An intoxicated bee senses the garden’s undercurrents, trespasser in a kingdom of green towers. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera
Author: Rick Lieder
Liberated from Gravity
Starlings bound together in mid-flight, liberated from gravity with no time to stop and wonder. • Starling | Sturnus vulgaris
Memories of Tiny Fireballs
Summer is slowly dismantled, leaving only memories of tiny fireballs flickering just out of reach of small fingertips. • Firefly | Lampyridae | Photinus pyralis
Toy-Box Color
Tangled up in toy-box color, an ant plays hide and seek with wayward photons. • Eastern black carpenter ant | Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Staking a Claim
Staking a claim on a lost love, her cries punch a hole through the day. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Tethered Demon
A demon rises from the remains of the day, frustrated young assassin tethered to my garden – Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Wandering Star
A wandering star behind a red veil, leading a traveler through a labyrinth of pollination – Honey bee | Apis mellifera