What is Black and white and red all over?

 

When Cyanotypes and Fabric meet

 

From as ampling of ferns that Karen Houlding brought over. 

From a bucket of rocks

Various Lichen and Moss

Sword Ferns

Various leaves

Basic Botany Zines

 Here are links to Sandra Moreno's Basic Botany Zines

Basic Botany 1 

Basic Botany 2

Basic Botany 3

Basic Botany 4

Basic Botany 5

Basic Botany_6

PNW Tree Zine A

PNW Tree Zine B

Hazelwoods Wetlands

 
Out with my friend Karen at the Hazelwood Wetlands last Thursday. It was one of those rare sunny winter days. The sketching was quick, the conversation long and the tea delicious. 

Buds

Buds are embryonic. I love the way that Biology uses the same terminology for both flora and fauna. 

Buds are embryonic, undeveloped shoots from which leaves, stems and flowers arise.

Scales are a protective layer keeping woody plant buds dormant and safe through cold winters.

Some plants break out leaves first, then flowers follow. This is called Synanthous. Other plants flower first and then their leaves break out.  And some just have one huge bud. 

Synanthous plants are the most common. After all they need photosynthesis and respiration almost immediately.  

Hysteranthos are less common. These include Redbud, Witch Hazel, Forsythia, Magnolia, Cherry Blossom, Paper Bush, and various bulbs like Colchicum, Crocus, and Amaryllis

Mixed Buds include  maples, apples, and cherries

 about buds

From my nature journal

Here are some excerpts from my Nature Journal about
 Fruits and Seeds 

 

Specimen Cards

Here are some specimen cards created with the Nature Explores Club sponsored by the
Sammamish Heritage Garden