crates | June 28, 2007
There was an article in the paper a few days ago talking about how the common birds of Washington State are diminishing drastically in numbers. Today they took the American Bald Eagle off the endangered species list, but unfortunately many of these common birds don’t have the glamour nor do they occupy public awareness as does the magnificent [...]
crates | June 18, 2007
Ever wonder why some organisms occur on all or almost all the southern continents? Paleontologists noticed that a certain plant fossil, Glossopteris, was found in rock deposits (Permian-Triassic) of Africa, South America, Anarctica, Australia and India. This led some to believe that there was once a large southern land mass that was eventually named Gonwana after the district in [...]
crates | April 7, 2007
Yesterday morning when I walked out on the porch, it was so slippery that I thought for a moment that it had frosted during the night. I then realized that there was a film of yellow pollen over the porch and steps which acted as as a fine lubricant. Wiping the railing, I found that [...]