She did it! She worked so hard for so long from the day she entered medical school. Yumiko has poured her heart into her studies. And on Friday, July 29 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, that young woman walked up on stage and received her Masters Degree. Cannot tell you how proud…

It’s hot, hot, hot and the perfect time for Dragonflies and Damselflies and they do love to pose.

Yesterday I had the total pleasure of going to a little bird rookery in Ocean City, New Jersey with two fellow photographers. I’d never been to a rookery before. We got to Ocean City, about 8:00 in the morning, parked by the visitor’s center, looked over the railing and there they were. Black Capped…

Well, I’ve been home for over a month and spent way too much time behind this computer, but I finally finished the new book, “Wildlife of Madagascar”. I think this link should work:https://www.blurb.com/b/11216701-wildlife-of-madagascar. It’s a lot of fun, I hope….

These elegant trees are more than 800 years old. Many are over 100 feet tall and some 30 feet in diameter at their base. They form a beautiful natural border on a dirt road that links two villages of Madagascar – Morondava and Belo Tsiribihina. It’s a very famous and wonderful site to see.…

This little cutie is the world’s largest nocturnal primate weighing in at about four pounds. He’s got long, long fingers, especially the third finger for digging and sharp sharp teeth. Taken at night with a flash somewhere in Madagascar.

The internet is very spotty and no time for all this blogger nonsense, but did want to report we made it to Madagascar. We’ve been here for a week of wonderful photography with Todd Gustafson. We’ve gotten a few lemurs, a few gecko’s and lots of Baobab trees. I’ll try to keep posting:

Tom and I were coming back from Ludwig’s Corner where we had gotten a pizza. Tom wanted to get the pepperoni and cheese and I wanted to get the feta and olives and pine nuts. I won. So as we are headed home to bake the pizza there were two beautiful red tailed hawks…