Pacific Chorus Frogs

A chorus of Pacific chorus frogs... or tree frogs, if you'd rather. A tiny frog [...]

Wild Iris

The toughleaf iris, Iris tenax. They're relatively small, so I don't know why they have [...]

Red Flowering Currant

March is when the red flowering currants bloom all over Seattle.

American Kestrel

An American kestrel soars above a silver moon and golden clouds.

Common Loon

A common loon, Gavia immer, painted on an oyster shell. In the right light, their [...]

Pacific Banana Slug

A Pacific Banana Slug slimes its way across some shield lichen.

Red Fox

A curled up red fox peers from its nest of sword ferns, with one eye [...]

Great Blue Heron

Rrrrrawwwk! A great blue heron, on an oyster shell. Soon to join my other shells [...]

Pacific Sea Nettle

A Pacific Sea Nettle jellyfish. They can get pretty big... not something I'd want to [...]

Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow pond lilies, Nuphar lutea, on an oyster shell. I haven't seen one in person, [...]

Green Darner Dragonfly

A green darner dragonfly, the state insect of Washington.

William Blake

A bit of William Blake poetry -- from "Auguries of Innocence" -- with beach morning [...]