A Glimpse of the Life & Art of Madison Woods
@WildOzark
Where I write about my art, and share bits of our life out here in the wild Ozarks near Kingston, Arkansas.
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Read more: Special Little SnowflakesFirst Snowfall 2017 A couple of snowflakes flurried around the other day, but today is the day I’m counting as Wild Ozark’s first official snowfall…
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Read more: How to Identify Plants in the Wild, How to Search and Find CluesEarlier this year I surveyed my newsletter members for their top questions. Here’s one about how to identify plants found in the outdoors. Top Questions It’s…
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Read more: Product Review: STABILicers Ice Cleats make Slippery Slopes a Cinch!When it gets icy here, just walking down the back steps is a feat, but making my rounds to feed the critters is the whole…
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Read more: Keeping up the Juggling ActIt’s the holiday season, so it stands to reason that lots of folks are juggling lots of things in their lives these days. Juggling and…
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Read more: End of Autumn and Letting Go of ClutterThe end of autumn brings me to a state of feeling introspective. Depression, melancholy maybe, or just a need to be alone with my thoughts for…
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Read more: PerseveranceIf there’s one thing to know about me, it’s that I’m stubborn and don’t give up easily. And I draw a lot of inspiration from…
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Read more: Comanche’s EyeThere is just something special about the eyes of a horse. I can’t tell you what it is because I don’t know the words to…
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Read more: Hornet’s Nest & The last of the fall color at Wild OzarkA hornet’s nest to decorate with has long been on my wish-list. Around here, they don’t survive very long in the wild because cliff or…
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Read more: Rewind: Between Autumn and Winter: A Liminal SpaceWe’re in a holding pattern at Wild Ozark right now, which is in its own way a sort of liminal space. Rob has two hernias…
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Read more: Imposter by Nature – Hognose SnakeValerie, don’t read this post… it’s about a hognose snake and there are pictures 😉 Situational Awareness Lesson This is a negative lesson. Don’t do…
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Read more: Get in Shape with Nature- Starting out the Day Hot & SweatyThis morning kicked off my first effort at returning to a daily walk/jog routine. It’s time to get in shape after 6 months of trying…
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Read more: Ginseng Growing Season is Winding Down, Digging Winding UpGinseng Growing Season The ginseng growing season is winding down now. The plants set berries earlier and most of them have ripened and fallen to…
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Read more: Unveiling Wild Ozark’s New LogoIt’s time for a new logo, and a permanent one. It’s taken me a few years of working on Wild Ozark to finally figure out…
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Read more: Homestead: Getting the Chainsaw Stuck … and UnstuckToday was an outdoor work day, at least until the storm blew in. Feeding critters, excluding chickens, and getting the chainsaw stuck, and unstuck. Feeding…
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Read more: Ozark Backroad Photo Journey – Come Along for the RideWhenever I go away from the house alone, I take my camera. A simple run to the post office or to town becomes an Ozark…
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Read more: Mushrooms are Rising and Fall is in the Air at Wild OzarkWith all the rain we’ve been having, and the cool mornings for the past couple of days, the fungi are loving above ground life. This…
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Read more: Tiny Pretty ThingsLots of tiny pretty things catch my eye. A little flash of red caught my eye yesterday when I was working on repairs to the…
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Read more: Slugs and Dragons and Ginseng, Oh My! Wild Ozark CreationsI’ve been working on a few new Wild Ozark creations lately. This creative streak seems to have no end in sight, either, because ideas just…
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Read more: Custom Drawing – “Slug on Poison Ivy”This is a custom drawing of a slug on poison ivy. In this post I’ll show you the process I use for drawing a picture…
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Read more: Prettiest Rooster ContestDo you have a pretty rooster? Wild Ozark is hosting a contest to see who has the prettiest roosters out there. Send in your entries!…
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Read more: Balanced Asymmetry and Order in Chaos in Nature, Work, and ArtNote: an edited and better composed version of this is posted over at Medium. I’ve been in a crafty mood lately. It’s probably safe to…
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Read more: Mailbox and Back in Under an HourYesterday I brought my camera with me when I went to the mailbox. If I had walked, I know it would have taken more than…
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Read more: Top Questions from Readers: Healing HerbsHealing Herbs: the first of the Top Questions and Topics of Interest from Readers Healing herbs and using the wild plants for medicine was one…
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Read more: Installing a Culvert Retaining Wall was Today’s Homestead ProjectToday I built a culvert retaining wall for the culvert on the shop driveway to keep it from washing out around the sides. I was…
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Read more: No WaterThis morning I turned on the faucet to put some water on my toothbrush. Nothing but a few drops came out. Then, nothing. No water.…
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