Published October 25, 2015 Autumn Portal I am back home and chasing fall. October is the peak of color somewhere every day in the southern Appalachian mountains, and […]
Published June 27, 2015 The rude skipper Okay so this skipper butterfly stuck its tongue out since it had just finished feeding on a nearby flower. But since it […]
Published September 1, 2015 Stick insects Stick insects, known locally in North Carolina as walking sticks, belong to the order Phasmidae, derived from the Greek phasma, meaning phantom. […]
Published June 1, 2015 Pink poppy The backlight traces the delicate lines of the papery petals. This flower is surrounded by the blue and purple flowers of lupine […]