Tag: Backyard Safari

  • Green Burgundy Stink Bug

    Green Burgundy Stink Bug

    Up close and personal with a green burgundy stink bug (Banasa dimidiata) to observe and celebrate a singularly stunning coloration.

  • Library Brook Bobcat

    Library Brook Bobcat

    Let’s turn back the clock exactly 2 years to February 16, 2022. Why? To honor this beautiful cat! Let’s call her/him the Library Brook Bobcat since that’s where these remarkable photographs were taken. As I mentioned when I shared these images on Instagram two years ago, the originals were a little dark, so I zoomed…

  • Opossum O’Clock

    Opossum O’Clock

    You’ve heard of happy hour. And maybe even beer blogging. But opossum o’clock? Earlier this evening (or late this afternoon, if you’re still jet lagging from the standard time to daylight savings time adjustment,) Carley burst into a barking frenzy. Bark, bark, bark,… Not an excited “My momma’s home!” bark. Nor an “I need to…

  • Walking Stick Haiku I

    A couple of weeks ago I shared another walking stick photograph on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter with this accompanying haiku. A walking stick and miniature companion gossip in the shade. My walking stick haiku makes more sense if you actually look closely at the photograph. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDogBYJpIs8/ Can you discern the walking stick’s miniature companion? Is…