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Flowering Dogwood

Dogwood Day Afternoon – A walk in the flowering woods

April 16, 2017 Sandy

Come spring, the first thing you would notice in every pocket of woods in Raleigh, NC are dazzling white flowers. Meet the Flowering Dogwood, the state flower of North Carolina Continue reading Dogwood Day Afternoon – A walk in the flowering woods

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Great black-backed gull

Birding at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge – A Photographer’s Diary

April 2, 2017 Sandy

The ebb of winter is a fine time for birders. At Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, a nature photographer has a field day. Here’s a page from his diary Continue reading Birding at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge – A Photographer’s Diary

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Winter birding at the doorstep

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Sandy

Winter storm Helena was supposed to hit us harder. Six inches of snow, failed power, and freezing pipes. The storm came and went, and the dull morning made way for a bright and sunny afternoon. Then the birds began to come out Continue reading Winter birding at the doorstep

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Trees are life

Can the koel find another tree?

June 5, 2016 Sandy

Trees are an inconvenience. Leaves falling, light being blocked, snakes showing up, tree roots destabilizing the walls, the need to widen the approach road – we have so many excuses to cut down our trees, and none for planting one. Continue reading Can the koel find another tree?

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The mimic in the bushes.

Northern Mockingbird – the many-tongued mimic

February 9, 2016February 20, 2016 Sandy

To shoot a mockingbird was the ultimate quest. After a year of waiting, it finally happened. Meet the many-tongued mimic – the Northern Mockingbird Continue reading Northern Mockingbird – the many-tongued mimic

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Fading Glow

Cary Glen – Images of a lovely North Carolina lake

January 27, 2016January 26, 2016 Sandy

Cary Glen in North Carolina has little cosmic significance. It is a little lake in a little town. But nature thrives here, and it provides a much-needed escape from life’s machinations Continue reading Cary Glen – Images of a lovely North Carolina lake

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Balcony Safari – The idle joy of birding

September 17, 2015September 13, 2015 Sandy

Why go on an expensive safari to watch birds when your backyard is just as well endowed as any forest? Continue reading Balcony Safari – The idle joy of birding

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Skies threaten of a storm

Chasing a Sunset

September 16, 2015September 13, 2015 Sandy

When a sunset that seemed improbable only a moment ago bloodies the sky, it becomes the fulcrum balancing idle desolation and mad euphoria. A photographic meditation Continue reading Chasing a Sunset

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August, how we want you green!

August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 Green Ogre

Light in August, to evoke Faulkner, is about fortitude in trying times. Download this refreshing wallpaper, inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca’s ‘Green’ Continue reading August, how we want you green!

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Download the July 2014 wallpaper for laptop screens

July is for the ladies of the house

July 3, 2015 Sandy

This female House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is The Green Ogre July wallpaper. Download and share the love Continue reading July is for the ladies of the house

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