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Derek Ryder

@ryderda.bsky.social

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Skier, hiker, traveler, Former Director - Friends of Kananaskis, K-Country Bear Team member, Sunshine SnowHost, Wildlife Ambassador, and retired.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 6d

I find myself in Portugal right now, when normally I would be in Maui. Wonder why.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 6d

And people repeatedly say they won’t run into bears on busy trails.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 10d

I would make more turkey if they raised turkeys that fed 2 instead of 22.

Oh, they do. They’re called chickens. That’s why.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 11d

www.yamnuskawolfdogsanctuary.com

Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary | Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary offers a variety of tours to the public. The purpose of our tours is to educate the public on wolfdogs and raise awareness regarding wolf conservation. All proceeds from the...

www.yamnuskawolfdogsanctuary.com

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 14d

Today's lunch view. Not volunteering.

In the dappled shade of huge trees lining a linear park, a tall volcanic cone-shaped fountain and art installation trickles water, awaiting its next eruption. And erupt water it does.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 14d

I don't disagree, but Spray Lakes never even asked for the first build. They just did it. That's bad.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 14d

The main argument for its removal was that it was never permitted by DFO in the first place. Now it has been, it can be built. That DFO would give it a permit was never in doubt.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 14d

Not in my province, where I had to order them in advance, pay for them, and wait until later in the month to get them.

But then, we have more measles cases than the entire US!

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 15d

Not until after Oct 20 according to an e-mail I got when my booking was confirmed.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 19d

What I find interesting is nearly all of the world's current supply of H2 gas is made from fossil fuels. It can be (and is) also commercially made from coal. Yes, you can do electrolysis of water (or thermochemical), but $$$ and really only from fresh water because of chlorine gas if using sea water

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 20d

I cannot share today's lunch view while out volunteering. So instead, who I saw an hour before lunch, and the view on the way home this afternoon.

In a cold and frosty covered meadow, a younger male moose with a small-ish rack marches out of the mud, with fog rising.

Under a blue sky filled with high, wispy clouds, a mountain rises, with dark evergreens surrounding the magnificent fall colours of yellows, pale greens and golds on the aspens and poplars below.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 21d

Today's lunch view while out volunteering was the same as Tuesday. That's what happens when it's cold and I eat lunch inside. So also, I've added a pic from about 40 min before lunch.

A green and gold meadow, surrounded by green conifers, under a blue sky with scattered puffy white clouds.

Yellow and gold aspens speckle the dense green conifers in the river valley in the foreground, while in the distance, rugged peaks rise, all under a blue sky with puffy white clouds.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 23d

Today's lunch view, and for fun, the waterfall I saw just after lunch.

Under a moody, overcast grey sky, an alpine meadow, lush with pale greens and yellows, surrounded by a green coniferous forest, with mountains in the distant background.

A small waterfall tumbles down vertical exposed rocks into a greenish-grey pool, surrounded by a lush green mossy forest.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 27d

Today's lunch view while out volunteering was uninteresting: in a campground at a picnic table. So here is my view about 10 minutes after lunch.

Under a moody, cloudy sky, three rugged, rocky mountains rise They're being viewed through a wide slot in the trees and shrubs that are in fall colours of yellow & gold

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 24

Today's lunch view while out volunteering.

Across a crystal clear lake, reflecting the blue sky, majestic mountains rise.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 23

Today's lunch while out volunteering.

Under a brilliant bluebird sky, a fall alpine meadow, bursting with willows in yellows, greens and golds, and surrounded by dark coniferous trees, with towering mountains in the distant background.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 21

I’m late. Yesterday’s lunch view while out volunteering.

From within a fenced playground, past aspen trees in fall foliage, rugged mountains rise under a brilliant blue sky.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 20

Better question: WHERE was it filmed?

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 18

There I go making more YouTube videos again. This one is about the Raymcraft keyboard case for the iPad Mini.
youtu.be/eKG4ml4UTMQ

Raymcraft Case Review

YouTube video by Videos from a Messy Office

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 17

My jurisdiction has more measles cases than the entire US.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 17

Today’s lunch view while out volunteering.

Under a stunning blue sky, with some pretty puffy clouds for accent, a rugged mountain rises above a large alpine lake, while in the foreground, green and yellow grasses line the shore.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 16

Today's lunch view while out volunteering. Yep, a truck-nic on washboarded gravel road.

In the foreground, a horribly washboarded gravel road. In the distance, mountains tower under overcast grey skies. In between, a dense green forest and a willow-filled stream bed in muted fall colours.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 15

Not in my town. My town is a high-end exclusive resort town where low-end hotel chains are torn down to build million $ condos that can be rented out on AirBnB for 5x the hotel rate. And affordable housing is very rare indeed.

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 12

Make it a lunch view or it's not fun!

Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yeah, I blew it when I made those birdhouses. The holes were too big. The squirrels got in and I had no birds. I tried to find ways to restrict the hole size, but nothing worked.