Candace D.

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Author. Recovering attorney. Tennis player. I’ve eaten monkey in the Amazon jungles, slept in the ruins of Machu Picchu, capture & band migrating raptors. I’m not giving up on democracy. Good trouble. (All photos mine unless repost) #PeacefulPost #Raptor

A Pipevine caterpillar on a tan rocky ground. The caterpillar is a dark brown with equally spaced tiny orange spikes running down both sides of its body.
Sitting on a wooden grained table is a vase, half filled with water. In this glass are 3 tulips. One is all pale red with a green stem, another is a mixture of red and white petals, and the third is mostly white with red streaks. In contrast are 2 bright yellow columbine flowers. The flowers show shadows against a gray wall.
Close up of an Australian Shepherd's eye. The iris is pale gray/blue with a little darker, same-colored corona around a black pupil. In the center of the pupil and into a part of the iris are square reflections of something. Gray, black and tan stiff hairs surround the eye.
Close-up of a bunch of various colored red bougainvillea petals, with a few tiny white centers. Reflected off the top is sunshine, leaving the lower part of the picture in shadow.
A pale salmon colored rose on its side and facing the camera. The interior is still tight but the outer petals have started opening up. There are a couple dark green leaves in the background.
A very tall and large green pine tree against the deep blue sky.
A picture of a yellowish/greenish brush grass plant going to seed. It has one long leaf and is against a gray/white, very rough background of textured cement. The grass casts its shadow below and to the right.
Looking out a plane's window down on the Florida coast, crammed full of highrises, buildings and roads. The coast butts up against the Atlantic Ocean, covered with patchy clouds. In the upper left corner is the tip of the plane's wing. In the center of the sky is the sun.
The muted skyline of San Francisco is set against a dull blue sky with occasional fluffy clouds. In the foreground is the San Francisco bay, reflecting the sun in the waves. In the middle are numerous sailboats, most with colorful spinnakers sailing the waters.
A white egret (heron?) stands in water but looks like it is standing on its own reflection. Ripples spread out and surround the bird in a circle. Other than the ripples, the water is smooth.
This picture shows the circle of life of a rose. In the middle is a white rose which is at its end, has lost its pink color and is about to lose its petals. Surrounding it are 7 other roses, in various shades of pink and in various life stages. From tight green buds, to the first beginning to open pink bud, to larger and more open flowers.
A picture of breaking ocean waves against a large rock. Lots of foam, blue sky and a very small buoy in the horizon.
A closeup of a spider in its web looking up from the bottom of the legs are whitish and brownish striped, with small hairs. The belly is dark yellow scale-like.
Picture of the San Francisco city in the background, Golden Gate Bridge in the middle, and some of the hills of the Marin Headlands in the foreground. The sky is blue and the San Francisco Bay is blue/green. There is a boat about to go under the bridge.
A cluster of tiny pale yellow and purple buds in various stages of opening in the middle of a circle of pale purple/pink surrounding blossoms.
Closeup of the interior of an orange/pink lilly. The 3 inside petals have small, dark brown streaks radiating out from the center on a yellow background.
A very large white bird, with a long, pale yellow and deadly looking beak, stands in marshy grass next to still water. The bird’s reflection is in the water along with a dark green branch.
A picture of a Snowy Egret. A large all white wading bird (here in clear, shallow water with its reflection/shadow on the water). The beak is long and black with a yellow cere. Also bright dark yellow feet are seen through the water.
A closeup of a dark yellow rose slowly opening, with the center still tightly wound.
Closeup of a white petaled flower against the blue sky. On top of the white petals is a ball of dark yellow/orange stamens.
Against a background of dark green leaves, is a many ‘legged’ dark purple flower, resembling a purple spider.
Pastel pale purple fading into paler pink and white on the petals of a sweet pea flower
Closeup center of a hibiscus flower. Pale pink/orange/yellow petals with a brighter center stem topped with matching colored stamens.
Dark pink petaled flower with a bright yellow raised center. Collecting pollen on that center is a black and yellow bumblebee.
Closeup of a foxglove flower. The white flower is bell shaped with several brown splotches embedded in the flower.
Dark green vertical stalk. Coming off the stalk are large, bright pink, 5 petaled flowers, against the background of a cloudless blue sky. The center of the flower facing the camera is a cluster of white stamen. The flowers alternate with occasional three fingered , green speckled leaves.
Sitting on the top of a large, yellow sunflower is a monarch butterfly with its wings folded. It has vibrant orange and black patterned wings, with a black border with white spots.
Panoramic view of water with distant hills in the background. The water is coming onto a muddy beach in long, low waves, creating ripples on the sand. A cloudless sky is above with the bottom brightness of the sun up in the right had corner.
One flower petal. The top is white with veins topped with purple spotted veins. At the bottom on either side are purple lines close together to make almost a solid color. In the middle of the bottom part of the flower are thin, purple vertical lines going up with a long, furry, orange patch going up from the bottom, in the middle of the thin, purple lines.
In the back ground, runnng horizontally, are huge mountains wih glaciers and snow banks along the middle. In the foreground is a path, surrounded by different sizes of rocks and a lonely hiker.
Bright yellow flower petals with very thin reddish stripes from the center to half way.
Thick, white orchid petals against a reddish/rush background.
A white rose. The outer petals are opening while the center petals are still closed. Shadows from the petals create darker spaces.
A black and yellow bumblebee on a vibrant pink/purple flower collecting pollen. On its hind leg is a huge pollen basket filled with pollen.
Picture of the head and shoulder of a Northern Harrier raptor. The dark brown eye has tan feathers on the top and bottom, with the rest of the head in brown feathers. There is a semicircle of tiny tan feathers outlining the facial disc. This facial disc, which makes it look a bit like an owl, directs the sounds of prey to the Harrier's hidden ears as it swoops low over fields in search of mice and other little mammals for food. The chest and shoulder is reddish tan fading into more yellow tan.
A yellow and black, with blue dots on the hind wings, Swallowtail butterfly, sitting on a reddish flower.
Bright yellowed petaled sun flower against a blue sky. The center is a swirl of green.
Close up of a portion of a Manzanita tree's thick trunk with curling and peeling red bark.
3 large white petals, half in shadow and half in sun, against a blue sky.
Garden produce- purple beans, 3 kinds of green beans, 4 kinds of potatoes, baby corn and broccoli
Purple Irises set against a tan/brown background with 1 green leaf. The Irises are opening showing the yellow feathered inside.
Big green bush with pink flowers against a blue sky. The sun is barely seen in the upper right of the picture.
A honey bee sits on a pale purple flower gathering pollen. It is lit by a beam of sunlight, leaving the rest of the flower in shadow.
2 tubular pale, splotchy purple flowers hanging off a thick green stem. Above them are older flowers with no petals, so just the fuzzy dark brown/purple bases of the flowers are left with long, white stamen coming out from the bases.