Hollis
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In the Company of Plants and Rocks
http://plantsandrocks.blogspot.com/
Natural history blog focusing on botany, ecology and geology ... from the field as much as possible!
LATEST ARTICLES ( 431 )
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Happy Halloween!
Did you know Jack O'Lanterns evolved from a turnip lantern carried by a rejected soul? More here, from Mental Floss. Read more
Posted on 31 October 2017 OUTDOORS -
Goodbye Sabalites ... Hello Boxelder?
If I had an extra $85,000 (64,000 £), I could have Sabalites right here in my own home! Then I wouldn’t need to travel (5-foot slab, Denver rock show; photo... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2017 OUTDOORS -
Castle Gardens Art & the Missing Turtle
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} What’s the... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2017 OUTDOORS -
Common Junipers at Castle Gardens
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Not what you... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2017 OUTDOORS -
Wyoming's Exotic and Enigmatic Phonolite
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Folks, it’s... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2017 OUTDOORS -
Tree of the Month: My Old Friend the Pussy Willow
View from the rim.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning:... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2017 OUTDOORS -
Succumbing to the Siren’s Song (eclipse-viewing in Wyoming)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Eclipse statio... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2017 OUTDOORS -
Why We’re Here (geology is Destiny)
Laramie, Wyoming (Territory) circa 1868: Union Pacific Railroad machine shops (USGS).[In 1881, an unhappy Bill Nye quit his job with the Laramie Daily... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2017 OUTDOORS -
Tree of the Month: the Poison Nut Tree
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Poison Nut... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2017 OUTDOORS -
Waylaid by Wildflowers
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} In late May,... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2017 OUTDOORS -
Silent Stones of the Dry Cimarron
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On a cool sunn... Read more
Posted on 17 July 2017 OUTDOORS -
Visiting an Old Tree Friend
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Five years ago... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2017 OUTDOORS -
Our Lady of the Roadside
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} In a... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2017 OUTDOORS -
Lace Curtain in the Desert
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Why would ther... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2017 OUTDOORS -
Tree of the Month: Desert “Willow”
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} After a short... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2017 OUTDOORS -
Missing View of El Huerfano (The Orphan)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On a chilly... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2017 OUTDOORS -
“stick Your Foot Somewhere & See What You Can See”
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} “In some ways... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2017 OUTDOORS -
Plants with No Names, and Other Mysteries
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} It was like... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2017 OUTDOORS -
Tree on a Squeeze Up
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} It’s... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2017 OUTDOORS -
To the Land of Volcanic Enchantment (LoVE)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} New Mexico’s official... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2017 OUTDOORS