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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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Manuel Antonio, island view in Costa Rica

Quick Impressions from Costa Rica

Files and Film 8, Tampa Bay, photography exhibit

Files & Film 8

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?

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One of the highlights of our Costa Rica trip was c One of the highlights of our Costa Rica trip was capturing this Resplendent Quetzal male in the Monteverde cloud forest. 
I'm still far from having sorted through all my photos, so in the meantime I just published a blog post with a few impressions: https://luciwest.com/quick-impressions-from-costa-rica/ LINK VIA BIO

Also I didn't want to hold out on sharing a photo of this gorgeous bird any longer. Seeing the quetzal couple in the wild was so magical that after seeing them in the morning and then hiking almost 20 km, we hiked some more to return to their nest in hopes to seeing them one more time. That's when I took this photo. Notice the food in his bill, which he's about to feed to the young in the nest. 

#bestbirds #birdnerd #quetzal #resplendentquetzal #costaricalife #monteverdecloudforest #best_birds_of_world
#birdphotography #bbcearth #natgeowild 
#eye_spy_birds #yourshotphotographer 
#your_best_birds #bird_brilliance
Busted! This time it's the gulf fritillary (aka pa Busted! This time it's the gulf fritillary (aka passion butterfly) I caught laying more eggs on the last remnants of passion vine leaves, which are sure to get gobbled up by the inevitable caterpillars coming from those eggs. Lucky me (and lucky butterflies), my friend Sudsy just gifted me a new native passion vine (maypop). And that one is even about to bloom. None of mine have made it to that stage with all those hungry gulf fritillary caterpillars... 

#butterflyphotography #gulffritillary #insect_perfection #backyardoasis #nativegarden #floridalife #happierplace #stoplookappreciate
Usually, I aim not to re-post a photo I've shared Usually, I aim not to re-post a photo I've shared before. But today I'm super excited to have THIS photo (as a large 24x36 metal print) of a pelican watching the sunset off the dog beach on Honeymoon Island in the photo exhibit Files & Film 8 at Gallery221 @hccfl_artgalleries at HCC Dale Mabry in Tampa. 
The opening reception starts tonight at 5pm... with gallery talk at 6pm. So I better run...

The exhibit will be up through June. So plenty of time for you to go to Tampa and see it. 😊
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