Wee Gargantua

wild hen back

weegargantua — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:04:06 +0000

weegargantua — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:01:43 +0000

weegargantua — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:50:32 +0000

Isn’t that a lovely name for a seaweed?

Found in muddy bays along the California coast, Herring tend to lay their eggs in this red algae, both in San Francisco and Tomales Bays.

Combined, the roe and algae fetch a high price in Japan where they constitute a delicate salad.

weegargantua — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:08:20 +0000

weegargantua — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:53:48 +0000

Digitally kissed etching of Mammoth Hot Springs by Thomas Moran from Canyons of the Colorado by Major John Wesley Powell.

weegargantua — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:14:48 +0000

weegargantua — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:06:08 +0000

This is my mother’s mother, Willa, whose maiden name is my middle.

weegargantua — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:16:07 +0000

weegargantua — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:31:16 +0000

These illustrations will be included in a forthcoming book on the birds of Maine by Jeff and Alison Wells.

weegargantua — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:31:08 +0000