Giraffe Mosaic Iran

Giraffe Mosaic IranThe mosaic jigsaw patterns on the flank hide skin of a Masai giraffe. I have always looked for the art in the mosaic of a giraffes hide. The patterns are always different, ebbing and flowing across the skin like an enormous walking canvas. When the light hits the sheen of the fur it dances like sunlight on water.

The highly venomous and aggressive Wandering Spider

On an exposed river bank near the Bolivian border a flock of Macaw feed on the mineral rich clays exposed by rain and flood waters

This wonderful formation looming over a jagged peak is calla lenticular cloud

like all reptiles

The ability to colonise every niche is typical of plants in Australia's harsh climate

Be generous with kind words

a Whale Shark

Smile at those you’ve never met and be compassionate

Few are louder or more Australian than the chorus of the Corella

New South Wales

They are endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra

with many regions claiming that they have the purist population