Woodpress

This is my photo documentary of a pretty little plant’s journey to the dark side. Check out this pretty plant. Wouldn’t it be nice to have one of these in your garden? (Hint: Probably not.) Before long, the flower starts looking more like this. It’s still pretty, but past its prime. It doesn’t help that […]

Here’s the back of the reflective beetle I posted a picture of recently. (Actually, it’s a different beetle, but it’s the same kind of beetle.) I’m guessing camoflage isn’t this insect’s defense mechanism.

I took this picture of a mushroom recently on a walk with my oldest kid. Usually I take several pictures of a given subject so I can choose my favorite, but this time I only took one. Fortunately, I love the way it turned out. Aside from resizing and sharpening (to reclaim some of the […]

Today at work I went for a walk and took some photos. The weeds near the parking lot at work are pleasantly infested with photographic subjects. I find this bug very cute. It’s all fuzzy, with a little long nose and knobbies on its antennae. Aww… Even though there are many imperfections in this picture, […]

This morning a red dragonfly landed in my back yard. I talked it into waiting around until I could get my camera. It was a surprisingly skilled model, occasionally changing position so I could get different angles. It even smiled for the camera, which I thought was odd. I didn’t know dragonflies could smile. I […]

This spider was apparently lost. It was a good 10 miles from my house. I didn’t invite it home, though. I think other people should be able to enjoy spiders too. I spotted this arachnid (technically not a spider because it only has one body section) about 50 yards from where I found fuzzy face […]

Woodlice (potato bugs, pill bugs, roley poleys, etc.) are very interesting looking critters. I have evidence.

This morning I found a snail in my yard. Judging from its sad little frown, it wasn’t completely thrilled about being picked up. I put it back where I got it, though… and I think it forgave me. I hope I didn’t interrupt anything too important.