Saunter in the Smokies
A few images from our walk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park yesterday. Nature, History, Nature … (and a furry fellow saunterer we met on the way back)
Tag: photography
Preying or Praying?
Found this little visitor on our front porch: Mantis religiosa Mantises seem calm and peaceful, curious and almost contemplative … but they’re powerful predators with lightning-fast moves. With their long necks,…
Delicate Balance
I chose my photograph of drops on leaves for a header image for several reasons: A symbol of the delicate balance we find in Nature and therefore in ourselves A…
Planet of Insects
A neighbor gave me a book written by a professor of biology in Norway. Her name is Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson and the book is Extraordinary Insects: The Fabulous, Indispensable Creatures Who…
50,000 Views!
This website reached 50,000 views today. I’m aware this doesn’t mean there have been that many actual “visitors.” That number is closer to 5000 for 2020 alone. Those who…
Leaf it Alone
A poetic reflection: We see them fall, We hear them rustle, We may even feel them brush by our face. Today, as I ate my lunch under the sycamore One…
Bubbleworld
On a creek … in a forest … by a waterfall … in the Blue Ridge Mountains … swirling bubbles … on a spinning globe … (can you spy the…
Look Down, Look Up
The most massive things; the most minute things. Nature reminds us to look up and look down … to keep perspective. Today, I turned my eyes upward to the formations…
