Posted on February 11, 2015
by Christine
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Beautiful parasites. Look closely at nature. There’s life everywhere. There’s a plan. Take your time when inspecting, like you have all the time in the world. Time? Throw away that watch. Stop checking your cell phone…. Get lost in exploration. Winter has some secret…
Category: art, Artwork, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, watercolor sketchingTags: amber jelly fungus, art, Artwork, branch, journal, lichen, moss, painting, sketchbook, watercolor
Posted on May 4, 2010
by Christine
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I’m currently studying to become a Master Naturalist in the state of Illinois, a class which takes us to various locations to study different subjects. Today we were at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, studying ornithology. Oooo birds! This morning we went for a bird hike and…
Category: Birds, Chicago, chickadee, hiking, Landscape, nature, wildlifeTags: bird banding, brown headed cowbird, canyon, canyon hike, chickadee, columbine, Cook County Forest Preserves, lichen, moss, sagawau canyon, sagawau environmental learning center
Posted on December 3, 2009
by Christine
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Just look at the beautiful specimen I found while hiking last Sunday! I always like to note what the weather conditions are because I think it is so vital to what you encounter in the woods. While I was hiking it was 41°F, raining…
Category: art, Artwork, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbook, weatherTags: Christine Kane Art, ckane, earthball, how to paint mushrooms, lichen, lichen sketch, moss, moss sketch, mushrooms, mushrooms of the forest, mushrooms on bark, puffball, puffball sketch, sketchbook, spores, watercolor mushroom
Posted on November 28, 2009
by Christine
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Do you remember our hiking trip on Thanksgiving Day? Well, I found the most beautiful piece of lichen growing on a section of branch. This little piece of branch was laying in the middle of the trail. Ohhhh, ahhhh! I looks like an alien…
Category: art, Artwork, hiking, nature, Nature Sketching, sketchbookTags: algae, apothecia, Christine Kane Art, ckane, country lane woods, difference between lichen and moss, fungi, hiking, lichen, lichen sketch, spores, thallus, watercolor painting of lichen, what is lichen
Posted on November 27, 2009
by Christine
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I took a 2 hour hike at Country Lane Woods on Thanksgiving morning and was very thankful I did (get it, get it), because the wildlife was out in droves! I’m not sure why. Was it because the woods were empty of humans? Did the wildlife…
Category: Birds, cedar wax wing, Chicago, hiking, nature, red-bellied woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, wildlifeTags: blue jay, cedar wax wing, chickadee, Cook County Forest Preserves, country lane woods, hiking, lichen, red-bellied woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, sandhill crane, white tail deer
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