A melanistic Sceloporus in our woodpile amongst the hot- burning “pitchwood” pinon logs picked for fire starters, far from any black lava. Must ask Harry Greene if this is just the natural variation selected for on black Malpai rock…
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Good Gun
Older run (see beveled edges on the front of the cylinder?) Mountain gun by Smith and Wesson; still older young mammoth tooth from a Florida spring courtesy of Joe Hutto. Backdrop is a Kazakh wall hanging from Olgii, probably between them in age…. It– the revolver– needs good wooden grips and a tanker holster.
Good Run
Tavi, and Tavo Cruz’s Luna, bred on a Dutch Salmon longdog out of our Kyran. Yes, we do use wrong names sometimes. Remember how I said big packs are sometimes less effective? This was a three dog run; they caught the hare shortly. Always click right or double for bigger photos. Shot by Shiri…
Argentavis magnificens
The BIG bird. Moro correctly guessed — no, knew- what the huge black cutout a few posts ago represented: the the biggest bird that ever flew, and one of the biggest flying creatures– only Azdarchid pterosaurs were larger. As far as I know (Therese? Darren?), its taxonomy seems a bit vague, and its habits disputed. …
Local Color
I figured as long as I was doing a post on a Mississippi subject, I probably should add in some pictures that show the local atmosphere. Here is a picture of the statue to the Confederate war dead on the town square in Oxford, in front of the Lafayette (pronounced luh-FAY-ette) County courthouse. I had …
Rowan Oak
I have recently returned from another extended stay in Arkansas. While there I was able to do a few interesting field trips, one of which was a visit to William Faulkner’s home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Mississippi. The house and grounds are owned by the University of Mississippi. Access to the grounds is free and …
Horned Rifles and other Asian Firearms
Dave at Prick- Eared sent me a link to this story on a village in China , where the inhabitants are allowed at least primitive firearms. In strictly “gun free” China, this makes it a great tourist attraction, a situation something like allowing the Naxi to have their goshawk – based falconry. (As a tourist …
Quote
“… he had a serenity that came with the choice of the life he wanted to live. And this serenity and certainty I have seen only among those who have the armour of books close by.” – Michael Ondaatje, sent in by Teddy Moritz
Request
“The crows were very large near the old nuclear test sites in eastern Kazakhstan”
What is this? More images when I return.