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AnnieGreenMountains

@ashgrove2127.bsky.social

Writer, artist, nature nerd, archaeology nerd, 7th generation Vermonter, 4th Generation Red Sox fan, irreligious. Please no DMs.

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VTDigger@vtdigger.bsky.social · 4d ago

The 37-year-old former Chittenden County forester lives in a 175-acre forest in Bolton that he calls Bear Island. It’s a central character in his writing.

Vermont Conversation: Forester, influencer and author Ethan Tapper on why ‘it's our responsibility to carry hope for each other’ - VTDigger

Tapper’s new book, “The Forest Year: Finding Hope in a World Worth Saving,” explores the power of staying and paying careful attention to the environment around you.

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AnnieGreenMountains@ashgrove2127.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Went for a walk yesterday in the Pember Nature Preserve in Hebron, NY. It's an old farm allowed to revert to nature, alongside a slow stream that spreads out into a reedy beaver pond. It's a wonderful place to observe nature.

A path through a forest of young slender trees, sunlight and shadow dappling through the dense green foliage.A small orange amanita mushroom emerging from leaf litter on a forest floor.A view across an open space in bright sunlight, a mass of blooming goldenrod in the foreground, with taller trees in the background framing a tall mass of clouds rising in the blue sky.
Mr. Spock 🖖@spockresists.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We have the primal brains of hunter-gatherers, the social institutions of the Middle Ages, and the god-like technology of the future. As a species, we simply weren’t ready for the psychological toll of 24/7 connectivity.

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Timeless art from Minoan Crete! Some 3,500 years ago, a Minoan sculptor transformed a piece of ivory into this dynamic and graceful figurine of a bull leaper! From Knossos Palace. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small ivory figurine representing a male bull-leaper about to execute a mid-air somersault over a bull’s back. The figurine is balancing on straight arms above which a slim body forms a graceful arch, and legs (one missing), thrust up high into the air, slightly bent at the knees. The pose is somewhat reminiscent of that of a diver, except for the head which is raised and faces forwards rather than tucked between the arms. The figurine measures 28.7 cm. The ivory is now a warm creamy yellow, mottled with brown staining and fine cracks. It is displayed on a modern metal support structure in Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. According to the museum ‘It is part of the only three-dimensional depiction of bull-leaping from the Palace of Knossos known to date. It was found together with at least two other ivory figurines and a faience bull’s head. The composition obviously depicts the moment when the athlete leaps over the bull, a scene familiar from Minoan frescoes and seals’ It goes on to say ‘the examination of the group under the microscope showed that the figures preserve traces of red paint, meaning that some features were painted on. They also had long hair made of copper gilt wires attached to the head, while thin pieces of gold foil found together with the statuettes may have been part of their clothing’