No apologies to William Manchester

A world lit only by headlights.

Oaks at night. (iPhone photo)

Early spring

Spring is clawing her way to the surface in the Ouachitas and the coastal plain. Quince blossoms are emerging and the rock-knockers are loud. However, Spring was about to run into a winter storm watch …

It may be January, but spring is ready for its entrance.

Eat your heart out, Joseph Mallord William Turner

January sunset,

Spectacular color. Danged,

inadequate  pixels.

Sunset, crescent moon and Venus

Sunset over the Ouachita Mountains looking toward Hot Springs offered a dramatic red sky accented by the moon and Venus.

Ferndale rush hour

Sometimes there are as many as NINE cars in a row on the commute home.  

It's all a blur. (iPhone photo)

Victory in the sky

A sunset that could’ve doubled as a World War II victory poster.

Sun setting over the Ouachitas highlights contrails forming a "V" miles long. (iPhone photo)

It’s a food! It’s a drug! It’s baking soda!

A kitchen essential, baking soda’s general versatility runs smack dab into the regulatory power of the federal government.

The dicotomous back-of-box label says it all.

Shadow of a snowflake

Have never seen a snowflake cast a shadow before.

Surprise flurry of Jan. 9 leaves a snowflake casting a shadow on the deck railing.

Tree in winter

The midday sun backlights this tree at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Backlit tree on the University of Arkansas-Little Rock campus (iPhone photo)

Long look at January snow

The snow is so fluffy and seemingly weightless that one can still discern individual snowflakes on top of the pile. 

  

Snowflakes stack up on top of a wall.