Nikki's Photography

Heart of the Canyon

Nikkico — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:03:32 +0000

A show of red pops against the weathered dead branches and late summer foliage in the canyons of northern Arizona. I didn’t notice that it was heart-shaped until sorting out photos this week.

Nikkico — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:08:14 +0000

Avocado Leaf, caterpillar munched heart-shape. The Heart Shapes in Nature website is temporarily only one static page. The calendars need updates and will be available online again this week..sorry for the inconvenience. If you would like to place an order or purchase any of the images as framed or unframed prints or calendars, please contact me at nikki_coulombe@hotmail.com

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i carry your heart with me by ee cummings

i carry your heart with me
(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is you doing, my darling
i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s whatever you are a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of a sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart.
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

Heart-shaped Avocado leaves

Nikkico — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:13:35 +0000

During winter the Avocado leaves become very crisp, and when crumbled in the hands the scent is kind of like licorice.

Icy pond

Nikkico — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:13:02 +0000

Ice on the back yard pond; we had our first true frost last night.

Croton

Nikkico — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:39:52 +0000

Croton garden plantings at the Cotton Bowl Stadium,

Texas State Fair grounds, Dallas

City Streets

Nikkico — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:12:39 +0000

Downtown Dallas, Texas

Nikkico — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:25:55 +0000

..October morning in the garden..

Painted Turtle

Nikkico — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:33:30 +0000

All the recent rain in Lewisville (Texas) has washed out a few reptiles into our neighborhood from the nearby canal…a Painted Turtle showed up by a neighbor’s garage and was the center of attention for a few hours until it was brought back to the canal area. The same neighbor found a snake in their garage earlier last week. Judging from their description it may have been a non-venomous Rough Green Snake.

Nikkico — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:55 +0000

Autumn storm near Taos, New Mexico. Wildflowers: Bird’s Beak

I recently watched a very interesting documentary about the perilous state of our planet, and things we can do to affect the course of necessary change. Narrated by Leonardo Dicaprio I highly recommend seeing this film, The 11th Hour

A heart in the heart

Nikkico — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:53:36 +0000

…a heart in the heart…