livestock. This can aid farmers in early problem detection and problem-solving, as well as in reducing livestock wandering.

Drones are not only being used for these specific applications, but they are also improving agriculture as a whole in terms of efficiency and sustainability. Drones can be utilized, for instance:

Reduce the need for human labor: Many operations that are currently done by hand, such spraying crops and watching livestock, can be automated by drones. Farmers may be able to focus on other chores and cut expenditures as a result of this.

Improve safety: To increase safety, drones can be employed for risky operations like spraying pesticides in inaccessible places or checking crops for storm damage. This can assist in lowering the possibility of accidents and injury.

Reduce environmental impact: By administering pesticides and fertilizers more precisely, drones can assist farmers in cutting back on their use of these products. Drones can also be used to detect erodible portions of the soil and monitor the quality of the water.

Overall, the use of drones in agriculture has the potential to transform the industry by making it more productive, sustainable, and profitable.

Here are some examples of specialized drone applications in agriculture today:

Drones are being used in Japan to spray insecticides on rice fields. This has contributed to a 30% reduction in the use of insecticides.

Drones are being used to monitor sheep herds in Australia. Farmers can now swiftly and readily identify sick or damaged animals thanks to this.

Drones are being used to make thorough maps of vineyards in the US. The planning of irrigation systems and the identification of vineyard regions at risk for disease are both done using this information.

We can anticipate seeing even more ground-breaking and inventive uses for drone technology in agriculture as it advances.

[mynameis-a]

Whether -Conjunction indicating alternatives (We don't know whether or not this will happen.)

Weather as a noun - State of the atmosphere (Did you check the weather forecast?)

Weather as a verb - To be worn down (The rock was weathered by the rain.)

Wether - A neutered goat, ram, or sheep.

IT’S NOT ‘PEEKED’ MY INTEREST

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

THIS HAS BEEN A CAPSLOCK PSA