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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2024 Sep 04
A great blue heron fishing considerately in full sunlight for full-size fish.
Music of the Week
Posted: 2024 Sep 07
Poetry of the Week
Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones
And when the blue heron, breaking his long breast feathers,
sees one feather fall, does he know I will find it?
Will he see me holding it in my hand?as he opens his wings
softly and without a sound—
as he rises and floats over the water?Read the whole poem by Mary Oliver, here.
Posted: 2024 Sep 07
Tag Archives: Mammals
Wildlife (and Itchy Times)
What? No ticks? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Water
12 Comments
Nets? Schmets!
Things that live in trees, reasonably and not. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Attitudes, Birds, Mammals
6 Comments
Mid-Week Movie #22: Batdog!
Who knew I needed a category for amazing dogs? Continue reading
A Day in the Life
An atypical one-day selection of entirely typical shots. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Faces, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Birds, Desert, Flowers, Mammals, Pareidolia
11 Comments
Desert Cottontail
Unlike “desert daisy,” which is descriptive but incorrect nomenclature for a brittlebush, “desert cottontail” is the proper name for the thing it seems to be: a bunny with a fluffy white butt. I’m amused by their various strategies for responding … Continue reading
You Dirtier Rat!
Dispatches from the frontlines of the squirrel skirmishes. Continue reading
Follow-up: Border Collies
More evidence of border collie prowess. Continue reading
Border Collies & Their Charges, Ireland
Collies, sheep, and the fun they have together. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Through Space, Travel Videos
Tagged Mammals, Travel
11 Comments
Stone Pillar Face, Lismore
More adventures in pareidolia. Continue reading