The Phytophactor

Spotted this nice specimen peaking up out of the sand where it had almost gotten buried by drifting sand, but no worries, this is a tough pl...

Today promises to be a typical hot, humid Carolina low-lands' day.  Back home the upper mid-west is sweltering, but the big difference i...

The intertubes have made this a much smaller world, and a long-time reader figured out that we were vacationing only about 10 miles apart.  ...

This NC beach is composed of very fine sugar sand, which when properly wet packs tightly and it can be sculpted in considerable detail.  Her...

The Phactors have vacationed on the NC coast with Rent-a-Mob relatives on several occasions, but usually later in the summer; never before i...

In general, algae adapted to coastal environments by anchoring are called seaweeds.  Here's an exception, a seaweed that re-adapted to t...

One of the horrible, terrible, very-bad, no-good things about writing a book is that the scientific publishing never stops, and it takes a l...

Well, it turns out that we have arrived, somewhere along the SE coast, actually right on the border between North and South Carolina, if my ...

OK, the Phactor must be on vacation because apparently he is in a bourbon bar in Lexington Kentucky.  How very nice although a bit C&W f...

Yes, the Phactor is posting his Friday Fabulous flower a day early because a glance at tomorrow's schedule suggests he might not get to ...