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Every day, if the weather is reasonable, which is to say not pouring (and sometimes even then), I try to start the morning with a walk through the woods and fields near home—a trek that includes many, many stops to photograph the natural history I find along the way. There can be a second "nature hike" when I break for lunch, and there are days when I'm outdoors keeping tabs on the natural world from dawn to dusk, as well as after dark. I've made my living as a photojournalist, specializing in science and medicine, for more than 39 years, and documenting nature in pictures and words has long been a passion. Every day brings a new discovery. Every day, I'll try to post the best one. Natural imagination
May 30, 2017
If anyone ever doubted the reality of evolution's creative impulse, I suggest that you look at the very strange flower of the Indian Cucumber. I learned how to identify t...
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Summer's start
May 29, 2017
There are two signature, unofficial-start-of-summer events in my calendar. The first, of course, is the Shad Bake, which was noted yesterday, and the second, which takes...
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Glad for shad
May 28, 2017
In answer to the most heartfelt of prayers, the sun finally came out this morning, and that meant that this afternoon was cleared for the Festival of Festivals, the Annua...
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Safe at home
May 27, 2017
Yet more dreary, on-the-wet-side, chilly weather, which was made all the more depressing by the fact that my granddaughter Stasia, the ray of sunshine, who was hoping to...
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Happy meal
May 26, 2017
More rain, dreary and chilly weather, and, truth be told, a self-imposed magazine deadline kept me confined to quarters. However, after I'd actually finished the latest a...
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