#thompson canyon

[vintagecamping]

Train spotting while hiking in Thompson Canyon

British Columbia

1968

[rabbitcruiser]

The Colony of British Columbia (1858 – 66) was established on 2 August 1858 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.  

[thomaswaynewolf]

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Thompson Wash, Utah - May 20th 2023

[herpsandbirds]

Arizona Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus arizonae), male, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Madera Canyon, AZ, USA

photograph by Mick Thompson

[alexandramrobertson]

An Annotated Northwest Passage

Are you a Due South fan? Do you wonder about all the references in Stan Rogers’ song “Northwest Passage”? Sure you do! So here are your annotated lyrics!

Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

In 1845, Captain John Franklin’s expedition set out from England to find the Northwest Passage: a sea route from Europe to Asia via the Arctic. His ships were trapped in ice and all aboard died.

You probably knew that, but did you know that the Beaufort Sea is the part of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Yukon and Alaska, at the western end of the Passage?

Westward from the Davis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to lie The sea route to the Orient for which so many died Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones

Davis Strait lies between Greenland and Baffin Island, south of Baffin Bay. Franklin sailed through it into Baffin Bay and then north of Baffin Island into the Passage.

The “cairn of stones” likely refers to the cairn on King William Island where Franklin’s crew placed the Victory Point note. The only written record of the lost expedition, it was depicted in The Terror TV show.

Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland In the footsteps of brave Kelsey, where his Sea of Flowers began Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain

Henry Kelsey was a 17th century fur trader working for the Hudson's Bay Company. He was likely the first European to visit the present day prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.

I have no idea where "Sea of Flowers" came from, but it's a lovely way to describe the prairies.

Canada’s Great Plains are incredibly flat. Cities really do appear to rise up and sink as you cross them, due to the curvature of the earth.

And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me To race the roaring Fraser to the sea

Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Simon Fraser were all explorers who travelled what is now Western Canada. They were all instrumental in finding routes through the mountains to the sea - routes we still drive today!

Mackenzie completed the first recorded transcontinental crossing north of Mexico in 1793, 12 years before Lewis & Clark. When he arrived in what is now Bella Coola, BC, he wrote an inscription on a rock that said he came "from Canada by land".

Thompson mapped almost 5 million square kilometres of western North America. He found routes through the Rocky Mountains and was the first European to travel the entire length of the Columbia River.

Fraser was in charge of the North West Company's fur trading operations west of the Rockies.

And they all had rivers named after them!

The Mackenzie River flows north from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea. The Mackenzie has the second largest drainage basin of any river in North America. You've probably never heard of it, but it flows right past Inuvik.

The Thompson River flows through the valleys and canyons of southern British Columbia to Lytton, where it meets with...

The Fraser River! The longest river in British Columbia meets the ocean just south of Vancouver, where it forms an enormous delta. Though it seems placid, if you travel upstream beyond the city you'll find a turbulent - well, roaring - canyon. If you drive the Trans-Canada Highway to Vancouver, you'll travel through the Fraser Canyon.

How then am I so different from the first men through this way? Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men To find there but the road back home again

While Franklin lost his life, Kelsey, Mackenzie, Thompson, and Fraser all survived their journeys. They all returned to a "settled life" after their adventure. They went home, wherever that happened to be.

[bell-swamp-fitzjames]

oops (mostly) all terror character playlists master list

Inspired by the on-going davechella event, I am having an unfiltered fun time making terror character playlists. Is my aim to do "them all"? Sure, idk what that means but I think it's fun to see how far I'll go. I have 30 playlists as of right now, most of those unfinished. Below I will be listing every playlist finished and available for public enjoyment. Each batch post will be its own thing & then I will be adding each link here too.

Click below for the following terror characters: Magnus Manson, Charles Des Voeux, John Morfin, Thomas Jopson, Henry Goodsir, Alexander McDonald, Stephen Stanley, John Peddie,Edward Little, John Irving, George Hodgson, Graham Gore, Henry Le Vesconte, James Fairholme, Solomon Tozer, Private Heather, David Bryant, William Pilkington, William Braine, John Hammond, Robert Hopcraft, Henry Wilkes, William Reed, James Daly, Joseph Healey, & William Hedges

Recently Added: Hickey, Diggle, Wall, Armitage, Golding, Thompson

Magnus Manson (link):

Underwhelmed by Grumpster || Sick Sad World by Nervus || Am I Dead yet? by Cayetana || Child-Heart Losers by Sunset Rubdown, Spencer King || Don't Wake the Ghost by Don't Stop or We'll Die || Rip Off- 2003 Remaster by T. Re || The High Road by Broken Bells || Oh Actually by 1 Trait Danger || Freaks by Surf Curse || Train by 4 Non Blondes || I Am Called the Black Sheep by Palodine || Every Day's A Lesson In Humility by Suki Waterhouse, Belle and Sebastian || The Masks by Death || Shine a Light by Wolf Parade || While I'm Alive by STRFKR || Seeger's Theme- Demo by The Monkees || Healthier Folk by Palehound || You Suck by Small Crush || going thru it by Teamonade || Sea Ghost by The Unicorns

Charles Des Voeux (link):

Bouquet de cigarettes by ZOMBIE-CHANG || Sailor in a Life Boat by EURINGER, Gerard Way || Sugar Town by Shitkid || All Choked Up by BRONCHO || RIDE IT by LustSickPuppy || YUM by Sam Quealy || Where Did I Go? by Shelf Lives || dumb bitch by cumgirl8 || Vanished by Crystal Castles || I FEEL LIKE SHIT by Lynks || The The Empty by Le Tigre || Violet by Hole || Nothing Clever, Just Feelings by CLT DRP || Dead Disco by Metric || Art Star by Yeah Yeah Yeahs || Two Good Things by Modern Baseball || Point Of Extinction by Motion City Soundtrack || White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane || Fall In Love With Me by Iggy Pop

John Morfin (link):

Hair of the Dog by Tele Novella || Flash Delirium by MGMT || I'm Toast by Sparks || Once I Was by Tim Buckley || Think About Your Troubles by Harry Nilsson || When Smokey Sings by ABC || As We Go Up, We Go Down by Guided by Voices || Change by Big Thief || A Means to an End- 2020 Digital Remaster by Joy Division || Nothing Remains by Jon Smith's Voyages || Curtains!? by Timber Timbre || Fear Is A Man's Best Friend by John Cale || Oceans by Frank Iero || Primrose by The Essex Green || I Wanna Be Free- Original Stereo Version, 2006 Remaster by The Monkees || Faces Lit by Chad VanGaalen || Glad to Be Gay by Tom Robinson Band || Don't Bury Me by Tanya Davis || Space Dementia by Muse || morning star by gjallarhornit, gezebelle gaburgably

Edward Little [LINK]

пачка сигарет by Kino || Angel by Massive Attack, Horace Andy || Tom's Diner by Vega, DNA || Ladies of the Canyon by Joni Mitchell || She's Lost Control by Joy Division || Cherry Came Too by Jesus and the Mary Chain || Don't Know Why by Slowdive || A Forest by The Cure, Mark Saunders || Ana by Pixies || Deep Water by Strawberry Switchblade || My Evil by Palehound || Deep Water by Vundabar || Ghost by Neutral Milk Hotel || Under Ice- 2018 Remastered by Kate Bush || The River Song by Donovan || Sea, Swallow Me- 2024 Remastered by Cocteau Twins, Harold Budd || Static Shape by Chad VanGaalen || There Is a Light That Never Goes Out- 2011 Remaster by The Smiths || Tibetan Pop Stars by Hop Along || Tainted Love by Soft Cell

John Irving [LINK]

Sun Bleached Flies by Ethel Cain || Losing My Religion by Hootie & The Blowfish || Little Big Mistakes by Tom Rosenthal || God Only Knows by The Langley Schools Music Project || Goodnight Bad Morning by The Kills || Everyman Needs a Companion by Father John Misty || Oh Holy Night by Andrew Bird || Troubled Waters by Cat Power || Divine Loser by Clem Turner || Monkey Gone To Heaven by Pixies || Dissonance- Demo by AJJ || O Come O Come Emmanuel by Sufjan Stevens || Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam by The Vaselines || This Night Has Opened My Eyes- 2011 Remaster by The Smiths || First Love / Late Spring by Mitski || Don't Get Lost in Heaven by Gorillaz || Knife Going In- Demo by Tegan and Sara || Your Silent Face - 2015 Remaster by New Order || Picture Of My Dress by The Mountain Goats || Unfucktheworld by Angel Olsen

George Hodgson [LINK]

Shangri-La by Electric Light Orchestra || POOR GEORGE by James Supercave || Erreur 404 by L'Imperatrice || Let's Get Lost by Chet Baker || Adoro te devote by Stirps lesse, Enrico De Capitani || Postcards from Italy by Beirut || Theme From New York, New York- 2008 Remaster by Frank Sinatra || Tried And True by Ween || Soil, Soil by Tegan and Sara || Dreamer by Supertramp || Oh l'amour - Edit by Erasure || Heatwave by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas || Radio Ga Ga- Remastered 2011 by Queen || Boys Don't Cry by The Sure || Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks || Send Me An Angel by Real Life || We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me) by The Ink Spots || Love & Pride by King || It's My Life - 1997 Remaster by Talk Talk || Girlfriend In A Coma by The Smiths

Graham Gore [LINK]

Glow In The Dark by Lil Pump || Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD || EARFQUAKE by Tyle, The Creator || Doomsday by NERO || The Blonde Leading the Blond by Wax Fang || Outsiders by Franz Ferdinand || Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk || Hit the Ground by No Mana, Bertie Scott || Alien Boy by Oliver Tree || 3005 Childish Gambino || Fade Out by Seether || Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi, MGMT, Ratatat || Hay Ya! by Outkast || Party and Bullshit by The Notorious B.I.G. || Oblivion by Grimes || Dammit by blink-182 || 4th Dimension by KIDS SEE GHOSTS || Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz || Beast of Burden - Remastered 1994 by The Rolling Stones || All Caps by Madvillain, Madlib, MF DOOM

Henry Le Vesconte [LINK]

Cold Cold Cold by Cage The Elephant || Frostbiter by Saintseneca || Hopscotch by Pinc Louds || Electric Funeral by Slothrust || General Discomfort by Serpent Cobra || Rainbow in the Dark by Dio || Gouge Away by JEFF The Brotherhood || Guts- 2013 Remaster by Budgie || Mansion of Misery by Miniature Tigers || If I Stay (Awake) by The Worn Flints || Feel the Heat by Me Like Bees || Polly's God by Perfekt Square || Don't Forget the Sun by Wailin' Storms || Codeine by Welles || Sick Day by Fountains of Wayne || Keep in Mind by Breakneck Flow || Sick Shit- Live from Lincoln Hall by Together Pangea || What's Done Is Done by Madde || Black Cat Heaven by Dan Luke and the Raid || Grapefruit High by French Thyme

James Fairholme [LINK]

Frostbite by punkett || Beheaded by The Offspring || Barcelone by Tommy Hools || Eleanor by Cake Bake Betty || Surchin 4 U by Naked Giants || The Party's Crashing Us by of Montreal || There Is No God by Mrs. Magician || I Still Love My Body by Yabadum || Shut Me Down by Godflesh || Jazzhole by Free the Robots || Out Of Gas by Modest Mouse || Fuck Off by The Frogs || Winter's Going by DJ Signify, Buck 65 || Bitin' the Bullet by GROUPLOVE || Like a Star by Mike Krol || Cold Cadaver by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard || Angel Eyes and Basketball by Foot Ox || Fell Down a Hole by Wolfmother || Hello Cruel World by Dent May || Woof Woof by ARTHUR

Thomas Jopson [LINK]-

Red Wine Supernova by Chappell Roan || The Rose Captain by Sea Wolf || Service Bell by Grizzly Bear, Feist || Oom Sha La La by Haley Heynderickx || Water Tower by The Mountain Goats || Funeral by Tele Novella || Hell Of A Ride by FIZZ || They're Cheap (I'm Free) by Skating Polly || Heart Hensoukyoku "Mugen" No. 1 Ren Hatanchou by Yumi Morio || Does Your Mother Know by ABBA || Tonight I'm Wearing Silk by Vundabar || Shame, Shame, Shame- Vocals by Shirley & Company || Right By Your Side - Remastered by Eurythmics, Annie Lenox, Dave Stewart || Bloodsucking Whore by Ezra Furman, The Harpoons || Hot Mess by girli || Better by The Honeysticks Ricky Montgomery || Waiting For The Man- Remastered by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark || Smalltown Boy- Spotify Single by Orville Peck || Downtown by Petula Clark

Dr. Henry Goodsir [LINK]-

Bathed In Sound by Cosmo Sheldrake || Photosynesthesia by Louie Zong || Sparkbird by Sparkbid || Worms by Viagra Boys || FUNGUS by The Narcissist Cookbook || Crabwalk by Party in the Hills || Nature Song by Twain || Things She Said by Chris Garneau || Ravens by Reno Shaw || Journey To Wherever We May Go by Grand Commander || Almost Was Good Enough by Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina || Remember Something Beautiful by Machinery of the Human Heart || I Make Too Many Mistakes by Foresight || Museum by Kitsch Club || Drunken Stars by Minimall || Closer by The Tiny, Elle-Kari || The Mouth by Honey and the Sting || A Darkness In My Soul by Solid Space || Changes Shape by Cosmic Johnny || On My Own by Three Days Grace

Dr. Alexander McDonald [LINK]-

Here Comes The Summer by The Fiery Furnaces || Look Me in the Heart by Tina Turner || The Cat-Song by Laura Nyro || Tyriya & Ramakrishna by Alice Coltrane || Too Close for Comfort by Eartha Kitt || Some Become Strangers by Stevie Nicks || I Wake Up Slow by Dory Previn || Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is A Season) by Nina Simone || Down Where The Valleys Are Low (Remastered) by Judee Sill || Stoned Soul Picnic by Julie London || Until I Met You by Mavis Staples || How Deep It Goes by Heart || So Goes Love- Demo by Carole King || All I Want by The Supremes || Quitting Time by The Roches || Cool Dry Place by Katy Kirby || Ibiza by Butcher Brown || Komorebi by ARTEMIS || In the Winter- Remastered by Janis Ian || Ocean City by Charming Disaster

Dr. Stephen Stanley [LINK]-

Love -> Building on Fire 2005 Remastered by Talking Heads || Mendelssohn: 3 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 37, No. 1 in C Minor: Prelude, MWVW21 by Felix Mendelssohn, Stephen Cleoburry || City of Electric Light by Chad VanGaalen || Country Death Song by Violent Femmes || The Man on the Burning Tightrope by Firewater || Vanilla by Jack Stauber || Feathers by Man Man || Fanfare by Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Gerard Brooks || Starving In The Belly Of A Whale by Tom Waits || Always Alone by Johnny Cash || Apple Tree by Marika Hackman || Birdland by The Afghan Whigs || Complicated Creation by Cloud Cult || Incinerate by Sonic Youth || Clap Your Hands! by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah || Buckets of Fun by Sidney Gish || Perfect Fit by Clues || Golden Age by Chris Staples || Them Heavy People by Kate Bush || With Dreams of Adventure, I Smoke my Longpipe Beneath the Stars by Hole Dweller

Dr. John Peddie [LINK]-

snake by Sadurn || Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole by Martha Wainwright || 285 HZ Mend Your Wounds by Manifestation Frequencies || This is Not Who I Am by Joanna Sternberg || (Electricity) by Courtney Barnett || Easy Violence by Sun June || Don't Think About Me by Laura Stevenson || Stabbed to Death Outside of San Juan by The Mountain Goats || Shadi by Petrojvic Blasting Company || 395 HZ Inner Transformation Vibes by Manifestation Frequencies || I'm In The World by Moondog || Phantom of the Opera - 2015 Remastered by Iron Maiden || All of My Friends by River Whyless || Jennifer by Faust || Nugget by CAKE || 528 HZ Open Your Heart by Manifestation Frequencies || Honey in the Hair by Blackbird Raum || Allah, Allah, Allah by mewithoutYou || Genetic Engineering by X-Ray Spex || The Unthinking Majority by Serj Tankian

"Cornelius Hickey" [LINK]

A New Phase Awaits You :-) by FIZZ || Island In The Sun by Weezer || Growth Sux by Cheekface || A Formidable Marinade by Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen || Rats by Rasputina || Wild Dogs: Divorce! by Jordaan Mason, Jordaan Mason & The Horse Museum || When You Die by MGMT || Homosapien by Pansy Division || I Could If I Wanted To (feat. Santino Fontana) by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cast, Santino Fontana || Pound of Flesh- Live by Regina Spektor || Stalker's Tango by Autoheart || Queer Clubbing by Ste McCabe || I Want You, But I Don't Need You by Momus || Clap Your Hands by Pale Young Gentlemen || A Smaller God by Darling Violetta || Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (Stereo) by Tom Lehrer || My Wife and My Dead Wife by Roby Hitchcock & The Egyptians || We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! by Le Loup || The Lobster Quadrille by Franz Ferdinand || Cruel to Be Kind by Nick Lowe

Thomas Armitage [LINK]

D R O V E M Y C A R by 1 Trait Danger || Cannonball by The Breeders || Gold Soundz by Pavement || Rabbit Run by The Teeth || Bloody! Bloody! by Junie & TheHutFriends || Sam's Town- Live From Abbey Road by The Killers || Dog Nightmare by Jack Stauber || Cocaine Sunday by Eyedress || Help I'm Alive by Metric || Super Breath by Karen O, Danger Mouse || I'm Too Good by ARTHUR || Good Boy by Dogbite || Starstruck by The Scary Jokes || Holy Mountains by System Of A Down || Stuff Is Way by They Might Be Giants || Voodoo Lady by Ween || I Don't Wanna Die by the Unicorns || FIGURE IN THE BACKGROUND by SNAKE POOL || Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia by of Montreal || Body Of Years by Mother Mother

Mr. Wall [LINK]

Chop Suey! by System Of A Down || Animal Attack by Grand Commander || Twist of Cain by Danzig || Bodies by Drowning Pool || A Cry For Help In A World Gone Mad by Agent Orange || Down With The Sickness by Disturbed || Coming Undone by Korn || The Foundaints of Decay by My Chemical Romance || Do What I Gotta by Naethan Apollo || Fight Fire With Fire (Remaster) by Metallica || Insane by Sonny Fodera, Biscits || Hotel California- 2013 Remaster by Eagles || Pacific Coast Highway by Fukkk Offf || Blod Makes Noise by Suzanne Vega || Night of Error by Trash Fashion || Blue Monday by Orgy || Eternity or Something by Free Refills || The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails || United States of Whatever by Liam Lynch || Cirice by Ghost

Mr. Diggle [LINK]

Soul No. 5 by Caroline Rose || Hunger For A Way Out by Sweeping Promises || When Worlds Collide by Powerman 5000 || King Fish Pies by Midlake || I Need Some Sleep- From "Shrek 2" Soundtrack by Eels || The Very Modern Dance by Destroyer || Anti-Rage by Emperor X || under The Table by Fiona Apple || A Place For My Head by Linkin Park || Never Enough by Papa Roach || Let Me Know by Yeah Yeah Yeahs || Lest We Forget by The Homeless Gospel Choir || Plea From A Cat Named Virtue by The Weakerthans || What Have I Done To Deserve This? (With Dusty Springfield) by Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield || Wait Until I Get My Hands On You by The Paper Chase || Perception Check by Tom Cardy || Eisenhower Is The Father by Best Friends Forever || Think Long by Mates of State || Ode to Divorce by Regina Spektor || Too Drunk To Dream by The Magnetic Fields

Solomon Tozer [LINK]

Pink Triangle by Weezer || Gun In My Hand by Dorothy || Low Dogg by Micachu & The Shapes || Blood, Sex, and Booze by Green Day || Tranquilize by The Killers, Lou Reed || Have a Smoke by Head Portals || The Killing Moon- BBC Evening Session January 15 by Pavement || Roundabout- 2024 Remaster by YES || Sleazy Bed Track - BBC Evening Session 1998 by The Bluetones || There Must Be More Than Blood by Car Seat Headrest || I Found A Reason- 2015 Remaster by The Velvet Underground || Bone Machine- 2007 Remaster by Pixies || Why Can't I Touch It? - 2001 Remaster by Buzzcocks || Slaughterhouse by Grandmas House || Plateau by Meat Puppets || Add It Up by Violent Femmes || Host Body by Chad VanGaalen || Vampire Empire by Big Thief || Goin' Against Your Mind by Built To Spill || Raise Me Up by Hercules & Love Affair

Private Heather [LINK]

Hometown Hero by Andy Shauf || Stay up Late- 2005 Remaster by Talking Heads || Ballad For The Brainkeepers by FOE || Down Home Town by Electric Light Orchestra || Walk On The Water by Creedence Clearwater Revival || Sirens of Titan by Al Stewart || Love Is Like Oxygen by Sweet || YOUR HEAD'S ON FIRE by Louie Zong || Imposter by Oingo Boingo || Dracula From Houston by Butthole Surfers || No Way Out Of Here by Unicorn || Splendid Isolation by Warren Zevon || Headstrong by Trapt || Life Is Hard by Timbuk 3 || Ride a White Swan- 2016 Remaster by T. Rex || Waiting For The End Of The World by Elvis Costello || Soul In My Body by Pinc Louds || The Man by The Killers || Smierc W Bikini by Republika || Head Over Heels by The Go-Go's

David Bryant [LINK]

Forty Six & 2 by TOOL || B.Y.O.B by System Of A Down || Just Like Heaven by Dinosaur Jr. || I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself by Elton John || Zero- Remastered 2012 by The Smashing Pumpkins || War Pigs / Luke's Wall- 2012 Remaster by Black Sabbath || Saturday Come Slow by Massive Attack, Damon Albarn || Pepper by Butthole Surfers || Cheap Drunk by Pretty Balanced || Bombtrack by Rage Against The Machine || Creep- 2017 Remaster by Stone Temple Pilots || Kocham Cie, Kochanie Moje by Maanam || Warm Leatherette by Grace Jones || What's In It For? by Avi Buffalo || Pretend We're Dead by L7 || You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest || Midlife Crisis by Faith No More || Would? (2022 Remaster) by Alice In Chains || My Name Is Mud by Primus || Dura by Daddy Yankee

William Pilkington [LINK]

Shoulderblade by The Teeth || Bone Bag by Superet || Orgasm of Death by The Growlers || Throw Away Children (2019 Remaster) by Dio || The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala || Natural Disasters by Enon || 16 Mirrors by Alex G || Pantyhose by TV Girl || Deadlines (Hostile) by Car Seat Headrest || Darla by Vundabar || I Dropped Out by And The Kids || The Ballad of Bull Ramos by The Mountain Goats || Caroline, Please Kill Me by Coma Cinema || The Day That I Die by Good Charlotte || You Are Going To Hate This by The Frights || Dear Jealousy by MIKA || Best I Can (feat Sharon Van Etten) by Michael Cera, Sharon Van Etten || Glue by P.H.F || Apricots by Findlay || Big Cloud by Radiator Hospital

A Link to the remaining characters: (the rest of the marines are here)

Click here for link

[unteriors]

Thompson Canyon Road, Curlew, Washington.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Environment Canada has issued 25 air quality alerts for British Columbia, amid raging wildfires and a provincial state of emergency. The federal weather agency is warning that the smoke will last another 24 to 48 hours. Even in low concentrations, wildfire smoke can be harmful to human health. The alerts cover virtually all of Vancouver Island south of Port McNeill, all of the Sunshine Coast apart from Howe Sound, the entire Lower Mainland, and all of the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon. It also includes the Lakes District, Stuart-Nechako and North Thompson regions, as well everything south of that in B.C.’s Interior, the Okanagan, and the Kootenays.

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[lost-boy-into-the-upper-heavenly]

Snowing really good in the Big Thompson Canyon..🌨🌨🌨

Big Thompson River 💦❄️

Big Thompson Canyon 🏔

3/14/24

💙🌨❄️🌨🩵✨️

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Canyon Wren

Photo: Mick Thompson

"One of the best songsters in the west, the Canyon Wren is usually heard before it is seen. Surprisingly elusive and skulking even in open terrain, this dark rusty wren disappears and reappears as it creeps about the jumbled rocks of an eroded cliff or steep canyon wall. If the observer waits, the bird will eventually jump to the top of an exposed boulder to pour out another song, a rippling and musical cascade of notes, well suited to beautiful wild canyons."

- Audubon Field Guide

[azurezfiction]

Power Rangers ship list

Because everyone seems to be doing it; here is my ship list!

Everything under the read more because it's a ton:

MMPRS1-Turbo 1: Tommy x Kimberly Zack x Trini Billy x Trini Jason x Tommy Billy x Skull (because of augment-techs) Stone Canyon Trio Rocky x Adam Aisha x Shawna Bulk x Connie David Truehart x Trey Tanya x Kat Tanya x Adam Tanya x Zack Aisha x Zack Turbo II - Lost Galaxy: Ashley x Cassie Andros x Ashley Zhane x Andros Zhane x Astronema/Karone Karone x Maya Mike Corbett x Carlos Vallerte Kai x Damon Leo x Andros TJ x Damon Lightspeed Rescue - Wild Force Joel x Miss Fairweather Kelsey Winslow x Nancy Thompson Carter x Ryan Dana x Taylor Taylor x Alyssa Merrick x Cole Eric x Wes Wes x Jen x Eric Katie x Trip Eric x Trip Danny x Max

Ninja Storm - SPD Dustin x Hunter Tori x Blake Blake x Trent Tori x Kira Dustin x Conner x Hunter Ethan x Cassidy

Mystic Force - RPM Nick x Xander Chip x Vida Udonna x Leanbow Leelee x Phineas Claire x Xander RJ x Casey Lilly x Theo Jarrod x Camilla Casey x Jarrod (x RJ) Ziggy x Dillion Flynn x Gemma

Samurai - Dino Charge Antonio x Jayden Lauren x Mia Troy x Jordan Noah x Orion Gia x Emma One-sided Jake x Noah (Jake crushing on Noah). Tyler x Shelby Tyler x Ivan Ivan x Tyler x Matt Koda x Phillip

Ninja Steel - Cosmic Fury Brody x Preston Calvin x Preston Calvin x Men. Sarah x Hayley Devon x Blaze Ravi x Roxy Ollie x Javi Amelia x Javi Izzy x Fern Zayto x Aiyon Zayto x Javi

Comics: Ace x Gent* Trek x Ace* Violet x Zack Ellarien x Remi Nikolai x Daniel Grace x Jamie x Terona Grace x Terona Matt Cook x Billy Cranston Crossover ships: Andrew Hartford x Mr Kelman (1995 Movie) x Dane Romero Fred Kelman x Justin Stewart Cam x Kimberly Conner McKnight x muscular guys Merrick x RJ Chad x Danny Chad x Aurico Delphine x Hayley Ziktor

*I have so many headcanons about these two ships and how it connects to canon, I'm really hoping to get it out soon!

[theyanderespecialist]

Base Yandere SCP 105 Headcanons (In 2025 She is likely in her early to mid-20s) (SCP Foundation)

[Hello, My Sexy Muffins! I am back with an old request, and here it is! It is of Iris Thompson, AKA SCP 105, and she is twenty that is Yandere for you, the gender-neutral reader! Enjoy this!] 

(!!!!!TRIGGER!!!!!WARNING!!!!!

There is a bit of mention of The Yandere Trying to Unalive herself in this, it is FICTION No One is actually trying to end their life. Proceed with Caution as mentioning it COULD be Triggering!) 

(Disclaimer: Iris Thompson Aka SCP 105 Is Not Yandere In Canon! This is just for fun and not to be taken seriously at all! Simping for fictional characters and yanderes is fine! Just do not be illegal or gross about it! You know who you are! You Dirty, Flaky, Biscuits! Yanderes are not ideal partners to have in real life! Also, remember to separate fiction from reality and headcanon from canon! Thank you!  Disclaimer: Iris Thompson was a teenager when she was first made an SCP it has been around five years (Most likely more) since then. So she would be roughly in her early to mid-20s! In this one though I will be making her 20! She IS An adult in this, thank you!) 

-Base Yandere Headcanions with SCP 105 Aka Iris Thompson From The SCP Fandom- 

.Iris is an anomaly that can manipulate photos and where the photo was taken. Such as a photo of the grand canon. She could phase her hand into the photo and move a rock at the Grand Canyon Falls, but she was back in her home many miles away. (on a side note it is later found out that she is a rare type of reality bender) 

.She was found by the foundation and taken away from her friends and family and no longer referred to as Iris, but SCP 105. 

.She was made a member of team alpha which she stayed on so no one else would have to go through what she did and suffer.  She was raised Catholic and had a few people she considered partners or lovers. 

.Although she never fully fell for anyone the way she did you. 

.You were an amazing person in her eyes, working with the foundation and being a very kind and sweet person.  .She found herself becoming happier around you, as she had gone into a deep depression and had tried to kill herself several times. 

.You gave her hope, hope she did not have since she came to the foundation. 

.For so long she has been pessimistic with her life in the foundation but you gave her a strong feeling of hope and like things could become better. 

.She loves to see you and would love to spend time with you. 

.She could not get enough of you and wanted to be near you as much as possible. 

.When she sees women or men with you and it appears like they were flirting and or hitting on you. she openly calls them sluts and whores. 

.They did not deserve you, you were the only good thing in this damn place and she refused to let anyone else get their hands on you. 

.She is very protective of you and would not want you hurt at all and if someone did hurt you she would really, REALLY want to hurt them for what they did to you. 

.She is a VERY Vengeful yandere to her core and she would have her revenge even going as so far to take down the foundation. 

.The foundation would see how much of a risk Iris is with her love for you and would try and separate you two. 

.This does not go well, and the foundation would be forced to give in and more or less give you to Iris. 

She would never lay and hand against you and just wants you to know that you would never be alone again and that she was all that you needed. 

.She would want to make it clear that you were hers and she was not going to share you with anyone else. 

.She deals with rivals at first treating them coldly and making things very, very difficult for them. 

.She is the type that would most likely not kill unless she snaps. 

.She is very peaceful in nature, especially for a yandere. 

.She would not kill her rivals unless she had no other choice, but the thought of hurting them does cross her mind many, Many, MANY Times! 

.She still has her faith, even if God does not comfort her the way it used to. 

.She still believes in being a good person, and at this point, she fully believes that you are a gift from God. 

.The person that was given to her, as a reward for her patience and acceptance and an apology for all the suffering she had to go through. 

.You were meant to be hers and this was all for her to meet you and be with you. 

.Once she builds up the courage she will confess her love to you, and when she does she is beyond nervous, so afraid you would turn her down. 

.She does not know what she would do if you turned her love down. You will find out what she does if you do turn down her love, in a hot second, but first! 

.If you accepted her love? She would be a bit shocked, but so happy, so happy that she breaks down crying tears of joy. 

.She finally had something good in her life and she is never ever letting you be good, you are the only good thing in her life after all! 

.This would be the start of her future and she is never ever going to let you go. 

.BUT if you turn her down, she will feel her heart shatter, and she would most likely spiral, feeling like her life was over. 

.All the hope and happiness she had built up with you was gone and it is away at her mental health and stability. 

.This is the point that she cannot live without you, but she is not the type to take your life or go on a murder spree. 

.No, no, no she is the type of yandere that would take her life, leaving the tragic note that she cannot live in a world where you do not love her. 

.This was not to manipulate you or anything, but because she feels truly hopeless and lost without you. 

.She would keep trying to end her life, until she was dead, or until you changed your mind (She did try to commit life-ending stuff with the intent to make you change your mind. 

.But because she felt truly hopeless without you and that her life was NOT worth living if you were not in it. 

.She makes it clear that this was not your fault and that it was what the foundation did and she hopes the foundation does not hurt you the way she has beem hurt. 

.In the end, she is a very rare yandere. She would be unlikely to hurt anyone as a yandere, even though she fantasized about it, and if things ended badly, she would not hurt you but instead lash out at herself. 

.She never wanted to hurt you and she never would, even if you rejected her and ended up with someone else. 

.She is just not going to stay and watch you be with someone else, that is far too painful for her to bear. 

[YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS another chapter is done! I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter here, and please stay sexy, all of my sexy muffins!] 

(I forgot to add she would love to take photos of you, and has a shrine of photos of you!) 

[xtruss]

Poinsettias adorn the Zocalo, the main square in modern Mexico City. Indigenous to Mexico and Central America, the plant became a symbol of Christmas with a little help from European missionaries and an American diplomat named Joel Poinsett. Photograph By Carrie Thompson, Alamy Stock Photo

How The Rugged Poinsettia became Our Favorite Holiday Flower

Long before a clever marketer turned it into a Christmas staple, the Aztec and Maya celebrated the colorful shrub for its medicinal value.

— By Bill Newcott | Published: December 22, 2022

Think “Poinsettia” and you think “Christmas,” right? Well, think again. At the time of the first Christmas, the closest poinsettia to the little town of Bethlehem was 8,000 miles away, clinging to life in a rocky canyon in what’s now southwestern Mexico.

“The Aztec called the plant cuetlaxochitl (brilliant flower), and the Maya referred to it as k’alul wits (ember flower),” says Mark Hoddle of the University of California Riverside’s department of entomology. He became fascinated with the poinsettia while working on his doctoral dissertation in the 1990s, exploring ways to control whiteflies, a common scourge of the holiday plants.

There’s evidence the indigenous peoples of Central America appreciated the plant for its seasonal red leaves, he says, but mostly they saw medicinal value.

“When you break a leaf or branch of a poinsettia, it leaks a milky white sap,” Hoddle says. “The cultures believed that sap had healing properties.” Aztecs applied the sap to the breasts of nursing mothers to increase milk production. They also used the sap as a depilatory.

Even today, Hoddle says, descendants of the ancient Maya in Mexico boil the leaves to create a remedy for obstetrical or gynecological hemorrhaging. And if you happen to be bitten by a snake, the locals say, there’s nothing better than boiled root of k’alul wits.

The poinsettia is named in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American diplomat and avid amateur botanist who introduced the plant to the United States in the 1820s. Library of Congress

The First Christmas Poinsettias

Franciscan missionaries arrived in Mexico in the 16th century and eventually began setting up elaborate manger scenes at Christmastime. Holly, Europe’s holiday flora of choice, was nowhere to be found for the dioramas, but when the missionaries saw the red and green colors of this local plant—that happened to burst into color every December—they knew they had the perfect stand-in.

By the time an American diplomat named Joel Poinsett arrived in Mexico in the 1820s, those bright leaves were a common sight in local churches at Christmastime. A swashbuckling U.S. congressman from Charleston, South Carolina, Poinsett spoke six languages, dined with Russia’s czar, served President James Madison as a covert agent to protect U.S. business interests in South America, and somewhere along the way became, for a short time, a general in the Chilean army.

Yet despite all his exploits, Poinsett is remembered primarily as the amateur botanist who became fascinated with those red and green plants from Mexico. He sent some home to Charleston, where people began growing them in their gardens. Their notoriety grew under a variation of Poinsett’s name.

Poinsettias Become A Christmas Star

For the first 100 years or so after those first transplants arrived in Charleston, fragile poinsettias were nearly impossible to keep alive in a pot. They were sold primarily as cut flowers.

“That all changed with these guys,” says Fred Clarke, keeper of what’s likely the world’s only poinsettia library. He’s leading me toward a large, translucent white shed tucked into a corner of the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch, a bit north of San Diego, California.

Each spring Carlsbad’s famous Flower Fields become a fantasia of red, yellow, and white ranunculus flowers. Clarke is the horticulturalist in charge of making sure those 80 million flowers grow and get to market, but it’s clear his passion plant grows inside this shed.

“Here we are!” he enthuses as we step inside. Sitting on a series of low, tiered risers are scores of potted poinsettias arranged chronologically in order of their historical development.

Clarke doesn’t have a sample of Joel Poinsett’s iteration, but his chronology does include a close relative: the legendary St. Louis Red. The first mass-produced poinsettia, it was introduced in 1924 by Louis Bordet of Missouri.

Long-stemmed and fragile, the St. Louis Red was still primarily a cut flower. But a self-taught Southern California agriculturalist named Paul Ecke started toying with the Red’s genetics, breeding varieties that exploded with multiple colored leaves, didn’t mind growing in a greenhouse, and, most importantly, could be shipped in pots.

Following the lead of those long-ago missionaries, Ecke began marketing poinsettias as “The Christmas Flower.” He convinced Hollywood to use them as decorations on seasonal TV specials. (Ecke’s son personally saw to it that Johnny Carson had an extravagant display behind his Tonight Show desk each year.)

For decades, the Ecke family grew nearly all their poinsettias on what’s now Carlsbad’s Flower Fields. Today, poinsettias are grown primarily outside the U.S., so the Ecke family focuses on developing and patenting new varieties. The results are on proud display in Clarke’s poinsettia library.

Ushering me through the collection, Clarke—who started working with the Ecke family 42 years ago—ticks off the subsequent varieties. They include the Flaming Sphere (1950), a floppy version that never caught on. The C-1 (1968) was the first poinsettia that could withstand the rigors of transport. The Limo (1988) introduced the deep red of present-day poinsettias. Freedom Family (1991) was the first with rounded, elephant-ear-shaped bracts rather than long, pointy ones. And the Prestige (2002), known for its rich color and stamina, is now the most popular poinsettia on the planet.

After touring the poinsettia library, Clarke invites me to enjoy one of the Flower Fields’ famous strawberry milkshakes. As we head for a small stand, he suddenly stops and turns back toward the shed and his red-leafed congregation. He smiles.

“These guys have come a long way,” he says.

[readjthompson]

Shamrock Rebellion was a lot of fun. Here are some clips I filmed of Gen and the Degenerates, Face to Face, Buzzcocks, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Flogging Molly, pit people, and me. Cheers.

[angelloverde]

"Mo Soul" Player Playlist 31 October

Dedicated Men Of Zion - Can't Turn Me Around

Malachi Thompson - West Side Stomp

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band - Your Love (Means Everything to Me)

Rock Candy Funk Party - Mr. Space

21st Century Ghost - Here At Night

Aaron Neville - Hard to Believe

Roxy Roca - Ain't Nothin' Fancy

Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates Feat. Joe Bonamassa - Nasty Gal

Dr. John - Gut Bucket Blues

Sheila E. - America

Swamp Dogg - Choking To Death

Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola - Those Desks Aren't Going To Clean Themselves

Four80East - Cookie Strut

The Soul Rebels - Unlock Your Mind

fDeluxe - Over The Canyon

If you really want to enjoy music and help musicians and bands, buy their lp’s or cd’s and don’t download mp3 formats. There is nothing like good quality sound!!!

(Angel Lo Verde / Mo Soul)