End of 2022 Re-viewing Bur Oak, Deer Bookends

 

Earlyish December, I returned to the scene of the bur oak tree that I visited the day before Halloween. I spotted an unusual-looking acorn, even weirder than typical walnut-sized with dreadlock-look cap. The shell was cracked open, but the unit still together.

I took it home and stored it, intending to open it up some time in the near future. Close to Christmas, I returned to the tree to take its pic and look for more acorn specimens.

On the day after I recorded indoor clips of me examining those acorns, I went out for a walk a few hours later. I spotted a buck and decided to record it leisurely chomping on acorns (too small to be bur oak acorns). Recalling that I had a deer clip from the same day as my late November bur oak tree recording, I dabbled with the thought of integrating bur oak and deer into a blog topic.

The late-November bur oak tree was actually an accidental encounter. I had initially spotted and recorded a group of does, at least half dozen. Upon tracking them from left to right, I spotted some bur oak acorns on the ground. (This tree and sample specimens are noticeable in "Bur Oak Trees Spotted and Acorns Piqued" (video, article).

My video contrasts a few of the specimens from the same tree. Does comprise the front bookend to the bur oak acorn re-viewing, and the buck serves as the back bookend. Ruminate over a few sleek ruminants that are rather common in my neck of the woods. As for the bur oak acorn samples, the latest one that I opened up broke up in three sections, but not cleanly. (One specimen that I collected resembles a Star Wars bb-8 astromech droid, Rosetta asteroid or bun do.

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"Bur Oak Acorn, Walnut-sized Nut" (primer bur oak acorn info)
"Bur Oak Trees Spotted and Acorns Piqued"
"End of 2022 Re-viewing Bur Oak, Deer Bookends"

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Little Use For Faulty 2023-2024 Calendar

Ever run across a faulty calendar? How about the following items, all in one unit, which my video shows?? Duplicated months, missing months, one duplicated month where the date starts on the wrong day of the week, another month where all the dates and Saturday/Sunday sequencing dates don't align.

How faulty was the calendar? How little use did I have with it? What did I do about the calendar after I scanned the parts and turned it into a blog topic?

How Faulty was the Calendar?

The calendar was so faulty ...

The second instance of Feb 2023 showed the first date off by a day.

What? A second instance of Feb 2023? Yes! Furthermore, three more months for 2023 had two instances each. On the good side, the days of the weeks were accurate. Low bar here.

Oct 2024 was a beaut—my poster month and video title page image. For starters, it didn't show the first date, the 1st. Every WEEK was inaccurate. None of the dates was accurate for actual October 2024 dates, and the poster month Sunday dates didn't follow their respective Saturday dates.

There's more! Another set of months, February through May 2024 were duplicated in the calendar. Months were missing. I wouldn't have cared too much about Oct through Dec 2022, but Jan 2023 omission was weird. The rest of the missing months were Jun through Sep 2024.

I gotta give props to the calendar implementer for having shown both instances of Feb 2024 having 29 days (Leap Year month).

How little use did I have with it?

For accuracy, almost no use. It was useful for creating my blog topic for video and article. The initial perusing nudged my inclination to fact-check. I have NEVER, EVER had a calendar that was inaccurate. And this one was inaccurate in SPADES!

What did I do about the calendar after I scanned the parts and turned it into a blog topic?

I returned to the shop and exchanged it for an accurate one. No problems with the exchange. I did give the newer one a quick visual scan to ensure no missing months, no duplicated months, and correct-order months.