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Author Archives: Rich
Petrified Forest – Almost Over
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past Today is Saturday, essentially the next to last day at Petrified Forest. Tomorrow morning I will make one … Continue reading
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Road Cruise Amphibian and Reptile Survey
Had a good time on the road last night with Andy and Margaret. We found a Hopi (Prairie) rattlesnake, several gopher snakes and a Chihuahuan night snake. Unfortunately several of the gopher snakes and the rattlesnake were mortally injured by … Continue reading
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A Little Behind the Scenes at Petrified Forest
I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to. — Majorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek My first and only required presentation for this park went OK, but only 4 people attended, one … Continue reading
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Mid-point Evaluation
You only get one chance. You have one journey through life; you cannot repeat even one moment or retrace one footstep. It seems that we are meant to inhabit and live everything that comes toward us. – John O’Donohue I … Continue reading
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Painted Desert Inn
Yesterday I focused on housing: the Painted Desert Inn and the “cabin” where I am staying. The cabin is more than roomy enough for 1. There is a desk and a folding table in the bedroom/work room, and a small … Continue reading
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Sorry I have been so inactive – Hopefully these images will make up for it.
Sorry I have been so remiss about updating. I can rationalize that it is two miles each way to get email access, and the room I work in is a mail room that doesn’t really lend itself to creative thinking. … Continue reading
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Pueblos
I don’t know if it is the light, the structure or the adobe brick, but there is really something special about the remains of these ancient communities. Looking out from the Long House pueblo down a canyon that probably hasn’t … Continue reading
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Rocky Mountains to Arches
From the mountains to the desert. Returned for a second time to the alpine area. At the top of the Tundra Trail going up from Rock Cut, it was like being on the top of the world. The tundra fell … Continue reading
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Project, BioBlitz and iLCP
My Artist-In-Residence Program project proposal was to compare landscapes from images taken around the the time of the Park’s dedication in 1915 to the same landscapes today. Interesting project for me. Changes really aren’t extensive, mostly reforestation, and some succession … Continue reading
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Elk
These are some of the elk that caused the elk jam. Elk are too common in the park and have caused significant damage to aspen and willow trees. During the winter, the elk scrape the bark for food, and can … Continue reading
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Small Wildlife
Golden mantled ground squirrel, least chipmunk and Clark’s nutcracker. The ground squirrel and chipmunk are really fast little rascals. They are very used to people and show little fear. One practically ran over my feet the other day. It was … Continue reading
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Elk Jam
I gave my first (of two) presentation last night. About 80 people attended and it seemed to go well. Yesterday I really got out to shoot a lot more. The haze from forest fires is noticable, and nothing at a … Continue reading
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Initial images
On Sunday afternoon there were tons of wildlife: two deer, a coyote that looked at my car as if to ask “where the hell did this come from,” a hummingbird, a chipmunk and a ground squirrel (looks like an over-sized … Continue reading
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Day 2
Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it. — Frank Herbert, Dune Left Wednesday morning 8/8/12 as scheduled. Made it to London, OH that night and on to Columbia, MO tonight. I … Continue reading
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An Encore Career
“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.” — Frank Herbert I am starting this blog as I begin a new chapter in my life. Newly retired, writing these thoughts out will … Continue reading
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