Early Life

Early plant breaking through the underbrush in early spring.

Date: April 23, 2010

Spring Springing

Buds arriving early at Whitewater State Park in Southeastern Minnesota.
Date: 4/3/2010

A Summer Sight

It's always fun to look down and see the mix of colors and textures at your feet. This mushroom was pushing through the grasses and debris at the forest floor of the Ravensburg State Park near Jersey Shore, PA.
Date: 8/6/2008

Golden Fall

Taken last fall along the lake near my apartment. The golden sun and grass combine to make fall a brilliant time.
Date: 11/2/2008

Red and Green from the Summer

No, they aren't Christmas berries, but the mix of red and green sure gives it a holiday feel. Taken along the Pine Creek Rail Trail in northern Pennsylvania.
Date: 8/4/08

Mixing Mums and Grasses

This planter near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, combined colors and textures in a rich and eye-catching manner.
Date: 10/19/08

More Fall Grasses

I don't know what it is about grasses in the fall that attracts my attention to take pictures. Whatever it is, I like it.
Date: 10/19/08

Mixed Plants

Along the Root River Trail in southern Minnesota wild and tamed plants may often coexist.
Date: 10/3/08

Colors and Colors

Contrasting and complementing colors in the plants on a banana plantation near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.
Date: February 2001 (Scanned)

Cactus Flower

In this scanned post, the out-of-focus-ness of the original adds to the shimmering quality of the flower itself. It seems surreal, which is what I think of some of those amazing flowers that grow on cacti in a desert, like this one in Arizona.
Date: April, 1995

I'm Back

Cacti in Arizona. (Scanned from film)
Date: April, 1995

Snow and Green in the Sunshine

Mt. Morris Camp, Wisconsin
Date: 12/31/2004

A Leaf Hanging

Mt. Morris Camp, Wisconsin
Date: 12/27/04

Green and Icy

Mt. Morris Camp, Wisconsin
12/31/04

After a Shower

Date: 7/31/2003

Mushroom

This little guy reminded me of the marching mushrooms in Disney's Fantasia. What a remarkable little plant.
Date: 8/25/07

Milkweed

Milkweed. What else can you say?
Date: 10/20/03