Capitol SaluteBronze cowboy statuary by Constance Whitney Warren salutes the nation's largest state capitol building, Austin, Texas USA. .

The peak of this mid-winter event was the momentary warming of the Jefferson Memorial as the sun set in the western sky

Ferns are an iconic and historic New Zealand element and native Maori peoples found numerous uses for them in daily life

Water originating in the Two Oceans Plateau of Wyoming forms part of the Snake River

A lone Oryx gently plods along beneath mammoth ruddy sand dunes in Namibia

Mature great egrets chastise a chick which has strayed from the nest

The foreground is enlivened by a brilliant guanaco bush

Interior pages are identical in all cover variations

Mount Shasta of the Cascade Range in North America achieves a 14

At this point the creature is readying its mouth to begin consumption

Washington is a tulip capital of North America and all were blushing bright red

but the ones I see in in the Southwest wilderness always seem enticed with the joys of life

North America