Along the White River, a Great Blue Heron, bearing a branch, descends to its nest. Photographed by Rose Maschek of Mountain Home, AR
Electrical Storm Over Beaver Lake by Mike Boyd
I made this image near my home at Beaver Lake. On this particular summer night, two storm fronts converged over Northwest Arkansas. The energy they produced was unlike anything I have seen since. At times the lightning would start at one horizon and bracket its way across the sky to the other. For this image, Read More
2012 Year of the Dragon
By Lily Chung, Ph.D. The year of the Dragon starts on February 4, 2012, according to the Chinese horoscope. Twelve animals rule the cosmos in rotation, one each year. The nature of the animal determines how it rules, setting the tone and the trend for the world. The basic cosmic composition of a dragon is Read More
Frostweed by Dorothy Wheeler
Frostweed is a large plant that blossoms in the summer around creeks and low areas. The morning after a frost, get up at sunrise and look in places near water. The little Baptist church on Hwy. 126, and Big Spring Park in Cotter, are a couple of good places in the Twin Lakes Area. What Read More
Whitaker Point by William Dark
Photograph © William Dark of Rogers, who says, “There is no better place to watch the harvest moonrise than Whitaker Point [popularly called Hawksbill Crag]. I’m so happy to live in Northwest Arkansas.” Photographer William Dark Rogers, AR M! October/November 2011
By Day or By Night, Expect to Be Changed by the Opening of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Story by Deb Peterson Rachael Spiegel left Fayetteville to study art at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She came home with her Bachelor of Science in Photography and a dream of pursuing an art career in New York. Instead, at just 24, she found the opportunity of a Read More
Frank the Bullfrog by Kathy Mayhue
“Frank is a bullfrog that swam in my pool almost every day last summer. I would catch him in a net and take him to the creek and he would be swimming laps in the pool the next morning.” Photographer Kathy Mayhue Springdale, AR M! Aug/Sep 2011.
Creating the Life They Want: J.D. and Cathy Harris
Story by Deb Peterson | Photographed by Carlos Hernandez. M! Aug/Sep 2011. Leaving funky, art-filled Eureka Springs on Hwy. 23 North, winding alongside brooks and through pastoral hills, you may think you’ve seen it all. You haven’t. Not far from The Art Colony, you’ll find stainless steel cranes dancing near the roadside. Glance past and Read More
