Sunday, July 22, 2012
I Love This Plant!
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A Quarantine Update
This has not been a busy year on my blog, having sometimes gone a month or more without posting anything new. Currently teaching three college classes online from home, and not finding much time to write and post images for the blog. One more week in the semester and Spring has sprung, so that should change. I have a backlog of several dozen photos taken in the last few weeks, so I will soon be posting them along with stories of the experiences I'm having along the way. My overall theme is generally concentrated on flowering plants and their symbiotic relationships with their pollinators. When the mood strikes, I insert philosophical and political comments. Please feel free to share your comments, but please be nice. I try to be.
Contact me at blackoaknaturalist@att.net .
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- Close to Home, Rewarded
- They Haven't Assassinated Me Yet!
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- An Interesting Discovery
- Another Good Day for Bugs, Part 2
- Another Good Day for Bugs, Part 1
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- I Love This Plant!
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About Me
- Joe Willis
- I have been teaching since 1965 and have recently joined the English Department as an Associate Faculty member at Feather River College. Recently taught Nature Literature in America and am currently teaching Interpersonal Communication and Basic Reading and Writing.
Enjoyed your post. I just did my own post On Pt. Reyes and included several photos on Gumplants at Abbott's Lagoon. What I like about Gumplants is the gummy buds and long bloom period. What I don't like is the challenge of trying to find a "perfect flower"
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sandy. I usually avoid looking for the "perfect flower" and I think I'm doping all right with that. :) One of my favorite photos is of a California Poppy that is half eaten by the beetles that also happen to be its pollinators. Not the usual post card material, but satisfies my curmudgeonly tendencies.
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