exploring nature’s infinite connections
I made this photo just a few hours ago in our backyard and started working on it this morning. We have a healthy population of Ostrich Ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris), a native woodland fern here in Michigan. They’ve been the subject of many photos over the years....
Mycologist Paul Stamets often refers to the mycorrhizal network within the Earth's soil as "nature's internet." Through these mycelial pathways, author/scientist Dr. Suzanne Simard explains how trees communicate with each other. Director James Cameron portrays...
For year sixteen of posting yearly favorites, I can say I spent more time in my head (and the office) than out in the field. In fact, 2022 can also be designated as the year (perhaps the very first in a long time) when I didn't go out to photograph a single sunrise or...
Just a quick note to drop some gratitude to the readers of my little corner of the online world. I appreciate the continued visits and comments, despite my haphazard posting schedule. I wish I had a knack for maintaining some type of regularity, but I'll put that on...
For those unfamiliar with Europa, it is one of Jupiter's 79 known moons with a water-ice crust. There is a hypothesis that life could exist in the oceans beneath this crust. I read a book by Jeremy Robinson, Beneath, about an expedition to Europa some time ago, a...
Before starting this post, I thought it wise just to go back and take a look at my Twenty Nineteen post of yearly favorites just to get a sense of where I was then versus now. I complained like I usually do about not getting out enough or not writing enough as I had...
I have been at a bit of a loss of words or image inspiration of late. Loss of words I suppose is a poor way to put it, it is actually too many words and thoughts that take some effort to sort through and organize in any type of coherent manner. So much going on in the...
Last December, I made a post about how I often use my iPhone as a sketchpad for ideas, often sharing them to Instagram. I usually encounter two main issues when developing something on my phone. The first being many apps on my phone don't have corresponding desktop...
I've been a doodler for as long as I can remember. I still have some childhood doodles that reflect times where I had a pencil in my hand and my mind went wandering. More than likely - I was supposed to be paying attention to something else. "Droids" - I had a...