(April 4, 2002: I may get that page started tonight - if I can stay awake long enough that is. Give me a day or so.....)
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| It's a little of 'Why we go"..... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The pages in this sequence show pictures we have taken in various areas of varied subjects. Flora and fauna are not 'prime' reasons to travel, but they shouldn't be neglected. The old adage of "Stop and smell the roses" comes to mind. That's just a fancy way of saying "Slow down a bit". | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Contrasted with an Ocotillo plant in Joshua Tree National Park. Covered in thorns. In the days before barbed wire, a row of these plants formed a very effective fence. Most of the time they look like dead 'sticks', but after rain, they leaf out and set bright red flowers. These plants can reach a height of over 10 feet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| At Kuranda railway station just west of Cairns, Australia. A tourist "rail-motor" takes one from the coastal plain up into the mountains, stopping at 'Stony Creek Falls' for photos along the way. Much cooler, and the station ("depot" in the U.S.) is reputed to be the most decorated in the country. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A "Barrel Cactus". Sometimes called a "Compass Cactus" because the plant leans towards the south - in the northern hemisphere. I wouldn't trust it myself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Yucca plant flower. The main stem is over a foot long. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fauna? How 'bout some 'roos. At David Flay's Nature Preserve, Burleigh Heads, Australia in 1970. Dave was the first to successfully breed platypuses in captivity. A dedicated man. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Or some Ground Squirrels? Mother and young, outside Barstow, California in the early 1970's. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I know - doesn't look 'professional' - but neither am I. "Click" on it to - what else - see the next page..... (April 4, 2002: I may get that page started tonight - if I can stay awake long enough that is. Give me a day or so.....) |
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| It's called a 'flying fox' - a fruit-eating bat. There was a colony of them beside the Brisbane River and Stan took the wife and I over there to have a look. Even managed to get some 8mm movie film of them. They hang upside down in the trees during the day, with their young under a wing. Even while asleep, the wing is kept moving to cool the young. Interesting..... | ||||||||||||||||||||||