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NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery in Saranac Lake, NY invites you to join them on Friday, June 2, 2017 from 5:00-7:00 pm for the opening of a month-long show of exquisite hand-carved wildlife art from member Allen Aardsma.
"Summertime Hummingbird," watercolor and ink. Catherine LaPointe Vollmer, Potsdam, NY. A new exhibit of artist's work, "The Art of Story," opens May 31 in the SLC Arts gallery in Town Hall, Potsdam, NY. Meet the artist reception Friday, June 2 from 5-7 pm
“Nightmare," watercolor. Artist: Valerie Patterson. This work is on display through July 2 at the Adirondack Artists Guild in Saranac Lake, NY, as part of the solo exhibit "Closer to the Light..." Sample the exhibit
On January 20th, 2017, I was walking along the coast at Fort Fisher when I noticed these bur like things attaching to my shoes and jeans. I started to think that it must be happening to other people and animals who get too close to this plant. So I looked up why these plants would be adapted to hook onto things so easily. One reason I found was that it contains a seed and instead of dropping it right next to where it came from, it prefers to disperse out to avoid competition and to spread as far as it can. Plants disperse their seeds in many ways such as in fruit which is then eaten by an animal and carried on from there. More examples would be by using wind or water. This plant, however, uses its tiny projections to hook on to anything that passes by which can be on animal fur or people's clothes. Picking these off of me seemed annoying at first but now I know I helped this plant start a new life cycle by carrying its seed to a new location where it can start to grow on its own.
These eggs, found in the pond in Carlton Place, belong to the wood frog species, Lithobates sylvaticus. This species has adapted a mechanism that allows them to stop breathing and their hearts to stop beating during the winter. Once the weather warms, they thaw and continue life. They mate soon after, being one of the first frogs to breed each year. The eggs are typically laid in vernal pools, or temporary/seasonal bodies of water, which tend to be free from most predators, allowing the eggs to go undisturbed. Breeding frenzies between many frogs are common and eggs are laid in large numbers, typically with many masses in a relatively small area. Once hatched, tadpoles feed on herbivorous organisms while adults tend to eat a variety of insects, along with some other small arthropods.
Source: www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles...
This is a picture of the sunset at Wrightsville Beach on Friday around 5. Sunsets are caused by scattering. Scattering is small particles and molecules of light that change the direction of the sun's rays in the atmosphere. The different colors of the sunset are caused by how much atmosphere the wavelengths have to travel through as well as where the sun is in relation to your location. Sunlight passes through more air at sunset which has the effect of blue and violet wavelengths being deflected from your vision and focusing on colors such as orange, yellow and red. These have longer wavelengths and are as a result more prominent at sunset and sunrise. Also, the time of sunset is dependent of the tilt of the Earth on its axis and your locational relation to the sun's path.