While growing up, I had several editions of Where’s Waldo? on my bookshelf. First published in England in 1987 as Where’s Wally? (Waldo is the American version), each book includes a series of highly detailed illustrations by British artist Martin…
I was so busy with metadata entry today that I almost forgot to post. Have a wonderful evening… – Evening scene on a Minnesota lake, undated. (From the Department of Botany records)…
This past weekend I traveled to southeastern Minnesota to visit family and camp at Forestville State Park near Preston in Fillmore County. Forestville State Park resides in the Root River Valley, a unique area in the southeast corner of the…
For the Friday feature this week, why don’t we focus on a specific genus of fungi? It’s Friday the 13th, a day of superstition and fear of weird occurrences. The best that I can do in that department is to…
If you have been a regular follower of the Exploring blog, you likely have noticed the black and white color scheme apparent throughout the posts, indicative of the archival materials and the time period we are dealing with. Though the…
Yesterday, I shared photographs of the Minnesota Seaside Station from the collection of the Department of Botany. But I didn’t share them all… The Minnesota Seaside Station, located near Port Renfrew off of the coast of British Columbia in the…
On page 676 of Vol. 19, No. 487 of the journal Science, a notice appears from Conway MacMillan, professor of Botany at the University of Minnesota, and State Botanist for the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey. The notice informed…
An important component in the study of plants is an understanding of the plant life cycle, the process of germination, and how a seed becomes a flower. Therefore it isn’t too surprising to find images of these little seedlings in…
Last Friday, I walked across campus from Andersen Library to the Bell Museum of Natural History in order to research the animal habitat groups that are featured in the museum’s stunning dioramas. As I stood in front of a display…
This University of Minnesota botanist is intensely dedicated to his study of Minnesota flora… – Rock vegetation, lichens, and mosses on sand bluff, Minnehaha, July, 1902 (From the photograph collection of the Department of Botany)…