Al Gates just gave me this link to a huge gallery of Gorbatov art at his Eaglehunter site, including dogs, large mammals, and falconry. There is even a version of my “Lobo”.
Author: Steve Bodio
Colonel Cooper and the Kazakh Eaglers
Colonel Jeff Cooper was a crusty old marine, shooter, and writer, one of the most influential firearms thinkers of the twentieth century. He wrote an enormous series of entertaining and informative essays, observations and quips called his Commentaries, a sort of proto- gunblog. But he could be a bit set in his ways, at least …
“Pigeons” 2: New Gorbatov
At Al’s Eagle Hunter site is among other delights the biggest gallery of Vadim Gorbatov prints available on line. He has just added two new ones: Kublai Khan’s Hunting Trip and Frederic II’s Hunting Trip: I have a huge artist’s proof of the Kublai, but you can get a smaller version for pretty cheap, and …
Pigeons Plus
Or, from pigeons to eagles to art. The whole thread started when artist Graeme Boyd of my pigeon discussion group emailed us this video of Chinese pigeons being flown with whistles. Everyone knows that this is an interest of mine. I even have a collection, sent to me by a German scholar who taught in …
Links to Friends’ Work
A couple of new ones: Sarah Madigan’s sculpture. She often works with things like birds and bones (see post below) and will be working with my old frozen falcon. Can’t wait to see. And: Duke Kuonahani’s The Dogs Bark, a series of sharp, succinct, knowledgeable, and funny movie reviews. As he might say, “An essential”, …
Country Life
A long thoughtful post about the good and bad, but above all the different things about country as opposed to urban life. A snip: “More often there is instead a deep reserve of caution. This wariness is a byproduct of living a connected life. The outsider does not know or feel the history of shared …
Quote of the Week
Nothing good ever transpires in an argument carried past 2AM. (Gerard Vanderleun)
Philip Larkin…
… was a very serious poet, but he may be best known for his mordant “This be the verse”, with its famous NSFW first line that was even the theme for an issue of Granta. I was surprised and tickled to see a YouTube of Larkin photos over a reading of that poem at Carl …
Dead Stuff
Says Darren, blogging about his mummified fox : “I think everyone seriously interested in animals collects dead animals, or bits of dead animals.” Certainly this is true of me, and of most other naturalists I know. The comments turned into reports on collections. Mine, responding to and quoting an earlier one, was: ” “Those of …
Cat’s Yellowstone Wolves, and others
Our own Cat Urbigkit has just published a book on the Yellowstone wolves and their reintroduction (so to speak as you will see.) She brings a unique perspective as she is both a sheepherder and a naturalist- observer, one who can appreciate big carnivores but doesn’t want them killing her sheep or her livelihood. Her …