Two male Thomson’s gazelles face off Today’s Tanzania Tuesday entry is about members of the antelope family. Thomson’s gazelles are ubiquitous. They were, by far, the most common form of wildlife we saw in our travels. They’re twitchy and prone to bolt and perhaps the size of a blue heeler dog. You’d think that it [...]
Tech Tuesday is on temporary hiatus, as it’s been replaced with Tanzania Tuesday. Today’s topic is lions! In Swahili, “simba” are one of the highlights of any safari. Everyone wants to see lions. Luckily, these cats are rather easy to find while on safari, as they’re rather large (compared to say, leopards), and tend to [...]
Looking down into the crater of the Ngorongoro Conservation area around sunset.
Yes, that’s a photographer joke (but not a very common or good one seeing as how I just made it up).
grilled bacon. bleu cheese. hand picked roquette. blue mountains. colorado spring.
Taking a break from the normal platypus Friday installment to give a quick update. I’ve spent this week rather productively, turning my old, unused tv room into my new home office. Looking to warm up the room a bit, I went with a soothing chocolatey brown. Maybe I was subtly influenced by the brown Human [...]
The people photos were much better than the bird photos. If we all look like we were freezing, it’s because we were. It was damp and dingy all weekend, and I almost puked when a local claimed that the weather was nice. Colorado has spoiled me and I’m not the least bit ashamed. Giant post [...]
Welcome to small town America. Where anything is possible. Rents are cheap. Politics are confusing. And love goes to die.
The annual sandhill crane migration is underway, and this weekend, I drove out to Kearney, NE to go check it out. It turns out I’m not really built to be a bird watcher, which is to say, I’m not good at waking up early. Daylight savings time didn’t really help matters. It also turns out [...]
gatos de Toledo It’s Wednesday and changes are afoot. Things are coming up milhouse. Not really ready to reveal anything yet, so instead, let me distract you with pictures of cats. Rawr!