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Sun sparks

Rick — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:18 +0000

The sun placed its sparks on her head,
the flowers of the sky opens its petals.

Let’s twist again

Rick — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:34 +0000

Twirl like fire, leap at the sun.
Let’s twist again like we did last summer.
This honey bee wants to rock with you.

Racing past the moon

Rick — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:28 +0000

While out searching for fireflies, as the last light faded on a summer evening, I came across a small race past the moon.

Round the bend

Rick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:44:06 +0000

An ant bridges the tiny but never-ending distance between buds before losing me in the undergrowth.

Pay the thunder

Rick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:52:54 +0000

“Pay the thunder no mind – listen to the birds.”
— Eubie Blake

Firefly evenings

Rick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:14 +0000

Summer’s here and fireflies are flickering in the fading twilight, lighting up the evenings. I’ve got some spectacular lightning bug images from 2008 and now this year, but I’m saving most of them for a book I have in development.

The firefly below is a male, caught in the instant before he launched himself into the air to show off his lighting skills in search of a mate.

Any other firefly sightings out there? Are their more fireflies this year than in the past, or less?

Summer acrobats

Rick — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:29 +0000

A pair of songbirds leap and tumble in the late afternoon sunlight, chasing each other and showing off to a hidden observer.

Peeking

Rick — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:57 +0000

A baby leafhopper peeks out from the cavernous bowl of a leaf. Summer awaits.

A tiny bridge

Rick — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:53:56 +0000

Still mantis central here, I hope some will survive the perils of my backyard microwilderness.

A mantis from last year crosses a dew-covered bridge below.

Mid-air collision

Rick — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:33 +0000

Two songbirds collide mid-air, something we don’t see often, but must happen all the time. Imagine the accidents if we could fly.

My computer is being repaired, so until I get it back, here’s one of my most popular images.