Talk about amazing camouflage Unusual Canada Goose Tip of a Tulip stigma From black silhouette to beauty Alice Gladwell Bassindale, my paternal Grandmother… Markhor Fluffed Isabella Tiger / Eueides isabella The only time I look tall and slim, ha Northern Saw-whet Owl / Aegolius acadicus My parents in 1939 Queen of the Lily Pad Woodland encounter Northern Saw-whet Owl Mosquito on a Morel Common Redpoll Her very first experience Atlas Moth details Breathtaking beauty Cyclanthaceae, Carludovica palmata My paternal Great Grandmother White-tailed Jackrabbit / Lepus townsendii I'm not getting MY feet cold and wet A mix of seasons Malachite magnificence Mates for life The joy of food Happy Chinese New Year Banded Peacock or Fatima / Anartia Fatima 'Twas a cold, cold day for us all Fluffed-up Common Redpoll The warmth of orange My father, Tom Carden Bassindale Norwegian Fjord Horses Pine Grosbeak male / Pinicola enucleator Wolf Willow/Silverberry / Elaeagnus commutata Common Eggfly / Hypolimnas bolina Farm cat Black-billed Magpie Lines Sunburst Hoya exquisiteness Surviving the frigid temperatures Amongst the Lily pads Wedding Day of my ancestors