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The Deer Fly Fight
Just when you thought you’d had enough of the black flies and the mosquitoes, something else joined the mix. Deer flies. Common in damp and forested areas, these insects are related to the horse fly...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong
Wrong! The meeting point of the best of nature and the worst of humankind… (taken in Haikou, Hainan, China)
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy
Happiness is a difficult and elusive word/concept. We pursue it like there’s no tomorrow, but what does it mean? My current working definition is that it is a state – not necessarily constant – that is...
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Plum Blossom Season
After the previous heavy post, I am going with something light and seasonal. It is plum blossom time in many parts of China. A tree that flowers in late winter/early spring (often when there is still...
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Chinese Magnolias
It’s spring. Flowers are popping up everywhere. I just posted on the all-important Chinese plum blossom season with some lovely shots provided by one of my students. Now, the magnolia trees outside my...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense
Oh, the expectations parents have of their children. And I’m not just talking about humans. During a short stay in Salt Lake City, Utah a few years ago, I ran across an interesting ‘great expectations’...
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