"Brothers in Summer"...

Wild white-tailed bucks making rounds, near Conway, Arkansas. Summer, 2025.
Photo # K08_4042c.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Blue Paradise"...

"Blue Paradise"

Vertical infrared panorama. Lake Maumelle, Arkansas. 
Photo # IM7_6830-37.
(c) Kelly Shipp

Patterns...

 "Patterns"

Some see patterns, some see chaos. That's what's great about nature.

Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) in its habitat, Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.  Infrared.
Photo # IM5_4614bwc.
(c) Kelly Shipp

 

 

"Generations"...

These seven acres of Wye Mountain are well known. These are the source of the annual Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival during the Spring.
You are viewing the acreage from the Harmon Memorial. The Harmon family, who managed the fields for generations, eventually passed the torch to the local church and local groups to continue the tradition.

I chose the late afternoon sun for more dramatic lighting, both for the field and for the cross. This was taken in the summer and I wanted to show how beautiful it is off-season, without the daffodils.
Wye Mountain, Bigelow, Arkansas.
Photo # IM7_6891-94bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp

 

 

Roots...

The sun peeks through the branches of this large oak tree next to the Wye Mountain Community Building.
Wye Mountain, Bigelow, Arkansas.

Photo # IM7_6876bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Rake and Fog"...

 

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Hot Springs Country Club, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Photo # DSCF7984bwm2sq.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"The elephant mosquito"...

 
There are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes worldwide, with only 180 in North America. One is the Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis, also known as the elephant mosquito, is one of the largest species of mosquitoes. Their wingspan is half an inch with legs that can overlap a U.S. quarter. Their feeding behaviors make them strikingly different from a typical mosquito. Both adult males and females are strictly nectar-feeding and so they do not have a role in the transmission of pathogens to animals as in other mosquitoes. Instead, their larvae are predacious and could potentially help curb the spread of common diseases via vector mosquitoes. Scientists near Houston, Texas are raising these mosquito assassins as a tactic against the common disease-spreading mosquitoes.


Location: Conway, Arkansas.
Photo # F2505771_169.
(c) Kelly Shipp