Rain Forest Plants

Blanket Flowers in the Sky

Nature’s Design

Deforestation

A week ago this was a magnificent little forest. So, I’m wondering, what’s the morality difference between clear cutting the Amazon forest for agricultural development and clear cutting Alabama forests for commercial development?

Are Alabama forests less of a carbon sink than the forests of the Amazon? Why will clear cutting Alabama forests not contribute to climate change, but clear cutting in the Amazon will? Do Alabama forests not produce oxygen for the planets creatures to breath? I’m also wondering about the impact the loss of wildlife habitat will have on the forest’s creatures: birds, squirrels, deer, armadillos, rabbits, etc.

Mushrooms in the Mint (with a little bit of Parsley)

Afternoon Grass

Late Morning, Gulf State Park, Alabama

Coleus Revisited

Alternative View of Nature’s Forms

Another close-up view of a yellow bell pepper

Contours, Form & Color

Close up of a yellow bell pepper

Flavor Combination Extraordinaire

Bell Pepper Underwear

Lemons & Shadows

Caged in morning shadows
Lemons cower in a corner
Knowing they are about to be
Viciously skinned, sliced, and squeezed

Bromeliads on a Live Oak Twig

Light After the Rain

Leather & Lace

Hurricane Sally Aftermath

Trees all over Baldwin County took a horrific hit. At Centennial Park in downtown Foley many of the majestic trees were destroyed.

An old Oak.

Debris from the Copper Kettle Tea Bar in downtown Foley, AL

A picket fence destroyed in the community of Josephine, AL.

A dock, water slide and other debris pushed into the backyard of a home on Perdido Bay at Bass Point, AL.

Debris of all kinds line the streets at Bass Point near the edge of Perdido Bay.

Household debris at the side of the road in Bass Point.

A twin masted sailboat washed ashore in the surge on Perdido Bay at Bass Point, AL.

Overturned power boat on Perdido Bay at Bass Point, AL.

Utility crews from Illinois work to restore power to residents in Josephine, AL.

Toadstool From the Toad’s View

Fortunately for me, last night’s hurricane Laura landed well to the west of Gulf Shores.

Although heavy rain fell most of the night, this elegant toadstool withstood the downpour. This morning it was fresh, looking newly developed, but by late afternoon it began to droop; age is having its affect.

I believe this fungus is poisonous to humans, but the ants seem to be getting something beneficial from it.

Wet, Wet Rose

Blossom

I don’t know what these orange colored blossoms are, but wanted to capture them before the oncoming hurricane blows them away.