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Old Mar 19th 2020, 4:44 pm
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How about we have a thread of online things to do / see.... a little light relief -- nothing too serious please! Just LINKS to things to do / see / watch.... Cheers!

I'll start!

Facebook: If you have nothing to occupy your mind on Saturday, Route 6, the Band, Port Dover - great band - are streaming a live matinee performance from 4-6pm EST for our entertainment! Grab a glass and dance dance dance πŸ·πŸ•ΊπŸ’ƒ
The lead singer is a Brit -

Cincinatti Zoo - (for kids, but equally amusing) live streams daily on FB - but the video is posted to their website after: http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/
Vancouver - https://www.vanaqua.org/visit/live-cams-penguin live streams
Calgary - Panda cam https://www.calgaryzoo.com/visit/ani...s#species-tabs

If anyone is having to home school - these websites might be of use, free registration on all links (there might be some stuff of interest generally) https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/13560...subscriptions/

and https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...DY/mobilebasic (gdoc) and http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ (gdoc) - there's some virtual tours of various places listed on both Gdocs (no download necessary, opens in new tab)

Feel free to add to the list!

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North American Bear Center
Live cams
https://bear.org/watch-us-live/live-cams/

The "Ted" and "Pond" cams are most active at the moment. Ted is waking up from hibernation so might be awake a bit more.
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zooniverse
tonnes of "citizen science" programs to help out with.
i like to count pengiuns!
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There was a good Twitter thread with walking tour video channels on Youtube: twitter.com/spavis/status/1239212907579297793

The first video they show is a nice and peaceful walk around a neighbourhood in Japan:

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San Diego Zoo
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

Monterey Bay Aquarium, California

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

Shedd Aquarium

https://www.sheddaquarium.org/exhibi...beauty-exhibit

San Diego Zoo has also been doing some live streams with keepers and animals on FB.


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I think I may try to learn Blackbird on acoustic guitar. I have looked at it before but I couldn't get the picking pattern (only using thumb and index finger) worked out. That should take care of a week or two of practice.
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Juicy Jasmine and friends are doing a live webcam where for a small donation, they take requests, apparently.
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If this sort of thing happened 20 years ago, it would have been more difficult to pass time.

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I think I may try to learn Blackbird on acoustic guitar. I have looked at it before but I couldn't get the picking pattern (only using thumb and index finger) worked out. That should take care of a week or two of practice.
Here you go
https://www.shutupandplay.ca/blackbird--acoustic.html
https://www.justinguitar.com/songs/t...-lesson-sb-113
-> another lesson
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Thank you. Shut and play is a Canadian I believe.

Justin is the one I looked at before. If I manage it, I will try my hand at posting a video.
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Live Aurora Cam - https://www.youtube.com/c/AuroraBorealisLIVE/live
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Virtual museum tours. https://www.southernliving.com/syndi...ru7KWYoiUKvIn0
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The jelly fish cam on Monterey Bay Aquarium page is very relaxing especially with the chill music attached to it

Highly recommend!
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The jelly fish cam on Monterey Bay Aquarium page is very relaxing especially with the chill music attached to it
Not Scott Joplin's theme from The Sting then. They missed a trick there.
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