Bill Lyon
@cidersnob.bsky.social
Retired developer of market-data and automated model-based trading systems. Spent nearly 20 years with Prediction Co in Santa Fe. Now really into cider and apples. Member of Cider View, a cider-apple orchard in Tieton, WA and Tieton Cider Works
Here's a 15-minute video of all of the pears in the USDA Pomological Watercolors Collection, with backgrounds removed and captions added. In alphabetical order by Variety name. Also captioned with Location, Artist, Year, and handle/filename included where available.
Pears from the USDA Pomological Watercolors Collection - captioned, with background removed.
YouTube video by Bill Lyon
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May 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here's a 15-minute video of all of the pears in the USDA Pomological Watercolors Collection, with backgrounds removed and captions added. In alphabetical order by Variety name. Also captioned with Location, Artist, Year, and handle/filename included where available.
A few photos from Craig Campbell at our Cider View orchard in Tieton, WA today...
1) Golden Russets in bloom. (Now they're just showing off.)
2) Roy Aceves, Orchard Manager, with the GR's.
3) Craig with the Harrison Apples, a little behind the Goldens blossoming.
... others just starting...
1) Golden Russets in bloom. (Now they're just showing off.)
2) Roy Aceves, Orchard Manager, with the GR's.
3) Craig with the Harrison Apples, a little behind the Goldens blossoming.
... others just starting...
April 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A few photos from Craig Campbell at our Cider View orchard in Tieton, WA today...
1) Golden Russets in bloom. (Now they're just showing off.)
2) Roy Aceves, Orchard Manager, with the GR's.
3) Craig with the Harrison Apples, a little behind the Goldens blossoming.
... others just starting...
1) Golden Russets in bloom. (Now they're just showing off.)
2) Roy Aceves, Orchard Manager, with the GR's.
3) Craig with the Harrison Apples, a little behind the Goldens blossoming.
... others just starting...
Any Eliza Gilkyson fans here? She's got a new album out today, "Dark Ages". One of my favorite voices with what might just be some classic protest songs for the next generation. elizagilkyson.com?p=1080
New! Dark Ages!
Get an autographed copy of the brand new release Dark Ages here from Eliza's online store. Dark Ages is surprisingly upbeat, although the songs pull no punches in terms of the times in which we find o...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Any Eliza Gilkyson fans here? She's got a new album out today, "Dark Ages". One of my favorite voices with what might just be some classic protest songs for the next generation. elizagilkyson.com?p=1080
Happy Earth Day! My friend Professor Jeffrey Karron produced this short video to celebrate: "Blazing Star Supports Bees and Monarch Butterflies". Check it out for some soothing bees, butterflies, and flowers...
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Blazing Star Supports Bees and Monarch Butterflies
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April 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy Earth Day! My friend Professor Jeffrey Karron produced this short video to celebrate: "Blazing Star Supports Bees and Monarch Butterflies". Check it out for some soothing bees, butterflies, and flowers...
youtu.be/NqYcSp-vNcI
youtu.be/NqYcSp-vNcI
Happy International Haiku Day! Here are some of mine...#haiku
April 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy International Haiku Day! Here are some of mine...#haiku
Some hope and optimism for the beginning of apple blossom season here. Louis MacNeice's "Apple Blossom". One door closes, another opens...
Poem of the Week: "Apple Blossom" by Louis MacNeice | WFU Press
Louis MacNeice's "Apple Blossom" evokes a feeling of eternal optimism, of continuous appreciation of the world and all of its wonders.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Some hope and optimism for the beginning of apple blossom season here. Louis MacNeice's "Apple Blossom". One door closes, another opens...
This was an astounding interview -- Heritage Foundation also said they were blindsided by the tariff details, not at all what they had expected, and wanted to know who were the incompetent Trump admin people that came up with it. Let the backpedaling and distancing begin.
Heritage Foundation’s senior trade policy analyst was on Bloomberg tv a few mins ago. He said this is a disaster that could derail the trump admin’s entire agenda. Anchor was like “when you’ve lost the heritage foundation, author of Project 2025…” and he was like “actually that was a coalition” lmao
April 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This was an astounding interview -- Heritage Foundation also said they were blindsided by the tariff details, not at all what they had expected, and wanted to know who were the incompetent Trump admin people that came up with it. Let the backpedaling and distancing begin.
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Great new book on apples. Focussing on the rise and fall of apple growing in New Zealand and especially Kumeū region. As well as family histories from the region it plots the political and economic reasons for the decline of this once important export industry. #apples #NZ #book
April 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“It happens sometimes. Teslas just explode. Natural causes.”
(Hacked RepoMan quote)
(Hacked RepoMan quote)
March 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“It happens sometimes. Teslas just explode. Natural causes.”
(Hacked RepoMan quote)
(Hacked RepoMan quote)
Very sad. Hantavirus, while rare overall, is a fact of life in New Mexico, with a handful of cases every year, mostly in rural areas.
A terrible confluences of events. Stunning, really.
Gene Hackman died from cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributory factor, while his wife died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to officials.
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Gene Hackman died from cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributory factor, while his wife died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to officials.
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Gene Hackman's wife died of hantavirus; actor died of cardiovascular disease: Officials
Authorities provided updates Friday in the investigation into the mysterious deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Very sad. Hantavirus, while rare overall, is a fact of life in New Mexico, with a handful of cases every year, mostly in rural areas.
So I guess that Trump is now admitting that he can’t end the Ukraine war in one day?
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So I guess that Trump is now admitting that he can’t end the Ukraine war in one day?
Yup. Seen at today’s 50501 protest in Denver.
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yup. Seen at today’s 50501 protest in Denver.
I had a multi-year dispute with a large insurance company. Once I discovered the CFPB had jurisdiction over them, I sent in my documentation and within 3 DAYS my credit was fixed and the insurance company called to apologize. CFPB has real teeth and banks/insurance-cos hate them. Keep it strong!
If President Trump is serious about lowering costs and capping credit card interest rates, he needs a strong CFPB and a strong CFPB Director.
If he and Republicans decide to cower to Wall Street billionaires and try to destroy the agency, they will have a fight on their hands.
If he and Republicans decide to cower to Wall Street billionaires and try to destroy the agency, they will have a fight on their hands.
February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I had a multi-year dispute with a large insurance company. Once I discovered the CFPB had jurisdiction over them, I sent in my documentation and within 3 DAYS my credit was fixed and the insurance company called to apologize. CFPB has real teeth and banks/insurance-cos hate them. Keep it strong!