Marty’s photo of the day #2955: The bear grass is blooming at Deb’s and my secret spot, in the mountains behind our house.
Bear grass
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Year: 2019
Fall in the Yukon Territory
Marty’s photo of the day #2954: I haven’t posted a scenic shot for a while, so here’s fall in the Yukon Territory.
That was some vile howling at the Trump rally
Marty’s photo of the day #2953: “Look, I’m a howler monkey, so I’ve heard some shit in my days. But yesterday, at the Trump rally, that was some vile, evil, sick howling. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that monkeys and humans evolved from a common ancestor!” (Photographed in Costa Rica).
Go bacKKK to where you came from!
It’s not what you think it is
Marty’s photo of the day #2952: I know what you’re thinking: “Oh, Marty photographed a chipmunk. It’s cute, but not unusual.” Actually this is not a chipmunk; it’s a golden-mantled ground squirrel. The two species look similar, but a golden-mantled ground squirrel doesn’t have face stripes and is quite a bit bigger. Now, aren’t you […]
Shake a tail feather!
Marty’s photo of the day #2951: Last week I wrote about the difficulties I’ve had photographing the wild and very shy peacock that lives on Deb’s and my property. Well, yesterday morning I was sitting in my outside office when the peacock walked right in front of me. I grabbed my camera and followed him […]
Calliope hummingbird
Marty’s photo of the day #2950: In the summer, I move my office out to the front porch. That means that while I work a wide variety of animals pass in front of me. On some days it could be a moose, a bear, a herd of elk, wild turkeys, or a peacock. But every […]
Martyman defends Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib
If you follow the adventures of Martyman, you know he’s the most well-read action figure in America. It’s one of his superpowers. This morning he was up early, reading the news, and learned that Donald Trump had told congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to go back to where they came from. That got the […]
Post hippo-attack
Marty’s photo of the day #2949: When Deb and I were canoeing down the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, a hippo bit through our canoe, lifted us high into the air and threw us onto a muddy riverbank. Not many people survive a hippo attack, but we did—and it was a hell of a ride. You […]
The skink with the blue tail
Marty’s photo of the day #2948: I’ve always called these “blue-tailed skinks,” but the correct name is “western skink.” They live around my house, but they’re difficult to photograph because they move so fast. This little guy hung around on the back of the garage just long enough for me to run into the house, […]
President KKKlueless and the conspiracy of the day
“See, I don’t think that the mainstream media is free speech either because it’s so crooked. It’s so dishonest. So to me, free speech is not when you see something good and then you purposely write bad. To me, that’s very dangerous speech, and you become angry at it. But that’s not free speech.”\—Führer Trump […]
Weddell Seal
Marty’s photo of the day #2947: This is a Weddell seal, enjoying a sunny day along the coast of Antarctica.
Little Blue Heron
Marty’s photo of the day #2946: From one of those days when the light was just perfect. Today we go artsy with a reflective little blue heron shot I took while exploring the Everglades.
Think pleasant thoughts
Marty’s photo of the day #2946: When you think of the Arctic, the first thing that pops into your mind is most likely “cold.” Well, that was until Republicans started their 40 years-and-counting War On The Environment. Now you might think of human-induced melting polar ice, oil spills, and starving polar bears (thanks Ronald Reagan!). […]
African grey hornbill
Marty’s photo of the day #2945: This is an African grey hornbill, photographed while backpacking across Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe.
Large-flower triteleia.
Marty’s photo of the day #2944: Last week, while hiking at our secret spot, I found this growing out of a thin layer of soil atop a large rock. Deb thinks it might be some sort of wild onion, and I was unsuccessful finding it in our flower book. So anyway, it’s a pretty wildflower […]
Peacock blues
Marty’s photo of the day #2943: Each summer I move my office onto the front porch. Yesterday, I was busy there working on a project, when the caw of our resident peacock pierced the music I had playing. I looked up, and the peacock was 100 feet away, directly in front of the house. The […]
Yellow Goatsbeard
Marty’s photo of the day #2942: Yesterday I wrote about Deb’s and my secret spot—a special place in the mountains near our house, where we can hike and never see another human. When we hiked there on the 4th of July (completely devoid of thoughts of President KKKlueless and his speech, honoring the brave Air […]
Our Secret Spot
Marty’s photo of the day #2941: Deb and I moved to Montana in 1996, partly because we enjoyed being able to hike almost anywhere and not see a single person. That’s changed over the years—especially in the summer—and now it’s difficult to find a trailhead parking lot without numerous cars. Fortunately, many years ago Deb […]
The extreme book cover photo shoot
Marty’s photo of the day #2940: This was the photo I used for the cover of the First Edition of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. My wife, Deb, shot roughly 300 photos of me in the Amazon Rainforest, in hopes of getting something workable. Doing a photo shoot in the rainforest was […]