larval

Potato beetle grub on a horse nettle.  You can see its "frass" (special term for insect poop) to the left, and on its head and upper body there are tiny mites that parasitize this agricultural pest.

botany

Indian pipe, a parasitic plant that possesses no chlorophyll and feeds off of other plants.

Wild viburnum.

twinapple & my 100th post

Fruit of two fused blossoms.

family

My little sister and our two cousins.

toast

hook line and sinker

heat lamp

dreaming of spring

As we fade into fall, a reminder of what new leaves look like.

aperture

Tree branches seen through a hole in the trunk, shot last winter.

delicate

White peony, one of my favorite summer flowers.

football

The jumbro-tron at the stadium during our college football game this past Saturday.

nearest and dearest

My best girlfriends from college.  Miss you all.

gossamer

Sunlight hitting spider silk.  I'm reading Animal Architecture by ecologist Karl von Frisch, and he talks about the incredible amount of engineering and repair that goes into spinning a web.  I will never destroy a spiderweb for no reason again.