Pressed tulip #1 swans Considered the most intelligent monkeys

Considered the most intelligent monkeys

Close-up study of the iridescent feathers of a Green-Winged Macaw

The Celtics believed in the world of dreams and visions and that columbines were the portal to this world

One of a series of flower portraits from my garden

Pressed tulip #1 swans Considered the most intelligent monkeysFrom my ongoing Memento Flores series. Flower pressing is the ancient art of preserving flowers and other botanicals between two flat surfaces until they dry. I like to think of flower pressing as a precursor to the invention of photography. The process allows us, without a camera, to capture the fleeting beauty of flowers in perpetuity. 3000 year old dried flowers have been discovered in the Egyptian pyramids. When dried flowers are photographed and