by Kathy Keeler | May 8, 2015 | Travel
Like the windmill, the wooden shoe is symbolic of the Netherlands (link) but they have seemed pretty awkward to me. I’ve tried on wooden shoes and didn’t like the stiffness and was jarred by the hard shoe when it hit the pavement. So I relegated wooden shoes to...
by Kathy Keeler | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Botany Rules” available! I combined the first six posts on how to use common and scientific plant names from my blog (khkeeler.blogspot.com) as a pamphlet. It is now available as a free download. Just click on the link. Go to Botany Rules Download. ...
by Kathy Keeler | Dec 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Buy an electronic copy of Notable Plants of the Foothills Nature Trail. Download onto your computer or phone. $3.50 Below Note: the pamphlet is intended as 1/4 of a standard piece of paper, back to back, so it may be tricky if you want to print a copy. ALL profits to...
by Kathy Keeler | Dec 17, 2014 | Video
New video featuring big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata, icon of western grasslands. Link to video A Wandering Botanist: Big Sagebrush Karen Fournier of Starstream Productions filmed it with and for me. The link will show it to you on Vimeo....
by Kathy Keeler | Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here is a link to a video about one of my favorite plants, Yucca glauca, called soapweed yucca or small soapweed. It’s a conspicuous plant of the plains, slow-growing and tenacious, with pretty white flowers and a famous relationship with the yucca moth,...