Published June 13, 2015 Very friendly salamander This black-bellied salamander was remarkably tame as it perched on a rock in a cool mountain stream in the Smoky Mountains. This […]
Published August 21, 2015 Flowers make me glad The peacock orchid is native to the mountains of East Africa where it grows on cliffs and rock outcrops. It isn’t actually […]
Published February 2, 2017 Muir Woods I visited Muir Woods on a recent trip to California. I enjoyed rare sunshine after weeks of rain and wind had closed […]