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Gossamer Tapestry

English - Nature, Science, Conservation
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Gossamer Tapestry · 2W ago

Carolina in my Mind

I'm just back from a long weekend in the Deep South.  I flew into Atlanta, and spent some time in Georgia, which I have only been in briefly, and South Carolina and Alabama, which I have never visited before.  I first went east to South Carolina.  Day 1 involved insect collecting and photography in
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Gossamer Tapestry · 3W ago

Questions in Dixie

I'm in South Carolina.  I'll blog more later about the travel and my impressions of the state.  One thing that I noticed right away is that the population boom of Red Admirals that we have at home does not extend to this part of the country.  Oh, sure, I've seen a few Red Admirals- but they have got
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Gossamer Tapestry · 4W ago

A bit more on the Admiral Invasion

A lot of folks have been asking follow-up questions regarding the Red Admiral population boom.  Is it happening because of the mild winter or the freakishly warm weather we had in March?  Might it be a sign of global climate change? Red Admirals, along with a whole bunch of other butterfly species, 
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Gossamer Tapestry · 1M ago

Admiral Invasion

Depending on where you live, you may or may not be experiencing a huge invasion of Red Admiral butterflies.  I have gotten reports from friends and colleagues in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, upstate New York and Ontario confirming the influx.  On the other hand, I was in eastern Massachusetts just a w
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Gossamer Tapestry · 1M ago

Brown County Camping Trip- With Butterflies

Our beautiful home away from homeTwo weekends ago, Leon and I took a long weekend and headed south to Brown County, Indiana for some camping. It was a trip down memory lane. We used to go camping there on a regular basis with the gay and lesbian outing club- but we haven't been back since the late
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Gossamer Tapestry · 2M ago

Sand Prairie Scrub Oak

Leon and I had planned to take Friday off for a long weekend camping trip in Brown County, Indiana. Unfortunately, Leon had been fighting a cold most of the week. When I got home Thursday evening, he informed me that his cold had settled into his chest as a bacterial infection and that he would ne
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Gossamer Tapestry · 5M ago

Whitewater River

Every time I drive east of Palm Springs, I pass an exit on I-10 called whitewater. If driven up that way before, but never all the way to the Whitewater Preserve. Leon and I were trying new spots for hiking this time around, so we thought we'd give it a try.When we first arrived, it didn't look lik
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Gossamer Tapestry · 6M ago

Forty-nine Palms

Leon and I are on our annual autumn trip to Palm Springs. We are having beautiful weather, and decided to venture up to Joshua Tree National Park yesterday. This year, we wanted to see a part of the park that we had not previously visited. The guide book listed a hike to an oasis called 49 Palms.
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Gossamer Tapestry · 7M ago

Valençay

Through my friends Iva and Kevin, I have recently gotten a source for raw goat's milk. A few months back, I got my first batch and used it to whip up a goat version of Camembert. It turned out fine, and it was very exciting that I finally had the chance to get real curds from goat milk. The goat
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Gossamer Tapestry · 7M ago

Five Things

I've been shorthanded at work for the last month and a half- hence my lack of posting. In celebration of National Coming Out Day (tomorrow!) I have previously blogged about my own coming out- but I've now told most of that story (the bits of the story are here, here, and here. UrSpo recently did a
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