Tag: NC Botanical Garden
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Puffed Up
Nature now, like an athlete, begins to strip herself in earnest for her contest with her great antagonist Winter. In the bare trees and twigs what a display of muscle. ~Henry David Thoreau, 1858 It is not so much muscle I saw the other day on a walk in the Garden, but rather puffiness. I Read more…
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Petals of Ice
[W]hat a severe yet master artist old Winter is…. No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel. ~John Burroughs, 1866 Yesterday’s post shared some of the intricate beauties of a frosty morning – objects adorned with tiny crystals that reveal new patterns and create sculpted coats on everything in the Read more…
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Frosty Morning
It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. ~John Burroughs It has finally turned cold, the true feeling of winter is now in the air. Walking in to to my office yesterday morning Read more…
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Big Cat in the Garden
Venom spitting spiders hatching out all over Alabama make great mothers. ~Ben Raines, title of article in Real Time News from AL.com You may remember this photo from about a month ago in another post. It is a female green lynx spider perched near her recently hatched egg case, with many spiderlings visible in the Read more…
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Dewy
You are an ocean of knowledge hidden in a dew drop. ~Rumi The chilly nights this time of year lead to dewy mornings, and the world is decorated for a time each day with droplets of glass pearls. One morning last week I took a short stroll through the gardens at work searching for jewels. Read more…
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Sweeping Grass and Rolling Logs
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. ~Mark Van Doren We had an adventure on one of the last weeks of summer camp at the Garden. It was all about discoveries – trees, dragonflies, aquatic macroinvertebrates, field and forest insects and animal tracks and signs. A highlight for me was sharing the Read more…
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Garden Ramblings
A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. ~Luis Barragan If I am going to be working, it may as well be in a beautiful place like the North Carolina Botanical Garden! Just walking to and from my car offers glimpses of beauty and wonder every day. Read more…
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Catching Up
You are surrounded by gifts every living moment of every day. Let yourself feel appreciation for their presence in your life and take the time to acknowledge their splendor. ~Lou G. Nungesser It has been a whirlwind summer thus far with work keeping me a little busier than I care to be at times. I Read more…
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Summer Details
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details. ~ Natalie Angier It has been a hectic few weeks at work with summer camp. One good thing is I am out in the Garden daily, and, anytime you are out in a place with that much diversity, there are plenty of things to see. Read more…
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Ambushed
We are not afraid of predators, we are transfixed by them, prone to weave stories and fables and chatter endlessly about them, because fascination creates preparedness, and preparedness, survival. In a deeply tribal way, we love our monsters… ~Ecologist, E.O. Wilson I took a stroll through the Garden after work one day this week, looking Read more…
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