tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83724409157079682122024-03-13T03:41:15.336-04:00Quercus DesignLiving in Maine, traveling the world, curious about everything.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-47865682589011663832014-08-07T16:14:00.002-04:002014-08-07T16:14:35.372-04:00New beachcombing photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oops! I've posted 5 new Beachcombing photos on the new blog site and completely forgot to put links here. So sorry! Come on over to see them:<a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/"> http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/</a> (and don't forget to subscribe to the new blog instead of this one.)<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-2091518645651162822014-07-28T19:02:00.001-04:002014-07-28T19:02:52.690-04:00New post: Barcelona No.3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The latest post on the new blog site: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/barcelona-beachcombing-no-3-just-the-sea-glass/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/barcelona-beachcombing-no-3-just-the-sea-glass/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-71509030737197216212014-07-25T20:45:00.001-04:002014-07-25T20:45:41.801-04:00New post: Eye Buy Art<br />
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New post on the new blog - custom collection-portraits and limited edition prints available: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/eye-buy-art/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/eye-buy-art/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-56581598501335945832014-07-16T15:25:00.002-04:002014-07-16T15:25:49.742-04:00New Post: Platja San Sebastià, Barcelona, Spain; May 20, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post on the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/platja-san-sebastia-barcelona-spain-may-20-2014/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/platja-san-sebastia-barcelona-spain-may-20-2014/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-47942597716382946922014-07-10T14:05:00.002-04:002014-07-18T10:12:19.632-04:00New post: 21 Broad Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post on the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/21-broad-street-nantucket/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/21-broad-street-nantucket/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-16685068160417399862014-07-07T18:40:00.000-04:002014-07-07T18:40:02.768-04:00Frozen Charlotte<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post here: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/frozen-charlotte/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/frozen-charlotte/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-69260781452676018242014-06-19T22:33:00.001-04:002014-06-19T22:33:19.312-04:00New post: Rabbit Rabbit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post on the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/rabbit-rabbit/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/rabbit-rabbit/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-21377079040709861042014-06-16T18:00:00.001-04:002014-06-16T18:00:20.536-04:00New post: La Boqueria market, Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post on the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/la-boqueria-market-barcelona/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/la-boqueria-market-barcelona/</a></div>
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(warning, though, it's a market of butcher shops and fishmongers, so lots of dead animals)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-62404980341463355262014-06-11T22:39:00.003-04:002014-06-11T22:39:40.102-04:00New post: Basilica de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the new blog:<a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/basilica-de-la-sagrada-familia-barcelona/" target="_blank"> http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/basilica-de-la-sagrada-familia-barcelona/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-50949332795366583652014-06-09T07:34:00.004-04:002014-06-09T07:34:34.117-04:00New Post: Palau de la Musica, Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/palau-de-la-musica-catalana-barcelona/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/palau-de-la-musica-catalana-barcelona/</a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-28539478943741596652014-06-09T07:31:00.003-04:002014-06-09T07:34:51.218-04:00New post: Festival of San Isidro, Madrid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post about our adventures in Madrid over on the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/fiestas-de-san-isidro-labrador-madrid-2014/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/fiestas-de-san-isidro-labrador-madrid-2014/</a> <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-9237944046647320442014-05-30T12:55:00.001-04:002014-05-30T12:55:03.134-04:00New post alert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New post at the new blog: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/work-in-progress/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/work-in-progress/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-34692779558422353152014-05-26T22:29:00.000-04:002014-05-26T22:29:55.010-04:00Another new post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've just finished a new post on the new blog site - this is Beachcombing series No.74. Come on over and read all about it! <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/manset-town-dock-maine-april-22-2014-beachcombing-series-no-74/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/manset-town-dock-maine-april-22-2014-beachcombing-series-no-74/</a><br />
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I'll keep posting links like this for the next week or so, in case anyone has trouble updating their blog feed. If you don't see a way to follow that you're familiar with, let me know and I'll add that format if I can.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-57621243255245923382014-05-23T12:47:00.003-04:002014-05-23T12:49:10.725-04:00New blog site!Hi everyone! My new blog site is up and running, and the first post there has just gone live: <a href="http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/">http://jenniferbooher.com/wp/</a><br />
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I'm still working on the design over there, and haven't quite figured out how to automatically point this web address to that one yet (but I will!) so for now, I hope you won't mind an extra click to get there. The new site connects beautifully to my website (which was the whole point of moving), so it's simple now to see my portfolio. The whole Beachcombing series on one page!<br />
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The latest post is about this baby, No.73 in the Beachcombing series:<br />
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Come on over and say hi!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-84464018278476542512014-04-03T23:42:00.001-04:002014-04-04T07:15:18.469-04:00New beginnings<div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is how the Beachcombing pieces start - sorting the debris from a day of beachcombing, looking for patterns, colors, likenesses. This one seems to be leaning toward warm greys and off-whites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for another new beginning, <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'm going to be moving this blog from the Blogger host over to Wordpress this month, and I'm not sure how that will affect the feed. Cross your fingers that it goes smoothly. I'm digitally literate but not fluent!</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-22007259562844672172014-03-26T17:59:00.003-04:002014-03-26T18:25:30.939-04:00Beachcombing Research<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how many of you have discovered Pinterest, but I find it
very useful for storing research projects - places I will be visiting,
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<span style="font-size: large;">The link above is to the Beachcombing board, where I've stashed all kinds of fascinating sites dealing with stuff found on beaches: everything from clams of the Pacific Northwest to drift seed identification to explanations of sand formations. There's even a Feather Atlas! Fabulous stuff, so I figured I'd share it with you. If you've got some favorite sites, let me know in the comments - I'm sick in bed this week and could use some virtual exploration...</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-26469276571649764822014-03-08T17:26:00.000-05:002014-03-08T17:26:38.977-05:00Ice Fishing on Eagle Lake, March 1, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a wonderful colony of ice shacks on Eagle Lake, not far from my house, and I love watching the way their owners change them every year. You may recognize some of these from <a href="http://quercusdesign.blogspot.com/2013/02/ice-fishing-shacks-on-eagle-lake.html">my last post about them</a>, but keep an sharp eye out - some have been painted: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some have had structural changes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some have been accessorized:</span><br />
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<i>Sea glass, Dog Whelk (Thais lapillus), Smooth Periwinkles (Littorina
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<span style="font-size: large;">This winter my husband and I built a new lighting support for the light box, and this was the first photo I shot on my new rig. It's much less cluttered than the six mic stands I used to borrow from him, and simpler than re-setting them every time he has a performance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's pretty simple - the base and the four uprights are screwed together, and the top square is clamped on so I can move it up and down as needed. The design flaws are already becoming apparent. The front piece is annoyingly in the way when I move from arranging pieces to looking at them from above: I bonk my head every time. Must figure out how to remove that but keep the frame stable. I still want to prop the foam core boards around the outside and lay one over the top, but that has also gotten more complicated. I'll need to trim some to fit within the frame, and tape others together so they are tall enough to rest on the floor. It's a work-in-progress, that's for sure!</span></div>
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<i>Beach stones, Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis), driftwood, U.S.
penny, acorn cap (Quercus sp.), sea glass, barnacles (Semibalanus
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<span style="font-size: large;">A wonderful and surreal thing about blogging is that you can become friendly with people who you have never met, and they can live anywhere in the world. You feel like you know a part of them through their posts, and another bit through commenting on each other's work. <a href="http://beachedart.blogspot.com/">Anke</a> and <a href="http://ariadnefromgreece.blogspot.com/">Ariadne</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturegrl64/with/12324181353/">Diana</a>, if I ever end up in Germany or Greece or Montana, for sure we will meet up over coffee or cocktails (depending on the time of day) and talk! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in August, Justine Hand (of the so-beautiful <a href="http://designskool.net/">Designskool</a> blog)
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<span style="font-size: large;">Justine's daughter is the best beachcomber I've ever met. Maybe it helps that she's so much closer to the ground, but she has an eagle eye for sea glass. That gorgeous blue piece in the center of the top photo? I didn't find it, Solvi gave it to me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember <a href="http://quercusdesign.blogspot.com/2014/02/hulls-cove-august-6-2013-beachcombing.html">back here</a> I said I had too many finds for one photo, so I was working on a second? Finally finished it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've had an unusual influx of snowy owls here in Maine, and there are five who have settled in at the local airport. I was lucky enough to see three of them today (but only two were close enough to photograph.) The owls are huge. The one on the telephone pole was probably twenty feet away from me (and not at all fazed by the five or six paparazzi snapping photos), and I would guess it to be a good two feet tall. The wingspan of the one below must have been four feet. They are an arctic species who usually nest on the ground in the tundra, and what I've been told is that their main prey species (lemmings? or voles? some sort of small rodent) is prone to population spikes and crashes. When the prey population crashes, the owls come south looking for food. And here they are - hello there, Hedwig!</span><br />
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It was another perfect summer day, and I spent several hours on the beach. There were so many interesting things that I've had to make two photos for this day. This one shows three European Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas) and a random crab claw with a length of the nylon rope used to tie lobster buoys to the traps. I couldn't resist the juxtaposition of the orange-and-turquoise rope with the crab shells, and the rope was just too stiff to incorporate into a more elaborate composition, so this is No.70a. I'm still working on 70b.<br />
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It was an interesting day for wildlife, too: I saw a baby guillemot, a small flock of <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/semipalmated_plover/id">Semipalmated Plovers</a>, and a <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/sanderling/id">Sanderling</a>: I <a href="http://quercusdesign.blogspot.com/2014/01/critters.html">posted photos of them last week</a>, but the guillemot was so cute I'll have to show you another one. Something about those little feet paddling away:<br />
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I ran into a bunch of interesting animals last year that never made it onto the blog. Either I didn't have enough information to write a whole post, or I just never got around to editing the photos. I thought you might enjoy them, though, so I'm rolling a whole bunch of random critter pictures into this one post.<br />
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Beavers (<span class="st"><em>Castor canadensis) </em></span>on the Eagle Lake Beaver Pond just after sunrise:</div>
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An alewife (<span class="st"><i>Alosa pseudoharengus</i>) </span>struggling up the fish ladder to Somes Pond:</div>
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An osprey (<span class="st"><i>Pandion haliaetus</i>)</span> looking for alewives in Somes Pond and the Somesville Millpond:<br />
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And to finish off, a baby Guillemot (<i>Uria aalge,</i> I think<i>)</i>. Just look at those little feet!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529253096882635891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372440915707968212.post-8604388291779454792014-01-21T20:00:00.000-05:002014-01-21T20:00:00.700-05:00I learned a new word<br />
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<i>Shinrin-yoku</i></div>
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It's Japanese.<br />
<i>shinrin</i> = forest<br />
<i>yoku</i> = bath<br />
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I gather the idea is to take a walk in the woods to refresh oneself and reduce stress. Some of us have always done that, but apparently it's a Thing now, like yoga or aromatherapy:<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_bathing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_bathing</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24806994">www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24806994</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2793346/">www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2793346/</a><br />
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Want to see what I've been up to? In September, after the summer rentals ended and we moved back into our house, I started renovating my studio so it could be an additional bedroom during the summer season. It still has to function as a studio for the other 9 months of the year, though!<br />
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Here's what it used to look like:<br />
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And then I started renovating: <br />
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Now, after four months of getting rid of stuff, painting the walls, moving in a daybed, and hanging curtains, it looks like this: <br />
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Well, it <i>can</i> look like that, and it will for the renters. But right now, because it's a working studio, it <i>actually</i> looks like this:</div>
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Still very full of cool things, but a much nicer place to spend time. I can invite friends and clients into the studio now without worrying about their safety! It isn't quite finished - there are two large photographs still at the frame shop, and as you can
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Come summertime, the books will stay in place, but all the boxes, sculptures, and drafting materials will have to go into storage. I'm not going to worry about that til May, though. Right now, I think I'll go curl up on my cozy daybed and do crossword puzzles!</div>
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