Dream job
Somewhere out there, people get paid to take photographs of butterflies and flowers. I could do it all day every day for the rest of my life and never get tired of it.
View ArticleAnimal life in the wilds of Antioch, Tenn.
This is a groundhog, right? This little guy gets around. I see him in our and the neighbors’ back yards as well as across the street in the horse pasture. He’s the size of a very large cat or a...
View ArticleAugust’s horrifying lesson
Yesterday I learned that if you don’t have your yard mowed for a month — a month full of plenty of rain and sunshine — your grass will grow tall and proud and dense. And do you know what loves to live...
View ArticleGiant spider invasion
Apparently if nature throws us a mild-and-rainy summer bone, it means an uptick in the spider population. Which means the outside of our house is constantly draped in spider webs, and I am forever...
View ArticleRandom fuzzy caterpillar picture of the week
This guy has been doing art installations in which he gives leaves unconventional shapes. Truly inspiring work.
View ArticleTiny prayers
This little dude was just hanging out on the knob of the rocking chair the other day.
View ArticleCurled up, not asleep
When you get close enough to one of these things, you can see how much they look like some kind of alien cyborg with brightly colored armor. And they just look mean.
View ArticleFriday Flower: Nostalgia edition
I’ve been in Nashville three years now and I still miss growing my own flowers. There’s nothing keeping me from it, really, except time and money. I’m real short on both these days. Some day I hope to...
View ArticleRural decay update
In 2006, I took this photo and named it “Nature always wins.” Here’s how that truck looks now. Nature is still winning.
View ArticleFunnel vision
Right now, in our wrought-iron security door, there is a complex network of webs built by funnel-web spiders. You can get a front-row seat to the action if you watch from inside the house. Sort of...
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