Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Mycology
Monday, October 30, 2023
Footbridge
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Ox
It's actually an ox. While there are many more specific reasons why it's an ox rather than a cow, I like this explanation:
"An ox . . . is a bovine, trained and used as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration inhibits testosterone and aggression, which makes the males docile and safer to work with. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.
Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and even riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging." -- Wikipedia
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Photoreceptors
I find red maple trees fascinating, especially around this time of year when they offer a whole range of colors. And I've heard that different people actually see different colors, depending upon the particular array of photoreceptors in their eyes.
Friday, October 27, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Limberlost
A man named James Miller, while hunting along the banks of the swamp, became lost. After various fruitless efforts to find his way home, in which he would always come around to the place of starting, he determined to go in a straight course, and so, every few rods he would blaze a tree. While doing this, he was found by friends. Being an agile man, he was known as 'limber Jim,' and, after this, the stream was called 'Limberlost.'
The Indiana State Museum contends, "The swamp received its name from the fate of 'Limber Jim' Corbus, who went hunting in the swamp and never returned. When the locals asked where Jim Corbus was, the familiar cry was 'Limber's lost!'"
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Spies
Monday, October 23, 2023
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Friday, October 20, 2023
Sunny Skies
Thursday, October 19, 2023
What?
When I first spotted this, I thought it was something someone had stuffed into the tree's crevice. Only after looking at it again more closely did I realize that it is yet again another variety (Brefeldia maxima?) of fungus.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Black Walnut