Links that may or may not be related to gardens, food, travel, nature, or heterotopias and liminal spaces but probably are. Sources in parentheses. Unless mentioned, all links should be free of paywalls.
photos: Treasures at the Beach (The Little Blog of Magic) beach photos from Sandy Point State Reservation in Ipswich, Massachusetts, to gaze at when you miss the shore
article: Gray Squirrel (William Needham/The Hiker’s Notebook) “As the acorns of oak trees figure prominently in the squirrel diet, scatter hoarding has implications to the health and diversity of oak forests. There are two basic groups of oak trees, red oaks with high fat and high tannin acorns (and leaves with pointed lobes) and white oaks, which are lower in fat and tannin (with round-lobed leaves). Red oak acorns remain dormant throughout the winter whereas white oak acorns germinate almost immediately. Accordingly, squirrels store red oak acorns and eat white oak acorns. Alternatively, they may store a white oak acorn, but only after biting off the end of the nut that contains the embryo to prevent germination.”
6-min video: Endless Light in Norway (Danny Macaskill & Bosch eBike Systems/YouTube) Cyclist Danny Macaskill riding giant exposed sloping granite slabs on an e-mountain bike, set against the dramatic landscape of the Efjord just south of Narvik in northern Norway.
article: How To Tell Apart Bumble Bee Males, Workers, And Queens (Michelle Toshack & Genevive Pugesek/Xerces Society) is the bee carrying pollen? are they shaggy? do they have big eyes or long abdomens? are they just bigger bees?
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