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White tiger in the Singapore Zoo

The Colour White in Nature

March 23, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

Nature shows off a variety of whites from around the world. White wildflowers at White Park Bay, Ireland. Scallop shells, the symbol for El Camino, for sale along the pilgrimage […]

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Collections from Around the World
Marguey cat in Costa Rica

Patterns in Nature: Fauna (& a Bit of Flora) in Costa Rica

March 19, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

A ‘cocodrilo‘ (crocodile) lurking amongst the flower petals in very pretty pond in Costa Rica.Also in Costa Rica, this tiny green and black patterned frog known as the Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates auratuz. Its […]

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Costa Rica
Wood totem poles at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver, Canada

Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth

May 6, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Totem poles keeping watch over mother earth. And slowly being reclaimed by her…  (Wood totem pole at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver, Canada.) More on the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth.

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BC, Gardens, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tiny Bush Struggling to Grow in the Desert Rock

Weekly Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature in the Arizona Desert

May 8, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Plants struggling to grow in the desert… More about the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature

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Arizona, Weekly Photo Challenge
weed image transfer showing overlap

Mixed Media Painting Class – Selecting Images Suitable for Transfer, 2 years later

August 13, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

I took this mixed-media painting course two years ago but didn’t have time to follow it though. Now I’m taking it again, and finding that some things are easier the […]

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Art, Painting, Photo Challenges
ferns and Devil's Club beside a stream

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh Mountain Air

July 23, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Nothing beats the heat more than hiking in the mountains, in the cool green light of the forest. The easy trail into Cheakamus Lake winds three kilometres through ferns and Devil’s Club […]

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Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves (Unfurling Ferns)

June 14, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Ferns unfurling Most of these ferns were found on my daily walk into and out of the Pacific Spirit Park, located on the university grounds. Fiddlehead ferns are a delicacy in […]

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Gardens, Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge

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