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The Quilt & the Creation. Pt. 7. Outdoor Mutual Aid Plant Communities

Janice KirkAugust 7th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Nature Notes, Quilt and Creation|Tags: antelope bitterbrush, beaver, California, catch and release, comfort, companion planting, competition, Cretan stitch, crewel, decompose, decomposers, dense forest, discovery, Douglas fir, Ecology, ecosystem, fishing, fishing limit, French knots, good reading, habitat, habitats, harmony, interdependence, landscape quilt, laws of nature, mutual benefit, nuclear waste, Oregon grape, Pasque flowers, plant communities, ponderosa parkland, quilt patch, recycle, Rocky Mountains, row boat, satin stitch, shelter, Southwest, spiritual peace, stability, story quilt, undergrowth, web of life, wildflowers|

Fisherman's Luck They were all in the boat, each one eager to catch [...]

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 [...]

The Quilt & the Creation. Pt. 2. The Plan

Janice KirkMarch 6th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Cherish the Earth, Nature Notes, Quilt and Creation|Tags: abundant life, animal behavior, bark beetle, be generous, bird tracks, Book of Nature, Christian faith, climate change, climate crisis, creeks, deserts, drought, ecosystems, forest, Gospel lifestyle, gypsy moth, holy moments, how then shall we live, it takes a village, meadows, native fish, naturalist, nature's ways, otherness, overdevelopment, overgrazing, Plant community, prairie, pure water, Quilt, quilting, share, something more, Southwest, spiritual benefits, wilderness, wildlife|

Bird tracks cross our Southwest Journey The best year of our lives [...]

Book Review: The Road to Beaver Park

Janice KirkSeptember 22nd, 2018|Categories: Painting America the Beautiful|Tags: art appreciation, En Plein Air, field course, natural history, Pilgrimage, Sabbatical, Southwest, spiritual renewal, Travelogue, watercolor painting|

Thanks to Sue Ready who reviewed The Road to Beaver Park, Painting, Perception, and Pilgrimage. [...]