{"id":307,"date":"2020-07-02T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/?p=307"},"modified":"2020-07-02T10:44:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:44:48","slug":"tuesday-july-2nd-2020-landsdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/2020\/07\/02\/tuesday-july-2nd-2020-landsdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, July 2nd, 2020 &#8211; Landsdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tuesday, July 2nd, 2020 &#8212;&gt; +19\u00b0C \/ +68\u00b0F &#8212;&gt; grey &amp; clouded over @ 7:30 am &#8211;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Didn&#8217;t get a lot done in Aerendel yesterday &#8211; I did build a shelf support in the North-West corner of the office here and plopped the beginnings of a shelf there &#8211; from the support to the heavy grey desk top that still needs a bit of work and its own support &#8211; we&#8217;re planning on getting that at least partially accomplished today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; This morning, so far &#8211; I watched Volffe work all around the borders of Landsdrop { West of Highland Forest, East of Absentia &#8211; North of &#8216;North-West Aerendel_02&#8217; } &#8211; which got its designation way back when the refugees who &#8216;Discovered&#8217; Aerendel began to explore &#8211; look for game animals, look for edible native plants &#8211; &amp; look for decent places to build settlements beyond the limits of Aerendel City and away from the corruption that was already becoming a &#8216;thing&#8217; in Birkenport.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?resize=1120%2C594\" alt=\"- Landsdrop as of 9:23 am July 2nd, 2020 -\" width=\"1120\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?resize=549%2C291 549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?resize=1024%2C543 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?resize=1536%2C814 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?resize=150%2C80 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-02_923am_Landsdrop-x1600.png?resize=250%2C133 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8211; &#8221; Landsdrop as of 9:23 am &#8211; July 2nd, 2020.&#8221; &#8211; borders all worked on &#8211; creeks in place as far as the next &#8216;drop&#8217; &#8211;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8212; Landsdrop got its name from the cliffs that drop to a nearly flat &#8211; open stretch of &#8216;prairie&#8217; land &#8211; &#8216;Scientific&#8217; types, even way back 5,000 years ago &#8211; wondered if the &#8216;drops&#8217; were caused by earthquakes &#8211; or if they marked the farthest reaches of a huge glacier during the last ice age. { And we have a lot to do to &#8216;sculpt&#8217; the land beyond the most major drop and redirect the &#8216;creeks&#8217; that made the prairies the obvious choice of farmers way back &#8216;when&#8217;. }<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_308\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?resize=1120%2C630\" alt=\"- Volffe standing Night Watch on Lovers' Lookout Hill in Keltic Vale -\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?resize=549%2C309 549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?resize=1536%2C864 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?resize=150%2C84 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aerendel.ca\/TheUniverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2020-07-01_1058am_Volffe_NightWatch.png?resize=250%2C141 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8211; &#8220;Volffe standing Night Watch on Lovers&#8217; Lookout Hill In Keltic Vale.&#8221; &#8211; looking North and East toward Del-Vahria. &#8211;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8212; I think I hinted at the beginning of this article \/ post &#8211; That we didn&#8217;t get a heck of a lot done Yesterday &#8211; I think all that Volffe actually did &#8211; besides checking around for obvious catastrophes &#8211; was plant a lot of leafy &#8216;weeds&#8217; among the summer grass on Lovers&#8217; Lookout Hill. { He didn&#8217;t call them weeds &#8211; he called them local vegetation &#8211; which has been used for salad greens over the last 5,000 years. }<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; And I have some real world &#8216;Schnarr&#8217; to do, so I&#8217;ll post this now and maybe do some more later &#8212;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">~~~~~ Jim<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, July 2nd, 2020 &#8212;&gt; +19\u00b0C \/ +68\u00b0F &#8212;&gt; 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