Lens-Artists Challenge #61 – Precious Pets – A Dog’s Life

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere…  serene.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Tina. A childless person who may have difficulty relating to humans might shower attention on a domesticated animal such as a dog.  Such was the case with my West Highlands White Terrier named …

Someone told me it’s all happening…

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Photos here are hosted on Microsoft OneDrive.] ...AT THE ZOO.  (Thank you songwriter Paul Simon.) The world famous Jack Hanna-headquartered Columbus Zoo (Ohio) is that to which I refer. As I am no longer the wide-eyed schoolchild, it was with mixed emotions in this conservation, preservation, ecological world that …

A Dog’s Life

A childless person who may have difficulty relating to humans might shower attention on a domesticated animal such as a dog.  Such was the case with my West Highlands White Terrier named KaCee. Although it was poorly trained it appeared to manifest a high degree of intelligence, watching tv, barking at animals it saw there, observing human tasks …

Self-drive safaris in Africa?!?!

[Categories: Travel, Photography] Naive, sheltered and uninformed as I am I had not heard of a self-drive safari until inveterate mega-travel blogger Lesley Carter mentioned in her blog Bucketlistpublications.org she is doing one.  Follow her travels at her website.  Her first two posts on the safari are: http://bucketlistpublications.org/2014/06/11/namibia-safari-starts-today/ http://bucketlistpublications.org/2014/06/12/etosha-national-park-safari-teaser/ A quick Google brought this website …

Dog Days – A Walk In The Park

[Categories: Photography, Dogs] It is taking me forever to read and review Lapham's Quarterly and forever to post pictures in my Florida 2014 series .  Today was time for a break and a walk in the park.  A dog walk in particular.  A charity dog walk in support of cures for pet cancer. Let's see if I …

Summit County September

[CATEGORIES: Photography, Recreation, Travel.] Contrary to published reports, not all of Colorado is under water this mid-September 2013.  It does seem like the state has either been on fire or flooded all summer.  We just do that so people don't think it is too nice here. These pictures were taken between 9 and 12 September, …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2013: Animals

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] I finished reading this quarter's superb literary compilation of Voices in Time (their term) on the Animals theme in late May. This was good time for me as I didn't read it during the first 18 days of May due to traveling. It usually takes me the entire …