lizardart4May 13, 20233 min readNature’s litter: not just stuff underfoot – the unseen value of detritusIt all started with oaks. Some time ago, I sketched a favorite tree and wrote about oaks as a keystone species, and why fallen leaves are...
lizardart4Dec 27, 20223 min readNot an ordinary nature journal entryDrifting in an ocean of healing and recovery, it occurred to me that in this past year I have been places I have never been before. I...
lizardart4Jul 17, 20223 min readLive oak – a keystone species (and a friend)Live oak is one of my favorite trees -- one of the many types of oaks in the world, but only growing in the US within a limited southern...
lizardart4Jul 4, 20222 min readMidsummer FloridaSummertime in Southwest Florida has a rhythm of its own. It’s a pattern of heat and moisture and rain and cooling. It’s a time of...
lizardart4Nov 26, 20212 min readMistflower“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole...” ~ Honore de Balzac There is a wildflower I’m...
lizardart4Aug 29, 20211 min readEarly morning breakfastNature is everywhere! I was lucky to have my sketchbook and pencils with me while I waited in the parking lot for about an hour.