The Twelve — A Yearly Portfolio
A Gallery from 2024. Highlighting the Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and Big Bend region of west Texas.
A Gallery from 2023. Highlighting White Sands, northern Nevada, and a life-changing excursion to Antarctica.
A Gallery from 2022. Highlighting northern Nevada, Patagonia, and the great Atacama Desert.
A Gallery from 2021. Highlighting the beauty of the Great Basin Desert and the Eastern Sierra.
A Gallery from 2020. Highlighting the Eastern Sierra and Death Valley, along with the seasonal woodlands of the western Great Basin.
A Gallery from 2018. Highlighting the Tahoe Region, the western Great Basin, and an adventure in Iceland.
A Gallery from 2017. Highlights from the Great Basin Desert and the eastern Sierra.
Wildlife – International
Words cannot express the character of the Savannah Elephant. Even as they struggle for survival, they exude wisdom and community, expressing most clearly that some places would be fine without us.
I always hope for a wild cat sighting, enjoying the occasional bobcat and hoping for a cougar, but nothing prepared for the African Lion or Leopard. Encountered in savannah and woodland habitats along the floodplain of the Luangwa and Zambezi Rivers.
Wonderful encounters with Giraffes, Crocodiles, Impalas, and many others during a Zambian excursion in 2025.
The big animals animals get all the attention, but their avian neighbors amaze. If my list is accurate, I experienced over 50 species, from the stately eagles to the arobatic bee-eaters. I spent hours with kingfishers and rollers. Fabulous.