goldminor

Nice graphs, thanks. I would disagree strongly with that sentiment, and I think that nature will prove that sentiment to be incorrect by the end of this decade. We shall both have to wait and see though on that score. Fortunately, my body continues to show amazing resilience. I actually feel now like I can make it to 2050+. I will be 100 in 2050. That would mean that I get to observe 3 more solar cycles.

You say that with such certainty.

So what if this current peak turns out to be the high max for this solar cycle?

Interesting topic, I will take a look through the comments. I have some interesting stories to tell about unusual experiences over the course of my life, especially the incidents which occurred in the 1960s, my teen years.

This effect that I an descrbing comes on as if a switch had been thrown. It is that obvious to me. The strength of the "sping boost" can vary from mild to intense. It generally lasts for several months, and then it fades away. I have noted a number of posts around here where people have claimed that they are feeling some effect from natural sources. I have always read those with a good deal of scepticism, and it never dawned on me that my "spring boost" was driven so directly by "??????". Until this year with its strange start of oscillating weather patterns that dumped most of the fruit off of trees, and then set everone's garden back around 6 weeks behind. There is a site "Electroverse" who writes about unusual cold events around the globe, and he has had a ton of examples this year to write about. His site has discussed multiple issues around the NH of crop losses due to unseasonable conditions. What I have experienced here in NorCal has also been felt around the NH. Russia, for example, is having a terrible year with its wheat crop. Most of the harvest will be inferior due to wet/cold conditions. The protein content is reduced as a result. That is a pretty big deal given the ongoing war in the Ukraine.

@ Orneno ... we shall see. Something is very different. The only question is "Was this just a weather fluke, or will there be further seasonal disruptions which will disrupt crops". Russia is haviing a bad year for wheat this year due to unseasonable wet/cold spells. Their grain will be inferior quality as a result. There are other areas in the NH which have experienced similar disruption this year. The Southern Hemisphere is having a very strong cold winter. I see real change taking place around the planet.

I can verify personally that there are some fairly strong ties between solar phenomenon and mankind, and this year, just recently, I had an amazing example of just how tied I am into changes in nature. For most of my life I get a natural high early in the year, a bit like a spring renewal. Typically this increase in mental energy would take place around March/April, late February would be early. Then over the last decade+ I have felt this phenomenon as early as late January. Then this year I experienced a completely different start to the year, one that was completely out of the ordinary, and over the last month I finally became aware of how the dots tied together. Here is how I was affected by the current ongoing changes. This year January came and went, and my spring boost was nowhere too be seen. I have to say that I was also feeling a bit lousy. Then February rolled around and still no spring renewal. In the meantime back in January a warm weather pattern came in for several weeks. This then was followed by a cold pattern for 10 or more days. This pattern then repeated 3 more times into early April. As a result of that all of the peaches fell off my peach trees. All fruit trees in a large area here in Northern California whether tended or wild also lost most of their fruit. My neighbor's garden is half the size it would normally be for this time of year. Something very unusual is taking place, and nature is proof for that. So here comes the physiological connection with the sun part of the story. In early June I finally got my spring renewal. Never in my 72 years of life has that ever taken place that late in the year. And as I felt the clarity and strength energize my mind and body it finally dawned on me that I had been affected just the same as all of the fruit trees had been affected There was no spring bloom for me, and as I stated above I felt pretty lousy through most of the first half of the year. Lousy enough to wonder if I was about to enter a new infirmed stage of old age. Now after the renewal I feel vigorous and like I will live to be over 100 years of age. I am out walking a mile to the store every day in the heat of the day, and temps are now over 100 F. I can walk 2 to 4 miles at a pace of almost 5 mph with minimal exertion. Never before had I ever seen such clear proof, for me, that I am so fully connected to changes in nature which appear now to be triggered by solar changes. My body was in the dumps just like all of the fruit trees until something changed around late May. This also makes me wonder if a gsm is in the future for us, as I have never seen such a spring before.