Out Sketching. Ponderosa Pine. Part 2. The Drawing Lesson
Part 2. The Drawing Lesson The legs of my stool sink a couple [...]
Out Sketching. Part 1. Ponderosa Pine
Part 1. Ponderosa Pine I emerge from the trees that border the campground, and [...]
Nature Notes. Fulgurites. Part 2. Sitting on a Fulgurite
Continued from the files of Don Kirk... ...The fulgurites here are light gray in [...]
Nature Notes. Fulgurites. Part 1. Fulgurite Find
From the files of Don Kirk... About 100 lightning strikes occur every second on planet [...]
Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 3. Thanks Giving
I walk back to the truck where the children are already eating their lunch. Don [...]
Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 2: The Drawing Lesson
I steady my stool on the uneven ground and open my pack. For this grand [...]
Out Sketching. Giving Thanks on the Rim. Part 1. On the Way to Town
We head for Cedarville one morning from our camp in the Warner Mountains. It’s time [...]
Nature Notes: Blue Lake. Campground “Ecology.” Part 2. Campground Scavengers
From the files of Don Kirk...Part 2. Campground Scavengers The cry of a red-tailed hawk [...]
Nature Notes: Blue Lake. Campground “Ecology.” Part 1. The Weasel
From the files of Don Kirk...Part 1. The Weasel A weasel carrying a dead chipmunk [...]
Out Sketching. Meanders of Parsnip Creek. Part 3. The Wonder of Water
(Cont. from Part 2) I am too close to the stream; my boots are getting [...]
Out Sketching. Meanders of Parsnip Creek. Part 2. Drawing a Meander
(Cont. from Part 1) A meander is an odd configuration to draw on paper. I [...]
Out Sketching. Meanders of Parsnip Creek. Part 1. Water’s Ways
We turn off the Blue Lake road onto a dirt track that descends a forested [...]