purple Fibonacci fractal cauliflower

spring spell

gone fishing

This is my 500th Post on this here website. Mazel Tov!

LEPIDOPTEROPHOBIA

Face off with a gang of tough guy butterflies

p.s. I loathe watermarking. I'm sorry if they distract from the images, but the

times they are a changing. A girl's got to look out for herself, especially when it comes to 

butterfly gangs.

And so as the sun sets slowly in the West...

"And so as the sun sets slowly in the west we bid a fond farewell to all the friends we've made, and with a touch of melancholy, we look forward to the time when we will all be together again."

Kenneth Nahokulani lives in the garden

 

Kenneth Nahokulani lives by the sea.
My pretty pineapple princess, the breezes smell sweetly when you are near.

natural tassel

I've always wondered where tassels came from, and now I know, they grow on lilly pads in floating Brazilian gardens.

grinning gators

spikey bugs

  

My creepy crawley companions of the Everglades

The photographs above contain images of the Spiny-backed orb weaver spider, and the Gulf Fritillary caterpillar. Aren't they spectacular?

old nightmares

thanks to David Rogers (camera) and Linnea Mandolesi (production/styling) for helping me with old nightmares

walking pneumonia

winter in illinois

Summer Spices

far away beaches and long ago waves

In my experience, this is the very best place I have ever encountered to eat local, wild caught old-fashioned wood smoked salmon.

On my way back from the coast I was able to race a bald eagle while I sat shotgun in my car as we each cruised along a river, parallel to each other, for at least fifteen seconds.  

TRUTH

Sadly I was unable to take a photo of the gigantic bird as his shape darted between the trees of the forest, but here is a photo of the trees.

The wilds of America are vast and beautiful. Respect them, and treasure them. 30 miles down the road from the bald eagle race I encountered a very ugly example of what logging does to our wild forests.  

It was awful.