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by James Temple
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Our weekender tote bags are chic and perfect for a day out on the town, a staycation, or a weekend getaway. The tote is crafted with soft, spun poly-poplin fabric and features double-stitched seams for added durability. The 1" thick cotton handles are perfect for carrying the bag by hand or over your shoulder. This is a must-have for the summer.
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Two hundred million years ago, cycads were everywhere. Cycad forests reached from Greenland to Antarctica (though the continents were not where they... more
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Two hundred million years ago, cycads were everywhere. Cycad forests reached from Greenland to Antarctica (though the continents were not where they are now). Pterodactyls flew through them. Big dinosaurs munched on them during the Jurassic period. They were small, stumpy palm-looking trees, known today as Sago Palms. They are now the most commercially grown palm in the world.
I have a number of these beautiful trees in my yard here on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i. When a cycad is ready to reproduce, it grows a large colorful cone about a foot wide, rich with pollen or seed. It signals its readiness by radiating heat or sending out attractive odors to pollinators, who travel back and forth. Once fertilized, the seed-rich cone is ripped apart by hungry seed carriers (who've included over the years, not just birds and insects, but dinosaurs, pterosaurs, bats; these trees have been eaten by just about everybody). The plant then sends up a fountain of new fronds out of its ce...
I've lived in Hawaii since 2002, 1200 feet above sea level, on the small rural island of Moloka'i. It is very quiet here, with only about 7,400 residents. I appreciate the quiet life after spending 35 years as a commercial illustrator, senior art director and design director for major advertising agencies and design studios in Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto California. I've always loved cooking. In 2002 that love led me to a degree in the Culinary Arts just before moving to Hawaii. Since then I designed and built a house, worked in local restaurants, self-published three cookbooks, and took up photography as a hobby. Now retired, I spend most of my time developing recipes and photographing them, plus researching and writing...
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James Temple
Thanks for your comments on my work today Bonnie. James
A Hillman
Exquisite! L/Pinterest
Marcia Colelli
Beautiful abstract image of nature. Nice color and details. L
James Temple replied:
Thank you Marcia! James
A Hillman
Amazing and beautiful! Wow! l/f
James Temple replied:
Thanks again Sunny!
Sharon McConnell
So much to love about this image - light, patterns, lines, composition, and color! Beautiful work, James. L/F
James Temple replied:
Thank you Sharon!
Debra Lynch
Happy Birthday James! I would sing for you but your ears would hurt for weeks afterwards. :-)) I hope you have a wonderful and blessed Birthday... I was visiting Grace's work and saw it was a blessed day. :-)) I love what you did here. How interesting about this plant. I had never heard of a cycad before and how thrilling it is to see such a wonderful plant. Lovely capture.... L/F/P
James Temple replied:
Aloha Debra, thanks for the happy birthday greeting, and also your interest in this image.
FRANCE ART
Aloha James! This is a magnificent photo.. Also magnificent, is your enlightening description..! That says something about us artists..doesn't it? That we look carefully.. That we, like children..stop to wonder...& We Love.. to explore & learn.. Wow.. Aren't we grateful..? that this beautiful planet, offers so very much! I hope you will post more pics of the life cycle you described.. Like the cone..! Amazing.. L & F..Dona Delfino Dugay
James Temple replied:
Thanks Dona!
Heidi Fickinger
This is fabulous, James! I will always look at Sego Palms differently from now on. l/f
James Temple replied:
Thanks Heidi!
Denise Clark
I am familiar with cycads but have never noticed the curly bits happening..I will have to keep an eye out...lovely capture James l/f
James Temple replied:
Aloha Denise, thanks for your comment. The curly tips straighten out as the new fronds mature.
Jane Powell
This is beautiful palm tree, James!
James Temple replied:
Thanks Jane!