Please read. The places you love, that are on your bucket list, that belong to all of us are in grave danger. This is not a drill and this is not hyperbole. Our #PublicLands are facing a dire threat. #ParkChat #NationalParks #Conservation #Outdoors #Camping
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A 2006 crystal grey metallic WRX 3/4 view from the drivers rear. The car is in front of a pine tree, with mountains in the background at sunset.
Your photo reminds me of this one I took of my old WRX. I was on my way home from the Packwood ProSolo in 2013. I stopped at "Deadman Pass" off I-84... Like yours, it looks like a car ad. #ParkChat
This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of the negative.
1. My little mini daffodils are in bloom and they are so cute!
2. 30MPG on a tank of 93 octane in my WRX is amazing.
3. Nature journaling w/ students who want to do it & then share their poetry w/ you.
That poster was tough for me to get. It wasn't out at the Ash River VC, and Breanna Trygg (Voyageurs Conservancy) found one for me, not sure where, and I paid her for it, since she bought it. I really wanted one though! #ParkChat
The "front" of my room with posters from Voyageurs NP, "Crane Country", Smith Falls SP (Nebraska) and Fishes of Minnesota (from Itasca SP (Minnesota)). Also, I think there's a Fossil Day poster from Badlands NP.
The "Maws" poster in action
Fossils of the Green River Formation poster from Fossil Butte
Here are some photos showing posters in my classroom! #ParkChat
A wild crocus in the woods near the high school where I teach
All of them were amazing; quiet and "in the moment." It was just a really great experience. #ParkChat
Today was a "non-instructional day" for juniors to take the SAT. I volunteered to do a "natural journaling" activity in the afternoon. 8 students signed up to do it; 3 of them current students. Two students shared the poems they were inspired to write. #ParkChat
A12 #ParkChat Next we are going to chat about an article we saw that delineated a significant list of negatives about the Parks. I’ll past it again as homework by Sunday. We’d like some volunteers to help us with some of the Qs-five or six of you perhaps. At the least I expect this to be interesting
Thank you for hosting! I will get those classroom photos tomorrow so you can see some of the visual ways I try to inspire my students (besides "Maws" and my hatred of invasive species). #ParkChat
A11 #ParkChat I don't have kids, but with my students, just having materials on hand is important. I would think maybe something like a set of watercolor pencils and a sketch book would be a start.
A9 #ParkChat I haven't seen something like this... yet. I hope to.
A10 #ParkChat I'm not sure if just one could really encompass everything.
Maybe Wind Cave or Great Basin because they both have amazing above AND below ground experiences?
I'm scheduled to go to Voyageurs NP again this year in mid-August! #ParkChat
"The" aqueduct.
a skipper at antietam creek
Looking upstream at the Fifteenmile Creek confluence
A dragonfly at Antietam Creek
A8 #ParkChat That's a tough one. I'm torn between my "local" C&O Canal, the Badlands and Voyageurs.
I'll go with the C&O Canal, and photography, only because that's the visual art I'm most comfortable with.
A bee burying itself in some bee balm
This is the photo my "art" was based on. #ParkChat
A7 #ParkChat I haven't done an art workshop in a park, unless you count the artistic sessions at a #STEAMinthePark. My best artistic creation is apparently something I don't have a photo of. I was going to post it, but can't find it.
Desperately trying to keep up! It's been awesome so far, and I have a lot of homework already! #ParkChat
Sunset at Fort Washington.
A6 #ParkChat Sunset. Fort Washington Park. I forced my poor cellphone camera to do this, and it acquiesced.
A5 #ParkChat I bring so many park related things into my classroom, it's a bit of a blur. I have a gorgeous piece of Native American art of a turtle that reminds me of the midwest whenever I look at it. (I'll get a photo tomorrow). I also have a bunch of photos I printed out and posted...
I apparently don't have a lot of photos of my classroom available here. I'll take a photo or two of the posters (including Voyageurs "park after dark") that I have when I go in tomorrow. #ParkChat
An epic poster from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources that plays on Jaws, except it shows the invasive blue catfish as "Jaws" and a little Maryland blue crab as the hapless swimmer.
A4 #ParkChat I have. Some I've bought. Some I've pleaded for (as a teacher, wanting things for my classroom).
I have posters galore. I want things to inspire and interest my students. I know that even subconsciously, the things in my classroom will reach them.
Honestly, I don't know. I think it was a PBS documentary I saw at my parents' house, talking about "badlands". When I drove across the country in 2011, I felt I missed out not stopping by, so I maybe sure I did so in 2012. I fell in love with the place. #ParkChat
The bison are just one part of the Badlands experience
Badlands formations with Bison antiquus bones imbedded
A3 #ParkChat Is it in bad form to use the same park multiple times? Because it's definitely Badlands NP again, because of the colors, the clay, the constantly shifting experience, like the whole park is a creative experiment.
Sunset at Norbeck Pass.
A2 #ParkChat I'm not sure there an image as much as there was an idea. Probably the one NPS site that I felt I *had* to visit was Badlands NP. I first visited in 2012. I've been back soooo many times. I definitely needed to visit it. I'm still not sure why.
Shadows of water striders on the water at Kendall Lake, just before the 2024 solar eclipse
A1 #ParkChat I see the "little things." Seriously, I often see the things that no one else sees, because they are always looking for the most noticeable.
Welcome to #ParkChat with our special host @spaceart.bsky.social ,talking Art in the Parks tonight. Who's here and feeling creative? @59nationalparks.bsky.social
Karen in Maryland, feeling tired, but having a good #PublicLands related experience to end my day at work. #ParkChat
Hi folks, I’m hosting #parkchat tonight at 9pm EDT. The topic is “Art in the Parks.” Find a photo, poster, painting, etc you love about parks. My plan is to ask questions that’ll be perfect for you to share it in your answers. Let’s flood Bluesky with beauty tonight.
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
At last year's EV Grand Prix for the high school team I support, all of the support vehicles provided by the District of Columbia were F-150 Lightnings -- not the supercharged ones, but the electric ones. We could replenish our race cars' batteries, and run power tools off them!
