Animals and Nature
A love letter to the earth, Rays of sunshine, warm with nectar A honey...
Iris flowers are named for the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow. In Greek mythology,...
One day, when she was six years old, Gertrude Jekyll had the ingenious idea...
Early each spring, at a woods near me, amazing happens. Deep in the woods,...
Close your eyes and make a wish. A dandelion wish, to be exact. For...
Beloved tree Peaceful teacher born of earth,raised by sun and rain.Your branches, strength and...
I grew up in a world of flowers. From the time I was a...
Panda bears love snow. And, I love panda bears. Many other people [maybe most]...
Pollinators love orchids. This flower, with nearly 30,000 known species, is a favorite of...
David Attenborough has shared the Earth’s natural world with us for more than eighty...
The Uses of Sorrow(In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once...
Raindrops on flowers are one of my favorite things. Like the song, “My Favorite...
A faded thistle flower is a philanthropist for new life. During its feathery transformation...
“Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it...
I met Goose at Gate 3. I actually heard Goose first, while waiting for...
145 million years ago, earth’s Cretaceous Period began. For the next 79 million years,...
In my childhood home, we had a second-floor walk-in closet for towels and linens,...
“No one who conceives him only as a potential servant to man can apprehend...
These are truly remarkable facts. None, however, explain humanity’s enduring enchantment with these flowers....
The Red Knot is an adorable, five-ounce shorebird. A member of the sandpiper species,...
So often clouds mirror the mountains they shade or shield —yet clouds disappear. Still,...
Not so long ago, a trailblazing Seattle distiller was in search of the perfect...
Hikmet Kaya had a very big idea about trees. While forest management chief in...
While living in Oregon, my dog, Mickey had a near-death experience with bloat. Bloat...
Thistles are amazing flowers. Closely related to the commercially grown globe artichoke, these prolific...
I lived in southern Oregon from 2011-2015 and the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park...
Ranked fourth globally for geohazard disaster risk, Guatemala is continuously exposed to multiple hazards,...
The first time I looked at a peony through my macro lens, it was...
I wish you were here To see the rainbow that bridged the mountains, Moments...
“The decision about going into veterinary medicine was made every time a new obstacle...
Bailey’s heart stopped beating on the operating room table for 18 minutes, but WSU’s...
“The first time I looked into a honey bee colony, I was blown away,”...
Today, I took a hike. Mickey whirled by in circles, as I walkedIn hills...
