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• (Bi-) Centennial in Black-and-White

  

  In the Company of Plants and Rocks turns 200 today -- i.e. this is my 200th post! In celebration, I returned to Centennial, Wyoming, also featured in my 100th... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 OUTDOORS

• The Girls Are in Bloom (too)

  

  Admiring the opposite sex.Quaking aspen don't get much attention these days. Most people are gawking at and raving about brightly-colored spring wildflowers,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• Good Morning, Good Morning!

  

  Last week as I was walking along a trail through pines and aspen, looking at patterns of light and shade, I was suddenly halted in my tracks by a radiant cluste... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• Easter Daisy Rescue

  

  Between Laramie, Wyoming’s West Side and Interstate Highway 80 is a zone of undeveloped open space along the Laramie River. This is an under-appreciated... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• The Record Keeper

  

  Several weeks ago I posted a geo-challenge, What do these deposits have in common?, with photos of four diverse accumulations of organic matter: a mass of... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• Sagebrush Buttercup Report #3

  

  Tools of the trade.My day job ended at 5 PM. At home I quickly changed clothes, gathered the necessary tools, rounded up my assistant, and drove east into the... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• What Do These Deposits Have in Common?

  

  Above and below: eroded slot in Sevier River Formation near Castle Rock Campground, southern Utah (click photo above for better view of contents). Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 OUTDOORS

• Sagebrush Buttercup Report #2

  

  Really?! (click photo to view).A month ago (April 4) we came across the first sagebrush buttercups of the season, growing on a rocky slope in the Laramie... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 OUTDOORS