This cobalt blue flower, with its five petals overlapping and seemingly always closed, might make you think its lot in life is never to be visited by a pollinator. But don’t worry: the bumblebee is strong enough to pry open the flower, and in the process, pollination is accomplished. This bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) was…
When traveling across South Dakota, the Missouri River marks a striking transition from the tallgrass prairie of the east to the shortgrass prairie of the west. On a high bluff overlooking the wide Missouri stands Dignity of Earth and Sky, a 50-foot tribute to the Lakota and Dakota cultures, whose people inhabited tallgrass and shortgrass…
This shoreline of Green Bay along Michigan’s Upper Peninsula features freshwater, sandy beaches, and protective dune grass – Bailey County Park. I wanted to feature the dune grass in this picture, so I tried to make sure it filled the largest part of the image. Dune grass is very important for the protection of the…
A tranquil walking trail around Fireman’s Lake. The well-designed trail also includes a nice boardwalk section and a graceful pedestrian bridge over a pond. Walking is something that often allows me to sort through any troubling thoughts and store them a way for later. At that moment the rest of the walk becomes a time…