As I said in my rock art post earlier this week, early in the week I was in Boise for a field trip and agency meeting for a project in that area. Thursday, I flew from Boise to San Diego for a field trip and public meeting for a power plant project down there on …
Month: December 2011
Wanderer
Josh and Stella, neighbors a couple of houses south, came knocking last night as we were going to bed. Libby called me to the door to say they had a “strange bird”. In the dim light of the entry I thought (perfectly reasonable) snipe or dowitcher, but when I welcomed them in and turned on …
Thanksgivings
It’s been a rough few weeks, with major ups and downs. Son Cass took a job at a ski hill near Laramie, so we fixed a Thanksgiving feast a week early since he was about to head off to the new job. Two miles from our house, on a slick wintery road, he drove his …
East/ West: Architecture
Or “vernacular” architecture in Christopher Alexander’s words… This is NOT Magdalena (though I have had people insist it is and even locate it); it is Bayan Nuur in Olgii aimag.Nor are these.This is:I even put plastic on the windows.
Our Crew Goes Viral
Patrick Burns links a video, which comes to our Asia Group via Karen Myers– and turns out to be our gang here in NM. Terence Wright, lurcher Loki, and Gyr- Prairie tiercel Cog are family. They have appeared here before and I hope will again soon- we have hunting plans. The team(photos by Daniela).Cog on …
Tamgaly Rock Art
Whether because of (quite plausible) shared ancestry or (more I would think) the “Darwinian” demands of environment, climate, and materials, both rock art and vernacular architecture resemble each other in central Asia and the dry west. Compare Reid’s images below to these from Tamgaly, in the dry steppes a couple of hours north of Almaty …
Some Idaho Rock Art
I am currently in Boise, ID for an agency meeting and field trip for a project I have up here. We were in Owyhee County for a field trip yesterday and saw these rock art panels near Givens Hot Springs. The picture above is of a location called Map Rock. When this was recorded the …