Kelly Brenner's Blog, page 10
March 24, 2020
Japanese Buddhist Gardens
Below is a sneak peek of this content! This is a paper I wrote while at university for a Buddhist Art class. I thought I'd share it here because I wrote about Japanese moss gardens in my book Nature Obscura. HISTORY According... To view this content, you must be a member of Kelly's Patreon at []
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March 15, 2020
How to Find Face Mites
I know what youre thinking, why would I want to find face mites? but the real question is, why wouldnt you? These microscopic arachnids in the Demodex genus live in your pores eating facial oils called sebum, completely undetected by their human hosts. Unless we look for them, that is. Were not born with face []
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January 22, 2020
Diary of an Urban Wild Garden: Backyard Bees
Below is a sneak peek of this content! On the door of my study hangs a poster of the backyard bees of North America and often when I'm thinking, my eyes fall on this poster and I lose my train of thought... To view this content, you must be a member of Kelly's Patreon at […]
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January 13, 2020
Field Journal: Valkmusa National Park
Below is a sneak peek of this content! The promise of extensive bogs and rare moths and butterflies drew me to my final destination on my tour of Finland's National Parks. It had begun with a visit north to Syöte National Park... To view this content, you must be a member of Kelly's Patreon at […]
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January 8, 2020
5 Marine Biology Books
Below is a sneak peek of this content! It's no secret that I spend a lot of time at the beach looking for and photographing marine invertebrates. Many, if not most, of my encounters lead to countless questions about what I've found.... To view this content, you must be a member of Kelly's Patreon at […]
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January 7, 2020
Poem of the Week: Winter-Time
By Robert Louis Stevenson Late lies the wintry sun a-bed, A frosty, fiery sleepy-head; Blinks but an hour or two; and then, A blood-red orange, sets again. Before the stars have left the skies, At morning in the dark I rise; And shivering in my nakedness, By the cold candle, bathe and dress. Close by […]
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December 17, 2019
Red-nosed Reindeer: The Story of the Reindeer Snot Bot
Maybe it wasn’t light at all, but something far darker, that turned Rudolph’s nose red. During the peak of summer in the far north of Scandinavia, reindeer have forsaken the snow and lichen of winter and are busy foraging on the soft new plant growth like sedge and cotton grass, fireweed and goldenrod and the […]
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The Red-nosed Reindeer: The Story of the Reindeer Snot Bot
Below is a sneak peek of this content! Maybe it wasn't light at all, but something far darker, that turned Rudolph's nose red. During the peak of summer in the far north of Scandinavia, reindeer have forsaken the snow and lichen of... To view this content, you must be a member of Kelly's Patreon at […]
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Poem of the Week: Winter: My Secret
ByChristina Rossetti I tell my secret? No indeed, not I;Perhaps some day, who knows?But not today; it froze, and blows and snows,And you’re too curious: fie!You want to hear it? well:Only, my secret’s mine, and I won’t tell. Or, after all, perhaps there’s none:Suppose there is no secret after all,But only just my fun.Today’s a […]
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December 9, 2019
Field Journal: Nuuksio National Park
Below is a sneak peek of this content! The third day of my solo tour of Finland's National Parks brought me back close to Helsinki when I visited Nuuksio National Park. The afternoon before, I drove to Haltia - the Finnish Nature... To view this content, you must be a member of Kelly's Patreon at […]
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