Happy Halloween: Changes within a season: Reflections on mid to late autumn
This scene above is part of my regular commute to work. The view of the little white church nestled in fall foliage across Crystal Lake opens up after a long drive crossing through kaleidoscopic tree tunnels this time of the year, past few weeks
on a different vibe pass this less serene vista on my commute
I have not seen anything quite like this creative use of corn stalks before. Note exactly your friendly scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. I explored the history of more traditional ways of displaying corn stalks in a previous blog here.
let's review what has happened so far and what is to come.
do decorations here?
what is more common is this pic of standard corn stalks
it is very common to display corn stalks
this derived from stook, more on this below or separate blog
hay and straw bales also sold variety of places pics michaels, farm stand, etc.
significant differences in the way these crops are stored, dried, used, shaped and colors
explain differences,
free art of the harvest program
do up as a blog later
add hay cock here
I like big words and I can not lie...
I find that specific words help to create a word picture that helps me understand and identify and understand the seasonal changes I see around me.
For example,
The term for leaves changing color is senescence.
The term for leaves dropping is abscission.
The sound of gently rustling leaves is psithurism (from the Greek for "whispering")
As part of our free outreach program to local schools and community groups, our current intern, Juli Medeiros, presented at the Conway Adult Day Center.
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During the program she explored the image she is holding on loan for exhibit from the Conway Historical Society
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in studying artworks, it is important to look at the back ....
label on the back
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confusion over what type of harvest
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distinctive shape and size and color, identifies it
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for more see previous blog here.
To learn more about interpreting the seasonal changes see the webpage that our intern Juli Medeiros created for the circulation display she created here.
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now the bright colors of the past few weeks are fading to a golden ...
fallen leaves revealing skelatol structure of trees
fractels, see pdf book facebook
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in the Library Director's office
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add shocks and cocks here?
or do in later blog?
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