Click on the photo below to see my dad dressed as Santa for Halloween (something he’s done many times before).  I also took some photos of my new calico goldfish and rubber-lipped plecostomus as well as my old white comet goldfish.  Click on the calico’s picture to see them.

I took another set of photos of that special maple tree in Hines Park again today.  It has lost nearly all its leaves now.  I also took some photos of my current favorite pet jumping spider, Rhys, on some gourds.  Click on the pictures below to see the rest of the photo shoots.

I photographed that same maple tree in Hines Park, five days after the first photo shoot.  It was losing a lot of leaves.  This time, the ground was almost completely covered.  Click the photo below to see the rest of the pictures.

I photographed a huge maple tree in Hines Park displaying its fall foliage.  That night I also captured a colorful sunset in the backyard.  A few days before, I photographed a wild frog that Brian found in the backyard.  Click on the photos below to see more of each.

I started a Honeybee Page. In all this time of owning a digital camera, I have never been able to photograph a honey bee. Click on the photo below for lots more pictures of honeybees on stone crop flowers (which I just discovered they are very much attracted to). A few really neat orb-weavers are living around the outside of my house. Click on the photo below to see many more of this spider and the others.

Twista has always been a very unique frog with motions unlike any normal African Clawed Frog. I captured her in action while feeding with her siblings and dad. Make sure to watch to the end (or at least fast-forward to about a minute before it ends) for some real craziness.

Click on the photos below to see the insects and spider listed in the headline. I am especially excited about finding the leafhopper. It has been many years since I have found one of this species. The spider is a pretty incredible guy too—he is the largest Platycryptus undatus I have ever found.

I photographed my parents’ hoya plant, which is currently flowering.  I have also been raising some baby jumping spiders since they were in the egg sac.  Click on the pictures below to see the photographs.

Here is my latest watercolor. Click on the picture of it to see a larger view and close-ups of different sections.

Yeah, I’m so happy—I just found my uncle’s song on youtube.  Their Michigan garage band, called Silver Hawk, only made one 45 record.  My uncle, Bob Rose, played the drums on it.  Now other people can finally hear this great song (it’s actually a George Harrison cover, but I just love their version)! Click here for more info on Silver Hawk.

Well, now three of my four spadefoots have all died from the same horrific disease.  Ike fought this for over a year.  It was very sad to see him suffer for so long, that I am actually happy for him that he is suffering no longer and is free of all his pain.  I buried him underneath my newly planted mulberry tree, where Napi, one of the other spadefoots is also buried.  To see photos of him when he was doing well, click on his picture below.