Five Points © 2010 Bo Mackison
Purple columbine photographed at the University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Canopy Hike © 2010 Bo Mackison
Vancouver has great places to visit and great spaces to get lost in, too — like this canopy walk in the canopy of a forest in the University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens. It’s quite the experience, walking near the tops of the trees.
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Magnolia Sky © 2010 Bo Mackison
Sometimes the best view is up!
Especially at Longenecker Gardens at the University of Wisconsin’s Longenecker Gardens in Madison. There are over 300 varieties of crabapples, magnolias, and lilacs in the arboretum.
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Teal Pond © 2010 Bo Mackison
On our evening walk through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, we didn’t see much in the way of green, but the skies were quite blue, and the pond provided a lovely reflection of early springtime.
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See the Differences in the Windows' Reflections
One window shows the reflection of the blue sky, the other window shows the reflection of the dirt path.
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… a show and a web store.
Arboretum View
I am exhibiting my photography products at the first ever “Close to Home: Arboretum Local Products Expo” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. The show will be emphasizing products that promote sustainability, recycling and locally produced goods. If you are in the Madison area, come visit and check out my display of photo art cards, prints, and posters on Sunday November 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Highway. Directions to the Arboretum.
Today is also the official opening of Seeded Earth Studio’s new storefront. You can find a link to the store in the menu at the top of this page or go to Seeded Earth’s shopping site. Check back frequently as I have just begun stocking my virtual shelves and will be adding new items weekly.
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Gone to Seed
November has been a very brown month in Wisconsin. Though it’s not unusual to get a good snow or two, it’s been a rather mild November and I’ve only seen a few snow flurries. After a disappointing October which seemed rather like November, it’s only fair to have a November that is rather like October. Indeed!
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Bumblebee at Work
Though the common thistle is often regarded as a noxious weed, especially by those who prefer pasture to prairie, not all thistles are Eurasian invasives. A large percentage are in the prairies near Madison are true Wisconsin natives. They produce good nectar and so are especially attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and bumblebees.
I’ve been going through my summer photos, and found this busy bee. It is spectacularly a November day outside – breezy, chilly, partly cloudy – and the bee brought back pleasant memories of the many prairie strolls I took last summer.
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UW Arboretum Prairie
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. ~~ Edwin Way Teale
Autumn’s light hangs low in the sky for only a few minutes as these days turn into night earlier and earlier. Most of the seed heads have had their seeds dispersed, but a few of the Prairie Thistle had most of their seed fluff still securely tucked in the plant. The plants all seem heavy with seeds this year. Will there be more flowers next spring?
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