A close view of a bright pink Cattleya orchid.

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

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Dixie Springs, Ms.

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Setting up an ephemeral art gallery is a great way to get people of all ages to stop and appreciate the natural beauty that surrounds them. Visit earthlimitedblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/natures-art-gal... for some ideas.

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Station 26 boat ramp Breech Inlet sandbar

Dry desert land along California State Route 166, here call the Cuyama Highway, near the Carrizo Plain, with great clouds overhead, Southern California, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

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A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower.

This is my third and last entry, and I think the most successful one photographically. Even enthusiastic beachcombers may fail to recognize this: the top of a Portuguese man-of-war washed up on the beach.

Edith's Checkerspot, Euphydryas editha, (L) with another Brush-footed Butterfly puddling in the Garnet Range, Montana, USA

Snow-covered sedge growing in a wetland on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

[Iris siberica]

plants in the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden

plants in the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden

Plant in the garden

Photo by David. The patterns of water in sand at low tide can take on so many interesting forms.

Purple sand accumulated by wave action on Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

Setting up an ephemeral art gallery is a great way to get people of all ages to stop and appreciate the natural beauty that surrounds them. Visit earthlimitedblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/natures-art-gal... for some ideas.