Marty’s photo of the day #4714: Everything blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge. So, for the next few days, we’ll take a tour. Okay, these are fungi, not flowers. We’ll call it “fungi-ing.”
Blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Pt 5
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Blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Pt 4
Marty’s photo of the day #4713: Everything is in bloom at the Essen Wildlife Refuge. So, for the next few days, we’ll take a tour. This is grape hyacinth (pretty, but not native to Montana).
The New Ball
One of the reasons we humans love our dogs so much is that they retain adorable, childlike qualities throughout their lives. A few years ago, I got Nellie a soccer ball with handles. Even though she bit a hole in the ball long ago, she doesn’t care and still loves to play with it. That […]
Blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Pt 3
Marty’s photo of the day #4712: Everything is in bloom at the Essen Wildlife Refuge. So, for the next few days, we’ll take a tour. This is Oregon grape.
Blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Pt 2
Marty’s photo of the day #4711: Everything is in bloom at the Essen Wildlife Refuge. So, for the next few days, we’ll take a tour. These are serviceberries.
Blooming at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, Pt 1
Marty’s photo of the day #4710: Everything is in bloom at the Essen Wildlife Refuge. So, for the next few days, we’ll take a tour. This is arrowleaf balsamroot.
Two-headed Elk
Marty’s photo of the day #4709: We have everything at the Essen Wildlife Refuge, including an extremely rare two-headed elk . . . and a bigfoot. Of course, a bigfoot!
Pink Hibiscus
Marty’s photo of the day #4707: This is an American avocet, photographed in the backwaters of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
The Charging Moose
I’m typing this with an icepack duct taped to my shoulder. Deb and I have lived in the middle of th,e Essen Wildlife Refuge for 29 years, and it wasn’t until 2 years ago that a moose charged us (the one in this picture). At least that moose gave us enough notice to dive out […]
Long-Billed Hermit
The Silver Squad Sequel
Whew! I just finished the first draft of the sequel to The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles. My wife, Deb, has suggested a title, which just might stick: The Silver Squad Rides Again. I started writing in August, but this sequel gave me the worst bouts of writer’s block I’ve ever had. I kept waiting […]
Just Right
Daytime Turkey
O’Shaughnessy’s Gecko
Marty’s photo of the day #4703: This is an O’Shaughnessy’s gecko, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.
Howler Monkey Baby
Marty’s photo of the day #4702: This is a baby howler monkey. Note the mother’s head just above the baby. Photographed in Costa Rica.
Hear the Roar!
Wild Lupine
Can You Find the Humpback Whales?
Marty’s photo of the day #4699: I shot this photo along the coast of Antarctica. There are two humpback whales in this photo. Can you find them?
The Bat Cave
Marty’s photo of the day #4698: Last week, while talking with a pharmacist about my upcoming trip to New Guinea and the long list of vaccinations the CDC recommends for travel there, we discussed a pre-exposure rabies shot. He said, “That’s only necessary if you’re going to be in a cave full of bats.” I […]