tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86140087612036849122011-04-21T11:33:55.089-07:00Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-69150582680456038032008-06-11T11:48:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:53:00.366-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2571210398_29017995ac_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2571210398_29017995ac_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monarda Mosaic</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-6915058268045603803?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-7688164258159823952008-05-20T08:54:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:57:41.741-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1k4S5rw6Bw/SDL0kXRMjhI/AAAAAAAAABo/miRJeWzBE6E/s1600-h/DSC05906.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_c1k4S5rw6Bw/SDL0kXRMjhI/AAAAAAAAABo/miRJeWzBE6E/s320/DSC05906.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202489425124953618" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-768816425815982395?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-68105707355966304992008-04-24T09:16:00.000-07:002008-04-24T09:21:02.023-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c1k4S5rw6Bw/SBCyvnRUKjI/AAAAAAAAAAg/XZnab1V746w/s1600-h/DSC03933.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c1k4S5rw6Bw/SBCyvnRUKjI/AAAAAAAAAAg/XZnab1V746w/s320/DSC03933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192846901423385138" border="0" /></a>Meadow at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve<br />New Hope, PA<br />October 2007<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I may be writing a paper, but I am dreaming of being here.<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-6810570735596630499?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-31940238251116908942008-04-22T15:21:00.000-07:002008-04-22T15:22:54.778-07:00check out this video from the <a href="http://www.noimpactman.typepad.com">noimpactman</a> blog<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ft5SSIfmeKU&amp;hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ft5SSIfmeKU&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-3194023825111690894?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-77938131171076716362008-04-14T18:27:00.000-07:002008-04-14T18:34:59.132-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c1k4S5rw6Bw/SAQFeBhOxtI/AAAAAAAAAAY/1zptUjwB6pQ/s1600-h/DSC05422.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_c1k4S5rw6Bw/SAQFeBhOxtI/AAAAAAAAAAY/1zptUjwB6pQ/s320/DSC05422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189278683999684306" border="0" /></a>Cherry Blossoms at Cook</div><div style="text-align: center;">April 14, 2008<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Some of my earliest memories from childhood are of going to see the cherry blossoms in Branchbrook park with my parents every spring. I am hoping to go sometime soon, for the first time in years.<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-7793813117107671636?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-42672997336946949452008-04-13T13:02:00.001-07:002008-04-13T15:05:01.305-07:00...being a grad student is the best job in the world. I took this while at "work" this afternoon at Jockey Hollow.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2410544565_da0be2b0b0_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2410544565_da0be2b0b0_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Erythronium americanum<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The trout lily. or fawn lily. or dogtooth violet. so called because the leaves are speckled like a trout or fawn and the corm is long and white like a tooth. <span style="font-style: italic;">Erythronium </span>means red blood, and the genus was named for the red speckles on the down-turned flower. Many woodland wildflowers are extremely slow growing because their growing season is only a few weeks long. Since they live on the forest floor, they can only photosynthesize before the trees leaf out and filter out most of the sunlight. This plant is at least seven years old - that's how old they have to be (on average) before they can produce a flower. Once these are gone, it takes a long time to restore them.<br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-4267299733694694945?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614008761203684912.post-3045153143426475012008-04-12T13:31:00.001-07:002008-04-12T13:35:23.242-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/360906302_5a670dc8c1_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/360906302_5a670dc8c1_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Now if only I could actually go outside to look at them...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8614008761203684912-304515314342647501?l=oilbird.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Oilbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03711525463293280761noreply@blogger.com0