woody perennials and buds: opposite foliage
part two of my twig- and bud-photos is here: woody plants with opposite foliage. this album also features a juxtaposition of 5 fruits of different species of maple (acer sp.) […]
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woody perennials and buds: alternate foliage
this semester, i was in a botanical class that’s concerned with ligneous plants and recognizing them only through their habitus and buds. i’ve assembled some of the photos from this […]
bat taxi
my friend chiara is an incredibly talented comic-strip artist. this drawing of my “bat taxi” was part of a thank-you card for a period of car-pooling (referring to the bat […]
update: kakapo breeding season of 2009 has started
looks like it’s going to be a good year for the kakapo, one of the rarest birds in the world: At least one fertile kakapo egg has been laid on […]
the mola mola
some time ago, a friend from university mentioned that he had seen the most ridiculously-looking fish on tv: the ocean sunfish (mola mola, german: mondfisch). after describing it as “the […]
stephen fry’s kakapo tweets
here’s a list of recent twitter-posts by stephen fry, who’s just left codfish island, where he and mark carwardine tried to get some kakapo footage. you don’t need to read […]