The sphinx moth and its voracious hornworm caterpillar
The sphinx moth also called the hummingbird moth flies so fast it is hard to capture its wings in flight.
Véronique De Jaegher
Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, I lived 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been living in Sierra County, NM for the last 20 years. I have been taking photographs for 40 years as a way of sharing my point of view. Beauty surrounds us, we just need to pay attention. I believe in the power of images as they say “One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. ”Local” is very important because we can engage in a more personnel way whether reading the news or buying food. That’s why I was sorry to see the Sierra County Sun go and want to support the Sierra County Citizen by being on the board of the Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project and posting local images.
Portraits from Hillsboro street market
Twas a lovely community day! Beautiful weather. A new tradition.
See you next year!
Swallowtail butterflies
Relentless monsoon dumps on Black Range
A big storm has delivered more than 5″ in a week. It is hard to believe we were threatened by fire a couple months ago.
Celestial Delights
Last night was the last supermoon of the year and this morning we were greeted by a double rainbow… A supermoon is a full moon that is within 90% of its closest point, or perigee, to Earth in its orbit. While…
Monsoon sky
One of the joys of the monsoon season in New Mexico (besides the rain) is the spectacular skies that appear before, during and after the showers.
Cicadas among us
Learning a bit about them makes them more interesting, much more interesting than "a whole lot of noisy bugs."
Monsoon sweeping over Sierra County
Photos taken from Emory Pass vista point. Kingston Main st is the white curved line pretty much in the middle of the picture.
One image says a thousand words
I love the vast open space surrounding us. My photographs document its wild beauty . Here is a series about the Black Fire, awesome and terrifying.