It’s going to be a long winter…. says the woolly caterpillar
Free Webinar: Plants, People & Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany – American Botanical Council — Crooked Bear Creek Organic Herbs
We are happy to announce the first in a new series of Ethnobotany Webinars from the American Botanical Council and the Sustainable Herbs Program. Leading ethnobotanists Michael J. Balick and Paul Alan Cox will be discussing their new book Plants, People & Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany, revised from the first edition published in 1996. Balick […]
Free Webinar: Plants, People & Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany – American Botanical Council — Crooked Bear Creek Organic Herbs
South Africa’s Private Game Reserves Are Struggling to Survive Without Tourists. The Animals Are, Too — TIME
On March 26, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he was closing the country’s borders and shutting down tourism to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Kayla Wilkens thought of only one thing: How was she going to feed the elephants? Wilkens, the general manager of the privately-owned Fairy Glen safari resort, about…
South Africa’s Private Game Reserves Are Struggling to Survive Without Tourists. The Animals Are, Too — TIME
Alternative parking — Le Drake Noir
Guess visiting the tiny french island Île de Sein off the breton coast – yesterday this sailor might find parking being a bit different according to the tide.
Alternative parking — Le Drake Noir
We Are All Winging it! — Through Open Lens
F/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 320. Anna’s Hummingbird ( Female ) Why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use honeycombs. Interesting Fact: Hummingbirds are strictly a New World animal. They fascinated the first Europeans who arrived on the continent. Christopher Columbus wrote about them and many wondered if they were a cross between a bird and an […]
We Are All Winging it! — Through Open Lens
One last alpine garden — nature has no boss
A few weeks ago we we lucky enough to take a hike along a ridge above tree-line once again filled with alpine wildflower. Most growing only inches tall yet the display of color was stunning. Carefully stepping from rock to rock to avoid smashing these fragile flowers that somehow thrive in a cold and windy […]
One last alpine garden — nature has no boss
The Grasshopper & the Dahlia
I want oatmeal, says the cupboard monster
Calm Harbour
Peek-a-boo Chippy
