Over the holidays, I finished my October page in my nature journal. It took me a while to identify some of the beautiful fall plants that I saw when I attended the New Mexico Art Adventure in Cimarron, NM. The back meadow of Casa del Gavilan was fascinating to this WV girl. Some of the plants were familiar because they were relatives of Eastern species (as in the case of the pine, oak and juniper trees), or because I've seen them in little dish gardens (as in the case of the pincushion cactus). But the grasses and other flowering plants were quite different from our plants and were most difficult to identify because they had passed the flowering stage and were left with dried flowers and seedpods. The field guide that I purchased while in New Mexico only showed the flowering stage, and most web sites didn't have photographs of the seed stage either. I finally gave up on some of the most interesting plants and drew in my nature journal the plants and animals that I was certain of.
As a background to my New Mexico page, I drew a front view of the Casa del Gavilan with its scenic backdrop of the "Tooth of Time".
As a background to my New Mexico page, I drew a front view of the Casa del Gavilan with its scenic backdrop of the "Tooth of Time".
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