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...
lizardart4Aug 14, 20223 min readEastern cottontail rabbitThis past July I’ve been seeing all sorts of rabbits in the outdoor grassy spaces where I work. So far, they all appear to be Eastern...
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...
lizardart4Jun 25, 20222 min readGreen heronJust walking, I happened to veer to the small lake nearby and discovered a green heron intently gazing at the water’s surface. The heron...
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...
lizardart4Nov 14, 20211 min readAs summer sighs into fallSilent wet earth beneath dry and papery leaf quilts, woven and stitched by summer, and a new story begins. Fall to me always feels like a...
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.