by Atala | Library | Nov 30, 2020 | Nature's Beauty
This is a fun blog about learning to work with all the digital tools available to us. Adobe Photoshop 2021 has introduced a very nice new tool that makes a landscape photographer’s life a lot easier. It’s a sky replacement tool and I must say it works very...
by Atala | Library | Nov 28, 2020 | Everyday Life in the Nature Realms
It’s Party Time! A whole group of life forms are gathered to party, in this Poinciana tree who lives at a fork in the road in Jamaica, WI This...
by Atala | Library | Nov 27, 2020 | Nature's Beauty
Summer days – puffy clouds – gentle lake ripples – a beautiful green tree offering just the right amount of lounging shade – what could be better!
by Atala | Library | Nov 26, 2020 | Elders & Councils
A lot of us can’t be with family and friends during this year’s holiday. Still, we can be with them in spirit! Here’s a special mesquite Grandmother tree in the Saguaro National Park in Arizona that I often think about and connect to. It is near a...
by Atala | Library | Nov 25, 2020 | Nature's Beauty
The Arizona Cypress tree has very thin bark that as it grows older can become colorfully mottled. I came upon this beautiful cypress trunk while on a stroll through the Tucson Botanical Gardens. It had so many intricate patterns that I spent quite some time immersed...