An oyster shell with gold trim. Inside it is painted a scene of two river otters swimming underwater. Blue-green background.
Two River Otters

Two river otters have fun in the water.

04
Jul
Inside a small oyster shell, a bright red octopus is painted with swirling tentacles.
Eastern Red Pacific Octopus

The Eastern Red Pacific Octopus is much smaller than its Giant Pacific cousin.

03
Jul
A large flat oyster shell. Inside it is painted a blue-grey nuthatch and the green needles and small brown pinecones of a hemlock.
Nuthatch and Western Hemlock

A red-breasted nuthatch clings to a Western hemlock.

03
Jul
A small oyster shell. Inside it is painted a brown water skipper and the green leaves of duckweed.
Water Skipper and Duckweed

A water skipper (or strider) in a clearing free of duckweed.

03
Jul
A river otter, painted inside an oyster shell. Blue-green background. Beneath the otter, several silver fish swim.
River Otter

A river otter chases juvenile salmon.

03
Jul
A small oyster shell with a yellow, orange, and black bumble bee painted on it. Background is a multitude of ceanothus blossoms in blue/lavender.
Bumble Bee and Ceanothus

In spring, the ceanothus bushes vibrate with the buzzing of bumble bees.

03
Jul
An oyster shell with a grey-blue nuthatch bird painted on it. Burst of pine needles in the background.
Nuthatch and Pine

A red-breasted nuthatch clings to the trunk of a Ponderosa pine.

03
Jul
orange spider and silver web painted on an oyster shell.
Orb-weaver Spider

What tangled webs we weave.

14
May
purple crab painted inside an oyster shell, with a banner reading, "I am not bound to please thee with my answers." and "Shakespeare"
Crabby Crab

Crabby Crab has boundaries.

14
May
mountain lion stretching on a log, painted inside an oyster shell
Mountain Lion

All cats love a good stretch.

14
May
oyster shell painted with a quotation from Jane Austen, "Let us have the luxury of silence." Words are on a banner, with a background of deep blue with gold stars.
Jane Austen, on Silence

Let us have the luxury of silence.

14
May
A tiny orange beetle with three black bands crawls up a birch leaf: all of it painted inside an oyster shell.
Three-banded Lady Beetle

This little lady beetle is a native of the Pacific Northwest, unlike many of the [...]

20
Apr