An author I will read anything by: Monte Burke, who writes about football and fishing (generally not at the same time). He documented the quest to catch a world-record tarpon using a fly rod in Lords of the Fly, a gorgeous book that is meticulously reported and researched. I’d recommend it to anyone, whether or not …
Redtail Ballet and Peregrine Prey
A graceful display by a Redtail. I saw one in the field by the shed, last week. I wondered what it was doing on the ground. I tried to see if it had something but couldn’t get a good enough look. Peregrines with a squirrel. Unusal prey for them. More
Mendel came to mind.
Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (Swedish painter, 1851-1890) – Monk Gardening, 1884
Owl Man
“The Great Owl” Artist: Ed Binkley Colored pencils 2021 I am not usually a fan of this type of fantasy stuff but this is well done. The hare adds much to it. It ties the owl to its essential nature.
HURRICANE LORENA UPDATE
Posted Wed Sept 3, 2025 A rare storm from what I understand. Steve may see it.
The largest bioluminescent vertebrate
A shark that glows in the dark? Yes it’s real and it is called the kitefin shark. Scientists just confirmed it’s the largest bioluminescent vertebrate ever discovered and it lives hundreds of meters below the ocean’s surface in the spooky twilight zone.Measuring up to six feet long this deep-sea predator emits a soft blue-green …
A Mother Lode of Mexican mammoths. Another La Brea?
The first mammoth emerged on 5 November. Then another. And another. Within weeks, the six archaeologists who had been called in had swelled to 56, supervising more than 400 construction workers. Excavators paused whenever bone fragments surfaced. To meet construction deadlines, several excavation areas were opened simultaneously across the site. “We were overwhelmed because every …
Volnado
A better angle.
Deer Creek Fire Utah vortex
Deer Creek Fire in La Sal, Utah vortex A ton of online video The best video but I can’t find it off meta. I’ve seen many firenados (vortex) in my 32-year career as a Wildland Firefighter. I’ve even captured a few on video. But, damn this absolutely takes the cake. Mother Nature is pissed in …
The Pale
Land ownerships in Ireland in 1450. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ireland_1450.png The pale as in beyond the pale. It can take a lifetime to figure common things out.