Day Breaker Roses (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 Christian Science Monitor has How to transform African farming: Return to ‘orphan crops’
Orchid Garden has Rare Orchid found on Bodmin Beacon
The Garden Plot has Mark Your Calendars for National Indoor Plant Week
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Enjoy The Perseid Meteor Showers In The National Parks and Support Grows To Rename Pinnacles National Monument As A “National Park”
Wildlife Links
National Park Traveler has Two Mountain Lion Kittens Discovered in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Yellowstone National Park’s Bison Population Grows By Roughly 14 Percent Over 2011 Count
Environmental Issues Links
U.S. News has Blame blistering heat waves on global warming, study says
The Washington Post has Alaskan Arctic villages hit hard by climate change
The New York Times has Carbon credits gone awry: Coolant companies raise output of harmful gas
Photography and Art Links
Daily Mail has A misty shot of the world to come: ‘First ever photo’ featuring French field and dating from 1826
Light Stalking has How to Recover Deleted and Corrupted Photos from Your Memory Card
BlogHer has Blogger Beware: You CAN Get Sued For Using Photos You Don’t Own on Your Blog and Copyright: YouTube? Recipes? LOLCats? What’s Safe? – A Follow Up on the Photo Debacle
Joel Robinson has The “Borrowed” Photographer
Dan Williams has Finding the Action……….and Getting the Shot
The Luminous Landscape has Dynamic Patience
National Parks Traveler has Poll Shows Vast Majority Of Voters Believe Federal Government Has Responsibility To Safeguard, Support National Parks
Fotopedia Magazine has MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK BY QT LUONG
John Paul Caponigro has 7 Benefits Of Returning To Locations
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 one is scheduled for Saturday, August 25 at McKee- Beshers Wildlife Management Center(map). For those in Maryland, we will meet at 16898 River Rd , Poolesville. I hope to see you there!