I See the Moon & the Moon Sees Me!
I love my little Sony HX300 camera! I stepped out and clicked the moon two nights apart, no tripod, no additional lens. It did a pretty good job. Check it out and see what you think! This is a color...
View ArticleBirds of Fine Feather Flock Together!
At least at the zoo, they do! There’s a peacock in that tree! A fellow Hollorite had one on her roof! But this one was loose at The San Diego Zoo. The Zoo has huge walk-through, multi-level aviaries,...
View ArticleSpanish Village Artists Colony!
The Spanish Village Artists Colony in San Diego’s Balboa Park is home to 37 artist studios. It was built in 1935-1936 for The California Pacific Exposition. Many art guilds are housed here including...
View ArticleAnza Avian Refuge!
Two very friendly baby Great Green Macaws. They love to hop on your shoulder and play with your hair. (Please click to enlarge!) Anza Exotic Birds/Avian Rescue is a bird and animal rescue facility in...
View ArticleFlutters & Flowers~
The flutters rest their silken wings, drawn by the sweetly fragrant flowers. The flowers beckon, so the flutters fly. And the garden sings, with the joy of spring! Cheers to you from the flutters &...
View ArticleMélange de Brugge~
It is time to say goodbye to peaceful Brugge. (Please click to enlarge). Brugge seems to be the land that crime, strife and stress forgot. The windmills on the perimeter of the old city were built in...
View ArticleAt Sea~
Off the coast of Norway. So pristine and lovely in the fall sunshine. There are scores of islands off the coasts of Norway and Sweden, all reachable only by boat. The patrol boats are impressive and...
View ArticlePlaying with Channel Island Foxes!
Oh my! Somedays are just OH my days. I have seen about five foxes in my life, in Alaska, Canada, Wyoming and The Holler. I was on Santa Cruz Island before and saw the Channel Island foxes, a very...
View ArticleRaiatea’s Remarkable Flora & Fauna~
Raiatea has some unusual flora and fauna. Check out the colors of these water lilies for example! The scent of tropical flowers perfumes the air, sending you off to sleep, even in mid day! I tried my...
View ArticleHoller Hummer Home~
This hummingbird has quite a long tongue for a tiny little creature doesn’t he? It’s good to be home, because the Holler Hummer’s live here, and I missed them! I counted 35 today, at our three, 40...
View ArticleEl Mundo del Flores~
The World of Flowers~ Our world of pain (passion flowers, Florida), is also our world of beauty. Consider the flowers (salt water marsh flowers, Patagonia). Gifts to remind us everyday (freesias, The...
View ArticleGrizzly Daze~
Glacier National Park is Blackfoot ancestral land. The Blackfoot people believe that grizzly bears can see into a human heart and read a person’s intentions. This is mama grizzly and her cub when we...
View ArticleBouncing Baby Buffalos~
don’t like birds on their bum! Some fight with their friends, while others prefer their sulfur-bath time! They are cute enough, to want to bring home, although they need their prairie to roam. Cheers...
View ArticleAwestruck~
by Dubrovnik! George Bernard Shaw called the city “paradise on earth,” and it is easy to see why. Dubrovnik is a 12th Century masterpiece sitting on the jewel like Adriatic Sea. The old city is...
View ArticleBirds of the Far South (pt. I)~
There are lots of birdies in the southern hemisphere! They can fly where humans (and boats) flounder. This osprey was the furthest north of all the birds pictured here. Ospreys are the most widely...
View ArticleWilder Ranch~
I wish I could travel back in time to the mid-1800’s and live at Wilder Ranch. You are looking at the original ranch buildings which are now a museum. The Wilder’s bought the property as a dairy farm...
View ArticlePatagonian Sea Lions~
Check out los lobos del mar playing in Peru! This group was photographed in Los Islas Palominos off the coast of Lima. They were quite curious about their unusual human visitors, and kept popping up to...
View ArticleWhat a Big Mouth You Have~
The better to growl at you, besides it’s hot for a polar bear, and I pant and get grumpy when it’s hot. I’ll growl at the dirt if I want to. Whose gonna stop me? Baby Bear, like a pint sized Narcissus,...
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Pandemic Anxiety Busters~
In the last two posts we started filling our anxiety busting toolbox and we are now down to our final three tools.* Thank you to all the bloggers who added their own personal tools that work. They are...
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