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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: Stuck – in a Land of Flat Plants

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Thursday, July 23, 2015. Stuck – in a Land of Flat Plants. Plant specimens waiting to be shelved for posterity. Lucy Corrander says it’s time for the next stuck-foot gathering. I like being in the herbarium. Rather I was “stuck” as directed. But not randomly . sorry, Lucy). 8220;plant your foot firmly in a roughly random place and see what you can see without moving. Best is when you plant both feet.”. Aven Nelson's vasculum and field books. English professors; the bet...

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: August 2015

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Friday, August 28, 2015. Mr Nuttall and his violet, his lily, his larkspur, his sunflower, his evening primrose, …. Thomas Nuttall, the great 19th-century naturalist. 8217;s crew christened Mr. Nuttall “Old Curious” from his zeal for curiosities, and some of them said he was crazy, and that his friends let him go about and amuse himself in this way.” William Henry Dana, Two Years before the Mast. Nuttall’s sunflower ( Helianthus nuttallii. He came to the United States ...

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: Welcome to my yard, leafcutter bee!

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Sunday, June 22, 2014. Welcome to my yard, leafcutter bee! Entrance to nest is in the end of the shorter tie. The leaf fragments this bee brought back were larger than the ones I saw last time, and she had to fold them to carry them. From Leafcutter Bees Fact Sheet. Colorado State University Extension. But I think these holes are too small. They may be the work of leafcutter bees, but apparently not the one I was watching. Do you recognize the bee’s leaf? It has serrat...

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: July 2015

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Friday, July 31, 2015. I, Naturalist . You, Naturalist? They say natural history is dying. Support is in steep decline. There are fewer academic programs, staff are cut, museums and herbaria are shuttered. What a huge mistake! Given the times, it’s not surprising that the savior is digital. Are defined more narrowly: “computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks&...

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: March 2015

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Friday, March 27, 2015. Portraits of Plants and Rocks. This is a story of light,. Specifically light inside a box,. Specifically light inside a light box, which I made. The project began a little over two weeks ago when I saw Amanda Peters’s beautiful photos of larch cones. I asked her about them, as did others, and she then explained the process. Maybe it's time to start checking photo histograms. My light source was sunlight through a window. But the day was only...

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: December 2014

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Thursday, December 25, 2014. Best Wishes from Plants and Rocks. Lanceleaf cottonwood, Laramie River. Expression is the need of my soul (archy). And we keep doing it . for diverse and mysterious reasons. Maybe when we tell stories we make memories more vivid and lasting. I learn a lot from bloggers – about botany, ecology, geology, photography, places to go, things to see – all of it spiced up with excitement and enthusiasm. Used to be I had a small circ...When Lucy sug...

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: Winter Tree Following: cottonwood, juniper, willow

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Saturday, March 7, 2015. Winter Tree Following: cottonwood, juniper, willow. Cottonwood twigs collected in January are leafing out – indoors. In the wild, leaves won't appear until late May. It’s time to part with my cottonwood. I was searching for a suitable juniper in the foothills just east of town. They’re common, especially on rockier slopes and in draws. We walked up a small dry draw with a box canyon at the head. Rocky Mountain juniper, Juniperus scopulorum.

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks: February 2015

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In the Company of Plants and Rocks. Saturday, February 28, 2015. Plants in the Abstract. There’s a photographic world somewhere between realism and pure abstraction where I love to be. Traditional subjects are secondary, upstaged by things usually overlooked: light, form, pattern, arrangement. These. Become the subject, the message. 8220;Realism and abstraction can be seen as the two ends of a continuum. On one end, photographic realism mimics the appearance of a recognizable subject. On the othe...Devil...

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Gallicissa: October 2011

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Monday, 31 October 2011. Leopards and Scrabble Tour. 22–29 October, 2011 saw me guiding my first "Leopards and Scrabble" tour. It was with Diane Lofthouse from Sydney, Australia. The trip centred around Yala National Park—the celebrated wildlife hotspot in South East Sri Lanka. Diane had turned 70 just days before the trip. And seeing a Leopard in the wild I was told was on top of her " bucket list. Two out of three) and their "supermom.". That was while its sibling was resting on the track farther away&...