Cottonwoods in brilliant colors in a desert canyon. I have come to realize that the overarching theme in almost all of my nature photos ...

 A mountain lion killed a deer in a gully near our house. Our ever faithful sniffer, Shyla, found it the next morning. Most of the meat had ...

Yesterday was a rough day. We have a closed gate on our driveway with "no trespassing" and "beware of dogs" signs on it....

This is home. The house will be a natural wood color by next fall but that doesn't matter so much. The land is what is really home.   I&...

A juxtaposition of brilliant aspens and a hovering black cloud. I soon was pelted with hail. Life is a study in contrast between the beauty ...

It's been a few months since I last posted. I've been busy with lots of things, including trying to save a wetland that I think of a...

Thanks to all who offered support for Hachi yesterday. They figured out a super sedation protocol, and Hachi had a full exam from our behavi...

I have not written a "Hachi Chronicle" recently. I'll be honest - it's partly because things have not gone as I hoped. We&...

Feeling some blues. One of the repairs to my shoulder from surgery four months ago has probably failed. The decision about what to do is obv...

A couple of days ago, I climbed up high on my bike. The route was forested so I couldn't see the clouds building over the Divide as I pe...

A theme in my life over the past few years has been learning to see the beauty even when I'm scared by a storm. I'm sorry for being ...

  There's no place in the world that I'd rather be. The wildflowers are popping and the birds are singing.  

As I rode my bike in the desert, I scanned the landscape. This bunch of paintbrush flowers stunned me. I saw it from a long distance, parked...

I've been following the biggest black bear I've seen, who I dubbed "Tiny", for years. I spotted him with a cam near my old...