sensational Sauropod

 

I really think STEGOSAURUS should mimic the coleus colors, very reptilian funky.

betty boop Curls!

Peruvian daffodil

Miss Betty Boop

the moth and the Turkey

Phalaenopsis or Moth orchid

As I was rearranging photos in my Photoshop files, the computer serendipitously put these two side by side.

If there ever was a random Beauty and the Beast kind of deal, this might just be it.

tigers and monkeys and Parrots

This has to be one of the coolest mailbox posts on the Planet! It is on a gravel road, among corn and soybean fields in a lovely corner of Cottonwood County, MN. 

I kid you not, the folks who live here also raise cattle and own a real, live GIRAFFE!

Your neighbors may have wandering cats and barking dogs, but our grandkids have a giraffe for a neighbor.

self Portrait

howd'ja do that?

No trickery, no Photoshop, just Pentax

a quercus Necklace

A new little burr oak, planted along Rapid Creek, someone decided it need some decoration. Very stylish.  A touch of whimsy where you don't expect it. Live long and prosper, little oak tree.

emerging Constellation

• The Full Buck Moon –  July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. (New Farmer's Almanac)

The full Buck Moon, is flooding the night sky with light, making the usual constellations barely visible. A piece of  wire fence and a garden stake make a constellation of their own, keeping the flesh and blood bucks in velvet from eating their starry companions.

eyes on the Prize

 

This is Paula

Paula is one of those retrievers who will swim endlessly after a frisbee thrown in the lake.

Paula is headed for the gazebo, she totally missed the frisbee floating to her left.

Paula aims to retrieve a duck instead.

"Paula, turn around, you stupid dog."
 Paula finally draws a bead on her frisbee.

Paula returns proudly to shore and shakes cold water all over a shrieking little girl child.

Paula barks and barks then rolls in goose goobers.

Don't you wish Paula was your dog?

The End

truckin' Along

FedEx truck

Real FedEx Truck in Art Alley

a colorful Household

I am betting YOUR shingles don't look like these! A very global family lives here, they fly the Stars and Stripes on the roof and the Canadian Maple Leaf over the front door.

tax Day!

Your accountant might be wearing just such a dapper blue and white striped shirt today as he finishes your taxes. Ma Nature dresses puschkinia in similar garb in April. No taxes involved.

This is an heirloom bulb has been in cultivation since 1808, a native to Turkey and the Caucasus Mts. A whole hillside of them must be amazing to see.

where are the Froot Loops?

 (borrowed from www.naturalsciences.org)

Rainbow-billed toucan, national bird of Belize, denizen of the Central and South American tropics, happy fruit eater...how did you end up in a snowy spruce tree way up North?