exploring nature’s infinite connections
My wife and I usually exchange ongoing critter sightings around our little suburban "preserve." Earlier this month, she called me out to see a rather unique one. Some kind of very large wasp was just hanging out on the trunk of one of our trees. "Very large" meaning...
One year ago, I wrote about a bit of a rabbit hole I stepped into regarding the name of a local city-owned nature preserve and confusion over some naming on the maps of a couple of streams that run through or around the Plum Brook Nature Preserve (aka. Sterling...
As the 2024 Autumn Equinox approaches next week, I am trying to reflect on why I haven't made a post for what has essentially been all summer this year. It isn't unusual that summertime is generally my least "productive" time for photography. I found a post I had in...
Today, I came across a quote from Rachel Carson that I liked about the ocean. It also encouraged me to think about all the fortunate interactions with the sea I've had over the years, especially the underwater ones. Indeed, one of the most memorable was interacting...
Imagine, if you will, when you are born, right on your birth certificate - you are given an account number, a revolving line of credit. But instead of a financial one, it is an ecological one. Let's assume it starts with a zero balance. Even though bringing you into...
The Fusion Series is a pairing of my fondness for playing with multiple exposures with the aspects of connectivity in nature. With spring wildflower season well underway, it is important to remember a wildflower doesn't exist in isolation. It is a product of the soil...
Last night we were hit with a pretty big ice storm, just as forecasted earlier in the week. The weather folks can take the win on this one - they warned us well in advance. At first, it didn't seem like it would be so bad. But as darkness fell, I noticed the tree...
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...
This is a piece of dinosaur bone I purchased a while ago when I was going a bit crazy with seeking out interesting patterns for my Stonescapes series of images. I was attracted to the unique pattern and colors, something I was completely unaware could happen with...