Lovely drawing! Wish I could have attended that AntCourse with you! Although I'm a desert rat at heart, yours is the first essay to convince me of the delights of the cool mist forests. Saguaro or bromeliads- Life is marvelous!
I love deserts too. AntCourse continues, although I no longer act as an instructor. Here is a link, in case you want to try it. It is not limited to students, and has sometimes drawn amateurs. http://www.aotwp.org/ant-course.html
Another desert lover! Your work in the Namib certainly must have helped inculcate that fondness. Peter Ward did a lot of work out in the Karoo and of course there's Rüdiger. Professor Ward said this of his paleontology work in the Great Karoo desert of South Africa:
"You are a soldier of low rank; you live and campaign in the field. Ignorance is the enemy, curiosity is the weapon of choice. Each morning you don the dusty jeans, the comfortable boots and cool cotton shirt. You strap on belts, attach the aged leather of field case, Brunton compass, GPS, and loupe holder; gather the cold steel of hammer and chisel, the comfortable hat, and await the day's orders. A particular river course needs to be searched. A cliff site that needs to be scrutinized. What fossils to search for, how the bone will look, why this particular day's work is important. You regard the gathered faces of the team you will be with today and smile. There is nowhere you would rather be.
I’m smitten by fog and mist, the gentle mysteriousness of it, and try to photograph when I can.
Beautifully written
Lovely drawing! Wish I could have attended that AntCourse with you! Although I'm a desert rat at heart, yours is the first essay to convince me of the delights of the cool mist forests. Saguaro or bromeliads- Life is marvelous!
I love deserts too. AntCourse continues, although I no longer act as an instructor. Here is a link, in case you want to try it. It is not limited to students, and has sometimes drawn amateurs. http://www.aotwp.org/ant-course.html
Another desert lover! Your work in the Namib certainly must have helped inculcate that fondness. Peter Ward did a lot of work out in the Karoo and of course there's Rüdiger. Professor Ward said this of his paleontology work in the Great Karoo desert of South Africa:
"You are a soldier of low rank; you live and campaign in the field. Ignorance is the enemy, curiosity is the weapon of choice. Each morning you don the dusty jeans, the comfortable boots and cool cotton shirt. You strap on belts, attach the aged leather of field case, Brunton compass, GPS, and loupe holder; gather the cold steel of hammer and chisel, the comfortable hat, and await the day's orders. A particular river course needs to be searched. A cliff site that needs to be scrutinized. What fossils to search for, how the bone will look, why this particular day's work is important. You regard the gathered faces of the team you will be with today and smile. There is nowhere you would rather be.
Why would you come?
Who wouldn't?"
Lovely! I’d come.