COVER PHOTO: MEALT FALLS AT KILT ROCK, ISLE OF SKYE After the exciting ride over the Northwest mountains, dodging the deer, it was like coming into a fairyland as we...

SCENERY                        ...

BIRDS Roseate Spoonbills, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida :     Belted Kingfisher, Florida Keys               Common Loon, Pennsylvania   European...

Cover photo: Looking out over Loch Ness from Urquhart Castle      Arriving somewhere new on a trip after dark has it’s pros and cons. The downside is that you...

  Solar pillar this morning! Sun, or Solar pillars happen at sunrise or sunset when there are ice crystals in the clouds. The ice crystals are in the shape of...

EUROPEAN ROBIN The European Robin was a bit like a welcome wagon of the bird world to me while visiting Great Britain. It’s inquisitive, charming and seems to have no...

Cover photo: Dunnottar Castle      Scotland is one of those places that you just know you have to go back to…and soon! I went with my daughter Savannah, we...

ANIMALS     Key deer fawn, an endangered species found in the Florida Keys. This one was on No Name Key.       Icelandic horses, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland.  ...

     In centuries past, American Sycamores were planted near the front door of newlywed’s homes, because the tree’s longevity pictured their eternal love. They were called “bride and groom”...

Cover photo: Leaf-covered hiking/biking trail at the Quemahoning Dam, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania      “A lick in the pines,” or possibly, “stream issuing forth from the pine lick” is...