The Bee Pasture

Valles Caldera Grande, Jemez Mountains, NM I've been traveling a lot for work lately, and last week I was in Santa Fe NM. I was ther...

Monarch butterfly, probably male Actually, they returned over a week ago. I believe I saw my first monarch of the year April 1st. It was...

Or: the tale of two gastropods, slime and punishment, etc etc... A curious brown garden snail I've often noticed large round snails...

Yucca and mexican buckeye on a limestone slope Fredericksburg Division limestone exposed, north end below dam Most of Texas is affli...

Oil and gas refinery? Or something else? I've been thinking a lot about the future, in particular about how the world in which I ret...

View from the edge of Bull Canyon, Copper Breaks State Park Last weekend I took advantage of the warm weather and drove the 3 hours nort...

*Or at least, mostly harmless. Galls on an oak tree. Probably mealy oak gall ( Disholcapsis cinerosa ). Lately, I feel like my blog...