#pine cones
DECEMBER 15, 2016 - 350/366
THESE PINECONES
I remember picking up these pinecones from beneath a tree near Lake of the Isles several years ago. I’m not sure why these particular ones caught my eye; I live in Minnesota, so I see pinecones all the time. But I remember I was on a walk with a friend, when I noticed something on the ground, and the next thing I know I had filled my shirt with as many of these spiky things as I could carry.
They’ve been hidden away for a couple of years (my cats would love to play with something like this, leaving bits of pinecone everywhere) until this morning, when I was working on a project and needed a bit of wintry accent, My brow furrowed for a moment, and then I remembered the bag of cones that had been sitting on top of our dryer.
I guess I like them because they’re all the same, but they’re all different. I was happy to see them again today, and think I might risk leaving them out for the holidays. I just hope the cats don’t find them.
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The Disregard of Holism
- Original Watercolor Painting
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The Serotinous Cones of Lodgepole Pine
The Serotinous Cones of Lodgepole Pine
Behind the scales of a pine cone lie the seeds that promise future generations of pine trees. Even though the seeds are not housed within fruits as they are in angiosperms (i.e. flowering plants), the tough scales of pine cones help protect the developing seeds and keep them secure until the time comes for dispersal. In some species, scales open on their own as the cone matures, at which point…
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Mixed media collage from Nov. 2019 using water-based markers, crumpled book pages, & a frame cut out of an old color contact sheet
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