What Next Photography & Graphic Arts

A mostly white Australian cattle dog mix with red ears and eye patches and one blue eye bathing in the sun on a faded wooden deck in the early morning.

31 Jul

It’s Time for a Big Celebration for National Mutt Day!

Posted by whatnext10 Dogs & Cats, Events, Veterinary Medicine 1 Comment

It’s Time For a Big Celebration for National Mutt Day! discusses the frequently over looked mixed breed dog. It explains reasons that mutts are great, and offers several suggestions for ways to celebrate National Mutt Day.

A closeup, color photo of the center of a gardenia flower after a rain. The flower has then been colored in light blue emphasizing the folds in the flower petals and the incoming light.

30 Jul

Add Flowers, Colors, and Light to Get Great Inspiration

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers

Gardenia in Blue I have always loved gardenia flowers. Their powerful fragrance and the beautiful ways the petals fold on...

A bunch of five petaled, bright purple flowers growing on three stems covered in buds that will be opening later.

29 Jul

World Nature Conservation Day Is Important for Our Environment

Posted by whatnext10 Events

World Nature Conservation Day is Important for Our Environment explains the reasons for celebrating this day and why conservation is so important.

28 Jul

Great Fun and a Little Bit of Interesting Artistic License

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers 1 Comment

Golden and Grey Sometimes when editing photos it’s fun to make changes that we know would never happen in real...

A black and yellow wasp feeds from the center of a Leavenworth’s tickseed flower. The flower is one of several in a group. Some dark yellow buds are also present in the unfocused background. The Tickseed flower is bright yellow with a dark brown central button. The wasp covers most of the button.

27 Jul

The Beautiful Florida State Flower is the Tickseed

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers 1 Comment

The Beautiful Florida State Flower is the Tickseed introduces one type of tickseed flower, Leavenworth’s tickseed, that is found only in Florida. It explains the tickseed’s family connections, habitat, and it’s use as an ornamental flower.

A beautiful blue-ringed dancer, a type of damsel fly, rests on a rock near a slow moving stream. The insect has a blue and black head and thorax with powder blue legs that come off the thorax. The abdomen is long and narrow and black in color. There are several thing blue rings spaced along the abdomen. The abdomen is tipped with light blue.

26 Jul

The Blue-Ringed Dancer is Beautiful to See and Eats Pests

Posted by whatnext10 Insects

The Blue-Ringed Dancer is Beautiful to See and Eats Pests describes the lifestyle of this pretty damsel fly. It also explains the difference between the damsel fly and the dragonfly. There are also several photos of these pretty creatures.

A juvenile southeastern five-lined skink peeks over the edge of a wooden step. Only the front half of the body is visible. The body and legs are black and five whitish lines run the length of the body. On the head the stripes have an orangish hue.

25 Jul

The Southeastern Five-lined Skink has an Interesting Lifestyle

Posted by whatnext10 Reptiles & Amphibians

The Southeastern Five-lined Skink had an Interesting Lifestyle tells the story of an encounter with a juvenile skink. It then goes on to give some information about these skinks and their lifestyle.

One slat of a honey bee hive. The slat has many bees crawling around on it. It made of wood and a black insert. Parts of the insert are built up with wax, ready to be used for the queen to lay an egg in. Eggs have already been laid in some cubicles, which are then sealed with a brown waxy substance.

24 Jul

Honey Bees are Incredible and Amazing

Posted by whatnext10 Bees & Wasps, Insects, Veterinary Medicine 1 Comment

Honey Bees are Incredible and Amazing gives readers insight to the author’s experience watching several new hives being set up in an organic honey business. It explains how the bees are transported, move into the new hive, and how the new hive is set up.

A black and white image of tree leaves with just a touch of frost on the leaves and stems.

24 Jul

A Little Respite From the Summer Heat

Posted by whatnext10 Plants and Flowers

First Frost With summer in full swing it’s hot down here in Florida. Fortunately for us, we are pretty used...

A black and white mason wasp sits restfully on the tip of a green leaf. The wasp has a shiny blui

22 Jul

Pseudodynerus quadrisectus is a Beautiful, Nonaggressive Wasp

Posted by whatnext10 Bees & Wasps, Insects

Pseudodynerus quadrisectus is a Beautiful, Nonaggressive Wasp tells readers about this interesting and useful wasp. It also explains the differences in behavior of solitary and social wasps, and how these wasps help your garden.