Tag Archives: Shadows

Shadows at the Teaching Garden

I checked out the Teaching Garden at Woodward Park the other day and found some shadows including this table and chairs.

And this deck with several different shadow patterns.

And these daffodils in the shade.

This is a legacy photo of Carl Linnaeus. The scientist from the 1700’s who invented our modern system of taxonomy for organisms. He was also the original namesake of the Teaching Garden. I googled the matter to find out why his name removed from the name of the facility and I found this document from the Tulsa Garden Center explaining the matter. It reads, in part:

“In his tenth edition of Systema Naturae (1758), Linnaeus began using this system to identify mammals, and more specifically, humans. Dubbed Homo sapiens, Linnaeus separated humans into categories where he described each “type” of human by physical characteristics, as well as behavioral and personality characteristics – something he had not done for other species.

By being published as science, Linnaeus’s descriptions of these different groups was used as a way for society to justify slavery, ethnic cleansing, and colonization – all taking place during this time – through scientific racism, a “scientific tradition in [which] biology is used not only to prove the existence of race, but also, to maintain existing social hierarchies” (Revolution and Ideology). These ideas have repeatedly been disproven and universally rejected by the modern scientific community, but their impact can still be felt today.

It goes on to say that they left the sculpture in place as an educational tool and a reminder of our past. It also has a statement from the artist, Rosalind Cook, who supports the action that the Garden Center took to change the name. They provide an academic summary of the matter and links to a bunch of resources. I support their action as well. I feel bad because they took this action in March of 2022 and I had no clue. Oh well, now I know.

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Bear Fountain Bicycle Shadows

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Went on a bike ride a few days ago and stopped at my favorite rest spot. I call it the Bear Fountain on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. All that falling water off the fountain is very peaceful. That day there was a strong wind from the south so I started at the north end of the trail and fought the wind all the way south. What a slog!! Thing was, after I rested up here at the fountain I went back north, I felt like I was flying back to my car!!

Wishing you a strong wind pushing you forward today!

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Patio and Trail Shadows

From the patio, a complex shadow made by a small table.

From the trail, a bicycle shadow and part of bench shadow.

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Warm, Shadowy, February Days

A bicycle shadows at the start of a bike ride on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. 15 miles and it was all good. Most bicyclists I know don’t think 15 miles is even a decent warmup. I love 15 miles myself.

Out on a hike on Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain I found me a shadow selfie.

It’s a plastic ammo box laying on its side.

I’m a geocacher. Turkey Mountain has a geocache hidden in a hole in a cliff that I can see but cannot get to it. I’m a purist. If I can’t hold the cache, open it, and sign the log then I am not going to claim a find. They need to have another category such as “seen but couldn’t get to.” I got lots of those. Caches up in trees and such that I can’t reach. If I had somebody with me, then sure I’d try using ropes. The cache above is in a pretty remote area. If I fell and broke something and if I couldn’t get cell phone signal then I’d be in tough shape. Of course if I fell and was able to get help, my wife might kill me for being so dumb. So its kind of a lose/lose proposition. Meanwhile I’ll keep on checking on it. Maybe some critter will knock it out to the ground and then I could sign the log.

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Shadows – Cause and Effect

We had a warm sunny day in Tulsa last week so I went for a walk at Lafortune Park.

I found this shadow at the public swimming pool. A shadow of a tree up against a cool midcentury modern style brick screen.

I love chain link fence shadows.

And some tree trunk tree shadows at the baseball field.

I like this also. The rough edged shadow from the wall right near the smooth lines of the concrete walkway edge.

So that was my photowalk on a nice sunny day. I’m linking with Shadow Shot Sunday.

Snow Shadows in Tulsa

A snow selfie in fresh snow.

A Smiling Snowman on Turkey Mountain

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Through the Magic Portal

A “Moon Gate” to a trail system here in Tulsa. I think they are kind of cool. Like symbolically passing into another dimension. My hiking friend hates them and walks around them. This time I noticed afterward it made an oval shadow. If I was more on the ball I could have captured more of the oval than what I did.

And on the other side of the moongate, we got these shadows on the trail. This was the Thursday before the polar vortex and the temp was in the high 50’s.

Now it is about 7F and we have a few inches of snow. What a difference a day or two makes!

Stay warm folks!!

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Shadows on the Trail

Early morning shadow hiking with a friend.

The day after a rain when the usual trails are closed so I hike on more sustainable surfaces.

And a shadow selfie on the trail.

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Tulsa Edition

This is our Pomeranian, Kodi. He is not in a crate, he is next to a screen keeping him out of the room next door. He found a sunny spot on a cold day.