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Illustration of a squid from Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles t.2 [Atlas] (Férussac, 1835). The text lists the species name as Cranchia bouelliana but internet searches for this name turn up only this same illustration, so it is possible that the squid illustrated here is incorrectly categorized.

Landscapes of 2019

This year I have been paying special attention to traditional landscape framing, in addition to my favorite close range depth-focusing style. It is always a challenge, of course, but in the Phoenix Mountains especially it can be difficult to find terrain in which little or none of the surrounding city peeks into the shot. Predictably, I tend to look towards the center point, to Piestewa itself. But now and then a lucky vista will open up facing outward, and if the lighting is right, it can become something really special. Also evident are saguaros featured in the foreground, simply because they’re neat, and they’re everywhere.

North American Summer Wild Flowers.

1) Pink Azalea

2) Cotton-Grass

3) Steeple-Bush

4) Great Burnet

5) Purple Milkweed

6) Wood Lily

7) White Swamp Honeysuckle

8) Joe Pye-Weed

9) New England Aster

10) Turtle Head.

Illustrations by Elsie Louise Shaw taken from ‘According to Season’ by Frances Theodora Parsons. Published 1902 by C. Scribner’s.

Gerstein - University of Toronto