Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses.
short article: Pine Cones: The Complicated Lives of Conifer Seeds (Jenna O’del/Northern Woodlands). Look for squirrels, nuthatches, crossbills, and pine siskins near the fallen cones this year.
essay: Cold in New Hampshire, or, How Do Chickadees Not Freeze Their Feet Off? (Dave Anderson & Chris Martin/Something Wild/SPNHF).
photo essay: A Desert Garden Full of Ghosts: A visit to the Sonoran Desert (Boaz Frankel/Rootbound). On a below-freezing day at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, plus photos from Saguaro National Park. Check out the little cup hats to ward off frost on some cacti as well as the paper spine cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var papyracanthus) and the totem pole cactus (Pachycereus schottii f. monstrosus). And lots of saguaros in the landscape; they can take ten years to get an inch tall.
photos: In the World’s Largest Cypress Forest, Surf Durrani Captures Atmospheric Autumnal Colors (Kate Mothes/Colossal) “an atmospheric journey through the Big Cypress Bayou at the edge of Caddo Lake in eastern Texas,” with photos by Durrani, who is a cardiologist.
essay: The Ginger Man (Tom Cox/The Villager). Ode to a ginger cat and musings about the wee hours. “‘Nothing good happens after 3am’ they say. But that’s patently not true if you happen to be Jim. You’re only two rodents in and the night is young.” [There’s a note at the bottom that only paid subscribers can see the rest but I think he’s done.]
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