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The Passion of Arlene Ripley

The Nest Box
I’d like to introduce you to a really wonderful web site I only recently discovered. It’s The Nest Box — Arlene Ripley’s worthy contribution to beautification of the internet. The site is very pleasing to the eye. Not only is the design really well rendered in general, but Arlene’s photographs of birds and butterflies (and others!) are truly stunning. Truly stunning. I’m not making this up. Go look for yourself. The photograph to the right is one of Arlene’s — used with her kind permission — and, lovely as it is, it’s only a modest example of her talent.

I don’t know much about Arlene Ripley. She lives next door in Maryland, not all that far away. She’s particularly interested in bluebirds, it seems, and has been fortunate to travel to some relatively exotic places to look at and photograph birds.

I don’t know how she got into photography, but she sure is good at it!

Besides her amazing pictures, Arlene’s also got a bunch of helpful information on feeding and caring for birds, identifying butterflies, and more.

Visit her site. It’s like a little vacation for your brain.