Cherry Trees and Walkway, Japan

This picture was taken in Iwakuni, Japan at the Kintai Bridge. The Cherry Blossom (Sakura) festival had just ended and that is when I decid...

Neacola River, Alaska

Sunlight sparkles along the river’s banks and its tidal flats. —Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book  Through the E...

Covered Bridge

This classic American moment—a boy and his dog—is made more delightful by the setting. Photographer Bruce Dale wisely chose to stand back...

Angelonia, Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia)

Summer snapdragon is native to Mexico, Guatemala and Cuba. It is widely cultivated and naturalized in neotropics, native range obscure. ...

Angel wing Begonia (Begonia coccinea)

Begonia coccinea  is a species begonia native to Brazil. Plant has thick, leathery, solid bright-green leaves with a soft sheen and bright ...

Picture of flowers of the African Violet

Saintpaulia , commonly known as African violet , is a genus of 6 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriacea...

Africa daisy

Africa daisy  grows to about a foot high, with coarse aromatic leaves, topped in summer by large daisies in shades of yellow, orange, salmo...