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• Desperate to Post About a Tree

  

  One problem after another, most recently–this morning–a dead laptop, hopefully temporarily. I resurrected an old one, and in spite of being pretty demoralized... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2020 OUTDOORS

• Stink Lake in a Sink Hole & Other Marvels of Gypsum

  

  “Laramie from the air – 1932”, looking roughly north. Arrow points to today’s LaBonte Lake; the smaller lake to the west is now filled. Courtesy Laramie Plains... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 OUTDOORS

• A Different Tree (actually a Different Location)

  

  By the shores of Lake LaBonte, by the shining snow and ice ...I changed my mind about tree-following. I won't be at the Art Building on the university campus... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 OUTDOORS

• Wild West Town Begets Long Literary Tradition

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} “Steve Young hangin” in Laramie, Wyoming... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2020 OUTDOORS

• Tree-following: Angles, Shapes, & Light

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} ‘Stairway to Unknown Tree’It’s January in... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 OUTDOORS

• Robber Baron Gives Laramie’s Library a Home

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Carnegie Building in Laramie, home of the... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2019 OUTDOORS

• Tree-following: Thinking Ahead

  

  I’m finishing this year’s tree-following by making plans for next year. Which tree should I follow? The Number One Candidate right now is a tree I spotted in... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2019 OUTDOORS

• Tasty Haws on Leafless Trees

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Poplars at the Visual and Literary Arts... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2019 OUTDOORS

• Botany Students in Yellowstone, 1899 – Adventure & Misadventure

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Student Leslie Goodding stands between Mrs.... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2019 OUTDOORS

• Treefollowing, Literary Art & Wyoming Coal

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Treefollowing on a cold windy day—note... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2019 OUTDOORS

• Jack Frost and Aeolus – Partners in Art

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On the crest of the Medicine Bow Mountains,... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2019 OUTDOORS

• Belly Willows

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Being a fan of NPR’s A Way with Words, I... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 OUTDOORS

• “gentians Don't Mind the First Frost …”

  

  Late summer on upper Deep Creek; Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2019 OUTDOORS

• Tree-following: Changes!!

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The leaves on the trees around the Art... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 OUTDOORS

• Communicating Earth Science: Stromatolite Stroll

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Stromatolites showing off their arched... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2019 OUTDOORS

• Dwarf Lousewort & the Joy of Learning

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On a cool bright May morning in the Egan... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2019 OUTDOORS

• Lilac Leaf Munchers Revealed

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2019 OUTDOORS

• Great Skyroad Opens Wonderland to Public Travel

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Cars on Libby... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2019 OUTDOORS

• The Devilish Diversity of Hawthorns

  

  Being a Tree Follower, it’s time for me to post my monthly report at the virtual gathering kindly hosted by The Squirrelbasket. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2019 OUTDOORS

• Communicating Earth Science: The Big Hollow

  

  This summer, Plants and Rocks has been preoccupied with a short series of articles for our local paper, the Laramie Boomerang, about Earth Science. Say what?!... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2019 OUTDOORS