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Song: Everlasting Harmony
Artist: DJ Gami.K
Album: Second Life Story
Netlabel: Jamendo Music
Song: Lonesome 2
Artist: Dope Fiends
Album: Lonesome (EP)
Netlabels: Jamendo Music
Song: Then and Then
Artist: Thallus
Album: Good Netlabels Compilation
Song: A Turntable And A Koto
Artist: Hypoetical
Album: Pendulum (LP)
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Loved Once
Artist: Sp.Ace
Album: Caravan of Lightbulbs
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Sold Ma Soul
Artist: Inkliing
Album: Generals
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Sunday Morning
Artist: Block 8
Album: Sorry About the Rain (EP)
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Shortie
Artist: BaaskaT
Album: Beat Tape 2 (LP)
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Cold Hands
Artist: Dark Optics
Album: Remember When (LP)
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Metabones
Artist: Anitek
Album: Deadspace
Netlabel: Jamendo
Bird Songs on a Late Spring Morning
I usually add a hip hop beat to my videos after trimming and editing. But sometimes nature's sounds are the perfect soundtrack.
I can identify plants all day. Birdsongs not so much. I'll say many bird species were out on this morning. Cardinals have nested in this area for years. So they're likely apart of the bird chorus.
Featured Plants:
Multiflora Rose (Rosa Multiflora)
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron Tulipifera)
Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata)
We don't talk about the day moon enough. The full moon at midnight gets all the fame.
The day moon's enthralling. The moon at night hangs in a nearly black sky. Beautiful to the eye. But hard to photograph.
Look at the day moon. Sometimes colorful clouds frame it. Sometimes a bewildering colored sky is its backdrop.
The moon in the sky at sunrise, midday or sunset is a magical sight.
See the day moon in its waxing stages.
Song: Astro Melody
Artist: The Innkeepers
Album: Astronaut Delta
Netalbel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Dark Skies (Mr. Moods Rainy Mix)
Artist: Erik Jackson
Album: Rainy Days
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: A Man of Dreams
Artist: Ribbonmouthrabbit
Album: Follow the White Rabbit
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
1-2.Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) Bark
3-6. American Sycamore ( Platanus Occidentalis) Bark
Song: Zombo Artist: Tony Mahoney Album: Genesis
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Komorebi
Artist: Anitek
Album: Mainstay
Netlabel: Jamendo
1. Cherry Tree (Prunus x Yeodensis 'Yoshino') Bark
2. Black Locust (Robinia Pseudoacacia) Bark
3. Gray Poplar (Populus Canascens) Bark
4. River Birch (Betula Nigra) Bark
5. Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus) Bark
Song: Lately
Artist: Ogi Feel the Beat
Album: Lately
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
1. Ruffle Lichen (Parmotera)
2.Yellow Lichen (Xanthoria Parietina) on Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) Bark
3. Southern Powdered Ruffle Lichen (Parmotremum Hypoleucinum)
4. Yellow Lichen (Xanthoria Parietina)
5. Southern Powdered Ruffle Lichen (Parmotremum Hypoleucinum)
6. Lichen on Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus Virginia)
Song: Relax
Artist: Nyctophiliac
Album: Nyctophiliac
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
1. Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria Japonica) Cones
2. Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) Cones
3. Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus) Cone
Song: Post Arrival
Artist: MEDL4
Album: Isostasy
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Spring blooms will distract you from noticing yew's male cones. They dangle like little earrings.
1. Yew (Taxus Baccata) Male Cones
2. Yew (Taxus Baccata) spring growth
3. Yew (Taxus Baccata) mature leaves
Song: Lover's Lament
Artist: Fredo
Album: First Movements
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
So what I thought were berries are actually modified cones. Don't ask me how botanists came to that conclusion.
When I was a kid, we made a game of throwing and dodging these cones. Kids...
1. Arbovitae (Thuja Orientalis) Cones
2. Juniper (Juniperus Chinensis 'Blue Point') Unripe "Berries"
3. Creeping Juniper (Juniperus Horizontalis) Unripe "Berries"
4. Juniper (Juniperus Chinensis 'Blue Point') Ripe "Berries"
Song: Motions Artist: dustmotes Album: Horror Vacui Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Evergreens aren't associated with daintiness...but here are some examples.
1. Common Juniper (Juniper Communis)
2. Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus)
Song: Raindrops in Your Hair Artist: Bulimic Orgy Album: Dairy Plant
1. Winterberry Holly (Ilex Verticillata) Leaves and Berries
2. Carissa Holly (Ilex Cornuta) Leaves
3. Holly (Ilex Acquifolium) Leaves
Song: Luz Sin Tiempo Artist: Garay Palma
Album: Musica de Mentira Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Winter Solstice
Artist: Esbe
Album: Late Night Headphones (Volume 3)
Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Kalter Winter
Artist: Lupid Ocampo
Album: Break Asymmetry
Netlabel: Good Netlabels
1. Southern Magnolia (Magnolia Grandiflora) Seed Head
2. Ripe and Unripe Pokeberries (Phytolacca Americana)
3. Honey Locust (Gleditsia Triacanthos) Seed Pods
4. Honey Locust (Gleditsia Triacanthos) Seed Pods Closeup
5. Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) Seed Heads
6. Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana) Berries
Song: Victorious Artist: Glintsik Album: Wits End
Netabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Song: Outro Artist: iSoLate101 Album: Under the Skin Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
I thought I was recording the silver leaves of an autumn olive swaying in the breeze...with a touch of bokeh. Instead, I got bokeh with a touch of leaves.
Song: Mistakes and Blemishes Artist: Noi2er Album: Beyond Reality (Vacuum)
Song: Chicxulub Artist: Undogmatic Album: The Philosophy of Nature
It was too cold, I'm too lazy and too unskilled to record a time lapse video of the once in a half millenium partial lunar eclipse that happened this morning. I'll leave it to NASA.
Back on land, I stayed in my lane and recorded some lovely seed heads swaying in the wind.
Song: Valium Artist: Ego Dome Album: Neurocentric EP
Song: Broken Home Artist: Glintsik Album: Butter Dream Netlabel: Dusted Wax Kingdom
Late Summer Meadow with Sounds of Nature and Traffic
It's not the country; it's the suburbs. A busy street and an even busier highway are the borders of this meadow of native wildflowers and naturalized species. Most of the trees are the now hated Callery pear (Prunus Calleryana).
This small plot of land is home and larder to several critters: rabbits, groundhogs, hawks, eagles, geese, crows, cardinals, bluejays, birds I can't name, deer and numerous insects. I'm sure many more live secretly among the tangle of plants. The meadow's dynamic. A different plant dominates a season from year to year. Last year at this time, it was filled with goldenrod (Solidago spp); it's now relegated to the edges. This year the cloudlike boneset (Eupatorium Perfoliatum) reigns.
The wonder is how it survived the juggernaut of development. There's no value or profit in this wildness. Deep down, I know it's end is near. Thus, I document what may be the last years of this suburban meadow. With just a touch of melancholy.
Wow. This took a detour. I meant to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Next time.
Please enjoy this video of a late summer meadow in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC.
Planted in an unsuitable location (western sun, edge of parking lot), split asunder by lightning then cut back with a chainsaw whenever new growth appears from the stump. This tree has been through it.
I was lucky enough to record this video at the beginning of its Prometheus-like life cycle.
Eastern redbud (Cercis Canadensis) is native to eastern North America. In zone 7a, I'd recommend giving it morning sun and afternoon shade.
The dope song: Patterns of Love Artist: Nienvox Album: Sphere EP