Month: October 2011
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The BBC tells us that archaeologists have found a 1,000 year-old viking boat burial in Scotland. That’s a seriously rusty sword and axe. A new study shows that much of the Paleolithic rock art in France’s Rouffignac cave complex was made by children. This finding supports similar points on the role of children in rock …
Cat Encounter
Cool pictures from today’s Denver Post. Up in Boulder, a house cat and a young cougar agree to disagree. Luckily for the house cat the door was closed. Click through for a slide show.
More Local Hawking
A few photos from a recent visit by my friend Chuck from Houston. Chuck has hosted me in the past and shared his fields, and I was glad to be able to return the favor last weekend. Chuck flies a very good Red-tailed hawk that is just starting its seventh season, and a Red-shouldered hawk also, …
Denver Art Museum – California Indian Collections
I had read in the paper earlier this year that the Denver Art Museum had totally revamped their North American Indian galleries. I was in to visit a few weeks ago, and wanted to share some new California tribal items that I saw. I thought the Condor feather cape that you see above was just …
Met Towers
Those of you who live in windy areas may have seen some of these meterology towers. They are used by wind energy companies to prospect for areas suitable for wind farms and once a location is planned for a project, it aids in deciding turbine layout. As you can see in this enlargement (click to …
Girls Gone Wild, Part II
Three years after this day, my twins are taller and the farm has swapped cattle for soybeans (a bad trade from my perspective), but a day in the field is still worth a week at a desk! We found a strip of grass still standing and walked it back and forth until Ernie had his …
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Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Black Death and say they want to recreate the original bacterium. Is this a great idea? Colorado girls get busted for making s’mores. It’s tough out there. Enjoy this interesting interview with Charles Mann about his new book 1493. I’m in the middle of it now. Some gardeners …
Aspens
It is that season here in Colorado, so I’ll put up a couple of pictures we took at Kenosha Pass a couple of weeks ago. We were a little early and all of the trees hadn’t turned yet. I’m sure they are mostly bare now after the last couple of storms. And an echo of …
Books are Fun
Now that Steve and Libby have joined us in the ranks of grandparents, I believe we should declare open season on grandkid pictures – especially ones that reflect themes in this blog. At 20 months of age, Isabella has decided that looking at books is great fun. I wonder how she inherited that? Apparently Bella …