A moment to help birds that is overdue. Turn Down the Streetlights Data that streetlighting has a lot of myths.
Month: September 2024
Crazed Gun Collector
500 printed and signed by the Donald Dallas Charles Gordon was born in 1853, but shortly after his birth his mother died and since his father was a serving army officer, he was adopted by his aunt and uncle who lived at Halmyre House near Peebles in the Scottish Borders. By the time he was …
Crawhall, again.
‘The White Drake’ by Scottish artist Joseph Crawhall (1861-1913). The white drake combines Crawhall’s detailed observation with his strong sense of formal design. He captured the play of dappled light across the bird’s feathers and used the meadow grass to help define the space. The daisies and dandelions contribute both to the sense of recession …
Maud Alice Earl
Greyhounds in a Landscape (1910) Maud Alice Earl (1863–1943) was a British-American artist known for her canine paintings. “At The White City” Poster advertising the London Tramways Service to Greyhound racing at White City Stadium. Artist unknown. Lithograph and letterpress, with embossing, printed in black and blue. Printed at Baynard Press. 73 x 47.5 cm c. …
The Oxenham Arms Stone.
A 5000 years ago, the Neolithic people of Dartmoor cut this 27 feet high standing stone from granite where The Oxenham Arms is now located.The pub was built around it when it was a monastery around 800 years ago, the stone goes down into the cellar & up into the room above. Achayatharangal From the …
A Clamshell 28” 12ga SXS
Yobata
Here’s one that I have owned for about 3 years and never been able to find any info on it. Never seen another one. The shop owner where I bought it has been open for 40+ years and also never seen one. Said it was a soldier bring back from Japan at some point. Yobata …
Pinnated Grouse genetics pinned down.
a rigorous genomics study of prairie chickens in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas led by Purdue University scientists has found evidence of hybridization between species with no clear indication of genetic problems such as inbreeding. The preexisting data came from 433 greater and lesser prairie chickens, mostly the latter, spanning 10 years and …
Inside the Dangerous, Secretive World of Extreme Fishing
Wetsuiting is a form of saltwater fishing that involves wearing a wetsuit and wading or swimming out to offshore rocks—almost exclusively at night, often during storms—to access deeper water or faster currents than can be reached in traditional waders. The quarry are striped bass, a fish that migrates every spring, mostly from the Chesapeake and …
Martinique Beach
If you like long walks on the beach, Martinique Beach might be your jam. The 5-km long crescent white-sand beach is the longest in Nova Scotia. And talk about a great view! I was there at least once. Not far away but I never get there.