Summer sketches

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Along the beach

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Early morning *

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Midday

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Late afternoon

* Bigleaf lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus, is native to western North America. I was (naively) surprised to see that the word “invasive” is absent from this Wikipedia article about iconic children’s book Miss Rumphius.

Transatlantic quiz

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Abbreviated trvls

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Prickly. . . . #cactus #plants #watercolor #pen #sketch #spain #art #drawing #painting #islascanarias #canaryislands #españa #lagomera

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Sketched shortly before a hurried departure from a country locking down.

Stop, drop, and roll

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Today in “scientists like pictures too(?)”...my illustration of ‘Generalized fire response strategies in plants and animals’ by Juli G. Pausas in @oikosjournal. . (Visit oikosjournal.org/forum to see the paper and more illustrations.) #ecology #art #conservation #illustration #wildlife #painting #animal #botany #trees #seeds #birds #ornithology #mammals #herps #fire #forestfire #oikosforum #scienceinpictures

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