Island Beach State Park, New Jersey 2011. A close up view of shells stacked up by the waves.

Paul Smiths Pond with water lilies, Adirondacks, NY 2011. Up close view of the bright green lily pads floating on top of the water.

Paul Smith's pond, Adirondacks, New York 2012. Looking at the tall grasses in the center of the pond marsh area, and lily pads along the edge.

Bamboo grove at the Morikami Museum and Gardens, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2012. Lovely grove of tall bamboo stalks with a sand base. You can walk around it and look through from both sides.

Paul Smith's Pond in the Adirondacks, New York, 2011. Wide view of the pond, marsh, forest and sky.

A small pond we found on a hike in central Vermont in late fall, early winter. 2013

Island Beach State Park, New Jersey 2011. Looking closely at the beach grasses on the side of the dunes away from the ocean, along a path with a wood railing.

New Hampshire 2008. The remnants of a long low farmers wall made with rocks picked up in the fields, found along a hike in the mountains.

Along the edge of Rainbow Lake in the Adirondacks, New York, 2011

View of raked gravel and rain sculpture at Morikami Museum, West Palm Berach, Florida, 2011

Azalea bush in blossom, Philadelphia, PA 2012

Paul Smith's Pond and Marsh, Adirondacks, NY 2011. Another detail view of the lily pads on the water's surface.