It’s amazing how far paleontology has come, and these drawings by Nix Illustration demonstrate that progress amazingly well. Lindsey Kinsella – Author A lot of new info to me here. I had no idea of some of these and it makes you wonder if and how they will change further. Steve likely will be …
Month: December 2024
Xmas Waxwings
If Mother Nature had a Christmas Tree….. It would be this. A tree past its prime. Holding on for a few last breaths. Full of little cones that are full of little seeds that will scatter across the landscape when the time comes. But for now, it will provide a resting post for tired birds …
Extreme Adaptions
Spider tailed horned viper More on the Spider tailed horned viper. Club-winged manakin More on YouTube. A more complete version on Facebook. Modified wing feathers are rubbed over bumps at high speed to produce the sound. The only bird that does so which resembles how insects create mating sounds. If these things were not …
Stillness on Christmas Eve.
Leo Piron – Winter, 1940 Manifest stillness on Christmas Eve. Merry Xmas.
Only six mammoth carcasses had been found. Only Six?
Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia. The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed “Yana” after the river in whose basin it was discovered this summer. Experts say “Yana” is the best preserved mammoth carcass in the world and is one …
The next big thing?
Modular rifles, the next big thing? We will see.
Stock Repair?
Last summer my beloved 1881 8 ga. Parker Lifter developed a nasty crack in the stock. It was delivered to a guy that put in some reinforcements. I’m looking forward to having it back in action at the 2025 Spring Southern. Jeff Stegmeier Is it really done like this? Seems like a hack to me. …
Early Morning Dip
It’s finished! Hooray! Still kicking around title ideas… “Early Morning Dip”? #americandipper #linocut 12”x12”Sherrie York – Fine Art Printmaker Dipper and linocut, a good combo.
Winter is here.
Erik Johansson Photography – Expecting Winter. When I saw it I thought Painting or Digital? Johansson is a talented photo manipulator it seems. The image struck a nerve. Winter makes me edgy now. Anshelm Schultzberg (Sweden, 1862‑1945). Gryningsljus över snötäckt vinterlandskap. Signerad A. Schultzberg. Olja på duk, 90 x 119 cm. A more conventional depiction.
The Mi’kmaw language has no word for ‘self’ – linguist and elder Bernie Francis
The Mi’kmaw language has no word for ‘self’ — linguist and elder Bernie Francis Bernie drops into Studio A to talk with Jeff Douglas about the implications of this, and also about ‘inalienably possessed nouns’ and whether those nouns make for a different relationship between people and the natural world. Aired: Oct. 15, 2024 Mi’kmaw language …