Sea urchin test (shell) at Tongue Point in Salt Creek Recreation Area along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Aeonium Canariense

Raindrops clinging to leaf skeleton of Vanillaleaf (Achlys triphylla) in autumn, Staircase Rapids area of Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, October, Olympic_Peninsula_Autumn-13

I love the bark of mature black cherry trees of which there are many at the Sudden Tract. This unusual knot appeared in one of the more mature specimens.

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This is my cutting up onions song. m.youtube.com/watch?v=asT3GT9ESjw

King Penguin

(Aptenodytes patagonicus)

huge colony, brown birds are chicks

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

The spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa, near Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Ice and leaf patterns in ice in early spring in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Crack in Pahoehoe lave in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

3rd in the series

Macro

White Oak, Quercus alba, leaf on Beaver pond with tree reflections in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Sun on the rippled water surface, and leaves on the river bottom, of the North Fork Skokomish River at Staircase in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA, Olympic_Peninsula_Autumn-848

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Fallen Red Alder, Alnus rubra, in December, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

Water drops and reflections on a car hood in Michigan, USA

King Penguin

(Aptenodytes patagonicus)

huge colony, brown birds are chicks

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Lovely petunias in our garden ~ I might try and catch something for this week that hasn't been taken in the garden!!

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Ripples forming an intricate pattern when caught by the sun, Quinault River, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA.

Northen Red Oak leaf casting shadow on snow in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Trees and shadows at sunset on a winter day in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Just some stuff from last month's archive that I never got around to uploading. If I don't do it now, they'll probably get forgotten...(=P

Ice cave interior where stream melts snow under a snowfield, near Hogsback Camp below Heliotrope Ridge on the slopes of Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

A view of a foggy night in New London through the interlacing patterns of the bare tree branches.

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

another stack of this attractively textured ground beetle made from 7 images.

Drainage patten along the muddy beach of Bristol Bay at low tide in Togiak, Alaska, USA, July, AK_Round_Island-1325

Forest reflections on a lake in spring, Michigan, USA

Oriental Bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, an invasive vine twisting toward forest canopy, Woodland Park and Nature Preserve, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200