Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? - Ridley Scott
This blog will act as an attempt to chronicle what is sure to be one of the most ridiculously confusing, interesting and wild years I've ever experienced.

By compiling a series of 365 black and white photos and accompanied text you're invited to follow along the ride of an undergraduate student with severe biophilia. This year will mark a year that I leave the continent, graduate from my Bachelors degree, start graduate studies, try to make heads and tails of life and and search for an elusive tiger beetle.

Feel free to post feedback, ask questions, and give suggestions. Hope that your 2013 is looking to be a wonderful, wonderful year.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

09. The perks of perennial flowers

As renowned landscape architect Piet Oudolf famously said "Brown is a colour too". Oudolf was referring to his trend of landscape agriculture known as New Wave Planting. This trend uses sweeping banks of grasses and perennial plants to create natural, flowing gardens that are beautiful throughout the year.

A local fire station has a small perennial garden, and though it lacks the lustre of Oudolf's designs characterized by Chinese silver-grass (Miscanthus spp.) it does have some very interesting shapes that peek out from a foot or so of snow. Among these shapes are the seed heads of astilbe plants. They are mostly knee-high varieties, but have a beautiful seed-head and interesting stems. I took a quick photo of the stems from a low perspective, and this was the result.

An interesting day it was today. Full of visitors and friends. Tomorrow it's just a single class, and several meetings. Looking forward to it.
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