How was your morning? Mine? I spent 87 minutes watching ants work. What can I say? Nature captivates me so much so that it inspired me to invest in a macro lens and focus on small bits of nature. Photographing bees, butterflies and insects as if I were a street photographer, I captured little moments of joy, effort and wonder. I turned that small world into my first book which helped me realized one of life's great lessons: nothing is too small to have an enormous impact on the world.
The fire in Big Sur causes an eerie sunset on Summit. This is the view from our terrace earlier this week. All this week, smoke is blowing all over the Santa Cruz Mountains reminding us of the loss that hits our neighbors. The smoke in the air directly impacts both my and Mr. Wild Dingo's health, as […]
I planted African Daisy Spoon Petal plants in my garden and apparently one came with several cricket eggs waiting to hatch. I simply wanted a cool flower shot and could barely see these two nymph crickets, as they were no more than 4 mm long and 1 mm wide. I watched and shot them over […]
I was just minding my business doing my gardening chores when this hover fly came by. I didn't have the camera so I meandered into the house with the thought it would be gone when I got back but it wasn't. It was meant to be. Known to "hover" near flowers, hover flies are important […]
I know, I never write anymore. I could have fallen off the face of the earth or better yet, suddenly recovered from Lyme disease and got on a plane to Aruba for some much needed vacation. I could only dream. The weather's been cray-cray here lately Internet. Pouring for a week straight. We've finally started implementing […]
Because it's Valentine's day, here's another tree fungus shot. This one has a bit of life in it. 357/365
Creeping Rosemary 351/365 Ack! It's February and the temperature here in the Bay area are already in the 70's! I'm not ready Internet! Go away blooms!
345/365 These mushrooms don't last long in our forest. They're quite delicate and vanish after a big storm. They grow in mulch so their root systems aren't so stable.
339/365 I think this is mushroom species is Coprinopsis from the family Psathyrellaceae and the genus corpinus as is the image posted on 333/365, a shroom with a shawl. They only grown in one specific location on our property, where as other mushroom varieties appear all over the place. 339/365 This particular species is white […]
It's only January and the ladies are already out foraging for whatever they can find for the hive on creeping rosemary. 338/365
Get your 'shrooms in a row! 331/365 The rain brings such a huge variety of mushrooms all over our property. Some cute, some not so cute.