• The muskrat conspiracy

    It’s hard to find people who admit they like us muskrats unless, of course, they’re discussing fur coats. For obvious reasons, I really don’t like talking about that much! Here’s what typically happens. Half the people see the photo above and just move right along – nothing good to see here. The other half think I… Continue Reading

  • Hope, sausage and making photos

    Hope, sausage and photos have a few things in common. You never know exactly how they are going to turn out and the process is a little messy and unpredictable. At least for me. Today I’d like to pull back the curtain and show how sausage … err one photo … came to be. It started with… Continue Reading

  • Sweating little stuff

    Remember how sages used to tell people not to sweat the small stuff? And then someone had the audacity to say it was all small stuff? They were wrong! I started out trying to photograph big, dramatic scenes – ideally with a bear in them. I can sometimes be my worst critic but too many… Continue Reading

  • Honking up the wrong tree?

    It’s a crazy world and the geese and I are both confused by it. Not surprisingly, that’s more unusual for the geese. The fall photo above I get but then there’s now. The calendar says spring, the geese are coming back in droves and I’m refusing to shovel new snow thinking it has to melt. It’s… Continue Reading

  • The unknowable path ahead

    Just seeing that merganser thrusting herself up to get a better view makes me smile. With water droplets falling off her feathers, it looks like she’s straining to see the future. She’s not alone. Many creatures have a habit of peering ahead. I can never tell if they are checking for dragons or opportunities or,… Continue Reading

  • Whatever happened to booters?

    I’m just not feeling the love. All this positive self-talk about the wonders of spring is leaving me unimpressed. It’s still my least favourite season by a long shot. Every dog, and its season, has its days. I started off liking spring as a kid. It was time to splash in the puddles with my… Continue Reading