This week’s 365 project theme of “dark” isn’t going as well as I’d hoped, due to a whole lot of snow (white) and cloudy nights with no stars.
Tag Archives: Animals
The Grandest of Canyons
I’ve been putting off writing this post, because what can you possibly say about the Grand Canyon (AZ) that hasn’t already been said?
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Also tagged Arizona, Campgrounds, National Parks
Winding Down from Zoomania
This will be my last San Diego Zoo post for a while, I promise. I don’t even like zoos – they make me sad, with all the captives on display for the humans – but this zoo in particular is a photographer’s dream. I posted here about animal cuteness, animal texture, and this time it’s mostly flora, with flamingos thrown in for good measure. Because, […]
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Also tagged California, Zoos
Two Ways of Looking at a Rhino
(With apologies to Wallace Stevens.)
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Also tagged California, Zoos
San Diego Zoo: Extreme Cuteness Edition
Koalas are ridiculously cute, but they’re also frustratingly shy. Don’t they know their one job is to entertain the humans, especially those of us with cameras who are just dying to photograph their fuzzy little faces?
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Also tagged California, Zoos
Cows and Goats and Sheep, Oh My!
The Del Mar Fair in San Diego is a fun annual tradition I hadn’t experienced in a long time. And by long time, I mean the last time I did there was some ’80s hair band playing the Saturday night main stage and no one even thought it was ironic.
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Also tagged California, Fairs
Sam and Jack Take Dog Beach in Coronado
Sam had never seen the ocean, and since we’re hanging out in San Diego, it was time. I was waiting for a friend to get out of a meeting in Coronado so I took Sam and his dog, Jack, down the road past the Hotel Del, all the way to the end, where there’s a popular dog beach.
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Also tagged Beaches, California
Birds and Beavers at the Desert Museum, Tucson
I just got back from Tucson, Arizona where I had a fabulous time with a dear friend I’ve known since junior high and her equally dear husband.
Making Apologies at the Buckhorn Exchange in Denver
I was just in Denver visiting the lovely and talented Garrett Hacking, and the first thing he wanted to do was check out The Buckhorn Exchange, a bar and steakhouse that opened in Denver in 1893. It’s not only the oldest restaurant in Colorado, it got the very first liquor license there about 25 years later. (The restaurant has since been designated a National Historical […]
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Also tagged Bars, Colorado, Places I don't want to go back to
Photo of the Day: Sam the Wonder Pup in Repose
This photo is from awhile back, but it’s so sweet I thought it deserved making Photo of the Day. Let sleeping dogs lie:
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