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The Quilt & the Creation. Pt. 5. Plant Communities: Let Me Introduce You

Janice KirkJune 5th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Nature Notes, plants, Quilt and Creation, The Gospel Lifestyle|Tags: alpine, basin and range, biome, Cascade/Sierra, Cold Desert Scrub, desert, ecosystem, Fallon, flatlander, forest, French knots, grassland, habitat, Highway 50, juniper, loneliest road in America, Mediterranean Scrub, mixed conifer forest, Nevada, Northwest rainforest, photosynthesis, pinyon pine, plant communities, plant cover, Ponderosa Pine, Quilt, Reno/Sparks, Rocky Mountain National Park, Sabbatical, sagebrush, Sky Island, Southwest, story quilt, subalpine, sunshine, Trail Ridge Road, vegetation, vegetation zone, wave stitches|

Embroidered Desert Sun My Sabbatical quilt story continues. We spent the spring months in the [...]

Nature Notes. Marmot Springs. Part 1. Camping in Eden

Janice KirkMay 5th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Nature Notes|Tags: aspen, beaver, chipmunks, coyotes, deer, East Creek, Eden, Great Basin, great grey owl, Indian Paintbrush, juniper, marmots, Ponderosa Pine, sticky geranium, Swainson's thrush, wall tent, Warner Mountains CA, water leaf, white fir, wildflowers, woodpeckers, wrens, yarrow|

One springtime we wandered into the Warner Mountains of NE California. Looking for a [...]

Nature Notes. The Mouse That Howled. Part 1. A Mouse at the Campfire.

Janice KirkMarch 3rd, 2018|Categories: Nature Notes|Tags: grasshopper mouse, grassland, Great Basin desert, juniper, pinon pine, Ponderosa Pine, shrubland, Warner Mountains CA|

View from Lava Beds CA Juniper Sagebrush Country From the files of Donald R. Kirk: [...]

Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 2: The Drawing Lesson

Janice KirkNovember 21st, 2016|Categories: Blog, Out Sketching|Tags: aerial perspective, hawk, juniper, linear perspective, lodgepole pine, Warner Mountains CA|

I steady my stool on the uneven ground and open my pack. For this grand [...]