Date: November 10th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Autumn, Dallas, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: October 1st, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, beach, Birds, conservation, Environmental issues, issues, Landscape, North Carolina, seascape, Seasonal, Sky, Summer, sunrise, Sunset, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water.
Date: September 28th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, flowering trees, Flowers, Leaves, North Carolina, Seasonal, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: June 18th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Canada, City Streets, Elements, New York State, Ontario, Summer, Sunset, Travel, travel Canada, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, Water.
Date: June 17th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, flowering trees, Flowers, Green, Leaves, New York State, Seasonal, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA, yellow.
Date: May 20th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Insects, Moths and Butterflies, purple, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, wildflowers.
Date: May 19th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Green, Landscape, red, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, wildflowers.
Date: May 18th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, golden light, Green, Landscape, Shadows, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: April 23rd, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Birds, conservation, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Smile, Texas, Travel USA, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: March 18th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: blue, City Streets, Flowers, Landscape, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, wildflowers.
Date: March 17th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, flowering trees, Flowers, Landscape, Leaves, pink, red, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: March 16th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, Dallas, Elements, Insects, Landscape, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Spring, Spring Silhouettes, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: March 4th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, City Streets, Dallas, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: February 14th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Seasonal, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA, winter.
Date: January 28th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Dallas, Dallas Arboretum, Design, Seasonal, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, winter.
Date: October 1st, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, beach, Birds, conservation, Environmental issues, issues, Landscape, North Carolina, seascape, Seasonal, Sky, Summer, sunrise, Sunset, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water.
Just off the ferry at sunset, Washington, North Carolina
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Alain and I flew to North Carolina for three days – a little business trip and I tagged along—he threatened to take my camera with him and I was sure I could not manage without it! We drove around the eastern countryside between Raleigh and Washington, NC through old, old towns. It takes a looong time for wooden doors to shred, and a looong time for conditions to be just right for vines to sprout then twirl round and round, entwined and squished between panes of glass …old, old farms: tobacco, cotton, peanuts.. and an interesting gas station.
There is a lot of history in North Carolina – fossils, settlers and Civil War history. We stayed at Kitty Hawk (first flight – Wright bros.) and walked the shores at various places along the narrow coast of the Outer Banks. We watched the sun rise and dolphins feed – too far away for good photos, even with the telephoto. As soon as the sun rose they swam away.
Along Cape Hatteras, groups of Grackles ate ripe grass seeds, bouncing up and down on the stems, their bodies too heavy for the tall grasses. Just off the 2 1/2 hr. long ferry at Swan Quarter, and sunset with a short, wide rainbow after a storm that we managed to escape and watch from the better side.
NO OLF – we were curious about this sign in many people’s yards. The following website shows a video describing how the U.S. Navy has purchased over 30,000 acres of land near the eastern North Carolina coast, planning to move their pilot training program from Virginia. Part of the huge controversy is that over 75 families would be forced to leave their homes, many of them farming that land for generations. The human issues are enough, but the cause and effect on the wildlife and ecology would be drastic and irreparable. Thousands of ducks and large flocks of snow geese that feed in the area annually would no longer have sanctuary. The large birds would also be a danger to the jets.
On Pony Island a large sand crab tried to buff up and look tough, but it was quite vulnerable there out in the open; all the other crabs scurried into holes but this one stayed, trying to hide in footprints, which offered no protection if we had been birds looking for a hearty meal. Great fun to watch the behavior for a while. It’s clearly outlined crab-shaped shadow following it everywhere, creating a few graphic photos that are perfect resource material for drawings and paintings but do not stand alone as good photography because it was moving so fast.
Date: September 28th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, flowering trees, Flowers, Leaves, North Carolina, Seasonal, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: June 18th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Canada, City Streets, Elements, New York State, Ontario, Summer, Sunset, Travel, travel Canada, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, Water.
Niagara Falls, New York USA and Ontario, Canada
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Date: June 17th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, flowering trees, Flowers, Green, Leaves, New York State, Seasonal, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA, yellow.
Yellow Poplar flower, Niagara Falls, NY
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Date: May 20th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Insects, Moths and Butterflies, purple, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, wildflowers.
Lepidoptera Papilioninae – In Andrew Brown Park, Coppell, Texas there were 20-30 Swallowtails fluttering in a small patch of wild vetch. The butterflies were nowhere else in the park except this one spot. I was mesmerized watching the flashes of black and metallic blue against the green and violet plants.
Date: May 19th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Flowers, Green, Landscape, red, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, wildflowers.
Firewheels – Gaillardia – en masse! Andrew Brown Park, Coppell, TX
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Date: May 18th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, golden light, Green, Landscape, Shadows, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: April 23rd, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Birds, conservation, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Smile, Texas, Travel USA, Urban and State Parks, USA.
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Date: March 18th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: blue, City Streets, Flowers, Landscape, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, wildflowers.
Bluebonnets, Texas’ official State flower, Andrew Brown Park, Coppell, TX
Date: March 17th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, flowering trees, Flowers, Landscape, Leaves, pink, red, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Redbuds, New Oak leaves and webs on a foggy Spring morning in Coppell, TX
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Date: March 16th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, Dallas, Elements, Insects, Landscape, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Spring, Spring Silhouettes, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
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Date: March 4th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, City Streets, Dallas, Seasonal, Spring, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: February 14th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Seasonal, Texas, Trees, Urban and State Parks, USA, winter.
Sycamore tree and seed pods, Coppell, TX
Date: January 28th, 2007 | Comments : none | Categories: Dallas, Dallas Arboretum, Design, Seasonal, Texas, Urban and State Parks, USA, winter.
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