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Featured Photo: Paynes Pier

This photo of the boardwalk that reaches into the wetlands lake of Paynes Prairie directly off US 441, I took on an early January morning in 2021.

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Historic Kenwood Artist Enclave Studio Tour 2022, March 19 and 20, St Petersburg Florida, AEHK

Historic Kenwood Artist Enclave Studio Tour

Happier Place at Localtopia 2022, St Petersburg, Florida

Come see us in our Happier Place at Localtopia 2022

Happiness Truck Route, music blog post, LuciWest

Favorite Songs of 4th Quarter of 2021

Mini Bird Watching Walk in Historic Kenwood, Luci Westphal, bird silhouette finials

Upcoming Mini Bird-Watching Walk Between Bird Finials

from 2022 Happier Place calendar, photo by Luci Westphal, Tallulah river, running over rocks, heart-shaped rock, nature, Georgia

Photos in Two 2022 Monthly Wall Calendars

Metal ibis bird silhouette on street sign against trees, Historic Kenwood, St Petersburg, Florida, work by Luci Westphal

My First Public Art: Historic Kenwood Finials

Favorite songs of 3rd quarter of 2021, mix tape cover

Favorite Songs from the 3rd Quarter of 2021

titmouse and mockingbird, outdoor metal prints, Luci Westphal, Art in the Garden, BungalowFest Historic Kenwood 2021, Artist Enclave, St. Petersburg, Florida

Art in the Garden at Historic Kenwood BungalowFest 2021

Favorite Songs of 2nd Quarter 2021, April, May, June, monarch butterfly, Luci Westphal

Favorite Songs of 2nd Quarter of 2021

sunset sky, Florida, gulf coast, Caladesi Island

Photos of Caladesi Island State Park: One of Tampa Bay’s Best-Kept Secrets (Florida)

Flock of terns flying with shadows, Honeymoon Island, Florida

Trail and Beach Photos from Honeymoon Island State Park (Florida)

favorite songs 1st quarter of 2021, playlist, cassette cover, raccoon

Favorite Songs of 1st Quarter of 2021

orange and black butterfly with white dots on purple flower, Monarch Butterfly on Lavender, life cycle stages

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Stages Photos and Videos

nature photo postcards by Luci Westphal, pink flamingo, snowy egret, raccoon, colorful birds, pink blooms, tufted titmouse, aligator, Florida, available via Happier Place

Shiny New Nature Photo Postcards + Satiny Folded Greeting Cards

sandhill cranes flying above palm trees, migration, winter in Florida

Winter Photos from Paynes Prairie State Park (Florida)

wooden boardwalk, pier, into the fog, lake, wetlands, Paynes Prairie, Florida, US 441

Featured Photo: Paynes Pier

Favorite songs best of 2020, playlist, mixtape

Favorite Songs: 4th 1/4 of 2020 Mix Tape

2020 in the movies, old moveis set in 2020 on tv and streaming

Old Movies Envisioning a Future 2020 – Better or Worse Than the Actual 2020?

2021 Happier Place Nature Photography Calendar, Photos by Luci Westphal

2021 Wall Calendar Featuring My Photography

Favorites Songs Summer 2020, mix tape, playlist

Favorite Songs: 3rd 1/4 of 2020 Mix Tape

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Meanwhile in St. Petersburg: monarchs making more Meanwhile in St. Petersburg: monarchs making more monarchs.
(And I didn't know how to tell them that my milkweed plants haven't fully grown back since the last batch of monarch eggs turned into caterpillars and gobbled up the leaves.)
Wouldn't want anyone to think that I didn't captur Wouldn't want anyone to think that I didn't capture sloths while in Costa Rica. I did - some of them were even awake. 

Since people have asked about ordering prints: I don't have all photos listed on LuciWest.com yet, so please DM me for now. The prices on that website shop page apply to all images. Thanks for asking :)
Apparently, there are 8 different kinds of humming Apparently, there are 8 different kinds of hummingbirds in Costa Rica. According to my photos there's at least on more: the blurry splash of color too fast for my camera shutter. 
But this here seems to be the violet sabrewing, which I captured because it sat still for a split second on a branch in the Monteverde Cloud Forest. 

I actually did get some photos of hummingbirds in their helicopter flight moment - when everything moves but their head. But I'm saving those for another day when I've had time to choose the best one. This here is just a quickie I chose for my latest Patreon Insider + Photo Blog Post: https://patreon.com/posts/65814641 
titled "Got you something in Costa Rica..."

#hummingbird #CostaRica #happierplace #monteverde #patreoncreator #Patreon #NaturePhotography #birdnerd #sawbrewing #birdingphotography #cloudforest #best_birds_of_world #eye_spy_birds #nature_brilliance #your_best_birds #kolibri #colibri #ebirdfrontpage
#nuts_about_birds
Just starting to look through the Costa Rica photo Just starting to look through the Costa Rica photos I took with my "real camera" (vs. the iPhone photos I shared before), and came across this from our first day. And the expression on that capuchin monkey pretty much matches the way I must have looked for the entire week. So I'm sharing this real quick before looking through the rest of the photos. 

This was on our first full day in Costa Rica - at Carara National Park, known for trails without many people and the largest variety of birds. It also serves as an example of my relentless nature (OCD?) of wanting to see something through - and how that works out. We had crossed paths only with one guy - then a little later he walked up on us from behind. Turns out we had walked a loop and missed out on making it to the actual end of the trail, which he said just featured a dried-out lagoon. Yeah, I couldn't just get in the car and drive to the other trails, I needed to see what was at the end of the trail. We were rewarded with our first sighting of a group of monkeys in the middle of the woods, with no other humans around. (This is not the gang that chased me, that was at another park the next day.)

#naturephotography #findmeoutside #monkeybusiness #CostaRica #capuchin #fiftyshades_of_nature #wildernessculture #BBCEarth #lumixlounge #wherelumixgoes #ourplanetdaily #wildlifeIG #animal_sultans #wildlife_perfection #yourshotphotographer #animalplanet #natgeowild #happierplace #wildlifeplanet
This is where I turned 50 yesterday. Actually most This is where I turned 50 yesterday. Actually most of the day we were inside this jungle, including the peninsula across the bay - discovering and photographing so many monkeys, anteaters, sloths, toucans and so many more birds. 
Definitely best birthday ever and not a moment to feel weird, sad, panicked about turning 50. I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, and have such a wonderful life - especially with the love of my life for 28 of those 50 years @ssolary2 !
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