The Moon Is Down
A few dawns ago I looked through the trees and saw a beautiful full moon hanging on the horizon. My first thought was that it would make a great photo.…
Read moreThe View From Dry Creek Hill
The most recent View From Dry Creek Hill column is now up on the Bandera Prophet website. The Prophet is a local, on-line newspaper in Bandera, Texas. This is the…
Read moreMy Daily Trees
Kirk McElhearn and Jeff Carlson’s Photoactive podcast last week was a fun, wide-ranging conversation with Rick LePage. The main topic was printing photos but they also discussed a growing trend…
Read moreIt’s A Hummingbird Birthday
I give my wife hummingbirds for her birthday. I hang the feeders a week or so before Loretta’s birthday and the hummers arrive in time for the party. They get…
Read moreCat Food Thief At Dawn
Back when I was gainfully employed I dreamed of retiring and sleeping as late as I wanted. What I didn’t expect was how much different getting up early to do…
Read moreThe View Of COVID-19 From Dry Creek Hill
Whether you’re safe inside your fortress of toilet paper or reconsidering the sentimental value of grandma’s Sears Catalog collection you have something in common with me—we’re both going to be…
Read moreYou Lookin’ At Me?
We like to look at birds, but every now and then we catch one looking back at us with just as much interest. This roadrunner looks poised to ask an…
Read moreCats Watch The Raccoon Parade
We were wanting to see what was thumping around outside at night so we set up an infrared game camera. It looks like all we really needed to do was…
Read moreA Visit From A Cooper’s Hawk
A cardinal crashed into our storm door a few evenings ago. Birds occasionally fly into our bigger windows but we’ve never had one hit the front storm door. The front…
Read moreIn Search of Daddy Longlegs
I needed to seal some openings to the space under the house and wanted to be sure no animals had moved in, so we set up an infrared game camera…
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