The Old Dory Shop
The Dory Shop The Dory Shop has been building dories and other wooden boats in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia since 1917. The dories were designed as tenders for the schooners of…
Tropical Foliage in Infrared
A riot of tropical foliage at our local botanical gardens photographed in infrared. I used a 720nm infrared filter and iPhone 14Pro's native camera. The filter allows only the infrared…
Still Life with Bear and Roses
Attic-ware aka Ancestral Guilt
Attic-ware Attic-ware is a term I've come up with to describe all that stuff we store in the attic, closet, basement, or wherever for sentimental reasons. You probably have your…
Pond Impressions
There’s Just Something About a Pond
Pond Impressions What is it about a pond? It calls to me. Dare I say captures me. I can not just walk past. A pond is fascinating. It requires…
Giving Much, Receiving Little
Giving much and receiving little. I have eight orchids, mostly Cattleyas. A few have put up with me for over a decade. They require little of me and receive even…
Surprise Find in Unexpected Place
A secluded gem in a most unexpected place. This shallow, sandy bottomed little stream is hidden by a canopy of mostly oak trees, palmettos lining its banks. Meandering between two…
Brier Island and the Bay of Fundy
An old but colorful shed sits on an abandoned wharf near the ferry landing on Brier Island near Digby, Nova Scotia. Brier Island is an island in the Bay of Fundy and the western…
Key West Eccentrics | 10 Photos
Key West Eccentrics Key West, Florida, is an eccentrics paradise. Known for its fierce independence Key West, known as the "Conch Republic", once symbolically seceded from the US. This island…
Endangered Monarch Butterfly
Endangered Monarch Butterfly Pays a Visit
What a treat! A Monarch Butterfly has been visiting our garden for the past few days. All the more remarkable because the Monarch has been recently placed on the Endangered…
The Orange Robes of Laos in 10 Photos
The Orange Robes of Laos Every morning at dawn, heads shaved and barefooted, the monks and novices pour out of the thirty-some Buddhist Temples to begin their Alms Walk through…