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Above: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, Oil on Canvas, a part of The Course of Empire Series, by Thomas Cole, 1836 According to Merriam Webster, the English word “garden” traces its origins back to the Old High German word “gart”, an enclosure or compound. This of course implies a place separated from the outside world. […]
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While cleaning up a pile of branches that have been lying around Overleaf for over a year, these colorful patches caught my eye. Brown, Turquoise, Purple, Copper, Yellow, and White. Various colors, that I assume denote various types of mold working diligently to turn the dead wood of fallen branches into dirt. As a color
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I was checking over my native Creeping or Guadalupe Cucumber (aka Melothria pendula) vines yesterday evening when I disturbed a small moth. It fluttered out and landed practically under my nose, just begging to be seen. It did catch my eye, not so much for the striking black and white contrasting colors, but more for
Well Darlin’, You’re not from around here, Are ya? – A Cheerleading Moth Read More »
Summer in a red mesh bag. Found in the bin at the grocery store. Thrown in the freezer until the heat of the afternoon. Plastic tubes of almost too sweet frozen shards of red, orange, purple, green, yellow, and blue. So sweet they almost seemed bitter, so cold you could barely hold them. Freeze Pops
Freeze Pops – Summer in a Red Mesh Bag Read More »
I have to admit, even though Tomato Pie is a deeply traditional Southern dish, it just wasn’t one that I grew up eating. We regularly had fresh tomatoes and ate them freshly sliced on sandwiches, in salads, or alone as a treat. If we had extra they were typically cooked with okra and onions, or
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Pictured above: Oakmoss Lichen – Evernia Prunastri, and Common Greenshield Lichen – Flavoparmelia Caperata. Oakmoss has the tree branch appearance, and Greenshield is the smoother one with cup formations and little black hairs. Lichens… Those in the picture above are only two of many I remember discovering, collecting, and studying as a child. I was
A Childhood Infatuation – Lichens Read More »
Photographed on June 24, 2020 at 8pm in Montgomery County, Texas. The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch moth, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, ranging from Brazil to the southern United States. It is the largest noctuid moth in the continental United States. This one measured about 6″ from
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