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• Boxelder News & Other Exciting Changes

  

  It’s time for the monthly report about my boxelder by the warehouse, so let’s take an early morning walk to see what’s up. Heading west on the dirt road to the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2018 OUTDOORS

• Botanical Adventures in Yellowstone, 1899

  

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  Posted on 21 September 2018 OUTDOORS

• Black Rock Desert Finale

  

  This post is a “finale” in two ways: it’s the final post in a series about the Black Rock Desert volcanic field (1), and it features the final act of a... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 OUTDOORS

• My Tree Hedges Its Bets

  

  Though our weather continues to be abnormally mild, most deciduous trees show signs of the approaching autumn, with various degrees of color change in their... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2018 OUTDOORS

• White Mountain in the Black Rock Desert

  

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  Posted on 28 August 2018 OUTDOORS

• A Caldera Lake?

  

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  Posted on 20 August 2018 OUTDOORS

• Boxelder—the Odd Maple

  

  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} The boxelder... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2018 OUTDOORS

• From Art Nouveau to Wildflowers

  

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  Posted on 06 August 2018 OUTDOORS

• Sunstones at Sunstone Knoll

  

  Sunstone Knoll in western Utah’s Black Rock Desert (1); Bryant Olsen CC BY-NC 2.0From the highway, Sunstone Knoll looked unimpressive—hardly worth stopping... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 OUTDOORS

• Volcanoes in Utah? How Can That Be?!

  

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  Posted on 20 July 2018 OUTDOORS

• Tree Report, Road Report

  

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  Posted on 09 July 2018 OUTDOORS

• Shelters in Tafoni (those Curious Holes in the Rock)

  

  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 do holes i... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 OUTDOORS

• Boxelder & Dock at Sunset

  

  Boxelder (Acer negundo) in nook formed by warehouse walls.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 OUTDOORS

• Botanical Perplexity in the Southern Utah Desert

  

  The bush on the left isn’t dead.On the Waterfall Trail behind the San Rafael Reef, west of Arches National Park, I came across an unfamiliar shrub. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2018 OUTDOORS

• Dodder—a Dangerous & Desperate Lover

  

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  Posted on 29 May 2018 OUTDOORS

• The Mailbox on the Sill—the Short & the Long of It

  

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  Posted on 14 May 2018 OUTDOORS

• Boxelder News: Some Sensationalism This Month

  

  Photo by M Nelson. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2018 OUTDOORS

• Cholla Fields of New Mexico

  

  On my trip down the Dry Cimarron River, across the High Plains, and then on to the Cimarron proper, I often saw vegetation brand new to me but apparently... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 OUTDOORS

• In Search of Iridium & the Smoking Gun

  

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  Posted on 20 April 2018 OUTDOORS

• Hints of Spring While the Boxelder Waits

  

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  Posted on 13 April 2018 OUTDOORS