Marty’s photo of the day #3832: If the Breithorn (elevation 13,661 feet) weren’t so close to the Matterhorn, in the Swiss Aps, it would likely be famous. But to most people it’s known as No, I’m Not Sure Mountain. “Do you know what mountain that is?” “No, I’m Not Sure.”
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Month: December 2021
Comb-crested agamid lizard
Marty’s photo of the day #3831: I photographed this female comb-crested agamid lizard on the island of Borneo. How do I know she’s a female? The males have a much larger comb crest.
Ring-tailed lemur
Marty’s photo of the day #3831: Sometimes, when I’m on college speaking tours, I fit in shows at museums and nature centers. Those shows I do for a discount, knowing I’ll get a “backstage” tour later. This is me feeding a ring-tailed lemur after a show at the Oglebay Good Zoo in West Virginia. And […]
Winter games
Marty’s photo of the day #3830: Every morning at 8:30 Nellie comes into my writing room and stares at me until I take her outside to play Frisbee. Although she does catch the disc, doing so isn’t a high priority for her. She would rather retrieve the Frisbee and then pull it away a split-second […]
A girl and her pygmy marmoset
Marty’s photo of the day #3829: This is a Yagua girl and her pygmy marmoset, photographed in a tiny village, deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Spanish Martini
Marty’s photo of the day #3828: In a glass add 2 1/2 ounces of gin or vodka, 1/2 ounce of dry vermouth, and ice. Travel to Spain, climb gate of olive farm located there, steal two olives and drop them into the glass. Run away when spotted (carrying the glass, of course) and hurry back […]
Giotto’s Campanile
Marty’s photo of the day #3827: This is Giotto’s Campanile (Giotto’s Bell Tower) in Florence, Italy. The building of the 278 foot-tall tower began in 1334 and it was completed in 1359.
Laying on paws
Marty’s photo of the day #3826: I’m not allergic to anything, and I have never had a reaction to any shot—except the Moderna shot. Deb and I got our boosters on Wednesday, and we both had a reaction. For me, it was as if I had gone several rounds with a heavyweight boxer. I ached […]
My favorite deity
Marty’s photo of the day #3825: I photographed this pink river dolphin in a tributary of the Amazon River. Of all the deities, pink river dolphins are my favorite. They live in Encante, a city of gold under the Amazon River (I named my talent agency Encante Entertainment, Inc.), and their primary superpower is that […]
Permafrost
Marty’s photo of the day #3824: Today’s photo is more educational than pretty. You are looking at permafrost bulging through the bank of the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This is just about the only way a person can see permafrost without digging.
Muddy penguins
Marty’s photo of the day #3823: Muddy gentoo penguins, on an island, just off the coast of Antarctica.