I decided to feature some furry & feathered frame fillers for this week's lens-artists photo challenge. The challenge is Filling…
Killdeer in the rushes bordering a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. I assume they have tough feet since…
The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge this week is the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Here are pictures…
The fringed gentian, Gentianopsis thermalis, grows in meadows, bogs, and on moist ground. This species prefers growing in warm places…
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When I last visited Yellowstone, I was searching for a new world to inspire me in my fiction writing. Here…
The water in some of the springs presents to the eye the colors of all the precious gems known to…
Badgers at Yellowstone National Park In The Story Who Came to Visit, I mentioned I would be doing an Open…
In Yellowstone National Park, much of the wildlife is hidden from view. You have to look carefully to find the…
A lucky sighting of a red fox We saw this red fox in Yellowstone National Park in June of this…
A harsh landscape with soft edges There are many soft sights to see in Yellowstone National Park's harsh environments. Soft…
Up close and personal with bison I was glad I was inside my car when I saw these bison coming…
Pups playing I had fun watching these yellow-bellied marmot pups playing while their mom kept a watchful eye on them.…
Circles within circles at Grand Prismatic Spring Circles of varying size dissected with cracks and surrounded by steaming mists arising…
Elk at Yellowstone Here's a group of elk making their way through a small lake in the Lamar Valley in…
I have so many Yellowstone favorite places it's hard to choose. Here's a collection of photos of things that make…
Sometimes an artist's greatest wish is that others will be able to see the emotion and spirit of a place…
I have always had a special feeling about Spasmodic Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. Why? I think part of it…
Black bear family, Yellowstone National Park, WY When I start feeling nostalgic about Yellowstone National Park, I know I can…
Look beneath your feetAnd notice Notice the texturesNotice the colors blendingAnd bold Bold and brilliant huesBold and distinct edgesAnd patterns…
Say hello to our new national mammal Here's a picture of bison in Yellowstone National Park. Happy 4th of July…
A gust of wind Can take them away Embrace them and guide them With gentle breezes
Hmmm…a predominantly pink woodpecker named after a famous early American explorer and a wily relative of the crow named after…
Look beneath your feetAnd notice Notice the texturesNotice the colors blendingAnd bold Bold and brilliant huesBold and distinct edgesAnd patterns…
His twittering voice kept leading me on through the wilderness. It seemed like every time I raised my binoculars to…
How many big stumps can you see here? Learning about fire ecology I recently went on a Deschutes Land Trust…
Morning Glory - Yellowstone National Park Some places just take your breath away with their beauty. The Morning Glory geyser…
Listen to the smallest voices for they often have the most to say. (Close-up of heat loving thermophiles near Dragon's…