Ailsa Craig
March 31, 2020 Catherine McDonald Neighbourhood means many things to me but none more so than a small country town that espouses the values of working together for the good of their town. In my piece I have tried to show the open countryside all around the town. Coming from
Charlie
“No one has any intention of building a wall“ This sentence was said by the former GDR head of state Walter Ulbricht in a press conference on June 15, 1961. It was a lie. The Berlin Wall was built two months later and the inner German border was closed. The building of the wall had
Blue Change
I looked at the prompt of Eco-systems and initially struggled for any idea before remembering to flick through my photos again from my Canada-USA trip in 2019 and sure enough there was the idea. We went to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. Fortunately had a car so that we
Ecosystems are organically connected.
On the earth we live in, the elements that make up the ecosystems are closely connected to each other. Human is also part of the ecosystem. Since the Industrial Revolution, the ecosystem has been increasingly destroyed by human so far. One part of the result is a disaster caused by
Salar de Uyuni
40”x29″ Inspired by a trip of my husband and my son to South America and their reports and stories last year, especially about the peculiarity of the Salar de Uyuni, this work on “Ecosystems” was created. The Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt lake in the world. It
Aspens
Aspen trees grow throughout the US West, usually at altitudes of 5000 feet or more. I grew up among the aspens that grew all around our family cabin near the Idaho/Wyoming border.They always seemed special to me for their distinctive, beautiful form and color and for the sense of peace
Ecosystem Tree
The ecosystem measures the round and round circulation of living things within their environment. Think of the food chain and the cycles of animals and plants. This has resulted in a system where the strongest gravitate to the top. When this system works well, the world goes along smoothly. However,
The Weedy Patch
We have a certified Pollinator Friendly yard. One of the requirements is to leave part of the property unmown. This is one of the first steps anyone can take to make it critter friendly. We also eliminate pesticide and herbicide use, and choose native species to grow.
The Hum of Bees
Author Elizabeth Lawrence said “The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.” This quote embodies for me the importance of bees in our natural world. They pollinate about 80% of our crops and are therefore crucial to our food security. I admire their highly organized social structure