Flora & Fauna Galleries

Alaska Bears : Julie and I went to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska for our 25th Wedding Anniversary. A highlight of the trip was the opportunity to go salmon fishing and see the Alaskan Brown Bear. We took 2 separate trips. The first was a fishing expedition out of Soldotna. We flew across Cook's Inlet at sunrise and landed on a freshwater lake. We then boated across the lake to the mouth of a mountain stream where the salmon were running. Julie caught a couple of fish while I photographed the many grizzlies and black bears that came down to feed in the same spot. It was kind of odd to be there with the bears fishing, but the scenery and animals were beautiful. Later in the week we flew further across the Inlet to Katmai Preserve with noted bear expert, Chris Day. She and her husband Ken know the Katmai like no others and we literally walked the trail of the bear for the day. There were times when we were no more than 50 yards from a 10 foot 1200 lb grizzly feeding on one of the thousands of salmon running through the ribbon of streams. It was mind boggling to be so close to the bears and to be in such a wild environ.

Alaska Bears

Animals : Shots of wildlife from various trips in North America, and a few from right here in our suburban hometown.

Animals

Shots of wildlife from various trips in North America, and a few from ...

Updated: Nov 10, 2006 8:48am PST

Birds : I love our feathered friends. Bird shots from the backyard, backwoods, and backcountry roads.

Birds

I love our feathered friends. Bird shots from the backyard, backwoods ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2009 6:43pm PST

Flowers : Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky the rainbow, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered: "Tis the heaven of flowers you see there; All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." Hiawatha's Childhood - Henry Longfellow

Flowers

Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky the rainbow, Whisp ...

Updated: Oct 26, 2009 9:27pm PST

Moon : The Freedom of the Moon - Robert Frost I've tried the new moon tilted in the air Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster As you might try a jewel in your hair. I've tried it fine with little breadth of luster, Alone, or in one ornament combining With one first-water start almost shining. I put it shining anywhere I please. By walking slowly on some evening later, I've pulled it from a crate of crooked trees, And brought it over glossy water, greater, And dropped it in, and seen the image wallow, The color run, all sorts of wonder follow.

Moon

The Freedom of the Moon - Robert Frost I've tried the new moon tilt ...

Updated: Feb 15, 2009 7:29am PST

Scenes : Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

Scenes

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and l ...

Updated: Nov 11, 2009 9:30pm PST

VT Sunflowers : Sunflower garden along I-89 in central Vermont. Sunflower Trivia: The former Soviet Union grows more sunflowers than any other country. The tallest sunflower was grown in the Netherlands in 1986 - 25 feet 5 1/2 inches tall! The largest sunflower head recorded was grown in Canada - 32 1/2 inches across! Sunflower remnants dating 3,000 years old have been found in North American clay. The scientific name for sunflowers is Helianthus - Helios (sun) & anthos (flower). The French word for sunflower is Tournesol - "turn with the sun". The sunflower is the Kansas state flower.

VT Sunflowers

Sunflower garden along I-89 in central Vermont. Sunflower Trivia: ...

Updated: Oct 07, 2005 1:53pm PST

Water : Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters. - Norman MacLean

Water

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. Th ...

Updated: Mar 31, 2009 4:59pm PST

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