Ripley at Skinners 50 Ripleys at the 2022 Copley Auction A couple of nice Ripley’s at auction soon. Ripley was based in the Boston area and painted a lot of iconic hunting images in his day. These two were likely studies for more final paintings. Ripley did a lot of that. The top image …
Author: Sea Run
Humans in the Americas for 130,000 years?
Indigenous archaeologist argues humans may have arrived here 130,000 years ago The radio program may not play outside Canada. Book Link I heard some of this the othernight. I can’t say I am convinced without a lot more data. There were political agenda overtones in some of it.
Cougar Fever
Eastern Cougar fever You never know what chain reaction will bring a laugh. I asked a friend where he got his firewood last week. He mentioned a guy close by to me but I didn’t know. I asked my brother and he knew him. My brother said he told him, 10-15 years ago, that he …
Humiliation
I was walking through town today to my 3rd covid shot and saw a dog walker across the street. A woman had a small greyhound in a heavy bright hunter orange body coat. I mean bright. It made me think of this. The dog would have been better served by protection from the sidewalk salt.
Jackdaw
Jackdaws are small corvids. Jackdaw Recital by Schoolkids Robert MacFarlane reading Jackdaw
Euro Lions, Greek ones
Euro Lions
Window Bird Tape
Window Bird Tape News Clip A big problem but it needs a cheaper solution. I have a window that has killed unknown numbers of birds. I didn’t know it was happenng because I never spent time in the room until recently. Early in the morning is when it happens.
Mandarin Duck
In the owls-of-the-eastern-ice book, they used mist nets over the streams to try to catch owls. They caught a lot of other birds, mostly, but they got Mandarin ducks, too. How would it be to see such a resplendent bird on an icy stream in their natural habitat? The color and form would be such …
Too cute, too funny, too cool.
Driving Goldfish You know somebody is going to start racing them. Too cute, too funny. Also, how long before we see road rage blossom.
Graphic Cover
I don’t know the guy, or his work, but I love the graphic novel sytle cover. Artist unknown.