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documenting nature
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12.28.09Stephanie Makes a Dragon
Birds, Fishing, Toys, documenting nature, mom, tools, wood, xo (5)The other day I sat down with Steph and she showed me these cute little dinosaurs she had made with the kids out in the shop. I was floored, these were simply the coolest toys ever! Steph suggested that Seth come over and we would make him a toy. Just to get Seth pumped about the idea she showed us this dragon. Seth liked the dragon toy but did not want his dragon to be green. Seth wanted the color of the dragon be red, because "meat eater" dragons are red, green dragons are "vegetarians". Steph heard this and decided to ...
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11.06.09The RISD Nature Lab +The Importance of Collections
Taxidermy, documenting nature, nature study (4)If you enjoy natural history and haven't yet seen Etsy's visit to RISD's Nature Lab, I highly recommend a peek; apparently we weren't the only ones to think it special! Alis and I met there as freshmen and spent (well, I can say that I spent) more than half my time in the lab after dark, poring over specimens. I sketched at the same long tables you see in the video in a quiet trance until close. It was like a church of curiosity, a place whose doors were (almost) always open to focus and quiet the mind. The Nature Lab was ...
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08.18.09Scent Stamps
Boats, Camping, Summer, documenting nature, xo (10)I don't know about you, or about my boys, but when I see this photo, I smell oysters. I smell crispy dried algae and chum and it's salty-sticky. And that's just the bottom layer. Smell is a funny thing. It's part of our limbic system, creating powerful responses to our environment based on memory. This country, dry, grassy West Marin, was where I spent most of my time when Ford was in my belly. I think if I could conjure the smell of heaven, this would be it. I was a happy pregnant person. I hung out with my horse out here ...
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