Bird of Paradise I (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 Washington Post has Park Service says contractor mistakenly cut down historic ginkgo tree
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The Washington Post has National park advocates pressing Congress to prevent deep budget cuts
Wildlife Links
The Christian Science Monitor has Why California Is in Desperate Need of Bees and 68 pythons found in Florida Python Challenge snake hunt
The Washington Post has In the Everglades, hunters help to check a slithery invader
US News has ‘Super mega-pod’ of dolphins spotted off San Diego coast
Environmental Issues Links
Cleaveland.com has Study shows climate change affecting the butterflies in Massachusetts
Photography and Art Links
Slate has Early color film from 1922: Actresses vamp for the camera
Light Stalking has 12 Hugely Important Moments in the History of Photography
Daily Mail has First Photographs of a Royal Tour
John Paul Caponigro has What You Eliminate Is Just As Important As What You Include
John De Bord Photography has The Long Road – An Editorial
Plagiarism Today has 5 Types of Infringement Made Commonplace by the Web
Warm Picture has Artists Fight Back: D-Day for iStockphoto and Google?
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 Bethesda,MD. 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.