exploring nature’s infinite connections
Botany is not one of my strong suits. Perhaps the strongest memory I have of recognizing that is from a hike some years back during a training class on vernal pools. While hiking to one specific pool, one of the class instructors, Ms. Phyllis Higman, a Senior...
While mining what seems to be a never-ending archive of photos, I stumbled on this photograph of a deer from a park about 30 minutes north of me. And while keywording the image in Lightroom, filling in other metadata, and then doing some slight finishing development...
Northern White Cedar on the rock face, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Photo ID TR9507 Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada | Tree Photo Gallery I have always found it fascinating that some trees are able to grow in seemingly inhospitable places. No real soil to speak of,...
I was out this morning poking around trying to take advantage of the quickly fading fall colors. I have really had the urge to try some different things lately. I ended up shooting mostly standard stuff unfortunately. I was heading back to my car because the sun was...
I heard a fantastic story on my NPR podcast today, an interview with the authors of a new book on the songs of insects, Wil Hershberger and Lang Elliott. You can hear it here. As they mention in the story, there is an abundance of information about bird song, even...
When I am driving to a spot before sunrise, or coming back from a hike - or simply out in the field waiting for something to happen - I get the munchies! I tend to eat a great number of Clif Bars - particularly the peanut butter kind. Healthy for you and pretty...