Beauteously Creepy – Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy

In a list of the top 10 creepiest things, I am fairly certain most people would add insects and arachnids.  This photo of the brilliantly-colored Venusta Orchard Spider immediately came to my mind when I saw this week's Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy from The Daily Post.  I had the unfortunate luck to walk right into …

Sociable Butterfly – Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up

Close-up photography is probably my favorite style; I have always been fascinated by seeing things that appear small to the naked eye shown up close and in great detail.  The floral works by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) left a deep impression on my sense of aesthetics in this way I think.  Of course I could …