Hella Untamed
Look at the size of that blackberry patch! Brambling is a family tradition -- I am sure many of you can say the same! Hot sun, sweet berries, painful scratches and dodging spiders is all part of the fun.
Slideshow of the lovely wild herbs and flowers of the Catskills. We had the opportunity to live in the pristine NY watershed for a couple years and I spent some time learning about the local plants.
Beautiful butterflies of Neversink, New York. Red Admirals and Eastern Tiger Swallowtails hang out on lovely pink milkweed blossoms. Butterflies represent hopeful transformation and in this period of transition they are a powerfully symbolic medicine to show us the path to a new way of being.
Turtles, salamanders, squirrels, spiders, praying mantis, milkweed bugs and other insects--just a few of the local wild-life enjoying the wilderness or the urban areas of New York state.
The big fat bullfrog hiding in the reeds here reminds me of the children's books. Frogs are dying rapidly around the world at the moment, almost half of them are threatened with extinction. They can't handle the pollution in our water ways or the chytrid fungus that is rapidly killing amphibians. The site Amphibian Ark is a great resource for…
Mushrooms are such amazing and strange things, some are so cute, some are nasty and smelly, some are just out of this world. These photos are of mushrooms from all over the world.
Lovely slideshow of robins in spring, summer and winter. We had a robin nest under our porch when we lived in the Catskills one year. Very cute.
This hardworking beaver didn't notice us quietly fishing as he worked furiously on his dam. According to wikipedia: The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million, but as of 1988 was 6–12 million. This population decline is due to extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because their harvesting of trees and…
The annual toad orgy which produces tons of eggs and later turns the shallow waters near the shore of the pond black with the swimming bodies of thousands upon thousands of tadpoles. A few weeks later there are hundreds upon hundreds of miniature toads heading off in every direction from the pond. Nature is indeed incredible. Check out this cool…
This slideshow takes us through the whole cycle of life including the birth in spring of twin bambis. We even get a look at deer droppings as well as deer eating. These cycles of life are unavoidable, death is as inevitable as birth, it is ultimately counter-productive to try to sterilize this reality. Check out this video of two cute…
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