01-27-18 Green

By Scott Shephard 

I suggested that I might be posting something less “frosty.”  And here you go . . .  

Wind Swept

On a recent trip to Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, I sitting in a beach chair near this tree and noticed that the strong breeze was blowing the palm fronds back as if the tree were a tall, thin human with a full head of hair.But this human has green coconuts!!?? Is there any way of knowing when one might fall? A South Dakotan has very little natural experience with things like this.

10-12-10 More Natural Symmetry

When I researched this plant, I discovered that there is a multitude of types of palms. This is one, but I don't know the name. :-(

01-11-10 God's Ruler?

The metaphysical debate that intrigues me is whether nature is chaotic or patterned. The palm leaves and flowers that I've posted on this blog suggests that not only is nature patterned but it's predictable.

I didn't have a ruler or protractor with me when I took this photo, but I'm guessing that both would show precisely repeated angles and spacings in these palm fronds. And, as you've noticed, I love the architecture of palms.