Why do we say we're "under the weather" when we're sick? I have no idea why, but it got me thinking about weather ... and googling for photographs of storms and lightning. That's when I found this absolutely awesome photo of a tornado AND a bolt of lightning. I had no idea something like this was possible. Looking at it makes me shiver!
What I really want to write about, though, is the understory. No, not under a story. The understory of a forest is the group of small trees, shrubs and vines that grow under the taller trees or, specifically, under the canopy of tall trees. Once I had a book about Oregon and my memory says the book's title was Understory One or something like that. Now I cannot find the book, which is probably in a box way back in the stacks in storage. If anyone is familiar with this book, please tell me the title so I can find it. I would like to include it in our Book around the States list for Oregon. Thanks.
This bird lives in the understory of Panama. Isn't it beautiful? It's called a green-honeycreeper, as it says along the bottom of the print. Click on the photo to make it larger.
5 comments:
Awesome photos, Bonnie! I especially like the storm one, hopefully we will never see anything like that here. Speaking of weather, is it always this HOT in Chattanooga?
Wow! Stunning images, Bonnie!
Understory, huh? I didn't know that. The pictures are great, too.
cjh
Wow, that bird doesn't even look real to me, since I'm so used to plain brown birds.
What a very beautiful bird... wow. And the storm! YIKES!
That's a great shot, but being there... eek!
Scarlett & V.
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