tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post181522280186338830..comments2024-03-22T20:11:44.673-04:00Comments on Saratoga woods and waterways: Now, THAT's More Like It!Jacqueline Donnellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-3693777385952040932016-04-15T20:55:04.102-04:002016-04-15T20:55:04.102-04:00Thanks, friends, for your wonderful comments. See...Thanks, friends, for your wonderful comments. Seems like together we make up an admiration society for both Draba verna and Aldo Leopold. I am especially grateful, Wayne, for the Leopold comment on ecological damage and its relevance to today's political situation.Jacqueline Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-48073220529444686712016-04-15T12:06:54.802-04:002016-04-15T12:06:54.802-04:00So that's what that flower is called. Love rea...So that's what that flower is called. Love reading your blog<br />Its quite a learning experience. Thank you!Salty Pumpkin Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116105220109225010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-18892221436592206302016-04-14T23:26:26.643-04:002016-04-14T23:26:26.643-04:00Thank you for inspirational images, and for the re...Thank you for inspirational images, and for the reminder of the wisdom of Aldo Leopold. My freshman botany professor's lectures included readings from A Sand County Almanac every month. Of course, it became a sacred book for all his student's. (I need only lift my eyes to see it on my bookshelf now, next to Walden.) Leopold's words are as relevant today as ever, and perhaps even more important today, when the importance of addressing climate change incredibly is still being debated by presidential candidates. In 1949 Leopold wrote: <br /> “Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise.” <br />Waynehttp://www.wwjonesphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-85506856174331957482016-04-14T09:21:57.669-04:002016-04-14T09:21:57.669-04:00I can still remember finding Sand County Almanac i...I can still remember finding Sand County Almanac in the college bookstore when I went wandering there....something to read with your heart and never forget. Actually I still have that little paperback somewhere upstairs. Thanks for the reminder and the lovely photos. I love newts!threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-62075873814484261482016-04-14T08:28:33.019-04:002016-04-14T08:28:33.019-04:00I think I first read those words of Leopold's ...I think I first read those words of Leopold's 47 years ago! He had a way of making things memorable! Finally got some spring weather here too.The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-70580116635573186282016-04-14T07:27:14.172-04:002016-04-14T07:27:14.172-04:00Draba verna might be my favorite spring flower, ju...Draba verna might be my favorite spring flower, just because it's about the earliest and so, so cute!<br /><br />Sara Rallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16016881952044341477noreply@blogger.com