Hello from Ontario Canada

[RaineeDayze]

Hi there, new here, I know almost nothing. I bought myself a microscope for Christmas, but am reading tons and trying to understand as much as I can.

Female, older, retired and so excited to learn about something I've wished for years!

Hello everyone

[Rapidray]

Hello and welcome to the forum!
I also am retired and bought my microscope a little while ago. Way better than the one I had 20 years ago.

[Javier]

Welcome!

[tgss]

Welcome RaineeDayze from a fellow Ontarian.
Tom W.

[Rossf]

Welcome RayneeDayze-I’m retired too! What do you want to look at through your scope?-in short your microscopic dreams and ambitions...we all have them here!
Regards ross

[RaineeDayze]

You people are all really kind, hello to all.

What do I want to look at?

Hair,
dust
flowers
water
bugs that I don't have to touch cuz eeek!!
and just about anything and everything

There is so very much I don't know - google has been getting a work out. Waiting until Christmas like a 12 year old (which was a very very long time ago) will be hard. I'm looking forward to learning.

[BramHuntingNematodes]

bugs that I don't have to touch cuz eeek!!

got to be careful with a microscope then you will start to realize that you are touching bugs constantly

[Rapidray]

And what you find in a lake...may not want to go swimming again!

[DonSchaeffer]

What is your equipment like? Bugs are much too big for microscopes.
Welcome from Winnipeg.

[RaineeDayze]

thanks again for the posts/welcomes/questions

My equipment - I've bought something, but I may return it. I'm doing a more thorough exam. So, in essence, at this moment there is no equipment. That's how new I am.

Bugs in water....I've already been gob smacked at what is in water that I drink daily. Water in streams, rivers and ponds...ohhh my

Bugs - yeah I'd look at pictures of bugs but I'm not examining them for myself. The pictures I've seen though are just....a combination of horror and awe.

And if you have a recommendation on a microscope, great quality for a beginner, I'll happily check out your advice.

Have a fabulous day

[Hobbyst46]

Bugs in water....I've already been gob smacked at what is in water that I drink daily. Water in streams, rivers and ponds...ohhh my
Bugs - yeah I'd look at pictures of bugs but I'm not examining them for myself. The pictures I've seen though are just....a combination of horror and awe.

Ordinary tap water are usually drinkable without problems. Small dust particles, including rust, do not count. Drinking water are supposed to be filtered from live protozoa or worms or snails or parasites etc, and are chlorinated against bacteria. So, no need to panic. As long as one does not put a straw in a lake or river or lake and sucks the water...