Just a few months ago it was summer

A pictorial reminder that it was warm just a few months ago, and a few months from now it will be warm again. However, right now in the middle of January it is awfully cold.

Nat Geo

For years my father subscribed to National Geographic magazine and I still have a stack of old issues on my bookshelf culled from his collection. In the pre-cable TV days, before there was a Discovery channel or History channel or for that matter a Nat Geo channel, National Geographic magazine offered a window on the world unavailable elsewhere. Shooters for the magazine were the photographic worlds equivalent of Indiana Jones. Although it wasn't relics for a museum collection that they sought out, but rather photographs of exotic locales, people and things. Unless you have a globe trotting adventure planned in the near future, there is an available alternative - seeking out and shooting the interesting flora and fauna that may exist in your own backyard. You never know what may be lurking out there.