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Bear and Bernie

Bear and Bernie

Marty’s photo of the day #4492: Yesterday, I featured this bear shot from my motion-sensing camera as part of my Sunday “This Week at the Essen Wildlife Refuge” series. But I love this picture so much that I’m giving it its own solo post. With one slight improvement, however.

The Porcupine caribou migration

The Porcupine caribou migration

Marty’s photo of the day #4491: This is a tiny section of the Porcupine caribou migration, the longest terrestrial migration of any animal on Earth. I shot this photo in 2002, while traveling for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. This spot is in Canada’s Northwest Territories, which, unfortunately, is […]

A Canadian redo?

A Canadian redo?

Marty’s photo of the day #4482: This is a scenic shot from somewhere on Deb’s and my epic journey to the top of Canada for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. We’ve been hoping to redo that 5,572 mile-long adventure for many years. For the past year, we’ve really gotten […]

Is she a fan?

Is she a fan?

Marty’s photos of the day #4480-4481: Deb’s and my house sits roughly in the middle of the 25-acre Essen Wildlife Refuge. A long gravel driveway comes in from the side, crosses in front of the house, and wraps around to our garage. A long raised porch runs across the front of our house, the porch […]

White mariposa lily

White mariposa lily

Marty’s photo of the day #4479: One of the cool things about living in a mountainous state like Montana is that for much of the summer, if you want to see spring flowers, you can just move higher. While my wife and I were staying at the Canyon Creek Cabin last week, the elevation ranged […]

Spring flowers in the summer

Spring flowers in the summer

Marty’s photo of the day #4477: One of the cool things about living in a mountainous state like Montana is that for much of the summer, if you want to see spring flowers, you can just move higher. While my wife and I were staying at the Canyon Creek Cabin last week, the elevation ranged […]

The glistening water scene

The glistening water scene

Marty’s photo of the day #4476: When I’m out photographing nature, I carry two cameras with me: my new Canon R50 with interchangeable lenses, and a pocket-sized Panasonic DMC-ZS100. Usually I use the Canon when I need a powerful lens, and the Panasonic for casual shooting or when I don’t want to take the time […]

Dog interruptus

Dog interruptus

Marty’s photo of the day #4475: Last week, Deb (wife), Nellie (dog), and I spent a delightful few hours wading in Canyon Creek, which runs parallel to the U.S. Forest Service cabin we rented. Sometimes all the colorful rocks under the crystal-clear water just sparkled! Once, when the sunlight was perfect, I lowered my camera […]

Melissa blue butterfly

Melissa blue butterfly

Marty’s photo of the day #4472: This is a Melissa blue butterfly (the topside of its wings are blue), photographed last week in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest of Montana. This species of butterfly is so small that even if you’re viewing this photo on a smartphone, you’re seeing it larger than actual size.

Apocalypse Cabin

Apocalypse Cabin

Marty’s photo of the day #4471: Each summer, Deb and I rent at least one U.S. Forest Service Cabin, and last week we rented the Canyon Creek Cabin in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest (west of Melrose, Montana). One Montana cabin tradition that sickens me is that quite literally every cabin has skulls and bones hanging […]

Don’t eat this!

Don’t eat this!

Marty’s photo of the day #4470: AI technology amazes me. Yesterday, I finished the first draft of my eighth book, “Barry and Beth,” and in that novel, my characters are trying to produce a short video to stop barbaric alligator hunting practices in Florida. For a script idea, they try AI. Well, I did that […]

What would you do?

What would you do?

Marty’s photo of the day #4469: Want to have some fun with an interesting moral question? When Deb and I took three days off-the-grid to rent the Canyon Creek Cabin, we did a lot of playing and hiking in the area. On our second day, we spent a few hours along a tiny stream. These […]