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#portalberni

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Chris Alemany

REALLY GOOD day helping out the #ndp today. Big sign wave on #bchwy4 in #portalberni. Gord Johns was there and then jetted off to other spots in the riding. 🏃

I helped out with some data entry, then knocked on doors in my neighbourhood.

Talked to some voters (pro and not so sure). All good conversations. Helped someone make a plan to vote.

It feels really good to help.

If the thought ever crossed your mind to help a campaign, do it! You won't regret it!
#canpoli #cdnpoli #elxn45

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Chris Alemany

All done! 3hrs. 8.6km 457m elevation.

Not to sore, but the boy is definitely better on the cardio than me. 😅
Some nice views, saw lots of ravens, eagles, bees, caterpillars, and a garter snake!

Here’s a route recap if you’re into AllTrails.

alltrails.com/explore/recordin

#hiking#inletTrail#PortAlberni
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Chris Alemany

So proud of my little town, which has had a prominent Sikh and SE Asian community for a hundred years, finally having its own Vaisahki parade! There were an impressive number of spectators and participants! And bonus, it was all around my neighbourhood as we live only a few blocks from the Guru Nanak Sikh Society gurdwara.

#Sikh #Gurdwara #Vaisahki #Parade #PortAlberni
albernivalleynews.com/communit

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Northern spy 🍏 planted in place of the aged hydrangea. We will train it tall so that it can provide shade over the path and maybe front yard/pond on hot summer days.

Parents had a whole bunch of horse manure 🐎 and a big bag of peat moss so we mixed some of that in for the tree. It didn’t have much of a root ball so we’ll have to make sure it stays nice and anchored. #diy #gardening #apple #pnw #portalberni #vancouverisland

A small hydrangea is between two azalaes along a cement path.
A closer view of the hydrangea shows last year’s flowers with some new leaves starting.
The trailer is full of horse manure and there is a large bag of peat moss.
The new tree stands where the hydrangea was with fresh soil around it.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

The day is done. Made a reasonable dent in the mountain. Raised the level of about half of the driveway. Tomorrow I will measure the fabric for the car tracks and put down another 2 loads of dirt to bring it to the edge of the tracks.

Then we'll need to wait until a weekday when I am home to go get sand, gravel, and top soil.

Maybe Ill go to the stone shop next week and grab the flagstones for the path. 🤔

Lots to do!

Then we will move to the backyard again and start on plumbing for the poolpond!

A large mound of dirt sits on the left with a significant cut made where the dirt is loose and has been shovelled away. The small trailer is visible to the right. Behind the large hole for the pool surrounded by rubber liner.
View of the driveway shows the bright blue house in the back on the right and a gray house on the left with a gap and a path in between. In the foreground are two car tracks with gravel separated by grass in the middle. There is fresh dirtaround the edge of most.
#OperationMoveDirtMountain#poolpond#diy
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Excited for the additions! Bought an Italian plum to replace the old and dying Italian plum on our neighbour’s side. And bought another Northern Spy 🍏 to plant in the front in place of an aged hydrangea.

This will complete the complement of 3 apple trees in the front yard! Yay! (2 northern spy semi dwarf, 1 blushing delight columnar visible in the previous post beside the little dump truck) and start the fruit tree complement in the back to go with the well established hazelnut tree. I want at least 2 more fruit trees in the back. Possibly four.

A small plum tree stands in a black pot beside a fence and in tall grass. On the other side of the fence is an old and mossy palm tree that is on its last legs.
A small apple tree stands in a black pot on a cement pathway beside a small hydrangea bush
#OperationMoveDirtMountain#poolpond#diy
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Morning shift of #OperationMoveDirtMountain is complete. Good progress was made. The new level in the front driveway was marked and is being extended.

This is essentially just horrible and sticky clay but it will have to do as a base to bring the front driveway up to a better height sloping less toward the house and in general.

The two gravel tracks for the car will be kept and deepened/solidified while a number of flat stones will provide walking paths from each side of the car to the sidewalk or backyard.

This is part of the #poolpond campaign

A small silver trailer sits backed up into a large pile of dirt that has had a chunk sliced from the front and deposited into the trailer. There are some shovels over top of the dirt in the trailer. There’s a large brown garage in the background and a small gray shed to the right Sky is cloudy.
First load has been deposited in front of the gravel pad where the trailer sits. It is reasonably flat. It is brown clay dirt
A view of the blue house in the background with the trailer in the foreground on the left. It is empty. The driveway is partially covered with darker earth for grass seating. There is a planter box with a small apple tree up against the house that stretches the length of the house.
Looking down from above at the newly spread dirt. There is one section close to the camera that is darker earth for planting grass. It is a little higher than the rest of the brown dirt that is spread evenly across most of the rest of the visible yard.The gravel tracks of the driveway are pulling in front of the teal car.
#diy#portalberni#backyard
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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️

Possible strong winds this afternoon and evening for Inland Vancouver Island.

I suspect the strongest winds will be in #GoldRiver :goldriver: and Tahsis as the low pressure centre is headed just north of the tip of Vancouver island but it will probably be gusty in #PortAlberni :portalberni: as well.

Might want to bring in those new Canada 🇨🇦 flags for the night!

A screenshot from the weather model shows strong southwesterly to westerly winds associated with a low north of the island.
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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️

Latest ENSO (El Niño/Southern Oscillation) forecast is out. The verdict is that the minor La Niña that existed the past few months is now gone. We are in “Neutral" conditions for the forseeable future, likely all the way to Fall and maybe next Winter.

Better chance of another La Niña next winter than El Niño, but the best chance is for Neutral conditions.

cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana

A bar graph shows percent chance on the Y axis and three month grouped seasons on the bottom starting with MAM (“March April May”) and ending with NDJ (“November December January”) Neutral is in grey and starts very near 100% in the first period and them gradually drops to about 40% in the final period. La Niña in Blue and El Niño in red start at or near zero in the first period and gradual move to 35% for La Niña and 20% for El Niño by the end of the graph. Text: Official NOAA CPC ENSO Probabilities (issued April 2025) based on -0.5%+0.5°C thresholds in ERSSTv5 Niño-3.4 index Figure 7. Official ENSO probabilities for the Niño 3.4 sea surface temperature index (5°N-5°S, 120°W-170°W). Figure updated 10 April 2025.
#LaNiña#ElNiño#ENSO
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