Cool photo of the day

I almost overlooked this little green fellow. What a unique beauty! And when I look closely, I believe he has tiny little cricket wings to help him fly! Just because you seem to blend in, doesn’t mean you can’t stand out.

Meet Cruz! ❤️

While enjoying a few days off work, we took the opportunity to visit our local Desert Museum. The weather was ideal, and the animals were more active than I’ve experienced in quite some time. Cruz is their resident mountain lion, and he is a beauty! Rescued in 2013 in San Jose, CA, he was unsuitable…

Gallery of desert wildflowers

“At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant: all that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge of a blue wildflower, the distant bleat and clink of grazing goats.” ~ Alison Croggon

She’s known as the Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui, known as the Painted Lady, is also known as The Cosmopolitan in North American. She has the strange habit of flying in a sort of screw shape, something I did not observe, as she chose to pose beautifully for me among the flowers. Her names intrigue me, bringing to mind a lady of…

Tiny creature with a tiny creature

Tiny little creature So beautiful He sparkles in the sun I snap random photos But look! My tiny little creature Has in his grasp His own tiny little creature Shimmering in the light A reminder of a world we can not see Without looking beyond what we think we see So cool 😎