Parahawking
This is just too cool, I had to share it:
This guy uses trained hawks or other large birds to detect thermals for his paraglider. Here’s the link.
Blues
During a brief sunny break from our recent rainy weather, I found this blue butterfly (now identified as a male Pipeline Swallowtail) working the buddlieia along my front fence….
No, I don’t know what kind it is, but I’m trying to find out. And in keeping with blues (sorta), I saw this rose peeking out [...]
Backyard Photo Ops
I took advantage of the nice, cool, not-humid morning to walk around my back yard a bit. The sky was that brilliant blue that says summer is, mostly, behind us. The goldenrod is blooming, and looked, I thought, pretty striking against the sky:
If you look closely, there’s a ladybug meandering around the flowers.
Then [...]
