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Category: Nature
Tree With A View
Enjoying the tail end of this Easter weekend, we spent the afternoon at Whytecliffe Park, where you can watch cruise ships, ferries, sailboats and more glide past your eyes. There were no seals in sight today, but I did get a…
Read MoreTunnel Vision
After watching the birds swoop and fish around Florida’s Seven Mile Bridge, it was time to follow some steps to a landing adjacent to the underbelly of the bridge. In our past home gardens, I loved creating repetitive sweeps of…
Read MoreLooking at You
The Florida Keys are home to cranes and an assortment of birds. I was glad to have pulled over by Seven Mile Bridge near Marathon, southwest of Key Largo and Islamorada, on a beautiful afternoon the day before this visit. On…
Read MoreFalling Off the Horizon
Key West, Florida. I snapped a number of shots as the waters drew in the sun, and thought about the frame in the context of our planet as the round, orbiting sphere it is. I’ve taken more than a few shots from…
Read MoreTender
While I love photographing a range of subjects- people, landscapes, buildings and (as seen on my other site) florals, there’s a particular delight in being able to capture winged creatures.
Read MoreBird and Cargo
It’s not often that an art installation pops up in the midst of one’s home, but that wasn’t an issue for this feathered friend, who nests in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, an 83-acre property in Florida’s Coral Gables. During my first…
Read MorePretty Flamingo
We had a flock of flamingos once on our front lawn, but they were the manufactured kind and a bit of housewarming fun arranged by a relative. So, it was a real treat recently to see real, live flamingos in the…
Read MoreIn to the Sunset
Key West, the southernmost city in the continental US, is closer to Cuba than it is to Miami. Just a couple of blocks from the party street named Duval, you’ll find yourself in the Truman Annex, which has both historical significance…
Read MoreBird’s Eye View of Mount Rainier
Flying from Vancouver to Seattle this week, I wished our pilot had latitude to make a few broad circles of Washington State’s Mount Rainier yesterday rather than hurtling onward without pause. The tallest mountain in Washington State and, indeed, in…
Read MoreRibbons of Colour
One advantage to attending an evening meeting earlier this week? The painted skies that shifted from these gorgeous pastels to first a blood orange and, ultimately, an almost indigo blue – but by that time, of course, we were in…
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