Fern Frond Friday
May 16, 2008
With all our talk about fern fronds unrolling, I always thought about the process in just two-dimensions.
Unrolling one way…. (Photo by CarolynCASL)
I forgot they have to unroll the other way too:
Oh yeah! It has to unroll the OTHER way too! Duh.
I don’t know if there is a fancy schamy name for that like fiddleheads. If not, I suggest gonjong after the hornlike roofs of ramah gadang (traditional homes found in Indonesia)
Rumah Gadang (Photo by gosilat!)
This type of architecture is a bit younger than ferns– just a couple hundred million years. The roofs were inspired by the horns of water buffalo, which are slightly less younger.
River Water Buffalo (Photo by ucumari)
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Clint | May 16, 2008 at 10:22 am
I would hvae thought that house to be Japanese or something…
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Ryan Somma | May 17, 2008 at 11:00 am
Sweet. More nature in architecture. Awesome.
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geekhiker | May 18, 2008 at 12:09 am
All you need now is some ferns around the house…
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Aaron | May 19, 2008 at 9:59 am
Catchy title.
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tgaw | May 22, 2008 at 12:26 am
@geekhiker– I used to have a fern about 10 years ago when I lived in an apartment complex. Then one Saturday night, some drunk person stole it off my patio. I never got around to replacing it.
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geekhiker | May 23, 2008 at 2:52 pm
That stinks! I actually have a little California Maidenhair at home (like the one in the picture from the Santa Ynez hike). I should send you a picture so you can add it to your collection…