Burrowing for Rawhides

Haven't seen this much snow in Ohio in a long time...

Midnight in the Valley of the Dead

Long shadows grow into darkness and the extended season in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica has begun...

Photos from the austral autumn take my mind into its joyful recesses... oh, how I am with them in spirit now!!!!

Check out the rotating pictures (at the bottom of the site) from friends staying for the extended season in Taylor Valley (this is the first time that the ecosystem will be observed "shutting down" in response to the steady loss of light.

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Into the Water

Last summer was the summer our dog, Loki, learned how to swim. It was the hot dripping sky that forced us all to abandon land and swim in the turbid water.