Such gorgeous photos -- I especially liked the grasshopper and fence lizard! Hope you feel better soon, and you're able to get outside and enjoy more summer adventures. Thanks for sharing these incredible close-up glimpses of nature!
Thanks for your kind words! I was a little worried people might not enjoy photo posts as much as wordier, more thoughtfully written posts --- but perhaps that was silly of me. It doesn't have to be prose poetry every week; it can be nice pictures and a few interesting facts, especially when all of the good Substack posts from many writers are piling up in our inboxes every week. I'm still writing (just not finishing pieces) and am not sure how many weeks this will go on, but I'm glad to know people will stick around and still enjoy the shorter stuff!
Also, that fence lizard is my favorite, too. I have so many photos of her, and I can't bring myself to delete any that aren't out of focus. She was just so beautiful. I think I'm going to put a collection of some favorites in Notes one of these days.
Variety is good (keeps us on our toes!) and, like you, I've got a bunch of posts to work through in my inbox. Your photos are amazing and they can carry a post by themselves. Going back to look at that fence lizard now!
Thank you! It was an unexpected delight - especially that the grasshopper didn't bounce away and let me take photos! I don't think I'd ever seen anything like that red and gold grasshopper before.
Such gorgeous photos -- I especially liked the grasshopper and fence lizard! Hope you feel better soon, and you're able to get outside and enjoy more summer adventures. Thanks for sharing these incredible close-up glimpses of nature!
Thanks for your kind words! I was a little worried people might not enjoy photo posts as much as wordier, more thoughtfully written posts --- but perhaps that was silly of me. It doesn't have to be prose poetry every week; it can be nice pictures and a few interesting facts, especially when all of the good Substack posts from many writers are piling up in our inboxes every week. I'm still writing (just not finishing pieces) and am not sure how many weeks this will go on, but I'm glad to know people will stick around and still enjoy the shorter stuff!
Also, that fence lizard is my favorite, too. I have so many photos of her, and I can't bring myself to delete any that aren't out of focus. She was just so beautiful. I think I'm going to put a collection of some favorites in Notes one of these days.
Variety is good (keeps us on our toes!) and, like you, I've got a bunch of posts to work through in my inbox. Your photos are amazing and they can carry a post by themselves. Going back to look at that fence lizard now!
I learn a lot from you. Be well.
Amazing photos! That grasshopper is just wow.
Thank you! It was an unexpected delight - especially that the grasshopper didn't bounce away and let me take photos! I don't think I'd ever seen anything like that red and gold grasshopper before.