exploring nature’s infinite connections
While sitting in my yard this past week on a breezy, warm spring day, I was hearing a lot of objects falling to the ground, much like you would expect in a hail storm. My first assumption is usually an angry squirrel throwing things down at intruders, but the quantity...
You can't really see that far when descending into the deep blue. On a really good day in the Caribbean you might be able to see 100 feet, perhaps more. Much less so in the Great Lakes, where seeing 25 feet is a really good day. It is quite the contrast to being on a...
Z is for Zero As my final entry in the A-to-Z Challenge, a countdown that started at the beginning of April, the word zero seems appropriate to finish it off. It can be a word of finality, or an absolute start from nothing. A beginning and an ending. I started...
H is for Herps I had to type that one carefully for this day 8 entry into the AtoZ Challenge. One extra letter or wrong letter and I am either attracting the "wrong" crowd or some foodie will wander in here wondering what kind of weird recipes I am promoting here. ...
I think when most people think of fish, other than as a food source, they think of them an animal that is nice to watch, but hard to interact with. I suppose that is to be expected as most people don't go underwater. But divers know that groupers can often behave...
Sister Island Rock Iguana (Cyclura nubila caymanensis), Image #RE-9593, Little Cayman Island, Caribbean As I mentioned in some of my previous posts about Little Cayman, the island currently has very little development on it, only about 4% of the total area. Most of...