Elephant: a symbol of wisdom and strength. August 12th is World Elephant Day. Their numbers are dropping and are in danger of becoming extinct. The biggest threat is poachers, after their tusks, meat, and other body parts. Habitat loss and humans are the other largest dangers to elephants. They are amazing creatures. They mourn the…
Category: Photography & Conservation
International Tiger Day
July 29th is International Tiger Day. Ever since I can remember I have loved tigers, especially white ones. I have always thought they were beautiful animals. I remember being worried about the future of tigers from a young age. I vividly remember learning about the dodo and thinking how awful it was that we have…
World Sea Turtle Day
Turtles, or Honu in Hawaiian, need our help. I remember the first time I saw a honu in Maui. We were snorkeling and the honu was just chilling on the coral reef. It was an amazing sight. On our last trip to the big island, the hotel we stayed at had its own lagoon. We…
Save the Bees
What would happen in a world without flowers? The world would feel drab and dreary. But there’s much more of an impact than just something pretty to look at. Without flowers, we would have no bees. Bees? Yes, bees. Why am I worrying about bees? They are an integral part of our earth and their…
Water Conservation
Water. We use it every day, usually taking for granted how easily we can access fresh, clean water. For most reading this, we just turn the tap and have hot or cold at our disposal. But for how long? Water covers around 71 percent of the earth, with about 96.5 percent being in the oceans….
Silverswords
Stepping out of the car to explore Haleakala on the island of Maui is like setting foot on another planet. Which isn’t far from the truth when you learn Haleakala has been training grounds for astronauts, more than once. The landscape is truly something to see but what I was most drawn to was the…
Photo of the Month: March – Haleakala
This is actually a cell phone photo of Haleakala but it is one of my favorites from my recent trip. We woke up at 2:30 am to drive up 10,000 feet to the summit of Haleakala to see the sunrise and get THE photo. It was an amazing experience, despite freezing out butts off. It was…
Winter in Arizona
Part of the reason I moved to Arizona is for winter. I spent the first 25 years of my life in Wisconsin. As a child I loved winter but as I got older I grew to strongly dislike winter. I didn’t like being cold. I didn’t like ice or black ice. I liked the first…
January 2016: Photo of the Month
I have decided to do a blog post to go along with the photo of the month on my main page. I thought it might be fun to learn a little bit more about each photo or why I chose it for the photo of the month. Some months I will pick an obvious theme,…