Twig art

Lichen and friends on fallen twigs, from the museum grounds:

A rag lichen and moss. On fallen needles.

Yellow disc lichen and bark barnacle lichen.

*Update: Identified as Common Sunburst Lichen, Xanthoria parietina.

Interesting spotted lichen,

More spotted lichen and bark barnacles.

Rags and moss.

Not a twig. The old eagle totem, with shoulder corsage.

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Varios líquenes, musgos y hongos en ramitas caídas, alrededor del museo.

1. Liquen de hoja, muy común aquí. Con musgo.
2. Un liquen amarillo en forma de platito, y el liquen que llamamos el bálano de la corteza.
3. No había visto estos antes. Líquenes con sus cuerpos reproductivos, los puntitos negros.
4. Otro liquen con lunares. Y más bálanos de corteza.
5. Hojas y musgo.
6. No es ramita. El viejo totem con su ramillete de liquen en el hombro.

Just because

... I like old wood. And eagles.

Eagle and totem on the museum lawn.

... and long, long memories.

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Águila y totem, en frente del museo. Repositorio de memorias de antaño.

One feathered eagle

Every year local chainsaw artists gather in a park at Willow Point to carve logs into sculptures. This year, there were dragons, bears, eagles, salmon, among others. I walked around looking at them; marvelous! Some were beautiful. But they were too new, too bright, too alien to the park around them: I looked at my photos and deleted them all. Another day, after a few rains.

And then there was this old totemic eagle, who's been standing in the shade for 8 years, gently blending in.

Someone seems to have thought he needed feathers. Only one available, though. In the background, a brown bear.