moist morning …

… in a flower garden.

The Incompleat Gardener.

The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton from around 1630 or so, is a book celebrating the values found in fishing. Here, we try gardening, recognizing that it is never finished.

propellers …

… deep in the forest at my university.

dead, and freshly dead …

… on the forest floor in the woods at my university.

flowers masquerading as leaves.

they’re all leaves, but some so much more striking than flowers.

fernivore …

This fungus apparently likes to ingest ferns in the forest at my university.

Michael Pecaut, Shooter at Large

After spending most of the past few weeks exploring how my new On1 software can be used for photoart fuckery, I’m now playing with it as more of a straight-up processing platform. On the left is 5280LM’s own Michael Pecaut, who should post here more often.

Street Art, RiNo, Denver

Not that there’s no fuckery afoot, of course.

a chipmunk eatery …

This stump in the forest at my university is nearly a half-century old. Chipmunks, field mice, and squirrels have been dining here for that long. I should leave a tip jar …

in repose …

… a leaf at rest on ground cover in the forest at my university.

frosty …

… after a late winter flood in a stream at my university.

fuzzy critter …

… the hickory tussock caterpillar, munching through the forest at my university.

portrait …

… of the forest floor in the woods at my university.

hangin’ on …

… in the forest at my university.

seeds …

… about to find new homes in the forest at my university.

Bonnie Brae Ice Cream

Bonnie Brae Ice Cream, Denver CO

Wild Blue Nightflight

T-6 Trainer

The Bends

Glass Garden Ornament

cute, but …

… don’t touch. Those hairs detach and irritate human skin.

order in chaos …

… oak trees often shed leaves in clusters.

floating in snow …

… a little cool relief on a hot day (at least where I am).

the hulking beast …

… in the forest at my university. (It’s really that color — deep orange.)