Tag: American West
A Sagebrush Environment
I have previously posted both paintings and photographs of sagebrush, which can be found just a short walk from my home.
And here’s a random sagebrush, growing out of a juniper in my neighbor’s yard, not too far from the site where that picture was painted.
Out here, sagebrush tends to grow on any patch of land that’s not developed, either with crops or sod.
Now for your viewing pleasure, here is proof from the Idaho Museum of Natural History that a “sagebrush steppe” is a unique ecosystem.
This is not to say that sagebrush is a monoculture. It tends to grow interspersed with Rabbit Bush, which looks like this:
Anyway, here are some pictures from the museum of a woman’s shirt and skirt woven mostly from sagebrush.
Very uncomfortable looking, and I don’t blame them for switching to hide clothing as soon as they could!
This is My State
On the campus of Idaho State University, in Pocatello, is the Idaho Natural History Museum. My husband and I visited recently. I’ll be posting pictures from it throughout this month, so you can enjoy the unique environment that we live in .
Ahh, a topographic map of Idaho. I never get tired of stuff like this.
The smooth u-shaped area in the southern part of the state is the Snake River Plain. I live on the lower right side of the U. The air is usually so clear that I can look north from my house and see the beginnings of the Pioneer mountains fifty miles away.
Red, White, and Blue and Blue
The view from my deck.
The red, white & blue is some bunting that I have hung (my country’s 250th anniversary is coming up). The additional blue, in the background — flax flowers.
I Made a Real Good Thing
Here it is.
Behold, Turkeys
These were spotted last week, in Spring. Mating season? The toms all had their tails fanned, as you see, but they were behaving themselves … just walking around and grazing.
In the background, sage and juniper. I live in a semiarid climate.
