I am told there are Pink Rattlesnakes living in the bottom of the Grand Canyon.  Biologist have documented their existence with photos and numerous records of sightings.  I have found articles about them on the Internet.  Nature books include them in the lists of snakes in North America.  But are there really Pink Rattlesnakes in… Continue Reading

In workshops I generally spend some time talking about the difference between doing and being.  We often become so focused on doing that our being alive is a mere after-thought.   In the future, I may just use this picture to show the difference. These turtles are hanging out on a snag in the fresh… Continue Reading

When we hear the word “Grackle” we are carried into the realm of the ordinary, the commonplace.  Grackles are everywhere and are generally part for the backdrop of our lives.  They demand little attention (unless you park under one of their favorite trees) and even less action (unless they are roosting just outside your bedroom… Continue Reading

These little fellows greeted Marlene and I when we returned to Brazoria National Wildlife Reserve last week.  (Yes, there are two!)  These baby Alligators represent a new generation after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike ion 2008.  Before Ike, you would almost always see gators in the pond at the entrance.  But after the saltwater… Continue Reading

I was never a big fan of abstract art.  I was more of a realist.    I preferred an image where the meaning was clear and straightforward.   I was from the Horton School of Art Interpretation.  “Say what you mean and mean what you say.” But over the years I have come to appreciate… Continue Reading

I found this little tadpole in a small pond.  He and his brothers and sisters were frolicking in the muck and paddling around like toddlers fresh from a morning nap.  I suppose there is nothing really unusual about these little guys.  Well, except for where I found them.  Their little pond was in an indentation on the… Continue Reading

In recent years, Marlene and I have been walking a great many paths like the one in the picture.  Marlene is usually looking and listening for birds while I am constantly scanning for any thing visually interesting to capture with my camera.  My constantly turning head waits for something to catch my eye.  When nothing… Continue Reading

This is a picture of my family taken several years before I was born.  It shows my Mom and Dad, his parents and brothers and sisters and a grandchild.  This could really be anyone’s family back in the 1940’s.  There are three generations of unique but otherwise “everyday” sort of folks.  They had their squabbles… Continue Reading

“Into every life a little rain must fall…”   But that doesn’t mean we have to like it! This Yellow-crowned Night Heron was hanging out over the swamp in Brazos Bend State Park.  He was in plain sight of the boardwalk.  He looked miserable, wet, and sad.  His response was perfectly appropriate given that the… Continue Reading

“We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.”  ~ E. Merrill Root We live on a flat earth and it is getting flatter by the decade.  There was a time when… Continue Reading