Aleta Karstad

Plein air painter, nature writer, partner of Frederick W. Schueler on the Vulnerable Watersheds independent survey of the Energy East Pipeline

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@LOWaterkeeper @swimdrinkfish @swimguide I wouldn’t go by this. Some mussels are a lot more tolerant of chemical pollutants than others, and I wouldn’t drink from a river on the basis of the presence of mussels. They don’t filter out ALL pathogens that would be harmful to humans.

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@integritycdn @Philthe4cstr It looks like their world is burning, and they're just standing around watching, as if they were in Disneyland!😱

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr I sure hope they don’t get away with this!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr We have noticed it growing in flatly mowed lawns here. Surprised that it has invaded your “wild” one! https://t.co/PgYgjKXJnQ

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr @shoppixels This looks like you’ve got “Mouse-ear Hawkweed” recently invasive in our lawns. It is a distinctive lemony yellow.

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr @shoppixels Love the shadows, lying and climbing!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@humming_haven @Philthe4cstr YES!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr @shoppixels Love this one!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@TTLastSpring Look at those dark blue shadows! Yellow sun shining in a clear blue sky.
Today, with the smoke from wildfires in the west, shadows were pale and green - the sunlight seeped through the haze with a pinkish light. My

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@TTLastSpring @Philthe4cstr WOW!!!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

One of the perks for our Database fundraiser - my oil painting of a Chorus Frog printed as hastinotes

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

Our fundraiser for the Fragile Inheritance Database ends tonight! https://t.co/CB8IiGIolD

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr @shoppixels Love them all! And the sky spaces. This is a fascinating painting. Great brushwork!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@kashthefuturist @Philthe4cstr Do we still send some of our plastic waste to any of these countries?

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr Love all the colours in that snow!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@OdedRechavi Been there, done that - though so far only in a car!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr @shoppixels Magnificent!

[Phil Chadwick @Philthe4cstr]

New artwork for sale! - "Sunset August Fourth Anvils" - https://t.co/81JCNFdaf9 @shoppixels

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr @shoppixels This one is spectacular, Phil - Masterful work!

[Aleta Karstad @akarstad]

@Philthe4cstr Mine too! I spend a lot of time studying it. I love that each piece of Tom’s work shows how it was painted.