This is a #grass‽ From giant bamboos to maize and the common lawn ryegrass, #Poaceae can be quite variable. #Panicum cupressifolium from #Madagascar has minute leaves, making it look like a #cypress (hence the name).
#IAmABotanist #HerbariumLife #CuratorLife

#MarshMadness day 2

Edraith jumps a log in a cypress swamp. This place was so mosquito-y so we couldn't stay in one place too long or they'd catch up with us! Honestly those little annoying pests are the main reason I don't like marsh areas, because I react really badly to their blood sucking with welts that take months (no joke) to heal.

Several parks in the Houston area have been awarded more than $3.4 million in total from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission to help “create and enhance outdoor recreation.”

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/01/27/512099/houston-area-parks-awarded-over-3-4-million-by-state-for-improvements/

G.
Graveyard with Cat in Moonlight, in celebration of Halloween.
Sketching new,old and abandoned graves, some pristine, some neglected . A cat ran ahead of me, then stood on top of a flat gravestone, outlined in light, casting a dark shadow.

My interpretation is of this scene at night, with a full moon.

[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/graveyard-with-cat-in-moonlight-james-mccormack.html ]

"Cypresses with Two FIgures," Vincent van Gogh, 1889.

We all know about van Gogh...if you don't, go Google him. But here we have a row of cypress trees on a bright summer day, at the edge of a wheat field. Two female figures are walking underneath them. It's not easy to see, but the idea here is that the trees are being stirred by Provence's mistral wind.

This just screams "country" to me...the simplicity of the scene, just some trees on the border of a field (and you can see it's summer and harvest is coming) reminds me of my own rural childhood.

And it was probably an unseasonably chilly scene, too. The mistral is a cold wind that can blow any time of year, and usually at a sustained 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. Usually it brings cold, clear weather. I could use some of that right now...

From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands.

"...VUILD has completed a tower-like sauna in Teshikaga, Hokkaido, shaped from curving modules resembling a stack of LEGO. Its free-form surfaces characterizing both the interior and exterior have been parametrically prefabricated from three dimensionally processed Cypress wood blocks, which were produced using a 5-axis CNC machine..."

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/vuild-curving-prefabricated-wood-blocks-tower-sauna-hokkaido-07-26-2024/

A nice Sunday read about the Euphoria Retreat located besides the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras, an important Byzantine landmark in Greece.

On the Deca Architecture website their project is explained with beautiful pictures, design and concept choices, including images of the construction of this stunning looking spa.

https://deca.gr/project/euphoria/

US military is sending large number of troops and military equipments to Jordanian and occupied Syrian bases in anticipation of the planned #Netanyahu attack against Lebanon.

#US, #UK, #France and possibly #Italy will actively participate in defending Israel while Israel will have free hands in their attacks against any targets in #Lebanon and #Syria.

#cypress #youtube how could you vote this guy into the #EU #parliament ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidias_Panayiotou

This piece is part of a collection of works all of the same hillside at different times of the year. Today's is Summer Sunset with Cloud Heart Seven Tree Hill by Joan Stratton. Love that time of day when the shadows are long as the sun goes down.

Have a great day :))

#FediGiftShop
https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/featured/summer-sunset-with-cloud-heart-seven-tree-hill-joan-stratton.html
#landscape #cypress trees #twilight #grassy hill #grazing animal #sheep #vibrant sky #purple #red #bokeh lights #Art #Artforsale #Ayearforart #Buyintoart #Art #Paintingsbyjoan #JoanStratton

It's been quite a while since I created any new art...and I finally got back to it! I hope to continue :)

Summer Sundown Seven Tree Hill by Joan Stratton - A serene landscape at twilight with seven tall cypress trees standing upright on a grassy hill.

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https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/featured/summer-sundown-seven-tree-hill-joan-stratton.html
#landscape #cypress trees #twilight #grassy hill #grazing animal #sheep #vibrant sky #purple #red #bokeh lights #Art #Artforsale #Ayearforart #Buyintoart #Art #Paintingsbyjoan #JoanStratton

Marsh colors of winter reflections, on demand prints here:

https://www.pictorem.com/977478/Marsh%20Colors%20of%20Winter.html

Symmetrical?
#abstract
#symmetry
#plants
#pink
#cypress

Spent a few days last week exploring Lake Verret, Louisiana, by kayak with a friend of mine. I was photographing the large cypress in the foreground, allowing my kayak to drift, when I came around the other side and saw this view, with an egret in the background framed by the Spanish moss. Such a peaceful scene.
Prints available at https://rickberk.pixels.com/featured/whispers-of-the-bayou-rick-berk.html

misplaced hopes and dreams
taught a faulty sense of self
crows song bitter sweet...

#MastoPrompt - misplace
#575Prompt - faulty
#DailyHaikuPrompt - crow

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lunch-break-crow-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html