#hoyt arboretum

[littlegreyduck]

I would like to offer, if I may, as a palate cleanser, this big ol' tree (photographed by me on the 8th of June 2023 at the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland OR).

#Hoyt Arboretum #Portland Oregon #Tree

[tomlinsonvuitton]

unreal

#Oregon #portland oregon #mt hood #forest photography #hoyt arboretum #redwoods #fall aesthetic #pacific northwest #pnw #pnw aesthetic #hiking #vertigo effect #beautiful #redwood aesthetic #west coast #north west #haystack rock #cannon beach #Indian beach #Ecola state park #art #fall art #autumn #autumn aesthetic #redwood forest #nature #nature photo art #oregon photography #girls who smoke weed #October

[loneberry]

—Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari

#literature #poetry #Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari #sufi poetry #arabic poetry #hoyt arboretum #trees #alphabet #sufism

[sharkcuterieboard]

The trilliums are in bloom ✨🥰

#jb talks #wunderbar #trillium #photography #nature #pacific northwest #hoyt arboretum #no filter #she just woke up like that

[asheimmortal]

I tortured myself today.

(i.e. thought I could hike a mile in the woods)

#oregon #portland #hoyt arboretum #redwoods #bamboo #disabled #chronic pain

[swordvixen]

Sharing some images from my back catalog while I wait to build up enough film photography to show you all. Here's some I took in the Spring of 2015 with a then-new Canon digital camera at the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon.

#portland #digital photography #canon camera #Hoyt Arboretum #pacific northwest #oregon #nature photography

[leguin]

more hiking with the 23 year old today! lot of rambling through Washington park/hoyt arboretum/wildwood trail...think I walked and hiked about 12 miles this weekend, and it just keeps getting easier )

#we saw gingko trees and redwoods and two very unexpected monkey puzzle trees #hiking tag

[psshaw]

Portland! Do any Portland-knowers follow me. Of course they do, but they’re probably out fucking hiking right now.

I’m visiting there in October and I’m building a list of things to possibly check out. So far I’ve been told:

Multnomah Falls

Vista House

Powell’s Books

Japanese Garden

Voodoo Donuts (I’m under the impression there’s a lot of fancy donut places. And burlesque halls, unless that’s gone down since the late aughts)

Hoyt Arboretum

Zymoglyphic Museum (CLOSED DUE TO COVID BUT I NEED IT)

Raven’s Manor

“weird ‘casually threatening’ late night coffee shop called the Rimsky”

Always looking to expand this list, and maybe show my sister who just moved there some cool secrets. Personally I love gawking at weird shit and window-antiquing, and obvs anything artsy. Also not at all adverse to walking.

Any ideas to add to this list?

[demi-shoggoth]

2022 Reading Log, pt 20

96. Strange Sea Creatures by Erich Hoyt. This book was something of a disappointment for me. Hoyt has written other books about deep sea life that are better than this—Creatures of the Deep most notably. The thing is, this book is short; only about a hundred pages, with some very nice photography but a paragraph or so of information on each depicted organism. This was published during the lockdown portion of the pandemic, so I wonder if this project was abridged due to publisher issues, or was perhaps a children’s book that was expanded a bit and sold as an adult book. The pictures are nice, and the information is good, but there’s just not as much of it as you would expect from the price tag.

97. Momo: The Strange Case of the Missouri Monster by Lyle Blackburn. I’ve talked in this series before about how Blackburn is one of my favorite of the “true believer” strain of cryptozoologists; he does his due diligence with research and knows how to weave a good yarn. This yarn is about the flap of hairy hominid sightings in Louisiana, Missouri (how’s that for a confusing town name?) the summer of 1972, dubbed “Momo” for “Missouri Monster” by the press. The book also covers other Midwest sightings of Bigfoot-style monsters before and since, the flap of UFO sightings in the area at the time and the efforts to link Momo to ETs, and the parts of the story we know are hoaxes. This book is also pretty short, but it feels like a relatively complete coverage of a section of American folklore.

98. A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth. Noticing a pattern? I was sick, so books that required a lot of attention span were off the table. This is a social history of drinking more than it is of alcohol, being a look at various places drinks were served, the culture of who drank, when and how, and what the rest of your evening might be like. It covers some similar ground to Girly Drinks with stuff like the prevalence of female gods of alcohol, and how the Greek symposium was a men-only affair. The book also discusses cultures where drink was socially disapproved of but still present, like the Caliphates, and cultures where drink is integrated into the fabric of the government, like imperial and Stalinist Russia.

99. The Story of Trees and how they changed the way we live by Kevin Hobbs and David West, illustrated by Thibaud Hérem. Similarly to Remarkable Trees, this book looks at trees one species at a time, and discusses their impacts on human culture as well as their biology. What sets this book apart is the consistency; 100 trees, each with an original illustration, that showcase the whole of the tree (bark, leaves, color, outline) like a spotter’s guide. This book is lovely, and well formatted. The arrangement of trees is roughly chronological, so woods used by prehistoric people are clumped towards the beginning and trees that have particular relevance to the 21st century are towards the back. The book does cheat a little in order to have a dry sense of humor, for example placing cinchona and juniper back to back to make a nice gin and tonic. The book is also very British. One pleasant surprise was seeing my alma mater recommended as a place to see trees compared to a global stage. I knew instinctively that UC Davis has a nice arboretum, but I always thought of it more as “walking path to get to the office” rather than “major botanical institution”.

100. Spiders: The Ultimate Predators by Stephen Dalton. This is kind of the book I was hoping Strange Sea Creatures would be; a wildlife photography book that still has a decent amount of biological information. The photos are truly spectacular—Dalton was a pioneer of photographing insects back in the 1970s, and this book was a project in part for him to tackle his arachnophobia head on. The spiders are organized by hunting style rather than by phylogenetic placement, which helps keep the book from feeling dated (it’s from 2008, and spider taxonomy has already undergone some radical revisions in the past decade-and-a-half). There’s also a chapter about advice for photographing small, skittish subjects, a lot to do with lighting and shutter speeds, which went mostly over my head but would probably be useful for people with more experience.

#reading log #spider #arachnology #social history #alcohol #botany #horticulture #trees #momo #cryptozoology #paranormal #abyssal fish #abyssal life #marine biology

[spatheandspadix]

Mossy spreading branches, Hoyt Arboretum

[loneberry]

Alex in Laurelhurst Park (Portland) with our ancient friend: a dawn redwood! This tree from the Mesozoic era was believed to be extinct until the mid-twentieth century. The discovery of a cluster of the trees in south-central China was, for researchers, as “remarkable as discovering a living dinosaur.”

In China: “This tree formed part of a local shrine, where villagers called it Shuǐshān 水杉 or ‘water fir’”

“In July 1947, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University provided $250 to fund an expedition by Zheng Wanjun's assistant Hua Jingchan to collect seeds for the arboretum from the Metasequoia type tree in Moudao, and trees in the nearby Metasequoia Valley (Shuishaba Valley). Hua's collecting trip returned with several kilos of seed that were distributed over the next few months for growth trials…”

“Hoyt Arboretum received some of these seeds and successfully grew dawn redwoods—which still live in Hoyt Arboretum today. These trees were the first dawn redwoods to bear cones in the Western Hemisphere in 6-8 million years.”

#trees #redwoods #portland

[beneaththemulberrytree]

Magnolia at the Magnolia Collection in Hoyt Arboretum 5.2.23

[ehdean]

Wildwood Trail 🌲 🌞 🌸 #arboretum #washingtonpark (at Hoyt Arboretum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdodXOcPKtD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#arboretum #washingtonpark

[anonsally]

Photos from Day 6 of Portland vacation

(we didn’t take any photos on Day 5. it was too hot.)

Top row: riding up on the Aerial Tram

Row 2: View from higher up; the mechanical workings of the aerial tram

Row 3: Panorama from the top

Row 4: one of the gondolas coming up. You can see one of the mountains in the background.

Row 5: An interesting building near the lower Aerial Tram station

Row 6: Hoyt Arboretum. Forest; a dead tree that bugs had left interesting markings in

Row 7: more bug markings; the leafy canopy

#personal #travel #photography

[aricommissions]

Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon Wedding // Aaron Courter Escape into a fairytale wedding at the Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon. Let nature's whispers of love create an unforgettable beginning to your happily ever after.

#AaronCourterPhotography #OutdoorWeddingVibes #DreamyForestWedding #BeautifulWeddingLocations

[cryptonita-grunge]

Hoyt Arboretum - Portland, OR Immerse yourself in the vibrant beauty of Hoyt Arboretum, a tranquil oasis nestled in the heart of Portland, Oregon. Find solace and inspiration surrounded by nature's wonders.

#OregonNature #NatureBeauty #BotanicalGarden