Recent Posts Tagged With 'Nature'

• Paying attention

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 13:40 in Nature

  We all are guilty to some extent of not paying attention to our immediate surroundings. Case in point. When I lived in Arizona I was digging up a nice bunch of agate in the mountains south of Tucson. It was way up in the tree's, about 6,000 feet alti...

• Oak galls

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 01:57 in Nature

  This is a short article about Oak tree galls. These form on the limbs of valley oak trees. They are the result of a tiny wasp laying its eggs under the bark of the trees limb. The tree forms this tumor like growth which makes the perfect home for the...

• Sequoia trees

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 13:23 in Nature

  The Sequoia (Sequoia gigantea) is the largest living tree in the world. Not by height but by mass.Some of the named Sequoia's are 13 to 27 1/2' in diameter at 10-12 feet above the base.The first photo is of me in front of a Sequoia in Sequoia Nationa...