Monsella tulips covered in droplets after a brisk spring shower at the Roozengaarde Display Garden during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. The red streaks in the double tulips remind me of a painter's brush strokes. (Mount Vernon, Washington)
The Sandstone Sphinx of Death Valley, also known as Manly Beacon, illuminated with dappled early morning light. (Death Valley National Park, California)
A Great Blue Heron with a mud-covered beak, striking terror into the hearts of nearby bullfrogs while it stalks the lily pad covered wetlands of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. (Lacey, Washington)
