Nature
Kookaburras, Gum Trees, and Snakes!
Kookaburras are absolutely gorgeous Aussi. birds. They laugh like crazy and make me smile. Quite pretty too. It is often said that they warn humans about whether there is rain coming - get your washing in! - and also if there is a snake in the vicinity. Regular little alarm systems.
By a.a.gallagher5 years ago in Earth
7 Low Maintenance Indoor Plants that you CAN keep alive
Before I started my plant journey a few years back, I did not think I would be successful. I really thought I couldn’t be that person. You know, the mysterious plant whisperer, who never let a plant die, knows exactly how much water every plant needs and how often, and even knows the right amount of sun needed for the plant to grow and multiply.
By Liseth Giraldo5 years ago in Earth
The Poethical Wager
The Poethical Wager By Susan Presto At first she thought that if she stood very still for long enough, the plants would resume communication. It began to become apparent however, when no breeze was present, that they never stopped. Through close observation and measurement, grew an understanding of the ways in which this happened. [15]
By Susan Presto 5 years ago in Earth
Me and Mother Nature
My day started in the usual way. I did the ordinary things I did every morning. Shaving, not being one of them. I picked up my clipboard headed for the outdoors. Once outside, I took a long deep breath. When exhaling, I could lightly taste the cedar and pine trees' fragrances that were floating in the crisp, fresh mountain air. Just to the left of the front door stands a warren rattan chair. That seems always to be inviting you to sit a spell. So I excepted the invite and sat down as I was taking in what I could see—all of which nature has given to me.
By A. Keith Clement5 years ago in Earth
Dancing with Dinosaurs
Have you ever sat back and wondered what life was like 100 years ago? 200? Perhaps a millennium? Four? Did you ever ask yourself hey, I really wish I could have met a dinosaur? Or perhaps a creature so unique it has ten eyes, an outer shell, and most closely related to a spider?
By Laura Buonpastore5 years ago in Earth
Behind The Lens 🟪📸🟪
Location I was absolutely delighted to escape my quarantine hotel one Wednesday In Sri Lanka, having being invited on Safari to Yala National Park. This was my first time seeing these majestic mammals in the wild and it was a truly magical experience. We had a 2.5 hour car journey to get to the park, where we transferred into a massive open jeep that could comfortably accommodate x6. There was only myself, the guide and the kind Colombian who had invited me as his guest. Absolutely perfect for allowing me to climb around in search of good angles for photographs. Shoes off, crouching, kneeling, hanging out the sides...the roof... you name it I was doing it!
By Kayleigh Fraser ✨5 years ago in Earth
The Great Vegetable Plot
Struggling Alone Once upon a time in a land far, far away there lived a celery plant. It was tall with a busy mop of straggly unkept leaves on top. Its bright green leaves were frazzled, peppered with brown spots, burnt on like someone had walked along dragging a cigarette beside them carelessly scorching everything in its path. From a distance the long stalks appeared to be sprinkled with a black lumpy scale but in fact they were little black bugs called aphids that were jostling all over the top of each other. The aphids were merrily walking their way up and down the stalk chomping on whatever they wanted, leaving potholes and a white slime behind. The celery had almost given up under the weight of the unyielding bugs.
By M.K. Marche5 years ago in Earth
Plants found on salt marshes
There are very few environments that do not support plant life of some kind, although some places are more challenging than others. Salt marshes, which are low-lying coastal areas in estuaries and harbours that are flooded at high tide but exposed at low tide, make special demands of any plant that chooses to colonize them, but there are several plant species that have become particularly successful at so doing because they can tolerate a high level of salt in the water at their roots. In return, they have become an important part of the ecology of these areas.
By John Welford5 years ago in Earth
The Wary Eyed Grazer
We sat upon a small knoll overlooking the lands of Yellowstone National Park. It was a cool spring day. The snow began to melt. The land still wet. The day was young. All we had was time. Two brothers in heart but not in blood venturing in to the wilds of Wyoming. Then we heard it. The sound of hooves. Many hooves. Tromping across the land.
By Bryan Jay Nickerson5 years ago in Earth
Unleash you imagination and set it free.
Everything I create starts with one simple idea and always ends up taking on a life of its own. I have many hobbies that bring me great satisfaction, but I am the happiest when I can take a plain shelf sized piece of wood plain or stained (makes no difference.) Then get out my scissors and my glue gun and let my imagination take off running.
By Jacqueline March5 years ago in Earth
Vivid Sydney @ Taronga Zoo
Wildlife photography with a twist. Be entertained and captivated by seeing and appreciating these images captured by your truly (also earning a great income from freelance photography) at a festival called Vivid Sydney at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
By Justine Crowley5 years ago in Earth
