About 1:30 yesterday afternoon, while I was importing images to my iMac, it started to snow! Not powder, just wet icy stuff, but snow nonetheless. Here’s a couple of photos of the garden and yard. I really like the juxtaposition with the flamingos (they’re part of my in-progress “tropical” garden; the place where all the [...]
Archive for January, 2008
A Snowy Day at Sea Level
Posted in Gardening, Paintings and process, Wildlife, tagged giclee, Painting, rabbit, snow on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Just Not Fair
Posted in Drawings and sketches, Gardening, Paintings and process, Wildlife, tagged badger, drawing, Gardening on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, inches of snow in Atlanta, Georgia and it’s supposed to be around -13F in Green Bay tomorrow for the Packer/Giants game. In most of the country, it’s time for gardeners to kick back with a cup of tea or cocoa, peruse seed and plant catalogs and dream about the gardening season to come. Me? [...]
The Big Conversion (Gulp)
Posted in Mongolia, Pets, The Artist, tagged dogs, iMac, Mongolia, Tibetan mastiffs on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, I’m finally doing it. After using IBM-based PCs for almost 15 years, I got a spiffy new iMac with the 24″ monitor a couple of weeks ago. It was a no-brainer once I decided that there was nothing to do but suck it up and re-catalog my 8,000+ images. All my music CDs are [...]
A Tale of Two Cats
Posted in Kenya, Paintings and process, Pets, Wildlife, tagged big cats, cats, Kenya, lions, Masai Mara, Pets, Rekero camp, safari on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had the good fortune to take two trips to Kenya, one in 1999 and the second in 2004. It really is the greatest animal show on earth. What is happening there now is terribly disheartening. The Kenyan people have never known what it is like to have an honest, competent government and they deserve [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Animal welfare/rescue, Drawings and sketches, Mongolia, Pets, Wildlife, tagged argali, cats, dogs, ducks, garden, ibex, Mongolia, pond, Przewalski's horse, takhi on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Back in the saddle again for 2008. Lots to look forward to.
All the kittens I fostered have found new homes. I thought that I would start to introduce that permanent animal members of the household. First up- Niki, our four year old tricolor rough collie, self-appointed guardian of all creatures large and small. Here’s [...]
