A gray day with the Ohio River rising and I’m exploring this huge driftwood mound created by last spring’s flooding. Over the last few months this section has seen other minor floods and even a fire. It’s interesting to me to see how the river has a leveling effect as it flows under and moves [...]
Archive for January, 2012
The Temperate Bird of Paradise
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, collections, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, bird of paradise, birds, creative ornithology, creativity, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature story, photography, recycled art, signs, Styrofoam, unnatural history on January 31, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Coal Dust Beach…a Found Object Story
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, Beach combing, coal, dolls, driftwood, environmental story, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, nature photography, old toys, public art, recycled materials, sculpture, Styrofoam, toy truck on January 28, 2012 | 15 Comments »
On a recent expedition to the Falls of the Ohio I came across a small section of the Ohio River within the park that surprised me because of all the coal I found. Over this warmer than usual January, the Ohio River has fluctuated due to the rain and snow that have fallen upriver [...]
Yellow Freaky Day
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, lost and found toys, Louisville, material culture, nature, photography, plastic, recycled art, SpongeBob, Styrofoam on January 9, 2012 | 6 Comments »
The sun is shining and it’s a brand new year and because it’s also 60 degrees out today…you might not recognize that it is also supposed to be winter here at the Falls of the Ohio! I’m sure it will come, but for now we have followed our wettest year ever with a very warm [...]
