by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 19, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Maryland Golden Asters (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Why Native Plants Matter To Me
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Private Inholding In Zion National Park Will Be Donated To National Park Service
Photography and Art Links
Plagiarism Today has How Pinterest Breaks Image DRM
Gallerist NY has Photographer Sues Sculptor Ivan Navarro and Paul Kasmin Gallery, Alleging Copyright Infringement
The Terra Galleria Blog has Southwest tour under changing moon phases
Digital Photography School has Photo Contests – Is that a contest or Rights Grab?
Elizabeth Potts Weinstein has Who Owns Your Content? What You Give Away When You Post Your Stuff Online.
Cocoagraphs are artisan chocolate bars printed with edible Polaroid-style photographs.
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, November 4th at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA . We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station(map). Then we can carpool to Longwood. It takes just over 2 hours to get there – garden opens at 9:00 AM. Garden admission is $ 18. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 12, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Oxeye Daisies (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Mount Airy News has Commissioners oppose invasive plant farming
The Guardian has Die-back kills off 90% of Denmark’s ash trees. Britain faces a similar threat
Phys.org has Non-native plants show a greater response than native wildflowers to climate change
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has NPS Director Jarvis Warns That Time Is Running Out For Civil War Battlefield Preservation
Wildlife Links
Ecology Global Network has Invasive Species Showdown in New Zealand
Environmental Issues Links
Organic Light Pan has I’m Sorry – An Open Letter to Mother Earth
Photography and Art Links
BBC News has Privitere and Edwards: Our photo used in anti-gay union ad
Plagiarism Today has YouTube Changes Content ID, Is It Enough? and When Content Theft Gets Personal
Richard Bernabe has Fade to Black
Alpenglow Images has When it all comes together
National Geographics has Travel Photo Tips from the Masters
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, October 14th at U.S. Botanical Gardens in Washington, DC. We will meet out front at 9:45am. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 5, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Yellow Trillium and Purple Phacelia (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Organic Gardening has 12 of the Most Common Weeds
NBC News has Study: US farmers using more pesticides on ‘superweeds’
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Great Smoky Mountains National Park Planning To Implement Backcountry Fees In 2013
The New York Times has The Geography of Nope
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Creature Feature: A Fairy Of A Different Sort
The New York Times has Leopard Poaching on the Rise, Group Warns
Environmental Issues Links
NBC News has Great Barrier Reef coral seeing ‘major decline,’ scientists report
Photography and Art Links
National Geographics has Let There Be Light
Photo Attorney has Excuses, Excuses (Part 3)
San Francisco Chronicle has Ansel Adams prints found at UC Berkeley
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, October 14th at U.S. Botanical Gardens in Washington, DC. We will meet out front at 9:45am. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 28, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Painted Lady Hibiscus (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 Does Shenandoah Celebration Signal End Of CCC’s “Greatest Generation?” and 15 Ways To Enjoy The National Park System This Fall
National Parks Conservation Association has Make Plans for Public Lands This Saturday–and Enjoy a Fee-Free Park Day
Wildlife Links
The Telegraph has Scientists solve the mystery behind the flight of the bumblebee
The New York Times has Cat’s Stripes and Spots Are Tracked to a Gene
Scientific American has Japanese River Otter Declared Extinct
Kitchen Daily has 19 Crops That Would Disappear Without Bees
Mother Jones has Night of the Living Honeybees?
Environmental Issues Links
The New York Times has How ‘Silent Spring’ Ignited the Environmental Movement
Mother Jones has Crossing the Melting Arctic in a Sailboat
Yahoo! News has What Will Ice-Free Arctic Summers Bring?
Photography and Art Links
Visual Science Lab has One of those weekly phone calls that makes you question your career choice…
NBC News has Gay couple sues after photo used in anti-gay flier
Jim M. Goldstein has Digital Is Not Forever
The Trichordist has Is The New Internet Association Really Just A Pro-Corporate Version Of The Pirate Party? No It’s a Transparent Ploy by Google To Curry Favor With Congressional Republicans.
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, September 29 at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station. Then we can carpool to Longwood. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 21, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Panama Pacific Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
The Garden Plot has Pantone’s Spring 2013 Color Report and How it Affects Garden Trends
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has State Of Utah Hoping 10th Circuit Judges Agree A Creek In Canyonlands National Park Is Also A Road and Solar Power Is Valuable, But NPCA Report Says It Needs To Be Generated Away From National Parks
Refuge Wach has USFWS to Remove Wild Burros and Horses from Sheldon NWR in 5 Years , California Wildlife Refuge Gets Ax and Salazar Establishes 558th NWR Unit in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains
National Parks Conservation Association has Victory! Plans for Coal Plant Near National Parks in Virginia Suspended
Wildlife Links
The Washington Post has Resurgent wolves again are fair game
Mother Jones has To the Bat Cave! Scientists Hope Bunker Can Halt Deadly Fungus
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has Hottest Ever Water Temperatures Off East Coast All the Way Down to the Bottom of the Ocean
The Christian Science Monitor has Appearance of explosive WWI relics underscores Alps glaciers’ retreat
Photography and Art Links
The Copyright Zone has Maybe We Are Just Skeptical, But…
Virtual Photography Studios has You Mean I Can’t Use An Image From Google Images?
Maria Brophy has How to File Your Copyrights and Keep Track of Them
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, September 29 at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station. Then we can carpool to Longwood. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 14, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Virginialis Water Lily (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 Mr. Hornaday’s War: How A Peculiar Zookeeper Waged A Lonely Crusade For Wildlife That Changed The World and How Have National Parks And Public Lands Fared Under The Obama Administration?
Wildlife Links
The Huffington Post has Sea Otters May Be Fighting Climate Change By Keeping Sea Urchins In Check
National Parks Traveler has Groups Seek To Overturn Decision To Delist Wolves In Wyoming
National Parks Conservation Association has Blitzed with Butterflies: Citizen Scientists Document Species at Rocky Mountain National Park
MSNBC has New, colorful monkey species discovered in Africa rain forest
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has Why Doesn’t Your City Have Curbside Composting?
NBC News has Warming sign in the Arctic: Starving female polar bear challenges male for food
Photography and Art Links
BBC News has Obama ‘Hope’ poster artist Shepard Fairey fined, World’s first colour moving pictures discovered and Scottish wildcat extinct within months, association says
The Copyright Zone has No Release = No Glory & No Money
Chaos To Clarity has Social Media Image Size Guide [Infographic]
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, September 29 at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station. Then we can carpool to Longwood. I hope to see you there!
