I never had seen this fascinating and cute behavior before my trail cam captured it. Happy Thanksgiving! 

I explored a lot during the summer, and I found new trail camera sites. This one was at a small pond that stayed full of water all the way ...

  It is a warm and windy day but the creek is still glorious. The reflection of the sunlit wall of the gulch can take many different colors....

  The creek is freezing over fast. It is one of my favorite sights. I have to be there at the right time of day to see the reflected sun on ...

 Winter is moving in fast.

    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...