Making the best...

of a bad situation. After a morning of serious scheduling errors, I can take some hope in this image by Lois Weinberger of vegetation on broken asphalt. Growth in brokenness.

Bobcats claim foreclosed home

Headline today: "Bobcats claim foreclosed house" (photo via LA Times)

I'm certainly not the only one interested in the topic of nature taking back man-made constructions. When I posted about Scott Silvey's work back in April I explored the concept, referencing Josh Keyes as well. Then just yesterday I saw a great show on the history channel (future channel?) called "Life After People". If you get a chance to see this - do. I really enjoyed the show and it was especially interesting with all of the computer generated time-lapsed decaying cities.

Who Owns The West?

I found this interesting post at Strange Maps stating that the United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) - nearly 30% of its total territory. In fact, nearly 37% of Colorado is owned by the government.