wild hen back

Ensign Jensen

Gracilaria sjoestedtii

Isn’t that a lovely name for a seaweed?

Found in muddy bays along the California coast,  Herring tend to lay their eggs in this red algae, both in San Francisco and Tomales Bays.

Combined, the roe and algae fetch a high price in Japan where they constitute a delicate salad.

tussle

Gold aint so colourful.

Digitally kissed etching of Mammoth Hot Springs by Thomas Moran from Canyons of the Colorado by Major John Wesley Powell.

d’oiseaux d’eau

Willa Wolcott

This is my mother’s mother, Willa, whose maiden name is my middle.

oooh o pu bu bus

Birds of Maine

These illustrations will be included in a forthcoming book on the birds of Maine by Jeff and Alison Wells.