Strawflower, unfortunately my kitten has now killed this plant. #flowers #photography

#hibiscus #flower #macro #photography

“If you think this is a bad deal, what is your alternative?” JD Vance on the Iran deal. There was an alternative negotiated by President Obama and it didn’t involve a war, or rampant inflation, or sky-high gas prices.

Another variety of aloe getting ready to bloom. This one reminds me of an electron microscope image. #flowers #succulents #gardening #macro #photography

Some rain today. #flowers #raindrops #photography

New Mexican badlands west of the Jemez Mountains. #geology #sky #badlands #NewMexico #photography

My blood orange tree is loaded this year. Can’t wait for September! #gardening #citrus #fruit #trees

Our aloes are sending up flower stems. This is the outside of the flower to be. #flowers #gardens #textures #succulents #macro #photography

Canyonlands #NP, #Utah, from a lookout at island in the sky. The canyon views look like a giant pushed its hands into the mud. #canyons #desert #landscape #photography

The strawflower is now fully open. #flowers #gardening #macro #photography

Dew on the leaves at the botanic #gardens. #photography

I think this says it all.

This is bark from a Queensland rainforest forest tree. Who knew, it has an innie. #trees #bark #gardens #Australia #photography

It is fall in the southern hemisphere. The ginkgoes are golden. A couple odd things, they don’t call it fall because the leaves don’t drop on the native trees, so its just autumn. Second, Aussies consider June 1st the start of winter, not the solstice, so not autumn here anymore. #Australia

Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, #SouthAustralia #KI #ocean #photography

Fringe lily, native to #Australia. This one is from Flinders Chase #NationalPark on Kangaroo Island, SA #photography #macro

One of these is not like the others. #rocks #pebbles #photography

Flinders Range, #SouthAustralia #landscape #photography #Australia #NationalParks

I just finished a GUI to generate word clouds. It uses #python and #pyqt. You can access it on #github. github.com/dhasterok/Wo... #wordcloud #apps

Learning to hunt. #cats #photography

Just taught my kid how to use the analogy external search function, i.e., a book index. #KidsTheseDays #Dads

strawflower #flowers #gardening #Australia #macro #photography

A feral kitten showed up on our doorstep. She’s very cute. A tabby-calico mix. #caturday

They look so soft. #cactus #texture #photography

A bit rainy today. Droplets hang from curry berries in my garden. Nearly ripe lemons in the background. #raindrops #macro #photography #gardening

Adelaide Botanic Gardens #trees #forest #photography

There are eyes everywhere…in aspen groves. #trees #forests #nature #photography

Sunset in the Needles district at Canyonlands NP #Utah #canyonlands #desert #sunset #landscape #photography

Dew covered hibiscus. #flowers #photography #gardening

Lichen covered rocks on Kangaroo Island, #SouthAustralia #KI #photography #rocks

Milford Sound last January. #NewZealand #FiordlandsNP #ocean #nature #landscape #fjord #photography

This tree is so tall. From my only trip to the Alps. #mountains #Austria #trees #landscape #nature #photography

Firewheel tree, an Australian rainforest native. This one is in Adelaide Botanic Gardens. #trees #flowers #Australia #photography

Banksia flower before it has blossomed. #textures #trees #macro #photography

Fuzzy wet flowers. #flowers #gardens #macro #photography

Insect tracks on a tree trunk. #trees #insects

#flowers #gardening #iris #pgotography

Remarkable Rocks, on Kangaroo Island. #SouthAustralia #geology #granite

Bark of a river red gum reminds me of a lava flow. #trees #texture #photography

A few photos from the last couple of months. #flowers #macro #photography #collage #insects #nature

Morning at Mesa Arch, Island in the Sky district, #Canyonlands, #NationalPark, #Utah

Late afternoon in the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands, #Utah #NationalParks #landscape #photography

Australian wood duck. #birds #ducks #photography

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a flower blossom out of a flower before. #flowers #gardening #photography

A river starts with a single droplet. #water #flowers #dew #morning #macro #photography

More fun with #clouds #sky #photography

Fluffy pillows. #clouds #sky #photography

While taking photos of clouds yesterday, this noisy miner decided to stop and see what I was doing. This is as it is coming in for a landing on the sign just behind me. #birds #clouds #sky #photography

My little furball. Went to photograph clouds down the street and she came with. #cat #photograph

Treasure flower #flowers #photography #macro