Marty’s photo of the day #4753: Bufflehead mother and chicks. Photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Buffleheads
Humpback whale near Antarctica
The improved leopard
Marty’s photo of the day #4751: Yesterday, I featured a 20-year-old picture from Spain that I was able to improve enough with my recently updated photo program to post. Here’s another one: This leopard photo is almost as old, and it was so late in the evening when I shot it that I barely had […]
Parque Regional de la Sierra de Gredos
Marty’s photo of the day #4750: When Deb and I were in Spain, some 20 years ago, we hiked an amazing valley in Parque Regional de la Sierra de Gredos (it was just us and the Spanish ibex). That valley rose like the tip of a canoe at the far end, and then abruptly dropped […]
Feed me, now!
Marty’s photo of the day #4749: The Rufous hummingbirds have arrived and enthusiastically announced, “We’ve endured a long migration, and we’re hungry. Where’s the feeder? It was here last year. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!”
JBL vs lace monitors
Marty’s photo of the day #4748: In the studio, I like JBL monitors, but in Australia, I prefer lace monitors.
Ride for a flying fox
Marty’s photo of the day #4747: Annie, a black flying fox, riding on my wife, Deb’s, back. Photographed in Australia.
When the Nellies come out to play
Marty’s photo of the day #4746: And if you sit alongshore at sunset . . . very quietly . . . sometimes . . . when the weather is just right . . . the Nellies come out to play.
Zebra stalking
Marty’s photo of the day #4745: Zebras are very skittish animals. I had to stalk these two, almost like a lion would do, to get close enough for a picture. Photographed in Zimbabwe.
Western skink
Marty’s photo of the day #4744: Our dog, Nellie, gets the credit for this photo. Last night, we were out for a walk in the Essen Wildlife Refuge, when she insisted something to play with was under a log. I thought she’d found a mouse, but it turned out to be a western skink. When […]
Moose in the sun
Marty’s photo of the day #4743: Here’s a moose for your Monday. Photographed on the Essen Wildlife Refuge (Montana).
I can’t help wondering . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #4742: This is a tiny section of the Duomo di Firenze in Florence. When in Italy, I spent quite a bit of time photographing and admiring the beautiful and spectacular architecture of Catholic Churches. At the same time, I couldn’t help but think about the more than 1 million child […]
Ring-necked duck
Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain
During my April college speaking tour, I read “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein. It’s a novel about a golden retriever, Enzo, and his race-car-driving human. Enzo reminded me of Max, a golden retriever Deb and I had as our first dog after we got married. Yes, all dog books and […]
The hunt
Marty’s photo of the day #4740: You can only see one in this photo, but at the time, I was watching six lions (all female) hunting Cape buffalo. Photographed while canoeing the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.
On a rainy night in Borneo
Marty’s photo of the day #4739: You can’t tell, because of the flash, but I photographed this tiny frog on a dark and rainy night, somewhere deep in the rainforest of Borneo.
Meerkats!
Marty’s photo of the day #4738: Meerkats! Okay, I confess this is a total cheat shot. I photographed these frisky little guys when I presented Around the World in 90 Minutes at the Oglebay Good Zoo in Wheeling, West Virginia. Someday, I’m confident, I’ll photograph meerkats in the wild.
The useful black vulture
Marty’s photo of the day #4737: People tend to dislike vultures, but they are incredibly useful birds. Take this black vulture that I photographed in southern Florida. Who’s to say that she didn’t eat something incredibly rotten and disgusting before flying over Mar-a-Lago and letting it rip!
Little blue heron
Day #8 of Seven Marty Essen Books in Seven Days
Day #8 of Seven Marty Essen Books in Seven Days, featured in order of publication. Yeah, the math doesn’t make sense, but I feel it’s pushing it to call Time Is Irreverent: Ooh, It’s a Trilogy! my “eighth book.” Instead, it’s the entire hilarious three-volume Time Is Irreverent trilogy in one convenient, specially priced Kindle […]