Love chiltepin! I am very fortunate to have several plants on my patio in Tucson there were brought by the birds. I once had a delightful surprise when I found a plant in my oleander hedge in Bisbee, right around Christmas, it’s tiny red globes of heat glowing like the ornaments they are.
I could've probably transported my mother-in-law in a backpack carrier, but only in those final weeks when she had Desiccated to a wisp. Accolades for the excellent ALT text image descriptions.
This really made me smile: "...she likes to read the mysteries that always resolve in an orderly way, whereas I don’t even need a plot, as long as the wonder is there, or even just the jazz."
Ringtail! I heard a story long ago from a beloved ornithologist that he once was surveying wood duck boxes and opened one to find a ringtail hissing at him, both of them severely startled.
Do you have a specific trail cam you recommend, or was it just a matter of "get one that seems good"?
A friend gifted me this imaginative book and, since you are a word-smith, I thought you might also enjoy it: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by John Koenig, 2021. (Not sure word-smith is a word but I intend it as one who vastly, and creatively, loves words.)
Often, it is better that we do not know the plot of the slow drama that plays out in wild places. Unforeseen wonder rather than predictable tragedy.
Love chiltepin! I am very fortunate to have several plants on my patio in Tucson there were brought by the birds. I once had a delightful surprise when I found a plant in my oleander hedge in Bisbee, right around Christmas, it’s tiny red globes of heat glowing like the ornaments they are.
Really enjoyed this one Chris. What a strange world we live in.
I could've probably transported my mother-in-law in a backpack carrier, but only in those final weeks when she had Desiccated to a wisp. Accolades for the excellent ALT text image descriptions.
This really made me smile: "...she likes to read the mysteries that always resolve in an orderly way, whereas I don’t even need a plot, as long as the wonder is there, or even just the jazz."
Ringtail! I heard a story long ago from a beloved ornithologist that he once was surveying wood duck boxes and opened one to find a ringtail hissing at him, both of them severely startled.
Do you have a specific trail cam you recommend, or was it just a matter of "get one that seems good"?
A friend gifted me this imaginative book and, since you are a word-smith, I thought you might also enjoy it: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by John Koenig, 2021. (Not sure word-smith is a word but I intend it as one who vastly, and creatively, loves words.)