by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 19, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Butterfly Weed (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Alpenglow Images has The Nature of Loss
Wildlife Links
The Christian Science Monitor has Giant snail invasion hits South Florida. Gooey mess.
Sustainablog has Colony Collapse Disorder Comes to the Animated Screen: “A World with No Bees”
Environmental Issues Links
Park Advocate has Years of Abuse and Overuse Make the Colorado River the Most Endangered River of 2013
Photography and Art Links
Black Star Rising has A Litany of Woes for Career Photographers
Photo District News has APA, NPPA Join Copyright Suit Against Google
Tara Bradford has This photo is not free: Nikken EU & copyright infringement
Chicago Tribune has Tragedy and the Role of Professional Photojournalists
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 11th at Winterthur in Wilmington, DE.
Plan at this point for May 11 is to head to Winterthur in Wilmington, DE. Winterthur has gardens and a museum. Like Longwood Gardens – it’s an old duPont estate.
INformation about Winterthur is at http://www.winterthur.org/
Looks to be about a 2 hour drive from Bethesda to Winterthur. Let’s plan on carpooling from Grosvenor Metro Station. We’ll leave the Metro station at 7:30.
Admission to Winterthur is $ 18, which includes a tour of the mansion. For $ 30 you can reserve a place on a tour of the mansion at a specific time. If you belong to a botanical garden that participates in the American Horticultural Societies Recipricol Admission programs – your membership will get you into Winterthur for free.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 12, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Immortality Bearded Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Park Week Runs April 20-28
Flower and Plant Links
New York Times has Scientists Question Impact as Vineyards Turn Up in New Places and How a Leafy Folk Remedy Stopped Bedbugs in Their Tracks
Wildlife Links
New York Times has Florida Algae Bloom Leads to Record Manatee Deaths
The Washington Post has Crabs, supersized by carbon pollution, may upset Chesapeake’s balance
Mother Jones has The Worst Wildlife Disease Outbreak Ever in North America Just Got Way Worse
Environmental Issues Links
BBC News has Particles from fossil fuels ‘affect the growth of corals’
Beautiful Wildlife Gardens has Turning Farms into Wildlife Habitat
Photography and Art Links
Hyperallergic has Woman Arrested for Instagramming Street Art
Dan Williams Bird Photography has The Last Gift of Winter
Guy Tal Photography Journal has No New Label Necessary
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 11th at Winterthur in Wilmington, DE.
Plan at this point for May 11 is to head to Winterthur in Wilmington, DE. Winterthur has gardens and a museum. Like Longwood Gardens – it’s an old duPont estate.
INformation about Winterthur is at http://www.winterthur.org/
Looks to be about a 2 hour drive from Bethesda to Winterthur. Let’s plan on carpooling from Grosvenor Metro Station. We’ll leave the Metro station at 7:30.
Admission to Winterthur is $ 18, which includes a tour of the mansion. For $ 30 you can reserve a place on a tour of the mansion at a specific time. If you belong to a botanical garden that participates in the American Horticultural Societies Recipricol Admission programs – your membership will get you into Winterthur for free.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 5, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Cherry Parfait Rose (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Park Advocate has Park Service Releases Most-Visited National Park Data for 2012.
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has Bunny Bustin’ Natives
Discover Magazine has After 32,000 Years, an Ice Age Flower Blooms Again
National Parks Traveler has Desert Treasures: Spring Blooms In Big Bend National Park
Wildlife Links
New York Times has On the Montana Range, Efforts to Restore Bison Meet Resistance
The New York Times has Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms
Environmental Issues Links
The Guardian has Scientists link frozen spring to dramatic Arctic sea ice loss
Photography and Art Links
John Paul Caponigro has 3 Ways To Get More Resolution From Your Photographs
The New York Times has Photography in the Docket, as Evidence and Hopis Try to Stop Paris Sale of Artifacts
Mike Spinak has Artist, Respect Thyself
Thoughts of a Bohemian has Full Eclipse of the Moon
Russ Bishop has Visual Drama through Leading Lines
Photo District News has Gun Rights Advocate Charged in Copyright Case Over Anti-Gay Attack Ads
Art and Artifice has Can a collector prevent an artist from making new art?
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th at National Arboretum in Washington DC.
I finally have a location for this Saturday’s meetup. Due to the late spring – most of the usual places for early April don’t have much in bloom. So we’re heading to the National Arboretum in Washington DC.
Not sure exactly what we’ll find – hopefully some native plants in Fern Valley, some Cherry blossoms (they have more varieties than the Tidal Basin – so usually a longer bloom period), and a few magnolias. I’m sure there are some daffodils blooming somewhere in the Arboretum . . .
According to the What’s Blooming page – the first week in April we can likely see ” Daffodils, crocuses, early magnolias, Korean azalea, Japanese-andromeda, forsythias, cornelian-cherries, woodland wildflowers, epimediums, flowering cherries, arisaemas” – http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/blooming.html
Plan for the meetup is to enter the Arboretum from the R Street entrance at 8 AM when it opens – and then meet in the parking lot. It would be great if we can consolidate the group into fewer cars in the parking lot – there is limited parking in many areas of the Arboretum.
From there – best suggestion will be to just head off and explore. My plan is to head towards the Cherry Trees and Asia Garden – and then back to Fern Valley. Since Fern Valley is in the woods – it’s easier to photograph later in the morning there than in other parts of the garden
We’ll meet back at the parking lot at 10 AM and head to the Dunkin Donuts at 2420 New York Avenue for coffee (it’s just around the corner from the Arboretum).
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 29, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Callas Lily (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Parks Being Lobbied To Do Away With Bottled Water, Install Filling Stations.
I Love National Parks has What’s in a Name?
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has Help Monarchs with the Right Milkweeds and How to Collect Native Plants
Landscape for Life has Use alternatives to municipal drinking water for irrigation
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Volunteers Sought To Help Build Birding Database At Death Valley National Park and Isle Royale National Park’s Wolf Population Down To Just Eight, No New Pups Last Year
The New York Times has New Jersey Wins Fight Against a Tiny Invader and To Save the King of the Jungle, a Call to Pen Him In
Mother Jones has Not Just the Bees: Bayer’s Pesticide May Harm Birds, Too
Star Tribune has Who should pay to attack invasive species in Minnesota waters?
Photography and Art Links
The New York Times has The Lens Rises in Stature
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, PA.
The plan at this point for April 6 is Brookside Gardens. However if Cherry Blossoms are looking good – or the bluebells at Bull Run are blooming – location very well may change in the few days before the meetup.
Meetup starting time will be either 7 or 7:30 – depending on where we’re photographing. Chances are we’ll head out for coffee at a local Starbucks or Panera afterwards.
Once I’ve got a better idea what will be blooming where – I’ll announce details.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 22, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Christmas Cactus (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Purchase Prevents Land Near Joshua Tree National Park From Becoming Housing Development, Thirteen Sites Given Status As National Historic Landmarks, and Statue of Liberty To Reopen To The Public By July 4
Flower and Plant Links
The Washington Post has National Park Service pushes back peak cherry blossom bloom date.
The Christian Science Monitor has More bees, please.
Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has More Findings on the Link Between Japanese Barberry and Lyme Disease.
News Wise has Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center of The University of Texas at Austin Honored for Invasive Species Initiatives
Wildlife Links
The Washington Post has An alarming map of the global ivory trade that killed 17,000 elephants in one year and From hunter to the hungry: Fairfax County’s surplus deer are re-purposed.
National Geographic has Opinion: The Case for Reviving Extinct Species
Ecosystem Gardening has Farmers Saving Bird Habitat
The New York Times has Fish Populations in the United States Rebound and Monarch Migration Plunges to Lowest Level in Decades
National Parks Traveler has Report Stresses Importance Of Wildlife Corridors From U.S. To Canada In Face Of Climate Change and Wind Cave National Park Sends Elk Herd To Neighboring Custer State Park
Mother Jones has WTF? Now Manatees Are Dying off Both Florida Coasts
Environmental Issues Links
Sustain A Blog has Iowa and South Dakota Approach 25 Percent Electricity from Wind in 2012: Unprecedented Contribution of Wind Power in U.S. Midwest
National Parks Traveler has Tamiami Trail Bridge Dedicated, Latest Structural Component To Help Restore Everglades Water Flows
Photography and Art Links
BizNik has Freelancing—or Working for Free?
All Facebook has Do The Research Before Posting A Photo From The Web On Facebook
Photo District News has Stalked for Protecting Copyright, Author Gets Restraining Order
Art and Artifice has More legal protection for artists?
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, April 6th at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, PA.
The plan at this point for April 6 is Brookside Gardens. However if Cherry Blossoms are looking good – or the bluebells at Bull Run are blooming – location very well may change in the few days before the meetup.
Meetup starting time will be either 7 or 7:30 – depending on where we’re photographing. Chances are we’ll head out for coffee at a local Starbucks or Panera afterwards.
Once I’ve got a better idea what will be blooming where – I’ll announce details.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 15, 2013 | Flowers, On the Web
Pearly Everlasting (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Park Service Sequestration Update: Closed Campgrounds, Fewer Seasonal Employees, Sunday Closures, Traveler’s View: Congress, National Park Service Need To Restructure Fees For Centennial Celebration and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Closing Some Campgrounds Due To Budget Cuts
The Washington Post has Yellowstone gets real about budget cuts
Flower and Plant Links
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Incorporating Native Plants into an Existing Landscape
Wildlife Links
Christian Science Monitor has Caffeine in flowers helps boost a bee’s memory, say scientists
New York Times has Monarch Migration Plunges to Lowest Level in Decades
National Parks Traveler has Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area To Close Roads For Amphibians
Environmental Issues Links
The Washington Post has Can the world fight climate change and energy poverty at the same time?
Mother Jones has Climate Change is Biggest Threat, Says Top Navy Commander in Pacific
Photography and Art Links
Light Stalking has 5 Ways To Improve Your Photography Without Touching Your Camera
Matador Network has What you stand to lose in travel photo contests
AllFacebook has Do The Research Before Posting A Photo From The Web On Facebook
Digital Photography School has Why does your camera see things differently than you?
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, March 17th at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. The Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens is always amazing. It’s one of my favorite times of the year to visit Longwood.
Info is at http://www.longwoodgardens.org/OrchidExtravaganza.html
Plan for this meetup is to meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station. Then we can carpool to Longwood. It takes just over 2 hours to get there. My suggestion would be that we plan on photographing in the Conservatory in the morning – then meet for lunch at 11:30 in the restaurant. After that – depending on what people what to do – either keep shooting – or head on back.
Garden admission is $18. You can purchase a ticket online at or you can get one when we get there. I doubt there will be problems getting tickets at the door on a Sunday morning for Orchid Extravaganza. But if you want to make sure you get one – go ahead and purchase a an entry ticket for 9 AM on March 17th.
