Flora Blanca

About a month ago, I lost my photos.  Over 4,000 photos gone.  I had relied on the Cloud when I should have relied on hard drive.  Lesson learned. Heart broken. Hard drive bought. It was difficult picking up the camera again, as I mourned for those lost pictures.  But I finally tried. And this week, I…

Wine Wednesday: Ides of March

Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me; And we, like friends, will straightway go together. … The ides of March are come.

Goodnight, Sweet Prince

When I entered the house through the kitchen, something was different. Parker’s tuna dish was not there by the refrigerator, and his beautiful orange face did not come to greet me.

Diving for Dinner

A Brandt’s cormorant eyes a pelagic crab. But he has plans for a deep water dinner.

Stalker

A young green heron searches for dinner in the quiet pools of the Carmel River long before the heavy rains of winter.