Opening Night Rose (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Wildlife Links
The Nature Conservancy has How to Create a Bird-Friendly Backyard
Express has The dawn chorus is dying out as bird numbers decrease
Mother Jones has Scientists Use DNA From Poop to Track Rare Tigers
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has 10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean
Photography and Art Links
Kansas City has At Brookside Art Annual, fine art deserves fine manners
Plagiarism has Copyright, Memes and the Perils of Viral Content
Richard Wong has WHY NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY?
Photo Meta Data has Six Ways to Keep your Digital Images from Becoming “Orphan Works”
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 11th at Winterthur in Wilmington, DE.
Plan at this point for May 11 is to head to Winterthur in Wilmington, DE. Winterthur has gardens and a museum. Like Longwood Gardens – it’s an old duPont estate.
INformation about Winterthur is at http://www.winterthur.org/
Looks to be about a 2 hour drive from Bethesda to Winterthur. Let’s plan on carpooling from Grosvenor Metro Station. We’ll leave the Metro station at 7:30.
Admission to Winterthur is $ 18, which includes a tour of the mansion. For $ 30 you can reserve a place on a tour of the mansion at a specific time. If you belong to a botanical garden that participates in the American Horticultural Societies Recipricol Admission programs – your membership will get you into Winterthur for free.