Natural Selections

Every once in a while you have to stick in a sunset picture. Sunsets are not all created equal and it is so often a matter of location when it comes to a good sunset picture. In this case, the sun had set and the trailing light was reflecting off the surface of Lake Jordan. [...]

Green pod. Chapel Hill, NC. May 2007.

National Geographic recently posted an excellent article on Snow Leopards with pictures by Steve Winter. Remarkable pictures. Apple has announced that their next Operating System is called Snow Leopard. And with just one encounter with a snow leopard, I can see why there is such interest. We made a visit to the Santa Barbara Zoo, [...]

Once again the nature trail behind our home provides the subject of today’s post. This tiny leaf - which was only about an inch across (not counting the stem) - caught my eye as we walked along. It looked just like a cat’s face. I carefully carried it the full three miles and when I [...]

It is my experience that most creates are all about food. When our 14 year old son gets up in the morning the first question he asks is, “what’s for dinner?” The same is true for most species on this planet (and elsewhere as well). When we had a bird feeder on our back porch [...]

I realize this is a bit out of season, but hey it’s my blog and I like the picture.
Along the nature trail behind our home there are a number of ponds where rain water collects enroute to Jordan lake. They are almost nuclear green at times and I can’t imagine that there is much oxygen [...]

I love the way butterflies go merrily about their way through life. They travel with abandon, but with great focus, looking for the things that are important to them. One flew past us on our walk the other day and I thought about how nice it would be if a butterfly would pause long enough [...]