Photo Memory of the Week
Cloud of the Week
Ladies and gentlemen, meet this week's cloud(s). I stumbled across it while walking to a clematis-site sighting from the previous day. By the time I got somewhere without any intervening tree branches, the cloud and the colours had moved on. Forget carpe diem: this is more like arripe occasionem.
Place: Calgary
Posted: 2026 Oct 09Read my posts about clouds: here and here
Read knowledgeable stuff about clouds: here
Music of the Week
Quotes of the Week
Leucon, no one’s allowed to know his fate,Not you, not me: don’t ask, don’t hunt for answersIn tea leaves or palms. Be patient with whatever comes.This could be our last winter, it could be manyMore, pounding the Tuscan Sea on these rocks:Do what you must, be wise, cut your vinesAnd forget about hope. Time goes running, even
As we talk. Take the present, the future's no one's affair.
- Horace's Ode I:11Posted: Oct 08
Tag Archives: Reptiles
Fun, Stressful, Triumphant Trickiness
At the end of a plane ride, something other than dirty snow and transient icicles. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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One Last Time
An end-of-season visit to our favourite state park. Continue reading
Another Another Morning Stroll
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. – Ecclesiastes 1:9 OK, maybe nothing new as such, but still nice, eh? This past week, touring the not-new … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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Another Morning Stroll
My own “catch” from a few hours of “fishing” at Huntington Beach State Park. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Nature Videos, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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A Morning Stroll
Another short visit to Huntington Beach State Park: Film at 11! Well, at any time you like, actually. Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Laughing Frequently, Nature Videos, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Insects, Reptiles
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Unpredictably Predictable
My last 2023 visit to Huntington Beach State Park last week was much like all the others, this year and other years: Wonderfully predictable and unpredictable. Predictable in the generalities; unpredictable in the specifics. Predictable: Seeing alligators. Unpredictable: Seeing so … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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More Time Well Wasted
Another 90 minutes at the beach park. Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Reptiles
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And a Bargain at That
Getting our money’s worth. Continue reading
Lizards et al.
A lizard by any other name would move as fast. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Reptiles, Science
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