WARNING: Rambling birding story ahead! So there we were, cruising toward a fjord at the crack of god-awful, and we were all awake because we had crossed multiple time-zones and had boat-lag. And I was idly staring out the window with my bins and a spotted a gull and then there was this other bird […]
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So hey, Alaska is damn spectacular! (You probably knew that already.) We stopped in Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria, which is in British Columbia. There’s a lot I could talk about—fantastic people, some neat art, cruise food, etc. But I’ll stick with animals for now, because that’s what I’m good at. I spotted many, many awesome […]
Careful crossbreeding between the Flemish Giant rabbit and a species of pygmy reindeer eventually produced the Lapp Giant, a formidably antlered breed of jackalope sturdy enough to be used as a pack animal. Still fooling around with technique and all. Original for sale or will go to con, drop a note to inquire, and prints […]
Drove home from walking a mile around the local community college campus, reached the home row and there, in the middle of the street leading to my driveway, was a familiar shape. I sighed. I stopped the car. I got out and picked up the box turtle. (Pink eyes, so possibly male, roaming the streets […]
So there I was, cruising down the highway at sixty-five, and there he was–a turtle stomping determinedly across the highway. There is only ever one way this ends, and it is bad for the turtle, so I slammed on the brakes, pulled over, threw on my hazards, scurried across two lanes of (thankfully sparse) traffic, […]
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