So I had one of those days in my cubicle on Wednesday where nothing went terribly wrong and nothing went perfectly right and I left feeling rather numb and indecisive about pretty much everything. So I walked the dogs, and, since that didn’t “blow the stink off me” as Mark affectionately refers to my daily […]
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What amazes me about winter storms is that critters still manage to find a way to get by. Of course, some critters have it easier than others. Like this mourning dove. The snow was coming down and the bird landed on the deck railing–which I brushed off now and again during the storm–and he just
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This was Mark’s Valentine’s Day present. Dusty and Little Dipper noticed Mark’s present, so Mark put it on the floor to see what they would do. Immediately, Dusty sniffed the head while Little Dipper sniffed the rear; then they swapped places. After poking the toy to see if it would squeak, Dusty picked up the toy
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Taking a Nikon D300 with a 80-400mm zoom lens is not the easiest way to cross country ski around the Lake Lansing Park area, but the additional weight does increase the amount of exercise involved and allows me to capture scenes like this: And like this: The thing is, there’s more deer out there. And
His name is Lincoln and he’s lying in a Reeboks box in our freezer because he had the audacity to die in the dead of winter. And the last time Mark tried burying an animal in the dead of winter, Sox, the ferret, came back to life in the form of a skull that showed
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You know you have elderly pets when: You buy special, soft food for your dog because she only has six teeth. And you don’t care that your cat likes some of the dogs’ food more than his own. You cut up your dog’s favorite snack into small pieces so he doesn’t crack another tooth. And you slice
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I must first apologize to my sister, Aby, because I told her I wouldn’t blog about the fact that her presents didn’t arrive in time for Christmas, that even though she mailed them out in plenty of time they ended up going from Edwardsville, Illinois to the Volunteer State where the volunteers apparently took off the days
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`Twas the night before Christmas, when all through our digs not a creature was stirring not even our pig. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The four rowdy children were nestled in bed While visions of presents danced around in their head. And
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Once upon a time, there was a male mute swan. Now, a lot of people don’t like mute swans because they’re not native. But my lake is surrounded with condos and houses, has very little habitat, and I’ve seen one flock of native swans in the 16 years I’ve been here . . . and they
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Two weeks ago, the weather in Michigan reached a high of 60 degrees, which is a lovely temperature that made me want to play hooky from work to photograph this lovely creature . . . . . . and this one. I didn’t really play hooky from work but should have, because soon the weather went right down the
Last of the Migrating Featheries Read More »