Recent content by MarkD

Here is the longer video with Burkemann for those with plenty of weeks of life on their hands.

I came across this short video and thought I'd seen a thread here devoted to ones philosophy of life on which to share it. I guess that could have been the title here too but I prefer that it not seem stuffy, formal or remote. I do think the message here is a good one. Life is finite, you...

I thank my fairy god mother, RadishRose.

The answer to my prayer.

Hope there will be more. Clouds and storms can be so different in different places. Our storm clouds don't measure up and we also don't get the small, cotton ball clouds made famous by Peter Max. But near the ocean we get some cool moments. Going to prime the pump in hopes of seeing more:

I was surprised to keep hearing how hot people have been, especially a friend in Michigan and another in Germany. We are having an unusually cool start to summer as was most of spring. No complaints. I hate hot weather...

Well looks like my spur of the moment decision to buy a Eucalyptus macrocarpa was ill advised. I now realize the one spot I thought I could squeeze it in isn't nearly sunny enough. But at least it served as an opportunity to at least make an overture toward sharing a plant with a friend when...

Nope I want to be lighter on my feet and stronger.

Ooh I just watched a wonderful episode about your continent on Amazon Prime. I'll be looking for more. Wildest Places Season 1, Ep. 1 Outback Deserts

I wasn't clever enough to get a video but these motions do sort of flow togather.

Can you believe anything any more? Sure. Just about anything based on what I see on the internet.

I recently took some photos of my dog Ember playing with a plushy on my bed which I like which I posted elsewhere but will never be able to find again so I'm posting them here too to remember. In the first she holds it, in the second she is grooming it the way she does herself or my shirt, the...

My girl playing with a plushy. Never chews them up and at four years of age she doesn't play with them all that often but just the other day I managed to get in some snaps before she became self conscious.

A favorite flower with a favorite insect.

I love skycapes. Got a few for you too: