writer, warrior, whack-a-doodle

Wild Distractions

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.

Winter
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Seasonal Obsession

Seasonal Obsession - 326/365

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Web Wonder

Same web. Same spider. Different Day. Fascinating little critter.-  325/365

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Fairy's Refuge

Fairy's Refuge - 324/365

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More 'Shrooms

Mushroom - 322/365

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Ugly Adorable

Ugly Adorable - 321/365 Turkey vultures live all over our property. I rarely get a chance to shoot them with clear view to them because the forest is so dense. We were on a paved road and passed this fella, who did not seem to fear the cracker or the criminal in the least. He's […]

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Occupied

Occupied 318/365

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'Shroom Season

One Down - 316/365 It's mushroom season here in Santa Cruz Mountains. The forest provides a variety of mushroom species and I don't know much about any of them. 

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Dark-eyed Junco

314/365 Dark-eyed Junco, a type of sparrow found all around the Pacific. I love to watch them when it rains. They flock to the ground in huge numbers foraging for seed.

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Cyclamen

Cyclamen, a popular flower grown in the winter all around the neighborhood. - 309/365 Cyclamens have a tuber, from which the flowers and roots grow. In most species, leaves come up in autumn, grow through the winter, and die in spring, then the plant goes dormant through the dry Mediterranean summer.

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