A conversation with an old friend who lives near the island I once lived on in Washington State, brought back […]
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Sycamore Spider
You may be “sick o’ more” spiders … but this beautiful grandmama longlegs was stretched across a sycamore leaf by […]
Singing Sojourners
After their long “sojourn of stillness” in the ground, the cicadas are returning to the Blue Ridge Mountains (actually, they’re […]
The Beetles Live!
Are humans the top dog, the apex species, on the planet? Or is that just our arrogant homo sapiens ego […]
Blue-Tailed Skink
My neighbor, the blue-tail skink, posed for me this afternoon. This beautiful creature reminded me of a lesson, a question, […]
Pan Pipes
Watched these “panpipes” as they were being constructed by “organ pipe” mud-daubber wasps, I assume. The project is being built […]
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