If you want to make an incredible splash in a frustratingly plain patch or planter, Trailing Clematis can be your … More
Author: Arthur P. Johnson
Arthur P. Johnson is an award-winning creative professional with 30+ years of experience in advertising, product development, screen writing, and television and web production. He has loved photography all his adult life and now he's doing it all the time. It's exciting, exhausting and scary, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
Survivor
My earliest memory of an American Elm happened at age four, when I noticed something unusual under one of my … More
Swoop for Your Supper!
I love to watch Sammy the Snowy Egret swoop for his supper. He alights on the edge of a salt … More
Cato, Full Length
Why are your feet so big, Cato? The better to perch on a cow’s back! Cattle Egrets are named for … More
Brandywine Overhang
Did the tree grow skyward and gradually collapse until it hung almost horizontally over the river? Or did it grow … More
The Secret World of Queen Anne’s Lace
Walking through waist-high Queen Ann’s Lace, I couldn’t help wondering why plant people haven’t hybridized these wondrous white, intricate flowers… … More
Fluffy Kitt
Kitt the Northern Catbird is such a fabulous mimic, that he’s not only singing like Wendell the White-Breasted Nuthatch… He’s … More
What’s Fluttering my Feathers?
It’s not the wind that’s fluttering Wendell’s feathers… It’s not a bad case of Bed Head… It’s not even cold … More
The Sad Fate of Runaway Sneaks
When a sneaker runs off, it may be sunshine and smiles for a bit, but our countryside is littered with … More
Center of the Marsh
Don’t wear your Sunday best today. We’re walking down a semi-secret path that wends through sorta-dry land to the center … More