The Natural World contains a variety of posts that include animals, plants and the places where they live. I have a lot of images to document my experiences in nature. Sometimes we forget that Nature is very real
Texans seem to love Alaska. The lure of wide open spaces and independent people runs common through both cultures. As a result I have always had Alaska on my bucket list. Despite travelling for many years and visiting six continents, I never made it to Alaska. This was all about to change. In December of […]
On a recent trip to Big Bend National Park, I shot sequences that could be merged into Chisos Mountain Panoramas. I stitched the panos using Adobe Lightroom. I have used other software before to make panos. However the latest version of Lightroom does a pretty good job. I generated three Chisos Mountain Panoramas: Firstly is a
The Plan I needed to make a Chisos Mountain summer hike. My last trip was in the winter and I have been feeling the call of the mountains recently. Summer is a great time to go to Big Bend. There are no crowds, and the monsoonal flow brings moisture to the desert. The higher elevations of
The Plan A Big Bend Winter Hike can be a great way to start the New Year. With this in mind, I headed out of Houston with my youngest daughter in early January 2016. The plan was to drive as far as Seminole Canyon, spend the night and visit the Fate Bell Shelter Rock Art site. Added
Some of the least understood populations of birds in the nation are West Texas Hummingbirds. As a result under the cooperation of Cornell Lab of Ornithology, West Texas Avian Research, and Perky Pet Feeders, a live webcam is currently operating in the Trans-Pecos area of Texas. The camera is located on private property in the Davis
A Texas Partial Solar Eclipse is a celestial event that can be viewed in most of western North America on October 23, 2014. While Houston is not in the path of the eclipse maximum during this event, a Texas Partial Solar Eclipse is still an occurrence that deserves some attention. Nowhere will this eclipse of