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Snake wine

Snake wine

Marty’s photo of the day #4699: This photo goes back to 2014, when Lara Flynn Boa was just a snakeling. Now she’s almost six feet long. It shows the importance of introducing a snake to the wonders of wine* early in its life! *Not really.

Watch your hands!

Watch your hands!

Marty’s photo of the day #4694: I photographed this while backpacking in Borneo. I haven’t identified the species. While it’s probably harmless, it’s still one of the many reasons why Deb and I had to be careful about accidentally touching things during our adventure.

Spanish Ibex ver 2003

Spanish Ibex ver 2003

Marty’s photo of the day #4691: I shot this Spanish Ibex photo back in 2003, with my first digital camera (a Sony Mavica that recorded onto a mini CD). That camera was great for close-up photos of stationary objects, but not so great for distant or moving objects. Through the years, my photo processing programs […]

Moonshot

Moonshot

Marty’s photo of the day #4690: Last night there was a stunning moon over the mountains. I grabbed my camera and tried a few handheld shots. It’s fun when the camera sees what the human eye can’t: all I saw was the white, but the camera saw the entire moon.

Ring-tailed lemur

Ring-tailed lemur

Marty’s photo of the day #4687: Several years ago, I presented my show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, at the Oglebay Good Zoo in West Virginia. I have mixed feelings about zoos, which I won’t get into here. After my show, I got a private behind the scenes tour of the zoo that included […]

First moose of 2024

First moose of 2024

Marty’s photo of the day #4683: Yesterday Deb (wife), Nellie (dog), and I were on our evening walk, following the border of the Essen Wildlife Refuge. Nine out of ten times, Nellie will see wildlife before either Deb or I do, but she was off in a different direction when I spotted this big moose […]

Saw-whet owl visitor

Saw-whet owl visitor

Marty’s photo of the day #4681: Deb and I have been hearing saw-whet owls in the forest surrounding our house during the past few weeks. That sent me digging into my photo files to find this cute saw-whet owl that paid us a visit—landing on our front deck steps—in the summer of 2021.