Marty’s photo of the day #4444: Here’s a little cuteness for your Monday. (Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana)
Monday cuteness
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Month: July 2023
Returning to the Great White North
Marty’s photo of the day #4443: This is a close-up of tundra plant life in far north Canada. I shot this photo in 2002. It’s a beauty, eh? This fall, while you hosers will be all nice and warm, Deb and I will be donning our toques to take off for the Great White North […]
Dog on self-pilot
Marty’s photo of the day #4442: Deb and I took our dog, Nellie, on a hike up the Fred Burr Creek Trail this morning. About half the time Nellie had to be on a leash, and Deb and I took turns “driving her.” The rest of the time Nellie got to “self-pilot.” Whether she was […]
Listen to your mother!
Marty’s photo of the day #4441: One of the treasures of Montana’s Bitterroot Valley is the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. It’s my go-to spot whenever I want to enjoy a few hours of great photography opportunities. This morning I got up at 5:00 a.m., took a quick shower, and timed my drive to get […]
Repeating the adventure
Marty’s photo of the day #4440: For the North American continent adventure in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, Deb and I and our two dogs drove from Montana all the way to the top of Canada and back. That drive was longer than driving from Los Angeles to New […]
The brown blunt-headed vine snake
Marty’s photo of the day #4439: The following short excerpt takes place in Costa Rica and is from my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico: With flashlights in hand and rubber boots on our feet (to protect against snakebites), we started down a trail […]
Snake cage cleaning day
Marty’s photos of the day #4437-4438: I may have the weirdest 4th of July tradition. Every Independence Day and every Christmas week (usually a few days after Christmas) I clean my rainbow boa’s cages. Of course, whenever the snakes defecate, I spot clean the mess. But twice a year I take everything out, wash all […]
Blue-and-gold macaw
Marty’s photo of the day #4436: Blue-and-gold macaw, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru. Yeah, this is a “cheat shot,” since the bird was the pet of a native person who worked at the Madre Selva Biological Station.
Coming in close
Marty’s photos of the day #4433-#4435: Here are three photos of this past week’s wildlife action, captured by the upper-level motion-sensing camera at the Essen Wildlife Refuge. Photos I’m not posting include a black bear, a fox, and the mystery animal that I’ve been trying to positively identify for the past few months (likely a […]
From the Book of Husbanding
Marty’s photo of the day #4432: “After three days, the wife rolled away the stone. And as the husband emerged into the bright light, he vowed to never piss her off again.”—The Book of Husbanding 24:17 (Photographed in France)