Comics

An unexpected treat from the heavens -- hail in Central California.

Pictographs at Atlatl Rock, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.

A rain shower moves past at sunset.

Early sunset, Tortuguera, Costa Rica.

Pyracantha berries brighten winter foliage.

Finches feed hungrily in the winter in the Central Valley of California.

Winter in Southern California.

Frozen waterfall at Brown's Woods, Iowa.

A close up reveals the beauty of a natural process.

Amanda Nash's painting, "Fire and Water."

Fall colors in North Carolina.

Sunset illuminates a breadfruit leaf.

The face of a gargoyle.

Biscuit rolls on her back and tempts the unwary to rub her belly.

Rainstorms line up in the sky.

White snapdragons are framed in a bower of greenery.

What looked like seeds blown by the wind turned out to be -- spiders!

A morning glory in the evening sunlight.

An ex-tree at Blackhawk Lake.

Purple berries contrast with the green of leaves.

Tigers test the waters of their enclosure.

Hot air balloonists test the propane burner in the darkness before dawn.

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. You can hit what isn't going to be there.

Brilliant begonias grace a patio garden.

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. Finishing off the scorpionman.

A view of the Sundial Peaks across Lake Blanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. ...because Hazzanghoul can't resist being the homewrecker. Bonus strip!

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. Ashlinne is putting everything she's got into this relationship. Why doesn't her new friend want to stay and play?

The Mounds of Scorpid Hominae. Aww. You know when mama cats bring half dead mice for their kittens to practice on? Yeah. Hazz is lazier than that.