https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog daily 1.0 2021-10-16 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/white-lined-sphinx-moth monthly 0.5 2021-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1634359189281-RM1M670VPXLAB5WB23GL/White-lines-sphinx-moth-Hyles-lineata.jpg Musings from a Desert Rat - White-lined Sphinx Moth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/large-milkweed-bug monthly 0.5 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1634145229845-UJX1G7K6OZKREV401X03/Large-Milkweed-Bug-Nymphs-on-Milkweed-.jpg Musings from a Desert Rat - Large Milkweed Bug - Make it stand out Large Milkweed Bug nymphs of varying instars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1634145695060-Y5N1YGZCB4VQ9PWG3KOV/Large-Milkweed-Bug-adult-Rostrum.jpg Musings from a Desert Rat - Large Milkweed Bug - Make it stand out Large milkweed bug adult with rostrum tucked under body https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/wasps-and-milkweed monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1633982688411-U40NLYAGMYDN1T2MBBDX/Thread-wasted-wasp-Sphecidae-on-desert-milkweed.jpg Musings from a Desert Rat - Wasps and Milkweed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/pepsis monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/parasitoid monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/Sonoran+Desert monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/hemimetabolous monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/nature monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/Sphingidae%C2%A0+Sphinx+moth%2C+White-lined+sphinx+moth%2C+teneral%2C+imago%2C+eclose%2C+hyles+lineata monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/insects monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/sphecidae monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/aposematic monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/asclepias+subulata monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/wasps monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/tarantula+hawk monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/Oncopeltus+fasciatus monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/asclepias monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/desert+milkweed monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/Lygaeidae monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/Large+milkweed+bug monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/M%C3%BCllerian+mimicry monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/desertratblog/tag/Arizona monthly 0.5 https://www.laurienessel.com/cim-color-tests daily 0.75 2021-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629088526425-W7P0HWPPUFUZD8B3CQ4F/511570GrumpyBear.jpg CiM Color Tests This page is dedicated to pieces made using new CiM colors, most recent on top. CiM is an acronym for Creation is Messy, affectionately known as Messy Glass. Based in Portland and manufactured in China, Messy is dedicated to continually expanding the 104 COE palette with high quality glass rod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629091611821-WRZAQT5K8DEB39MX7JJ0/Female-Nude-Group-3-July-2021-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630984174067-IZMLQBJPA5XR8IM75GEN/Dollhouse-Milky+duo+cropped.JPG CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Dollhouse Milky 2.34 x 1.28 x .88 in This is the same color, using Erbium, as CiM Dollhouse Misty, but denser. Though easier to work than Alabastro, it still has a tendency to devit, so keep your flame oxidized and don’t overwork it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629089422778-J25A5VJFPN5N4Y8T4RFP/Female-Nude-Group-July-2021.jpg CiM Color Tests These new colors are generally very easy to work and are gorgeous additions to the CiM transparent palette. Robert E. is actually a richer cobalt than pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630984782935-L8BYWHXJ1POYXPYJUW7Z/Brown-Eyed-Girl-sig-2-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630984701554-9EOBHDDGXSKQ0EFH0NMB/Brown-Eyed-Girl-sig-6--border.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630985361416-5F0CPQ34V6TTY9PXNIAX/Limeade-1-I-CR.jpg CiM Color Tests Limeade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630985319979-M18JZNEQ1O30K6L3WMYN/Limeade-7-I-CR.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631133188655-HA0EV4402L7LTEC13N3Z/Beeswax-Milky-4-I.JPG CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631132971944-8USAEB7W6OB0XW5RQGYY/Beeswax-Milky-3-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631132749289-ZDXHRF0OPV0LP3MBUREU/Beeswax-Milky-square-1-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631132847488-YJTFEHNBRCIBEDEP7AQ1/Beeswax-Milky-2-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Beeswax Milky Similar to Ghee, this silver striking color attains various depths and densities of amber depending on the time and temperature it is worked. Over time, the torso became opaque while the appendages remained translucent light amber with dark amber cores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631133536782-NIZFO1FO5ZLNA2RCBJDR/Beeswax-Misty-1-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Beeswax Misty Similar to Beeswax Milky but much darker, richer amber hue and more to the transparent end of the spectrum. This silver striking color attains various depths and densities of amber depending on the time and temperature it is worked. Over time, the torso became opaque while the appendages remained translucent light amber with dark amber cores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631133571501-X74LOVPLN8Z7C0CK3VNK/Beeswax-Misty-2-Square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631136094171-IP7714VPQU8JYFM3DU8O/Jacaranda-1-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Jacaranda is slightly translucent. Use an oxidizing flame to burn off any reducing, or exploit this feature to create splashes of very appealing opaline and silver yellow. It is a truly luscious color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631136153887-ZD4MKE8KG5MH4LD9RRRL/Horehound-sig-square-1I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Hore hound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631129151178-NI23L941I2F6FXND2PNF/Avalon-Milky-4-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Avalon Milky A luscious translucent jade. Same color as Avalon Misty but denser. Easy to use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631127299359-SWO3UQ17RX5A3Q6TEL0X/Avalon-Milky-back-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631130442312-YE9OFQY83ECP028ZJ6WF/Avalon-Misty--2-square-I.JPG CiM Color Tests Avalon Misty A beautiful bluish jade. Like Avalon Milky but more diaphanous. Easy to use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631127515106-010KDJGM4A2LSYLTG8P2/Avalon-Misty-1-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631131021195-UU5X06C4FGY455XY0UGT/Avalon-Misty-4-square-I.JPG CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632618677070-Z46Y0ZS5EDG3DPMIZXTI/Pink-Pansy-comparison-back-w-text-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out A lush gold-pink transparent with purple highlights. It transforms to a cloudy ruby-caramel in reflected light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/9a73f8f8-9c1f-4ec5-8dec-34b3f5c7a259/Pink-Pansy-7-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/411ee703-34ab-4ca6-a795-91cccf5ed7ab/Pink-Pansy-6-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/c4dcba6b-a9e4-456d-b824-ea82f59c637a/Pink-Pansy-4-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631121007628-AYE652QSEAK4OUOZN0U5/Solar-Storm-%26-Lumen-2-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Lumen over Solar Storm The Solar Storm core of this pendant creates a tangle of orange diffused by an encasement of Lumen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631123057294-CM8XI4VWW99971TL1BVJ/Glossy-%26-Etched-compared-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Orange-zilla (before and after etching) A densely transparent traffic-cone orange with subtle streaking. Easy to work with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630991791052-3ALHXWGXUCZI2P74D4TW/Female-Nude-Group-2-July-2021+cr.jpg CiM Color Tests Kniphofia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630992540543-T175FRSXEO8D1TU0IHFF/Marmalade-1-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Marmelade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630992560826-3M27C9000KQKJ3HVVX9O/Marmalade-3-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Marmelade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631121242679-7QXYODXD19TT5RJKX1VD/Vampire-1-square-I.JPG CiM Color Tests Vampire A very cooperative blood red-similar to Sangre, but richer and darker. It held up to nearly 2 hours of abuse with minimal reducing [seen on the right thigh.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631121290663-WSNJFYFITUO7HAITPWFG/Vampire-2-square-cr-I.JPG CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631121314579-4LE4MZZCTOC089MS94C5/Vampire--3-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631124711581-1YEWJX2MLG7580CIKZPV/Alchemy+on+Grand+Canyon+sig+front+I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631125350259-BAPG4WVP8HGPTSYNMVQT/Alchemy-on-Grand-Canyon-sig-back-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Alchemy over Grand Canyon (front and back) Here are two of six new complex opaque canes that CiM released in spring 2021. Four of them-Howlite, Alchemy, Alakazam and Dinosaur Bone- have a Buttermilk matrix and are absolutely perfect for depicting marble. The marbling in Alchemy is from Eel Grass (transparent green) and Eden (dense transparent pine green with aventurine) cane just below the surface of the cane. Another ‘marbleous’ CiM color! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631136787941-5RGHNNZNFZBA6C9YGGUK/Cupcake-%26-Avacado-back-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631136762071-MFVB7OPMI9JX76GF3MKF/Cupcake-%26-Avacado-2-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Cupcake on Effetre Avacado Cupcake is a silver yellow. The batch I used is a milky ivory with no yellowing, similar to CiM Buttermilk. It is a stable ivory without the color separation (curdling) that distinguishes Effetre Ivory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631137414747-GYYPDY959IXKTIXC3F4X/Cupcake-7-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Cupcake on Effetre Avorio Lapis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631137286307-OLIKOINZNOC5B3V44X35/Cupcake-3-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631137606272-3ZQ2AFBYXCZ95BLD9HET/Dinosaur-Bone-%26-Jupiter-Storm-2-I.JPG CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631137509514-TWAPY6I9DJ5XFZ0HAMCS/Dinosaur-Bone-%26-Jupiter-Storm-back-square-I.JPG CiM Color Tests Dinosaur Bone on Jupiter Storm Dinosaur Bone is a complex opaque cane with Cleopatra (dense purple transparent) and Harvest (opaque orange) cane in a Buttermilk matrix. The CiM Jupiter Storm base bead complements the Harvest highlights. Like Alakazam, Alchemy, and Howlite, Dinosaur Bone is marbleous! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631137945402-JM1MUOUPC9NQR8TFPZZT/Howlite%2C-Starry-Night-and-Grand-Canyon-front-square-3-I.JPG CiM Color Tests Howlite, Starry Night and Grand Canyon Howlite is one of six new complex opaque canes that CiM released in spring 2021. Four of them-Howlite, Alchemy, Alakazam and Dinosaur Bone- have a Buttermilk matrix and are absolutely perfect for depicting marble. Howlite has Midnight cane inclusions just below the surface. Though it does resemble its namesake, it reminds me of Carrara marble. It is easy to use and readily accepts etching cream. The base bead is made of two other new opaque canes- Starry Night and Grand Canyon, both made of Stone Ground and Cornflower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631137745504-6I1SBTP1KDTGMO3YDATM/Howlite%2C-Starry-Night-and-Grand-Canyon-back-I.JPG CiM Color Tests Starry Night on the left, Grand Canyon on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631138422961-A4HTIDSMK2L04H3OZJPD/Scotch-Broom-front.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Scotch Broom over Bird’s Nest and Effetre Antique Green (above and right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631138245860-4XKGPKW3GDB8FJ54I60L/Stonewashed-front-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Stonewashed and Carefree over White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631138185129-AC6PRGNUZ7QCGNI38ZD0/Lake-Baikal.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Lake Baikal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631139146816-HNKQPLNCAKEBPYABI1LW/Scotch-Broom-back-I-CR.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632621721757-2VLLLZATOFXYMYWYP9OF/%239+Sea+Glass_1a.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Sea Glass on White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631143226200-RN66HJJFOLRK5UNM21M8/%2312+Nymph+S.jpg CiM Color Tests Nymph Canyon de Chelly case, Nymph torso- like butter, no reducing or scumming. Dreamy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631141638554-OJN7Y4GB56VR18XIPDKL/%2311+Persian+Green+S.jpg CiM Color Tests Persian Green Persian Green (on black base)- like butter- viscous, resistant to reducing. Beautiful color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631141381407-TM8R3NL2LVBOORXMQIXD/%252310%2BSummer%2BHaze.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631140990933-FY1ZOBGK4WOS0IYOW230/%2310+Close-Up_1.jpg CiM Color Tests Summer Haze on Effetre Emerald with Double Helix Gaia marbling nice, viscous. I had to pluck out a little reduction but otherwise it’s nice and viscous and works like butter. Love this color! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631140668069-ITD0E2PX5BNW4R0LZPVC/%236+Fruit+Punch+Close-Up_1.jpg CiM Color Tests Fruit Punch (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631158040492-O0OZ2MOLOQYDOEV6FJPI/%2321+Close-Up_1.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Ginger and Montezuma (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631158285960-SNM7CYRMCUFHJKRIZ5JF/Ginger-and-Montezuma-I.JPG CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Ginger and Montezuma on Effetre Aqua and White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631159007898-LESE11WSYJ9XYTOJ7ILV/Limeade+%28form.+Chirp%29+%287%29.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Green Man (back) Limeade on Effetre Copper Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631143461064-XNAWUVHP42MMI6WTOCLT/%2313--Witches%27-Brew-S-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Witches’ Brew on Khaki & Canyon de Chelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631158672182-8PD7OSI96PV3S5L6446R/Chirp-Front-Sig-II.jpg CiM Color Tests Green Man Limeade on Effetre Copper Green My first test rod of Limeade was a bit shocky and tended to scum up. Flame cut using a cool flame or it will scum up almost every time. The flame-cut nib should be gently heated and pressed flush with the piece. Scummy areas can be plucked out. It’s like Goldilocks (or the Opalinos)- the flame can’t be too oxidized or the glass is likely to scum up. It can’t be too reduced or it carbonizes. The cloudy transparents have high viscosity – perfect for sculpting, and low melting temperature. With little heat, the glass is ready to manipulate, yet stiff enough to hold details as long as you don’t over heat it. There is a learning curve but well worth the effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631144672843-HR148SRU1UGD0MOUJJKM/%2316+Lovebirds+%26+Lunar.jpg CiM Color Tests Lovebirds on a base of stirred Stoneground, Lunar, London Fog and Dried Sage Stone Ground base with dabs of Lunar, London Fog and Dried Sage stirred in [AWESOME!!]. Torso is Lovebirds-viscous, smooth, great for sculpting, maintains form well.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631164651951-J6E923V5OOG2BCFUINEP/%238-Torso-sig--DuoI-II.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631144919948-YPD211MZLQ3KJPVUOJ61/%2317+Shamrock+Front+%26+Back+S+-+Copy.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Shamrock on a base of stirred Stoneground, Lunar, London Fog and Dried Sage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631153625815-XRF4A9HDVOBZCUVYTBMV/%2319-Poison-Apple-IIII.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out New Poison Apple on Stone Ground, Dried Sage, and Lemon Grass Beautiful, vibrant color. Great workability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631156960547-LR92ZMFJ9RTUMY6OYD8S/%2320+Lemon-Grass-and-Montezuma-Duo-I.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Lemon Grass on Calico, Dichroic Sea Foam, Lovebirds, Persian Green, Summer Haze. Jeans -Montezuma with Kuglar Iris Gold button. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631162183022-SNZ7PUG2PSILYIW3N6HZ/New-Blue-front-and-back-signature-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Stonewashed on Effetre Tongue Pink Stonewashed was shocky and tended to scum up. Flame cut using a cool flame or it will scum up almost every time. The flame-cut nib should be gently heated and pressed flush with the piece. Scummy areas can be plucked out. It’s like Goldilocks (or the Opalinos)- the flame can’t be too oxidized or the glass is likely to scum up. It can’t be too reduced or it carbonizes. The cloudy transparents have high viscosity – perfect for sculpting, and low melting temperature. With little heat, the glass is ready to manipulate, yet stiff enough to hold details as long as you don’t over heat it. There is a learning curve but well worth the effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631144282574-84A2LQB4UWY75UCD4X0Z/%2315-Goddess-%26-Ra-S_1-III.jpg CiM Color Tests Goddess on Ra & Opal Yellow Goddess is a buttery, viscous, ductile trams;icemt with very little reducing. Ra is like Effetre Opal Yellow but slightly richer yellow. I hope it gets remade. I’ll buy several pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631153358171-IM0QF0YPZOCINBM8GZFN/%2318-Heather_1VI.jpg CiM Color Tests Heather on Effetre Black Heather shows a veiled, streaky look. It scuzzes easily -work with care . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631159497659-LGP0XAP4OUJDUSBXYJ9H/Gollum-signature-cr-II.jpg CiM Color Tests Heather over Effetre Copper Red https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631161870274-F9F4UQX0WFO3LMLT9A21/Untitled-5.jpg CiM Color Tests - Make it stand out Watermelon on Black Watermelon is layered red glass powder on clear, so it creates a veiled or streaky look. This glass is shocky and needs to be pre-heated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1630990390905-4YEPX27KCNKWIQDEA1SN/Dollhouse-Misty-1a+I.jpg CiM Color Tests Dollhouse Misty This is the same Erbium formula as CiM Rose Quartz but translucent (Misty). Easy to work and gorgeous. At over $100 a pound, it's a splurge but incomparable! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632583307541-8WBPL4CWBQ581U301W2D/Coming-Up-Roses-sig-square-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Coming Up Roses had some air channels in the slightly off-shape rods which could indicate problems with the glass, but the bubbles were easy to pluck out and the glass ended up just fine. The color is gorgeous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/a6920989-b0e9-4a8c-9c1f-b50d8f052d7c/Dollhouse-Misty-2b-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632583105621-K5ZQLX1AQF91ML6QAXO5/Burnt-Sugar-sig-1-I.jpg CiM Color Tests Burnt Sugar is appropriately named since it is a real sweet color. There was a lot of scumming on the surface of the rod so I recommend your level one cleaning regime before use. The scum was able to be burned off or plucked off so the end result is perfect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/95c814fe-af6f-495f-b468-61656a5f7f7f/Dollhouse-5-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631126363860-GIGY4TW8E73YUM753I6C/Dollhouse-6-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/8fbe5ee0-9e01-41d2-831b-f2874aeb7d46/Dollhouse-3-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/baa31d9c-ce31-4c67-8c7d-d2ce5f21c8a7/Dollhouse-7-I.jpg CiM Color Tests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631138784080-RM1HSR2NA0Q9RCF1S3LO/Signature+stampe+cr.JPG CiM Color Tests https://www.laurienessel.com/paintings daily 0.75 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629172982342-YIF7SKO6NINEB5PMD30M/The-Messenger-V.jpg Paintings The Messenger: Woodbury Fire 2019, 40" x 32", oil on gaterboard The iconic Four Peaks of the Mazatzal Wilderness mark this Sonoran Desert landscape with its granitic boulders that harbor a diverse fauna. Desert Lavender ekes out a living in the gravelly soil. Woodrat, common chuckwalla, centipede and black-tailed rattlesnake find cover in the crevasses. A Common Raven, the Messenger, circles before the plume of combusted desert, semidesert grassland, chaparral, and pinyon-juniper, portending monumental changes to the biotic community. 123,875 acres burned, becoming the fifth largest wildfire in Arizona history at the time, but now pushed to number seven by the 2020 Bush Fire (193,455) and the 2021 Telegraph fire 180,757. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629176294219-IIIJJE55QRAOUAPGYSCW/final+con.jpg Paintings Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation 2018, oil on board, 16 x 20in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629172023390-AUBH0H4EMTN735X37OVR/Biophany+%2823+I%29.jpg Paintings - Biophony 2018, oil on panel, 11.68 x 11.68 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629171226707-5NJ6OVE1N2K1RVSTJ737/Breeding-Bird-Atlas-Block-%2528Peralta%2529-II.jpg Paintings Breeding Bird Atlas Block (Peralta, Superstition Mountains, AZ) 2016, oil on canvas, 9 x 12 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632793628058-ACXIGXMCOEVWNCXJP0BH/flashlight+touch+up.JPG Paintings Still Life 2016, oil on canvas, 8 x 10 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632796886134-BLFC5GBN0Q4SHCA651Q8/Verde-River-I.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Rio Verde 2007, acrylic, 10 x 10 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632416264995-ITX4GMAYHJASB7YWC3YW/Box-Canyon-500.JPG Paintings Box Canyon (Mineral Mountains, AZ) 2008, watercolor, 11 x 7 in This beautiful, steep-walled canyon northeast of Florence, Arizona is a tributary of the Gila River. Its’ flows are ephemeral, dependant upon local precipitation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632797106702-2C4OU4N44IYGB3NIPK79/Anchieta-Ridged-Frogs-I.jpg Paintings - Make it stand out Anchieta Ridged Frogs 2005, watercolor, 8 x 10 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632797856801-WQOMZ6UV43KA9920PA5R/Rio-Verde-Endangered-River-I-2007.JPG Paintings - Make it stand out Verde River 2007, watercolor, 9 x 12 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629171817446-8JV3D0XXZR2HYGMAQD53/IMG_5395.jpg Paintings White-lined sphinx moth hyles lineata, Biophony (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/eb9e3821-ee9f-46c4-9d37-15ec1f6de070/Moth+on+Desert+Lavendar.jpg Paintings The Messenger (detail) moth on desert lavender https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/93a1a501-c739-4c05-8233-c9ca1b0e50c2/Lioptera-sp-II.jpg Paintings Lioptera sp., Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1629172271551-0IRFMPQJ91B5QFQSGRPQ/IMG_5396.jpg Paintings grasshopper, Biophony (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/c780a7ee-abde-4236-a0a9-c82b6c75f77e/Centipede.jpg Paintings The Messenger (detail) desert centipede https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/620eb5dd-830e-4178-abd8-b0e2299d65d5/Palm-damsel-V.jpg Paintings Palm damselfly, Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/bb2b1ef7-44ad-4260-91ed-55863103c8a8/Biophany+close-up+tortoise.jpg Paintings Desert tortoise and Gila Woodpecker, Biophony (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/c73b9b31-0ea9-47ab-a3fa-b1981091a393/Neotoma.jpg Paintings The Messenger (detail) packrat (neotoma sp.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/4a8cb133-1be5-4a6e-a9c1-2a46c88620db/sumatran-elephants-I.jpg Paintings Sumatran elephant, Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/87438afc-5c4b-4f32-a23a-c8319ec75690/Chuckwalla.jpg Paintings The Messenger (detail) chuckwalla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/d7db7b11-d6c7-4008-ad2e-a867f94d5973/Sumatran-Rhinoceros-V.jpg Paintings Sumatran rhinoceros, Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/a224d361-033d-4271-b673-ebe112790afe/The+Messenger%2C+Raven.jpg Paintings The Messenger (detail) common raven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/2b7712a5-6524-4809-977d-b1abdc6b5db5/Sumatran-Tiger-1.jpg Paintings Sumatran tiger, Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation (detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/e7097898-2b4c-443a-9049-0210293dea34/in+progress.jpg Paintings The Messenger (in progress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/e833a096-3f2c-4836-8be5-06acf63c46f7/close-up-300-I.jpg Paintings orangutan, Preparing for Palm Oil Plantation (detail) https://www.laurienessel.com/about daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1633035024441-A4VF1EBUCJUUKAPZQ3KR/self-portrait+2.jpg About https://www.laurienessel.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-25 https://www.laurienessel.com/extinction-anthropocene daily 0.75 2021-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631205835900-734SPRSFR3QWLT4BT7SP/Extinction-Symbol.jpg Extinction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1634048753641-RI2GWEYRBE7QPMY4Q86R/Right-Whale-bead.jpg Extinction - North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis IUCN critically endangered 2021 3.2 x 1.83 x .87 in. The second largest whale by mass, over 50 feet, 70 tons. Feed on zooplankton filtered by baleens. They are predated by humans, sharks and orcas. The “right” whale to hunt-(coastal- easy to spot, had plentiful oil, swam slow, floated when dead.) Three species worldwide were hunted relentlessly since the 11th century for oil, baleen, and meat until protected in 1939. The Pacific species are still harvested for pharmaceuticals, health supplements, and meat. E. glacialis still face human persecution from ship collisions, entanglement in gillnets and lobster/snow crab trap lines, habitat loss (dredging/shipping), and noise (Naval sonar, seismic oil and gas exploration, shipping). With 400 of 15,000 historic population remaining, they are the most at-risk of all large whales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631322890591-C0NH1S9EAXS9O1L5VV1B/Sea-Otter-%237-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Sea Otter Enhydra lutris IUCN endangered 2021 1.65 x 2.81 x .80 in A marine mammal in the Mustelidae family (weasels, badgers, wolverines, etc.),their lineage began 2 mya in coastal northern Japan and Russia, and arced across the North American coast to Baja. They are a keystone species that protect the kelp forest ecosystem from sea urchin overgrazing. Their mussel harvesting makes room for species diversity.They use a rock to dislodge and open the mollusks and crustaceans they prey on. Both rock and prey are stored in a pouch by their forearms. They anchor their young with kelp while foraging, and themselves while feeding and resting to keep from drifting out to sea.They are insulated by the thickest fur of any mammal, up to 1 million hairs per square inch. Their large lung capacity and air trapped in their fur make them buoyant.They take in over 25% of their body weight daily to keep warm, and can process seawater. The high energy demands of rearing young can be fatal to breeding otters. Only 25% of pups survive their first year; mothers have been known to carry their pups for days after they die. They are predated by orcas, sea lions, and bald eagles. Over half of mortality is by white shark bites. Other threats include malnutrition, conflicts with fisheries, poaching, drowning in fishing nets, contamination from sewage (notably cat feces) and agriculture runoff, accumulations of toxins from filter-feeding prey or oil spills that cause hypothermia and organ damage.Once abundant, they were systematically hunted to near extinction for their fur between 1741 and 1911, when they were finally protected. They’ve rebounded some but struggle to occupy 2/3rds of their former range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631321691042-TW7KHLENTA325TUBCRPK/Sea-Otter-%236-whiteI-SIG.jpg Extinction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632718076788-9VSX06CEL9X4VSOX3OZH/Adolfo-Chaman-duo-700-II.jpg Extinction - Adolfo Ich Chaman During its years of operation, EXMIBAL, a Canadian/US nickel mining consortium, had violently evicted Q'eqchi' communities in El Estor, Guatemala, paid virtually no taxes, gained contracts by assassinating local and national leaders*, and devastated natural resources. But the company retained the right to "sell" its mining concession to the highest bidder after the military "pacified" the country by massacring some 200,000 people, over 80% of them Maya, during the Genocidio guatemalteco from 1960-1996. In 2006, the Mayan Q’eqchi’ started reoccupying their ancestral territories.. In late 2006, the mining company had local police evict the indigenous communities, burn hundreds of houses, attack the villagers, and gang-rape eleven women. Adolfo Ich Chaman, a teacher and human rights defender in El Estor was murdered on 27 September 2009 by Ronaldo Padilla Gonzalez , security chief for Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals Inc., another international company involved in the El Estor nickel mine. *Lawyer Julio Carney Herrerra was assassinated in November 1970. Adolfo Mijangos was assassinated in January 1971. Both were members of a commission opposed to the nickel mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631320215539-TBZS9F9FMVBGUJ6YIB9A/Antillian-Iguana-%233-SIG-II.jpg Extinction - Lesser Antillean iguana Iguana delicatissima IUCN critically endangered 2020 3.25 in A large (up to 15.5” head to vent, +31.5” tail) arboreal, herbivorous Caribbean endemic. One of two species in the genus Iguana, they expel excess potassium and sodium chloride through nasal gland. Males exude pheromones from femoral pores during breeding season. Once abundant, populations have experienced declines >70% and extirpations since European colonization. Threats include limited enforcement of protections, habitat loss (agriculture, development, invasives, overgrazing (goats/cows), road casualties, feral predators ( dogs, cats, mongooses), entanglement in fences, starvation/drowning in abandoned cisterns, competition and hybridization with invasive green iguana. No viable long-term populations exist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631318199126-NTVTSG4712C93U6GCWDF/Extinction-%2323-Golden-Lancehead-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Golden lancehead (fer-de-lance) Bothrops insularis IUCN critically endangered 2020 2.75 in Eleven thousand years ago, after the last Ice Age, sea levels rose. Stranded (or migrated) Bothrops pit vipers on 110-acre Ilha da Queimada Grande (Snake Island) off the Brazilian coast evolved into the endemic B.insularis species, developing a potent venom, killing almost instantly, to compensate for the inability to track winged prey. There are no mammals on Queimada (Portuguese for “burnt” since tropical forest was cleared for a banana plantation) so the 2,000+ snakes scale trees to envenomate primarily migratory birds- White-crested Elaenia in the fall, Yellow-legged Thrush in winter. They fast between the odd frog, lizard and fellow lancehead. The Brazilian Navy cleared vegetation to maintain the lighthouse, squeezing the population onto 10 acres. Though protected, B.insularis’ current threats are from flukes, ticks, inbreeding and biopirates selling to scientists in search of cures for cardiovascular diseases, and to collectors (who spend up to $30,000 per snake). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631318701168-DOBBB4UJYD8GMSPDV94K/Ext-%2319-Koala-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Koala Phascolarctos cinereus IUCN vulnerable 2020 2.69 x 1.5 x .65 in The koala (ash-colored pouch-bear), is an arboreal, herbivorous, asocial marsupial adapted to eucalyptus woodlands after E. Australian rainforest dried out c.5-20MYA. They’re monotypic; related to wombats, kangaroos, wallabies, and possums. When not sleeping (± 20 hrs/day), they dine on low-nutrition, toxic eucalyptus and other leaves. Their caecum and cytochrome P450 process toxins. Named ‘no drink’ by indigenous, their water needs are mostly met by diet and retention. They have a padded butt for buffering perches and falls, 4 opposable digits for gripping, small brain for, well, limited performance of unfamiliar tasks, and poor vision. They crawl over each other to reach perches and snarl at the insult. At 3 years, females keen hearing follow low-frequency bellows from distant males’ unique vocal chords. Males, 50% larger than females, may force themselves on females who scream, fight and attract more males who squabble as the female assesses them. Females have two vaginas and uteri but only bear one 2 cm newborn after 30+ days gestation. It crawls into pouch and nurses 6-7 months, then starts eating predigested faecal pap from mothers’ cloaca. They cling to mother's back; wean at 1 year and are driven away by mother. Eventually, their teeth wear down and they starve around 18 years. Predators include dingos, pythons, owls, wedge-tailed eagles. They are most vulnerable when young or changing trees. Abundant before European settlers shot, poisoned and noosed >2.5M koalas to near extinction for pelts by 1928. Koalas continue to face habitat loss (development, agriculture, logging, fires), fragmentation (roads, RR), pollution, pesticides, cars, invasives (foxes, cats, dogs), and pathogens (Chlamydia, retrovirus). Drier conditions and fire suppression cause intense tree-killing crown-fires that trap slow-moving koalas. Drought, increased CO2 and fires reduce food quality and abundance causing overcrowding, population decline and lost genetic diversity. They don’t tolerate temperature extremes and heat waves can decimate their numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631500694096-JDD3AKLF1OJZBDZ9I647/Chico-Mendez-front-back-sig-wide-III.jpg Extinction - Chico Mendes 2020 2.89 x 1.79 x .96 in Brazilian rubber tapper and land rights leader Chico Mendes pioneered the concept of the extractive preserve- cooperation with government to provide healthcare, education and investment in sustainable alternatives for generating income to preserve forests managed by local communities. Basically, make the forest worth more alive than dead. He envisioned a global movement to preserve indigenous land rights and the environment. In 1988, at the age of 44, Mendes was assassinated in Xapuri, Acre in the Amazon by a rancher he had stopped from clearing the forest for grazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631309431818-L2GF3XT2VQD13OEC3MTQ/Extinction-%2322-Cryptic-Tree-Hunter-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Cryptic Treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti IUCN extinct 2020 2.627 in Only recently described (2014) from a specimen from 1986 after being confused with the sympatric Alagoas foliage-gleaner Philydor novaesi, (first described in 1979 and last seen in 2011), this monotypic member of the Furnariidae family, or ovenbirds, named for their covered clay nests, was last sighted in 2007. It was declared extinct by the IUCN in 2019 from habitat destruction- subsistence and agro grazing and farming, and more frequent fires. These two endemic species were restricted to remnant humid forest in northeastern Brazil that has suffered one of the highest rates of deforestation in the Neotropics. Sadly, they blinked out, leaving a mystery as to their natural history and a hole in our hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631309140131-FXQZS1G6CGE34NUMUKWP/Ext-%2321-Firefly-ed.-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Fireflies Lampyridae sp. IUCN report pending, declining worldwide 2020 2.12 x 1.31 x .31 in Littoral larvae live underground, in bark or litter, and help control “pests” by feeding on worms, snails and slugs by injecting them with a numbing fluid. Nocturnal adults (not flies, but beetles) are pollinators found in fields, forests and marshes. They live up to 2 months. Not all fireflies have bioluminescence, but all larvae of those that do can also glow, presumably to warn predators of their toxicity. Adults feed on nectar or pollen, or don’t eat at all. Both sexes of many of the appx. 2000 species worldwide flash species-specific patterns to signal mates, defend territory and warn predators of their lucibufagin toxin. Females of some species mimic other species flashing to lure males to eat for their lucibufagin. Some synchronize their flashes en masse in spectacular displays that also attract Eco tourists. Threats include habitat loss, herbicides, pesticides (that kill directly or their prey), pollution, unethical ecotourism (boat traffic, trapping, trampling), climate change, artificial light (direct and skyglow) that disrupts courtship, and invasive species. Though understudied, anecdotal evidence suggests that fireflies are among the “quiet apocalypse”, the 41% of insect species facing extinction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631509085260-YXKRZYO03M3TXO2WW76Y/Greta-3-sig-duo.jpg Extinction - Greta Thunberg “I wan’t you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631283915164-TZTUS5HK786SM919EVYW/Ext-%2323-California-Condor-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - California Condor Gymnogyps californianus IUCN Critically endangered 2020 2.75 x 1.5 x .59 in Carnivorous scavengers up to 31# with 9’8” wingspan. They are monotypic, of enigmatic taxa, and live up to 60 years. Their talons are adapted to walking and piercing thick hide. With no syrinx, they grunt and hiss. They’re intelligent, inquisitive, social, monogamous, fastidious (and groom each other), playful, and can recognize others. They roost and feed communally following a strict hierarchy. They roost where they can launch easily. They can soar up to 56 mph, 160 miles a day at 15,100’, searching for carrion by eye. Occasionally, their wingtips touch on the downstroke (double-dipping). Males perform courtship solos, then in synchronized mated pairs. Both parents rear one chick every other year. The 4.7” egg incubates 2 months on a ledge, cave floor, redwood, or sequoia. Nestlings are fed by regurgitation, fledge at 6 months, and linger up to 2 years. Ravens, Golden Eagles, and bears feed on nestlings and eggs. Populations declined from ingesting strychnine-laced carcasses from federal coyote control programs, ritual killings for shamanic clothing, hunting, egg collecting, poaching, lead poisoning (from eating shot animals or gut piles), DDT, collisions with power lines, diminished mega-fauna food source, habitat fragmentation and destruction. By 1940’s their range that once spanned N. America was reduced to coastal southern and central California. In 1987, the 27 remaining condors were placed into captive breeding. Most nestling mortality is from ingesting trash fed by their parents. Lead causes >60% of adult mortality. One of the rarest creatures on earth, there are now over 300 in the wild (mostly captive-bred), and 200 captives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631254121580-A90LRDUHJTMPQL3HG6UK/Extinction-%239-Polar-Bear-3-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Polar Bear Ursus maritimus IUCN vulnerable, USFS threatened 2019 2.62 in The “maritime bear” rebounded from near extinction due to centuries of “harvesting” after conservation measures were implemented mid-twentieth century (the IACPB of 1973 was the only Cold War agreement), only to face poaching and starvation from habitat loss due to climate change and oil and gas development. There is a projected 30-66% decline by 2050. These indicator marine mammals, which depend on sea ice to hunt seals, can weigh up to 1,543 pounds. They can breed with brown bears, overheat >50 °F, and have transparent (not white) guard hairs. They are solitary yet develop friendships and play together for hours. Females have adopted orphan cubs which may hum while nursing. They cache food and don’t hibernate. They can swim underwater for 3 minutes, and for hundreds of miles in frigid waters. Early sea ice melt forces them to swim further, depleting their energy reserves. It reduces den sites and lowers reproductive rates, increases offspring mortality and human-bear interactions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631252594842-WBW5N7VBHJ4GXN7MKPCV/Ext-%2322-V-Orangutan-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus IUCN critically endangered 2020 2.56 x 1.5 x .62 in This bead depicts a heartbreaking scene of an orangutan attacking a digger, from a 2013 video by International Animal Rescue in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Orangutans are opportunistic foragers, mostly fruit and the occasional loris. Male cheek pads and “long calls” that attract females and intimidate rivals only develop at 15-20 years in the absence of a dominant male. Fertile females can consume 11k calories per day. Females mature at 14 years. Gestation lasts 9 months with 8 year intervals. Young cling to mother’s chest 2 years, wean at 4 years, and stay with mothers to learn and help with next generation. They make and use tools, including to amplify vocalization, and construct elaborate nests nightly. They use Commelina as an anti-inflammatory balm. They have distinctive cultures within populations. Orangutan habitat, the biologically diverse Bornean/Sumatran rainforests, has been decimated on an industrial scale by human greed, corruption, ignorance and desperation, leaving a broken ecosystem and countless endangered species. Land is burned (rivaling the Amazon and Australian fires of 2019-20) or clear-cut for timber (plywood, paper, pulp), crops notably palm oil (snacks, make-up, soap, ironically biofuel), mining (gold, coal), dams, canals. Orangutans ("man of the forest"), left to starve amidst the devastation, are further threatened by roads (fragmentation), pollution (mining), poaching (by poisons, AK-47s and explosives) for bushmeat, crop protection, traditional medicine, and to kidnap infants (which often die) for illegal pet trade. 3 species of Ponginae, all critically endangered, split from the African apes c.16 MYA. This could be the end of the road for these intelligent, arboreal primates without support from the global community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632712729210-AZGSIRS8R5SGQ1PXXFEH/Winona-LaDuke-4-Duo-Sig-I.jpg Extinction - Winona LaDuke Thunderbird Woman, Bear Clan MAGA- “When we had #agribiodiversity, 50 million buffalo, 8,000 varieties of corn, passenger pigeons that blackened the sky and you could drink the water from every creek and river.””…why [does] wanting clean drinking water make you an activist, and destroying water with chemical warfare doesn’t make a corporation a terrorist?” waterprotector honortheearth rights of manoomin renewableenergy nativeseeds regenerativeeconomy winonas hemp white earth land recovery sustainability resist DAPL reforestation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631381531167-OO15IR4FN5QEUU0ONBLQ/Extinction-%238-Southwest-Willow-Flycatcher-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax trailii extimus IUCN Critically endangered 2019 2.20 x 1.41 x .54 This 1/2 oz. neotropical migrant breeds in dense riparian habitat throughout the southwest and winters as far as Colombia. Their population has declined precipitously due to 90% habitat loss and degradation (dams, water diversion, groundwater pumping, channelization, overgrazing, ORV’s, wildfires, urbanization) as well as brood parasitism from brown-headed cowbirds whose populations have increased from irrigated agriculture and livestock grazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631252068574-X0SNXAVUZ0LZUE1ZOGD7/Extinction-%2310-Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-edited-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus IUCN LC. USFS threatened 2019 2.94 in Neotropic migrants, Yellow-billed Cuckoos have one of the latest and shortest nesting cycles, from egg to fledge in as few as 17 days, following the emergence of their preferred prey- caterpillars (including those typically avoided species with urticating hairs). Asynchronous egg laying staggers nestling growth. Males may remove youngest nestling if food is scarce. Both parents share nesting duties. The male offers nest material whenever he takes his turn, which the female adds to the nest. They winter in S. America. The distinct western U.S. population has been nearly eradicated due to the loss of large, contiguous, multilayered riparian forest galleries preferred for nesting to dams, diversions, grazing, channeling, residential development, ground-water pumping, agriculture, flood control, pesticides, and nonnative plant invasions. Listed endangered after protracted struggle with USFS, now the proposal to protect more than a half-million acres in nine western states is itself threatened by livestock and mining industry pressure to end protections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631251811363-IAUFHEEO4396SK3YMFDF/Extinction-%2310-Yellow-billed-Cuckoo-head-edited-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631312324356-4QCCRKCIQJWBLPBAA1BD/Extinction-%234-Jaguar-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Jaguar Panthera onca IUCN Near threatened 2019 This monotypic cat evolved in Asia 6-10MYA, and entered the Americas 2.5-0.7MYA via Beringia. Modern cats are 79-348#, 4- 6’ long and 25-30” tall. They prefer wetlands and dense rainforest but can survive in arid and open habitat. They are apex predators, often sympatric with cougars. As a keystone species, they regulate prey base. They are solitary, mostly crepuscular, with large territories (15-25 square miles). They are the third largest cat, after lion and tiger, and can haul an 800# bull or sea turtle, and crush a tortoise shell. They can consume up to 55# at one feeding. Females rear young, avoiding males for fear of infanticide. Cubs are weaned at 3 months, den for six months, then hunt with mother until they disperse at 1-2 years. They live 12–15 years. Though carnivorous, they sometimes eat Banisteriopsis caapi root, a hallucinogenic (DMT) that may heighten their senses for the hunt. They ranged from Louisiana to Monterey, from the Grand Canyon to most of South America. Since the early 20th-century, jaguars have been decimated by fur hunters and habitat loss. About 15,000 were killed annually in the sixties in the Amazon and shipped mostly to Germany and the US. Even with protections, jaguars are rapidly declining. Largely extirpated from the US but for rare sightings in AZ and NM, Trumps border wall will most likely end these sightings. They’ve been extirpated from El Salvador and Uruguay and are found mainly in remote regions of S. and Central Am. notably the Amazon. Major threats include deforestation (ranching, soy for cattle feed and other crops, logging), poaching, hurricanes and conflicts with ranchers and farmers. Habitat fragmentation constricts the gene pool. They are umbrella species. Protecting their habitat covers myriad other species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631238127390-YAHMWQWKK7R895077VDO/Extinction-%2318-Hawksbill-Sea-Turtle-hatchling-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631249176038-1VUNQYGTH0TR9QNNMINX/Extinction-%2317-Hawksbill-SeaTurtle-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricate IUCN critically endangered 2020 2.69 in Circumtropical (excluding the Mediterranean) coastal omnivores with a penchant for sea sponges, hawksbills grow to 4 feet,150 pounds and live up to 50 years. The only sea turtle with clawed flippers, they migrate up to 1,160 miles between nesting and foraging. Juvenile turtles shelter in pelagic algal mats, then migrate to coastal feeding grounds (coral reefs, mangrove estuaries). Between 20-35 years of age, females return to their birthplace and every two to five years lay about 140 eggs in each of 3-5 nests per season. They practice shelter site fidelity. Hundreds of years of harvesting hawksbill turtles for their shell nearly drove them to extinction. Now despite CITES protection, threats include habitat loss from coastal development and loss of coral reefs (climate change), entanglement, tortoise shell exploitation, poaching for the wildlife trade, turtle meat and eggs, vessel strikes, pollution (ingesting debris -fishing line, balloons, plastics, and chemicals), unethical ecotourism, artificial light, beach buggies, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631238093044-6U046B10PUNJ4HTIG59Z/Extinction-%2316-Hawksbill-Sea-Turtle-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631576637157-GV2IDR9TACC2J9Z5JHLJ/Homer-Gomez-Gonzalez-duo-sig-II.jpg Extinction - Homero Gómez González, Monarch Protector 2020 2.89 x 1.77 x 1.14 in Stressed by habitat loss as their obligate host plant, milkweed, is decimated by agriculture, development, and herbicides, endangered Monarch butterflies are funneled from their North American summer breeding grounds up to 2000 miles to dwindling preserves in California and Mexico. El Rosario, a sanctuary high in the Michoacán cloud forest with its towering oyamel firs, is perennially threatened by loggers, avocado farming, and climate change. Homero Gómez González, a former logger, believed that eco-tourism offered a more sustainable income. He managed El Rosario and was a fearless ambassador for and protector of these charismatic lepidopteran. On January 13, 2020 he was tortured and dumped in a well, killed by illegal loggers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631236846247-RXKND4RR6Y7JK59WNS5Y/Extinction-%235-Vaquita-I.jpg Extinction - Vaquita Phocoena sinus IUCN Critically endangered 2019 “Little cow” has the smallest range (the northern Gulf of California), and size (4.5'), of any marine mammal. They live on small fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods up to 21 years. They use high-pitched sounds to communicate and echolocation to navigate and locate prey. They have no close relatives and are the only warm water porpoise. Threats to the most endangered marine mammal are drowning as bycatch in both poachers totoaba (another endangered species) gillnets for the Chinese black market that fetch up to $8,500/swim bladder kg, as well as shrimp gillnets and trawl nets. With an estimated one dozen extant, they also face inbreeding and the bottleneck effect. Captivity, let alone captive breeding, is futile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631236788411-FVV2UET1YRU4OLLJ2PFL/Humpback-Whale-I-SIG.jpg Extinction - Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae IUCN Least concern 2019 2.75 x 1.5 x .55 in Megaptera novaeangliae can grow up to 62’ long with 20’ pectoral fins, up to 30 metric tons and live up to 100 years. Males have complex songs lasting 10-20 minutes and repeated up to 24 hours. All the males in an area sing the same song which changes over time and is different from other worldwide populations. Humpbacks socialize with other cetaceans (a male was observed singing an unknown song while approaching a fin whale at Rarotonga in 2014) and are known to defend other sea animals against predators. They can migrate up to 16,000 miles annually. They were hunted to near extinction for oil, baleen and meat beginning in the 17th century, with a 90% global loss in the 20th century alone, down to 5,000. They have recovered since a 1966 moratorium but are still threatened by drowning in fishing gear, ship strikes, sea warming, Saxitoxin, pollution (plastic, oil, chemicals, sewage), and noise (shipping, military sonar [see Sonic Sea], oil and gas exploration). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631311035539-BQP6PIROERX8MTUOR8MU/Ivory-billed-Woodpecker-SIG-I.jpg Extinction - Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis IUCN Declared extinct by the USFWS 9 October 2021. The last confirmed sighting was in 1944. 2019 The Ghost bird or Lord God bird is one of the largest woodpeckers in the world - 20” long, 30” wingspan, 2.9” bill. Native to thick hardwood swamps and pine forests of S.E. US. Rampant logging of primeval hardwood forests since the Civil War, as well as hunting and collecting, led to their extinction. The last confirmed sighting was in 1944 on the last old-growth habitat, owned by the Singer Sewing Company, which chose logging over preservation. Various purported evidence since contributes to much speculation but no consensus. Ivory-billed woodpeckers were long-lived (30+ years), monogamous, cooperative breeders, and at times social. Their body parts, including dried heads and bills, were treasured by indigenous and settlers alike as amulets and adornment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631600427371-76G7994LMBE8WRJZU77I/Paulo-Pauline-Guajajara-2-bA-II.jpg Extinction - Paulo Paulino Guajajara 2020 On 1 November 2019, Paulo Paulino Guajajara, a leader of the Guajajara Indigenous group, was assassinated at age 26 by illegal loggers who invaded his land in Brazil. Guajajara was a victim of humans’ insatiable consumption of natural resources. Multinational corporations emboldened by lax environmental regulations and corruption supply the market created by wealthy nations and throw-away societies. Bolsonaro’s Brazil epitomizes the rampant destruction of indigenous lands worldwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631236454743-MNRNIAKW82F760QOJSCX/Extinction-%239-Black-footed-Ferret-sig-I.jpg Extinction - Black-footed Ferret Mustela nigripes IUCN Endangered 2019 2.25 in Once considered extinct in the wild, Black-footed Ferrets were one of the first captive-bred reintroductions of an endangered species. Prairie dogs, their primary prey and a keystone species, lost 95% of their historic range due to eradication efforts by poison, plowing, industrial vacuum, fumigation, and shooting to make room for cattle, crops, oil and gas and other development starting in the 1800’s. Introduced canine distemper is another threat to both prairie dogs and ferrets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631235765544-27T79MLQ4DKDGW1T3XEQ/Extinction-%232-Gorilla-II.jpg Extinction - Gorilla G. beringei, G. gorilla IUCN Critically endangered 2019 Two species (4 ssp.) separated 466 miles by the Congo River, live 30-40 years in lowland, swamp and montane forests in 10 countries (e. central and equatorial west Africa). There are considerable differences between the species but all gorillas synchronize activities, alternating rest, travel and feeding. Their home ranges are 1.16- 5.79 mi² in a variety of habitats from 1,969-10,853’. Troops led by a silverback move to food sources daily. Adults can eat up to 40# of food daily, primarily leaves (with a penchant for bamboo shoots), ants, and termites. Gorillas, weighing up to 400#, are gentle, mischievous, generally peaceful, and sometimes sympatric with chimpanzees. Mature at 8, females leave their troop to find a mate. Young nurse up to 3 years and stay close to mothers 4-6 years. Gorilla population has declined dramatically, with almost half the eastern gorilla wiped out. Threats include poaching, incidental trapping, illegal pet trade (which often kills several gorillas for each kidnapped baby), and habitat loss. Coltran (columbite-tantalite) is mined in DRC for capacitors in cell phones, computers, automotive electronics, hearing aids, pacemakers, mp3 players, hard drives, high-temperature alloys for jet engines and turbines, refractive lenses for glasses, cameras, and printers. “Resource curses”-timber, gold, diamonds, cassiterite (tin, gemstone), wolframite (tungsten) and coltran- cause military occupation, colonization, corruption, smuggling, civil war, human trafficking, erosion, pollution, hazardous working conditions, deforestation, displacement, and subsistence hunting of gorillas and elephants by miners. Epidemics such as Ebola virus have also decimated gorilla populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631597697711-HHH9LAECQ5KUGEJQ0KXS/Paul+Watson+SIG+I.JPG Extinction - Captain Paul Watson Co-founder Greenpeace, Founder Sea Shepherd 2020 3.3 x 1.98 x 1.06 in “Sustainable seafood is a fraud. It’s a marketing term that really means ‘business as usual’.” “Stop eating the ocean. There is no such thing as a sustainable fishery. If people eat meat, make sure it’s organic and isn’t contributing to the destruction of the ocean because 40 percent of all fish caught out of the ocean is fed to livestock – chickens on factory farms are fed fish meal. And be cognizant of the fact that if the oceans die, we die. Our ultimate responsibility is to protect biodiversity in our world’s oceans.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631499772334-P03YLJZ2KKNQ5JLKOSPT/Milkweed-Full-V.jpg Extinction - Monarch (Danaus plexippus) IUCN Least concern (determination was from 2013. Monarchs have declined drastically since then. 20 x 8.25 x 3.25 in Three species of monarchs, named for King William III, Prince of Orange, are found on both hemispheres. Bright, contrasting colors of larvae and adult are aposematic—warning predators of toxic cardiac glycosides derived from the larval milkweed diet. Their gold-dotted jade-colored chrysalis turn transparent after 8–15 days, revealing the butterfly before it ecloses. Adults are nectivorous pollinators. Their similarity to the viceroy is an example of Müllerian mimicry. Monarchs live 2-5 weeks during their breeding season while migrating adults live around 7 months. Fewer than 10% survive to breed. The eastern N. Am. monarchs migrate thousands of miles in the fall from as far as southern Canada to sites in Mexico, orienting by UV polarized light. They take up to 5 generations to return north in the spring, each larval stage requiring five instars which increase weight 2,000 times from first instar. The first generation breeds and dies while its young continue the journey north. Since 1990, nearly a billion monarchs have vanished from their wintering sites, possibly from the use of glyphosates on GMO corn and soybeans which kills milkweed. Most of the Midwest milkweed habitat is gone, along with the tall-grass prairie. Their wintering ground is threatened by illegal logging and avocado farms. In early 2020, environmental activist Homero Gómez González and preserve tour guide Raúl Hernández Romero were murdered within a week near the monarch reserve in Michoacán, Mexico. Other threats are traffic fatalities (millions annually), cold spells and pesticides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631499823148-FBGIB8H2PYHWYV1IWI2W/Milkweed-Close-2-I.jpg Extinction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631499854178-V30BW34O46CTUR7V7757/Milkweed-Close-III.jpg Extinction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631234915028-3A0ZIOJS9SRVE4PT49IE/Monarch+front+and+back.jpg Extinction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1631225926045-EA91N76ZZACAG1LRVPO8/Monarch+front+back+side+Maryann+Jenkins.jpg Extinction https://www.laurienessel.com/general-1 daily 0.75 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632377700132-FBCS6HHJD3N9SMY1O9RJ/Cactus-Wren-and-Verdin-I+b.JPG Stained Glass - Make it stand out Detail from Desert Wild. Species include Gambels Quail, Cactus Wren, prickly pear, teddy bear cholla, Verdin, saguaro, ant, sixweeks grama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632370046584-TTW2NH8OJ2591RE2OT4L/Full-Panel-I.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Desert Wild (full panel) 45 x 34 in see details below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632195323293-1M7CFTL5DI3MX10BNI9Q/Bottom-third-warp-500.jpg Stained Glass Desert Wild (bottom third) Featuring canyon tree frog, desert pupfish, flameskimmer, desert poppies, banded gecko, lupine, western diamondback, Harris’s antelope squirrel, Parry’s penstemon, painted lady, Gila monster, Anna’s Hummingbird, hedgehog cactus, curly mesquite, side-oats grama, purple three-awn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632376308962-1DY6MP6PNTQNE40CQ481/top-half-3b.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Desert Wild (top third) featuring javelina, Gila Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Cactus Wren, Verdin, Harris’s Hawk, Elf Owl, palo verde, prickly pear, cholla, saguaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632455014466-MEA5EJG21W5JKMF37HNU/Full+Panel.JPG Stained Glass Desert Vista, 16 x 14 x 123 in Some common Sonoran desert wildlife are featured in the panel that spans oveer 10 feet. Lesser Nighthawks silently glide through the waning light, capturing prey on the wing. White-lined Sphinx moth nectars at hedgehog blooms. A desert tortoie seeks shelter for the night The iconic desert raptor, Harris’s Hawk, scans the ground for one last meal before roosting. see details below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/b70bfdc2-0950-43a2-8d0e-c9118c0bf9ab/Sphinx+Moth.JPG Stained Glass - Make it stand out Hedgehog cactus Echinocereus englemannii and white-lined sphinx moth Hyles lineata Sphinx moths are large, widespread species with rapid wingbeats that allow them to hover conspicuously while nectaring, hence their nickname “hummingbird moth”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/0a49c124-d175-4eee-ab42-6f2ee40d5fa5/Prickly-pear-500-I.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/64fabc65-9254-4194-96ae-b31ad34be5b3/Penstemmon-800-I.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Parry’s Penstemon Penstemon parryi The brilliant, trumpet shaped flowers of Parry’s Penstemon attracts hummingbirds and native bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/b7207179-d269-4e28-8223-f8ebf6fef3ec/Ravens-C-400-x-300-I.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Common Raven Corvus corax From tundra to desert, Ravens are among the most widespread, naturally occurring birds worldwide, preferring wild landscapes. Waves of ravens are seen flocking to roosts sites and forage grounds. They prove their prowess in witty, sometimes daring ways. One flew upside down for half a mile while another was hung by its’ claws from a tree, then dropped upside down to a wolf kill and lay motionless, as though on a dare. Pairs perform graceful, synchronized courtship flights and mate for life, though not always monogamously. Both male and female raise young. Ravens are among the most intelligent birds. They have complex social behaviors and a wide range of vocalizations, including mimicry. Their distinctive low croak is heard from afar. They can live up to fifteen years in the wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1633056618578-D8W2ZZTGTWOHN8GT0P6E/Nighthawks-600.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Lesser Nighthawks Chordeiles acutipennis and chia Salvia carnosa Low flying nightjars emit eerie, muffled trills as they silently and aerobatically cut through the air hunting insects on the wing, mouth agape. These crepuscular arid-land dwellers forage alone, paired or in family groups over great distances. They are cryptic and lay two eggs on the ground. They are tolerant of temperature extremes, fluttering their gular to cool and going into extended torpor during cold spells. North American populations winter in Central and South America. Their return to the desert heralds’ warm months ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/a693332e-df45-48e0-9853-eaa95a4aeeb8/tortoise-500-I.jpg Stained Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/7bd44813-4c18-4450-9d06-eabc1a1c3fb0/Thistle-600-I.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1cded02f-ae14-4499-a530-56bb044841ef/Red-spotted-purple-2-500-I.JPG Stained Glass - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/7e73c033-8307-4edb-9239-b7095dfcedba/Agave-500-I.jpg Stained Glass - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/32c77f7d-04f3-478a-8d0c-34ff9eac740e/Tortoise-600-I.jpg Stained Glass - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632702333727-0FY5B06W8TYHV7JGNN33/MLK-5-front-and-back-I.jpg Miscellaneous Glass Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1632704896720-W42YPINX6H5N9ITRKC5G/James-Baldwin-%233-front-back-sig-I.jpg Miscellaneous Glass Art - James Baldwin 1924-1987 Influential civil rights leader who broke homosexual and interracial relationship taboos in his writing. 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The next week, a minister broke the boycott by bringing his child to school and others followed. But Ruby spent the year as the sole student of the only teacher, from Boston, willing to teach a black child. “Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.”-Ruby Bridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1633138685525-L80XUPFMHTX2RNJTK01Z/IMG_8015+-+Processed.jpg Miscellaneous Glass Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6119dba2d2da9f5070569cf9/1633138712034-HIQSIHWYRHNX5HIGZS40/Full-I.jpg Miscellaneous Glass Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.