Posts Tagged Flora & Fauna
I grow Castor bean plants (Ricinus communis) every summer. We don’t have a particularly long growing season in Ohio and I’ve just got too much going on to start them early in the house. I don’t get them too big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I saved this squirrel from getting its butt kicked by a cat. I shooed the cat away but it took me a while to convince him that I wasn’t going to eat him myself. To hear his protest, watch the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an ant that was spied walking across a large mossy tree root at Oak Alley. There is nothing terribly remarkable about this image or animal. I just want to say I’m terribly impressed with the “macro lens” feature[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I took a picture of a lone Cypress, I said to my wife, “Huh. You never actually see Cypress trees Uptown. You only see them in the parks and swamps.” The old maps say this whole place was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the “Mother plant” to my red Brugmansias at home in Ohio. I ran up to it at a red light and lopped off a foot. Now I have a 7-foot monster of my own! This plant disappeared in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…