French LavenderRows of blooming lavender enhance Provence's reputation for producing a worthy midsummer spectacle to arouse human senses.

Though carnivorous

first light of day ignites the stack while freshly wet sand doubles its impact

A lazing black bear in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee looks like its very agreeable to do a pose or two

Two grizzly bears seem to pay homage to a bald eagle positioned high in the treetops

Water in Minnehaha Creek drops over fifty feet in Minnehaha Falls Regional Park en route to the Mississippi River

Rolling farmland is a rich feature of the state of Iowa and a major producer of agriculture for the American breadbasket

From its origins high in the Rocky Mountains

and other ravages of time on its way to the 21st century

A lilac-breasted roller in East Africa sits atop a barren acacia

Santa Barbara

wild rivers

a name given to it in the nineteenth century to honor of the Queen of Great Britain