Monthly Archives: November 2009
Natural Trap, Wyoming, 1975
In August 1975, while working for the University of Kansas, I was assigned to report on a dig in a cave in Wyoming. I didn’t know the Miocene from the Eocene, but I was happy to be on the road, … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Biology, Environment, History, Natural History, Nature, Paleontology, Science, Travel, University of Kansas
Cooper’s Hawk
Click on these links to learn more: Wikipedia on the Cooper’s Hawk and Cooper’s Hawk
Filed under Animals, Bird-watching, Birds, Kansas, Life, Nature, Photography
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa
Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia . The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades! … Continue reading
Malcolm is a Norwegian Forest Cat — Cat of the Vikings!
Malcolm stands here showing many of the traits of a Norwegian Forest Cat — a mane, a bushy raccoon-like tail, tufted ears and toes, very thick fur. His belly fur would drag on the ground if we didn’t trim him. … Continue reading
Vacuuming the Cat
Our cat Malcolm, age 17 1/2, enjoys being vacuumed, although he’s a bit camera-shy here. (My son is wielding the vacuum here.) Usually, he rolls around in ecstasy (seen briefly in the video), making sure every part gets vacuumed. He often presents his head to … Continue reading
It’s Grand!
We made a detour to the Grand Canyon on our drive home in September from California (Yes, I’ll be wringing posts out of that trip for some time to come!) It was well worth the four hours’ deviation from our dash … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Life, National Parks, Nature, Personal, Photography, Travel
Farmville on Facebook
I signed up for Facebook a few years ago to see what my children were doing at college. Yes, that sounds like spying…. Instant Messenger, MySpace, Facebook. They signed up, I signed up. (They weren’t sneaky enough to keep it a … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Life
