Oregon. Tryon Creek. Fall afternoon.

Quieting voices.
Wind gently loosens leaves' grasp.
Winter's question posed.

Oregon. Tryon Creek.

Morsel of a wren.
Brave defense of the stick pile.
Undisputed king.


Winter wren's chip note.
River stones knock together.
Watershed moment.


Solitary frog.
Semi-warm autumn sunbeams.
Last chance to ribbit.

Oregon. Tryon Creek State Park.

Two ravens fall up,
Against a traffic of leaves:
Inexorable.


Poplar trees make known
the exuberance of air,
obvious once seen.

Hawaii: Ka'u desert

Footprints of Hawaiians who perished in falling ash, 1790.

Footprint.

The boundary between lava flows.

Beautiful Hawaii nei 

Heard the first Kolea of the fall out here

100% Native species

Hawaii: Volcano

Hawaii: Kapoho

Hawaii. Halapepe Nui trail. July 2013.

Pala 'a.

Naupaka kuahiwi.

Forest layers: ohi'a, kukui, koa, 'ie'ie, hapu'u.

'ie'ie in the wind!

Hawaii. Lanikai. July 2013.

The best bay in the world: Waimanalo Bay.

Hawaii. Honolulu & Waimanalo. June 2013.

Like stone.

Scraping the sky.

White Hibiscus.

Pond lilies.

Beach towel.

Tradewind laundry.

Drying out.

Toad in a hole.

Chinatown self reflection.

Tropical textures.

Pondman, with tadpole.

Pond lily, with tadpoles.

CAM plant.

Waimanalo morning.

Hawaii. Kaneohe. June 2013.

Kaneohe Bay. Not our boat, but still cool yeah?

Heʻeia Pier. From the salty sea to the misty mountains.

Ready to go.

Toward Heʻeia State Park.

Lucky we live Hawaii.

The Supersucker, ready to suck...I mean, be awesome.

Dive flag; supersucker tube.

Ropes with Chinamanʻs Hat.

Releasing the anchor.

Supersucker...being awesome.

Safetyʻs always on top.

Happy coral.

Unhappy coral with happy invasive algae.

Removing invasive algae; algae is now sad. Hopefully coral feels better.

Into the bag with you.

An algae-removerʻs reach.

Coordinate diving, wave current, and stubborn algae.

Got it.

Algae bagged.

Algae heading mauka, to fertilize crops in the same watershed.  Crops are happy.