Relaxed Time Away

Rick Cartwright April 21, 2021

These photos were taken at Badlands National Park. The weather had not been perfect, but this day turned out to be beautiful day.

These are among my favorite photographs from our trip and drive through the park. No, these are not mountain goats. They are Bighorn sheep. The on in the first photo looks to be in a mindful meditative state. We all need a little more of this and less mindless time on social media. Have a good day.

~ Rick

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Ruling The Road

Rick Cartwright April 19, 2021

As I mentioned in a previous post, we have not been to Yellowstone for several years. I do not have any data to support this, but we saw so many more Bison than in our previous visit. I could not believe how many.

In the last two photos you see the traffic jam .. part cars, part bison. They kind of rule the road in the park.

I enjoyed this little clip from wikipedia:

Of the two surviving species, the American bison, B. bison, found only in North America, is the more numerous. Although commonly known as a buffalo in the United States and Canada, it is only distantly related to the true buffalo. The North American species is composed of two subspecies, the Plains bison, B. b. bison, and the wood bison, B. b. athabascae, which is the namesake of Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. A third subspecies, the eastern bison (B. b. pennsylvanicus) is no longer considered a valid taxon, being a junior synonym of B. b. bison. References to "woods bison" or "wood bison" from the eastern United States confusingly refer to this subspecies, not B. b. athabascae, which was not found in the region. The European bison, B. bonasus, or wisent, is found in Europe and the Caucasus, reintroduced after being extinct in the wild. There you have it .. bison.

~ Rick

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Raiding The Bird Feeder

Rick Cartwright February 8, 2021

This is not the first time I have seen this, but once again the squirrels are in the bird feeder. There was about 5 or 6 of them, mostly feeding off the ground, but this one was in the feeder. The squirrels on the ground would chance the birds away as they tried to get some feed. Life is not always fair.

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Big, Black Lion

Rick Cartwright January 30, 2021

Today’s photo is decided to my puppy that we lost this week to age. He was a large dog, but at 14 years old, his body just could not do it any more.

Why this photo? Well, I shot this in the back yard. The squirrel found this in the neighbors trash, then brought it over to hide it for future consumption. We watched him hide it, then a little later, watched as the birds found it. So much for storing food.

Rio has always had this thing about barking at anything that moved. He disliked cats, but if it moved he was interested in playing. He never caught a squirrel, but may have corned a cat or two. He was a rebel that liked to make aware that he was there. I never had a dog bark as much.

I will miss him. Life is a big circle .. it will continue, but I will always have a place in my heart for the big, black lion. (What one of my granddaughters use to call him).

~ Rick

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Fall Photography Fun

Rick Cartwright October 31, 2020

This will be a little different. I wanted to share a few photos from a hike this week at Charleston Falls Preserve. Fall is such a beautiful season. Enjoy the photos.

(There are photos here from each of us ... I did not identify the photographer in each photo).

~ Rick