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There’s not much I could really say about today that hasn’t already been said by my mom. Tasman passed today, and he was truly the best dog I’ve ever known.
She summed it up best:
Someone who came by the farm one day said that there were seven great dogs alive at one time in […]

I have no excuse, really. “Busy” would be an understatement in describing the past few months.
But I finally broke out my camera again and wandered into the zoo to see DC’s new baby gorilla. I did get a shot of him, but I was really struck by some of the other inhabitants in the Gorilla […]

New hobby - going through my collection of animal photographs and making them blink.

In unison.

This was sent to me by my mom, courtesy of her very own Dancing Leaf Farm. She apparently had just finished dyeing wool in the farmhouse’s basement dye kitchen. When she returned to find out why the dogs were acting queer, she found a turkey vulture nervously flapping in the corner. Eventually, my older brother […]

When I was 5 years old, we went to a party at a family friends’ place. They had this giant homemade slide in the front yard. I wandered down there to play, since no other kids had showed up yet. No sooner had I climbed to the top than a buzzing began roaring below. Wasps […]

Growing up, I always had a certain fondness for cows. Despite their size, they were (for the most part) gentle, curious creatures.

It’s really a shame they’re so damn tasty.

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