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Moo in Spanish
Marty’s photo of the day #3132: I know what you’re thinking: “Oh, it’s just a cow.” But when I was a teenager in northern Minnesota—just getting into photography—I took a lot of cow photos. No one could understand why—and that was probably the reason I did it. Anyway, years later, I still photograph the occasional […]
Yak close-up
Marty’s photo of the day #2268: I contend that yaks are what you get if you cross a cow with a musk ox and a horse (they have beautiful horse-like tails). A friend of mine disagrees and thinks “llama” should replace ”cow” in the combination. She may be correct, but either way, yaks are unusual […]
Cow+Musk Ox+Horse=Yak
Marty’s photo of the day #2267: I’m posting this photo while travelling across eastern Montana, on my way home. Deb is driving. For the last few days she and I have been staying at Yak Ridge Cabins, a little south of Rapid City. The reason for the trip was the 60th wedding anniversary for her […]
Don’t blame the cow
Marty’s photo of the day #2227: I know that cows contribute to global warming and that range cows, like this one, are incredibly destructive to the environment. But that’s the fault of humans, not the cows. When I was a kid, my first “wildlife” photo, other than a squirrel, was a cow. All these years […]