Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>It is so nice how the <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/pandemicpond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemicpond</span></a> is maturing now. This is its 5th summer! Can't believe it. The bog filter has made a massive difference for the water clarity and keeping down the algae. The first pic below is from this time last year and you can see the algae clouding and sliming everything.</p><p>Two years ago I started planting some moss around rocks in the stream and it has filled in really nicely and naturally. It also served to trap seeds I think and grass and other "weeds" but I like that it just looks more and more like a normal stream. We even have a marsh marigold at the top of the stream (last pic) that we did not plant that came from one that was in the top pond and was eaten by deer. 🦌 <br><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/ponds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ponds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/portalberni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portalberni</span></a></p>
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Cooling our old house in summer. This house was built in 1940 so it has gone through all the stages and types of heating you can probably imagine.
We installed a heat pump a few years back. This was a revelation after 15 years of "window management" and fans to keep a lid on the intense heat of the Alberni Valley.
It has made a wonderful difference both for cheaper heating in winter and newfound cooling potential in summer. We only could get one big enough for two of three floors.
So basement and main floor have a register like this.
Today, on the first official hot day of summer it is:
Outside temp: 33°C
Top Floor (windows open, fans on): 30°C
Main Floor (windows closed HP set to 23°C): 25°C
Basement (HP set to 23): I would estimate 23°C
We also have a hybrid HP/Electric hot water tank in the basement that I have blowing its outlet air into the room for summer to help keep the temperature down in the basement.
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Happy Pride 
!!
Got new line (see next) for the flag pole as the old stuff broke in a gale a couple months ago.
This stuff is much much nicer!
Wanted to make sure I had it up at least for 
day but it was easier than I thought it would be to get down with a little help from son.
#flags #pride #home #portalberni
I am so proud of my friend Michael Moore who founded and has driven this incredible Maker Space that isn't just bringing all sorts of cool capabilities and education to #PortAlberni but also is an amazing innovator in plastic re-use!
His goal has always been to take as much plastic as he can and repurpose/remold it into useful things... and well.. that's exactly what he's doing!
GO MIKE!
#plastic #Recycling #Reduce #ReUse #Maker #3dPrinting #VancouverIsland #BCPoli
Alberni Valley News · Alberni Valley Makerspace builds a future with plastic
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Hearing that #BCHwy4 is currently closed with no detour near Cameron Lake and Cathedral Grove after a vehicle incident. Check DriveBC.ca for updates.
#PortAlberni
Today in #Tseshaht 
#Hupacasath 
Saw čims (Black Bear) today! He was pretty scared of the busy road. Smart bear! Didn't get a good photo, and only mediocre video, but here you go :) 
(this was near the Visitors Centre near the #BCHwy4 junction in #PortAlberni)
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@chrishuck @kibcol1049 I grew up in #portalberni when there was still a pulp mill. The sulphurous deposits were…. Concerning. Also the black water that was our ocean Inlet. Now it’s just a paper mill and significantly cleaner but at least it pays some taxes.
Apple Blossoms! The Blushing delight columnar is in full bloom. The two Northern Spy are a little later. Lots of bees around!
It's a good friday indeed.
#hiking #inletTrail #PortAlberni #copperMountain #AlberniInlet #bloomscrolling #mosstodon
Just a reminder that Charlie Angus will be on Vancouver Island this week for his The Resistance tour! In the evening events in #Cumberland on Thursday, and #Nanaimo on Friday and for a Friday noon rally in #PortAlberni
Slight change in Nanaimo time to 5PM Open.
APRIL 10, 2025
CUMBERLAND
7:00 to 8:00 pm
at No. 6 Mine Memorial Park
courtenay-alberni-federal-ndp@shaw.ca to RSVP
APRIL 11, 2025, B.C.
PORT ALBERNI
Noon to 1:00 pm
at Port Alberni Friendship Centre (3555 Fourth Ave)
courtenay-alberni-federal-ndp@shaw.ca to RSVP
APRIL 11, 2025, B.C.
NANAIMO
Doors Open 5PM
Event Starts 5:30PM
at Beban Park Social Centre (2300 Bowen Road)
lisa.marie.barron@ndp.ca to RSVP
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/maga-maple-the-desperate-bid-to-elect
charlieangus.substack.comMAGA MAPLE: THE DESPERATE BID TO ELECT A MINI-ME TRUMPConservatives Play the Traitor Card
Just after the sun went behind Arbutus ridge, but before sunset... a rainbow in the sky!
#PortAlberni #BCStorm #cloud #rainbow
Over wintered super-parsnip!!
#portalberni #garden #gardening #veggies
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The fancy folks down in Victoria and Vancouver have had cherry blossoms for a few weeks but ours have just got rolling :) #portalberni #bloomscrolling #SilentSunday
Hey! Interesting new #BCFerries announcement with a #PortAlberni connection!
This summer the oldest ship in the fleet, Queen of Alberni, which currently serves the Tsawwassen - Duke Point route, will be shifted to a special, one way, once a day 4:30PM Tsawwassen to Departure Bay sailing!
This could be a very interesting experiment!
I wonder when the last time was that the Queen of Alberni did a trip to Dep Bay (outside Pandemic times).
#Travel #Transportation #BCPoli
https://cheknews.ca/nanaimo-bound-passengers-have-new-option-of-tsawwassen-departure-bay-sailing-for-summer-1246072/
CHEK · Nanaimo-bound passengers have new option of Tsawwassen-Departure Bay sailing for summer