Last Wednesday morning, I attended Dave MacLean’s FunGIS class. The topic was calculating the area of a polygon using a Python script. Unannounced, at 9 am , there was an unveiling of artwork by Phillip Bailey in the AV room.
Phillip is a member of the African Nova Scotia community, from Lequille, Annapolis County, and grandson of Harold Cromwell.
The Art is now on display in the entry way at COGS. It is a composite of the African Nova Scotia flag, a topographic representation of the province and identifying the primary African Nova Scotia communities.
A third element of the morning was a presentation on the joint M.Sc. in Applied Geomatics between COGS and Acadia University. Unfortunately, the need for snow tyres meant that I was unable to hear the presentation. The program was established by John Roth at Acadia and myself at COGS.
A couple of weeks ago, Heather attended a guided fungi walk with Keith Egger, organized by the Arlington Forest Protection Society (see post Saving Forests). On Keith’s recommendation we ordered Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada by Timothy Baroni.
It arrived this week at The Inside Story in Greenwood.
The excellent illustrations will be invaluable, as we continue to walk through our property to the Inglisville Road.
Acknowledgements
Dave MacLean’s class on Wednesdays, give me an insiders perspective on the activities at COGS. The guided walk by the Arlington Forest Protection Society added to our botanical reference collection.
Postscript
There will be a delays in posting these recent blogs, as Edward relocates to his Winter base in Florida.
References
T.J.Baroni, 2017, Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, Timber Press.
Phillip Bailey, CartographMe. Combining cartography and art. I create hand-drawn maps that hold customized meaning through a description of people, places and events. https://www.cartographme.com
Ernest Blair Experiment 