Mini-garden makeover in progress… BEFORE Once upon a time, until maybe 4 years ago, there was a huge pine tree in the middle of my backyard. You can still see this tree on the google map… it was a biggie. Word on the street (previous owners & neighbors) was that this tree was struck by lightning and split in half. … (more…)
My Yellowstone photo has inspired me to see what other color palettes that I can find in my field photos. This will be the first of a series – here it goes. This is a photo from Firehole Canyon in southwestern Wyoming. You can’t tell from this photo – but this picture was taken from a pretty decent elevation. It… (more…)
Wow, how’s that for a title. Let Google crawl all over that one. I consider myself to be relatively green, concerned with efficiency, pretty well informed & educated, and often indecisive. It turns out, this is a dangerous combination. Let me ‘splain. Being ‘green‘ means taking care of the environment – reduce, reuse, recycle – taking steps to reduce your… (more…)
Eric and I are both geologists. One of the things that you do as a geologist is travel around and look at rocks. Another thing that you do as a geologist is find cool rocks to bring back home with you. Here’s a quick inventory of the rocks that I can see as I sit here and write: Eocene fish… (more…)