Posts Tagged ‘December’
I Prefer Winter and Fall
By Andrew Wyeth I prefer winter and fall when you feel the bone structure in the landscape – the loneliness of it – the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it – the whole story doesn’t show. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most…
Read MoreDigitizing the University of Cincinnati’s Botany Collection in 2018: Preservation, Collaboration, Maximization
“Last year, Australian airport customs destroyed a herbarium collection because they were worried about bringing in invasive species. They were unaware they intercepted a priceless 200-year-old French collection on its way to the herbarium in Queensland. These kinds of tragedies can be avoided by going digital. And, if something does happen, at least there is…
Read MoreRemembering Painter and Gardener Claude Monet: His Funeral, His Friend, and His Love of Nature
“Claude said, ‘I am following Nature without being able to grasp her. I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.'” December 5, 1926 On this day, the impressionist painter Claude Monet died at 86. Claude had insisted on a simple funeral, and as such, his coffin was draped with plain black cloth. But his…
Read MoreThe Davenport Woman’s Club December Meeting: Seed Packets for Gifts and Honoring Botanical Heroes Ernest Henry Wilson and John T. Temple
“The seed and bulb committee… presented each member with a dainty Christmas package in bright-hued Christmas wrappings, containing seeds for next spring’s sowing.” December 4, 1930 On this day, the Quad-City Times shared a sweet little update from the garden department of the Davenport Woman’s Club. The seed and bulb committee… presented each member with…
Read MoreThe Dead of Winter
Edwin Way Teale The “dead of winter” —– how much more dead it would be each year without the birds! Note: The American naturalist, Edwin Way Teale has given us some marvelous prose about birds and winter in his books: A Walk Through the Year, Circle of the Seasons: The Journal of a Naturalist’s…
Read MoreOn the Roughest Days of Winter
Edwin Way Teale On the roughest days of winter, when life seems overwhelmed by storm and cold, watch a chickadee, observe in good cheer and take heart. Note: The American naturalist, Edwin Way Teale has given us some marvelous prose about birds and winter in his books: A Walk Through the Year, Circle of…
Read MoreBluebird Blue
Edwin Way Teale Bluebird blue….one of the loveliest manifestations of the color blue. Note: The American naturalist, Edwin Way Teale has given us some marvelous prose about birds and winter in his books: A Walk Through the Year, Circle of the Seasons: The Journal of a Naturalist’s Year, and Wandering Through Winter: A Naturalist’s…
Read MoreHow Strangely Inaccurate
by Edwin Way Teale How strangely inaccurate it is to measure the length of living by length of life! The space between your birth and death is often far from a true measure of your days of living. Note: The American naturalist Edwin Way Teale has given us some marvelous prose about birds and…
Read MoreRemembering Painter and Gardener Pierre-Auguste Renoir Who Found Freedom in Painting Nature
“There’s a little-known story about Renoir. For many years, he hung a sign on his garden gate which read, ‘No Renoirs sold here. Beware the dog.'” December 3, 1919 On this day, the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir died. There’s a little-known story about Renoir. For many years, he hung a sign on his garden…
Read MoreThere Are Many in This Old World of Ours
By Bat Masterson There are many in this old world of ours who hold that things break about even for all of us. I have observed, for example, that we all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summertime, and the poor get it in the winter. Today’s Garden words…
Read MoreA Vegetable That Can Make People Laugh
by Will Rogers An onion can make people cry, but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh. Today’s Garden words were featured on the podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Will Rogers
Read MoreDecember’s Birth Flower: The Poinsettia
“Poinsettia is botanically known as the Euphorbia pulcherrima. Pulcherrima means ‘very beautiful.'” December 2, 2019 As we begin December, you may wonder about the December birth flower. Well, it’s no surprise that the December birth flower is the Poinsettia. Poinsettia is botanically known as the Euphorbia pulcherrima. Pulcherrima means “very beautiful.” Like all…
Read MoreDecember 2, 2019 Plant Science Careers, Dirk Denison Home, Cheesy Acorn Squash, Johann Julius Hecker, James Edward Smith, John Lewis Russell, Ferdinand Lindheimer, Gardenlust by Christopher Woods, Gardeners Hand Cream, and December’s Birth Flower
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