Arctic Research, Drones, Defrosting and Polishing.

Interesting article about researchers with the University of Victoria's Ocean Networks Canada  having established an underwater observation post in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut which is allowing them to study how the warming trend is affecting underwater life. They oringinally tinstalled the platform in 2012 on the sea floor, six metres below the surface about 40 metres offshore but have now made it bigger and better. The platform apparently collects information in real time which gives them a lot of information about the waters and marine life in the area. If you go to the article, there are some fascinating photos of the things they have observed from their platform as well as shots of the divers involved in the research. Matt would have loved to take part in such a scheme when he was younger. He was very involved in scuba diving. It's how we met in fact.

Yesterday I was writing about the usefulness of drones in researching information on Beluga Whales.

Today there is a report of a stray drone grounding 8 helicopters and 5 skimmers being used to fight the fires in British Columbia. The officials are absolutely furious, with reason. But that upswing in popularity, a lack of public-awareness campaigns and skimpy enforcement efforts have put the unmanned aircraft on a collision course with their manned counterparts. I understand that the people who were evacuated in Oliver which I wrote about yesterday, have mostly been allowed to return to their homes. They have been telling home owners not to use drones, if they have them, because they are hampering the firefighting efforts.

One thing we achieved on Monday was to defrost the freezer. It didn't take as long as I thought it would. It's a pain though. When we lived in NC we had the freezer in the shed so all we did was to turn it off and open the door. The water could run away through the shed flooring. Nowadays we end up with a pile of soggy towels to be washed. Tuesday I am planning silver cleaning all being well. Been putting it off too long and it is beginning to look a very funny colour, like brown. Have to go to the dentist, yet again, first thing and then nothing to do for the rest of the day.

For supper on Monday night, we had a simple devilled eggs and salad. I have my own recipe for devilled eggs. They are supposed to be hot as the devil and so many I find are extremely bland. Although I shared this recipe once before, decided to do so again. Coleman's Mustard (or Keene's) is very hot, so use it gently. I in fact use a whole 2 tsps. but then we like it really hot/spicy. If it doesn't burn when you eat it, you haven't really devilled your eggs.


My Devilled Eggs

As a supper dish

4 eggs, hard boiled
2-3 tsp Hellman's mayonnaise
1-2 tsp (or to taste) Coleman's mustard powder
1 tsp white wine vinegar
6-8 drops Texas Pete or Tabasco (or to taste)
Salt and pepper
Paprika

Peel eggs and cut in half taking out the yolks and putting in a small bowl. Mash with a fork. Add mayonnaise and continue to stir then add all the other ingredients individually. Mashing in with each addition. Then put the resulting mixture back into the egg whites and sprinkle with paprika. This is very much a matter of taste.

Servings: 2

Have a great day