Index

From the Editor

Winners

Love Notes of a Backyard Naturalist by Lisa Cohen

Coincidentally by Laurie Byro

Snakes by Lynn Rees

Honorable mention

the horse is a centaur by Mustansir Dalvi

The Black Prince by Mark Scrivener

Pond Otter by Scott Summers

Peacock, Los Angeles Zoo, March 2005

Co-Judges

Outbound by Ron Lavalette

Syzygy by Cheryl Snell

Audubon in Edinburgh, 1826 by Christopher T. George

Staff & Member
Contributions

Holiday in the Lake District by Jim Bennett

The Vallarta Beach Vendor by Gary Blankenship

Homecoming by Carl Bryant

They Go to the Apple by Yolanda Calderon-Horn

The Blue of a Dress by Lana Wiltshire Campbell

So Sly by John Callaghan

First We Hear the Melody by James D. Corner

One Easy Answer by Julie Damerell

Oysters by Jim Doss

Das Boot! by Tracy Estes

Shades by Bill Flewelling

You Go Where the Words Are by Noah Grey

The Night Emile's Mistress Turned into a Cat                                                         by M. A. Griffiths

Tag Sale by Guy Kettelhack

From a Guest Room at the Retreat
                                by Fred Longworth

No One Wondered by Barbara Ostrander

Departures by Arthur Seeley

The Climb by Sarah Sloat

The Care and Feeding of Peonies
                 by Marie Gail Stratford

Antique World by Mo Swanson

A Premonition of Mourning by Teresa White

Creative Spirit by Steve Williams