I love wildflowers. Cliff Penstemon flowers suspended over Icicle Creek, WA. Extremely rare Tweedy's Lewisia only grows in certain exposures and elevations in North Central Washington.
I'm so sorry but Sooooo not a bug person except watching videos on the Internet except foor snakes and other slivery things love praying mantis' Scorpians are a big no! was bite several times and no no no
Watch videos about prehistoric insects
I love hiking to high alpine lakes surrounded by white glaciers and jagged mountain peaks. After dark, I look up and feel awed by the glowing Milky Way and billions of sparkling stars.
Hiking is a transcendent, uplifting experience for me. It engages all of my senses. Most importantly, it calms my busy mind. I feel most centered and grounded in the mountains.
When sunlight filters through the trees the way it does with lace curtains, I feel an enveloping happiness to be alive. This is the core of being human. My joy is made stronger by the certainty that someday it will all come to an end. It’s a rare gift to understand that your life is wonderous, and that it won’t last forever.
Me too
Love what you shared, both the prose and pictures.
tioteo, Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it.
How much time do you have?
In short, everything I can. But everything from the smallest insect to the biggest trees. As a shutterbug, I mostly take pics of birds, more birds. flowers, moss, mushrooms, butterflies, dragonflies.
I love watching birds interact with each other and how they use their wings to serve as expressions. I love the stillness and breeze of being near water . Sunrises and sunsets and the different animals that respond to each change
Very poetic and romantic
At the beach - out on a boat - whale watch, look for dolphins when in Florida, seals in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
In the mtns -moose, black bears and deer
Truly exotic locations and phenomenon. A red waterfall in antartica (blood falls), a pink lake in australia, a literal fire pit (hell's gate). And while I can't observe them directly I love learning about the strange worlds that exist in the galaxy, diamond rain in uranus, worlds with oceans miles deep and no land, planets tidally locked with their stars, etc. The natural world is truly a wonderous one.