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Power for a Factory
The Dearborn factory required a large power generation facility and, in days gone by, this was provided by a large steam engine driving generators. This machine is now nicely preserved. The scale of it is a bit hard to represent. … Continue reading
Posted in photo, Travel
Tagged Dearborn, electrical, generation, Henry Ford, michigan, museum, photo, plant, steam, travel
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A Stinking Rarity
Some plants bloom frequently. Others bloom once a year. What is slightly more unusual is a plant that only blooms once every 7-10 years. The Titan Arum is one such plant and an example lives in the Amazon Spheres in … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo, wildlife
Tagged Amazon spheres, bloom, flower, photo, plant, rare, seattle, smell, stink, Titan arum, washington
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Dahlia Collection
The Rose Garden in Point Defiance Park was a feature but there weren’t only roses. They also had a dahlia section. Nancy loves dahlias so we checked this out. The variety of these blooms was almost as good as it … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest
Tagged dahlia, flower, photo, plant, point defiance park, tacoma, washington
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Varieties of Tulip Shape
I thought tulips came in one shape. I was wrong. Walking around the gardens at RoozenGaarde in Mt Vernon, I got to see so many varieties of tulip and I was amazed at the different shapes and sizes. Color varieties … Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged flower, mt Vernon, photo, plant, roozengaard, Skagit, Tulip, valley, Variety, washington
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Moisture on the Lichen
Rain forest conditions do tend to mean lots of moisture in the air. That much moisture means perfect conditions for the growth of lichen. The lichen do a great job of collecting the moisture from the air to keep them … Continue reading
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Tagged big island, Hawaii, lichen, moisture, photo, plant, rain forest, vacation, water, wildlife
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Botanic Garden
The Botanic Garden in Balboa Park is apparently one of the most popular visitor locations in the city. It isn’t hard to see why since it is densely packed with all manner of vegetation, much of which is beautiful to … Continue reading
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Tagged balboa, botanic, california, caterpillar, flower, garden, orchid, park, photo, plant, san Diego, wildlife
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Carnivorous Plants
We took a trip to the University of California Botanic Gardens at Berkeley to see what the collection included. I will share a bit more about the place in due course but one early stop was in a glasshouse that … Continue reading
Posted in Bay Area, photo
Tagged berkeley, botanic, california, carniverous, garden, photo, pitcher, plant, university
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