Here’s a close-up look at a graceful frond of colorful Bleeding Hearts…

This macro image of the colorful yellow “beard” of a Bearded Iris provides a colorful contrast with the purple "fall," or lower petal.

The soft light of early morning finds these colorful Ohio spiderwort flowers open to pollination. Also called Bluejackets…

The soft light of an overcast sky highlights the delicate grace of this raindrop-bejeweled lily.

I was visiting my grandparents' home many years ago; early one morning, I found myself walking down by the river before sunrise, soaking in the peaceful beauty of the morning. The river sat shrouded in a blanket of fog, like walking into a cloud. I remember the clean, summer river smells…

The Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a common but unobtrusive little sparrow that you can often find in small groups hopping about your yard, searching for small seeds and insects. This colorful rufus-capped male

Like most clovers, Red Clover flower-heads are made up of many graceful little florets packed together. Clovers are in the pea family, and when you look real close at the flowers, you can see the family resemblance.

Find a magnifying glass and make a few minutes from chores! Spring is springing, and even more new things will soon be bursting forth! Shed a few years and lie down in the grass again; take a closer look at whatever little thing grabs your attention and be ready to be amazed!

Here, the embryonic little flowers are packed into this Lilac bud

This young blade of grass had no problem poking its way through an old oak leaf rather than growing around it.

I like being out taking pictures in all of Wisconsin's seasons - each month has it's own beauty to share.

As the daylight begins to grow longer, I find myself watching the little flower garden by our front door.

When I first walked up on this scene, I was struck by the graceful shadows in the snow that fell below the chaotic jumble of old weeds and tumbling-down fence. The grace-from-chaos theme struck a chord with me…

A lightly overcast sky washes over fresh, sparkling snow; the gentle play of light and shadow celebrates the graceful contours of a wind-sculpted snowdrift.

A fresh, powdery snow fell overnight, leaving a soft layer of clean over everything. All the old tracks and odd bits of nature in the yard are now covered over, pristine and clean again. My camera begged to be taken out…

This morning I find myself celebrating the subtle sights and sounds of Spring…

A fallen Northern Pin Oak leaf rests on melting snow.

Conditions were just right this morning for that colorful sparkling type of snow…

Fresh winter snow caps a brightly colored cluster of Highbush Cranberry berries (Viburnum opulus var. americanum), adding an eye-catching flash of color to the winter woods.

Fresh Crocus flowers and leaves pushing up through a fresh snow-fall.

A cold winter morning reveals sharp hoarfrost crystals growing on soft new snow resting on the crook of twigs.