Nikki's Photography

Redbud leaf, summer rain, northeastern Texas

… another Green Anole photo … birds are lingering around the back yard more this year, so it’s good to see the Anoles are still thriving.

Puffer fish, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas

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Flamingos, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas

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Jabiru, Dallas World Aquarium

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Great garden find! I knew this was a Salamander egg inside a warm, cozy half-buried clay pot because the parent scurried away just seconds before. I would not have disturbed it but was pulling weeds and tidying up that area of the garden. It was carefully put back inside, protected with leaves and grass clippings. If Salamanders are anything like Anoles, they lay eggs and do not return to care for them, so I don’t think handling will make a difference on whether it hatches or not.

The Giant River Otters at the Dallas World Aquarium are rarely out, and when they are, there’s such a crowd gathered around it’s difficult to move forward or even try to get past them to go onto the next exhibit. I was lucky to take this photo from the third floor.

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Artist: Anonymous Caterpillar

Dimensions: each hole approximately knee-high to a grasshopper

 Medium: Mixed media; Canna leaf, Chlorophyll, Sunlight, etc.

 Priceless

Somerset Maugham said, “There is never enough time for love and art”.

To elaborate:

There is not enough time for love of trees and art.

It’s Green, baby!