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• Looks Like I’m Following Russian Hawthorns

  

  My two hawthorns on left.In response to my previous tree-following post, several readers (or perhaps one in multiple guises) suggested the trees I’m following... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2019 OUTDOORS

• Two of Mrs. Thompson’s Novelties, & Other Desert Wildflowers

  

  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} During the winter and spring of 1872, John... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2019 OUTDOORS

• Super Bloom on Tropic Shale

  

  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} Looking up... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2019 OUTDOORS

• Nearly Wordless Wednesday Tree Following

  

  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} This is a... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2019 OUTDOORS

• Springtime in the Caldera (Plants & Rocks)

  

  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} There was a... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2019 OUTDOORS

• Tree-following Stand-in: Singleleaf Ash (or is It?)

  

  Obviously I’m not in Laramie, Wyoming, where it’s currently snowing. Instead, I’m 350 miles to the south and 3000 feet lower—in Fruita, Colorado. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 OUTDOORS

• News of My Old Tree Friend & Two New Ones

  

  A lovely spring day in Laramie, Wyoming. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2019 OUTDOORS

• Big Hollow—an Exceptional Hole in the Ground

  

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  Posted on 01 April 2019 OUTDOORS

• Tree-Following—the Chosen One

  

  Actually two.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 13 March 2019 OUTDOORS

• Where Does the Dust Come From?

  

  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} all we are is... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2019 OUTDOORS

• Still Searching for a 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} Oh dear. It’s... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2019 OUTDOORS

• Botanist Ellen Powell Thompson—yes, That Powell!

  

  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} Penstemon... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2019 OUTDOORS

• In Search of a Tree, 2019

  

  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} January 2019... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 OUTDOORS

• Holiday Greetings in Wyoming Red & Green

  

  Ever wonder why red and green are the colors of Christmas?p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2018 OUTDOORS

• “Trees Know When History Begins”

  

  Late afternoon. These days no direct light reaches the boxelder in the nook; the sun sets too far south.p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2018 OUTDOORS

• Kansas Chalk: Odds, Ends & Final Thoughts

  

  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} I too wended m... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2018 OUTDOORS

• Charismatic Kansan Megafauna

  

  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} Eerie eye of... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2018 OUTDOORS

• My Boxelder Finally Accepts the Inevitable …

  

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  Posted on 11 November 2018 OUTDOORS

• A Ghost Rock Speaks

  

  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} Photo by Greg... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 OUTDOORS

• To Kansas to See the Chalk

  

  Where's Toto?!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 16 October 2018 OUTDOORS