Tag Archives: Animals

World Whale Day

Posted on February 19, 2021 by krikitarts

Tomorrow, the third Saturday in February, is World Whale Day, which has been observed on this date since 1980. I’d like to offer a few images from two encounters that come immediately to mind. I made the first in the … Continue reading →

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Family Flashbacks (14): A Bird, A Breach, & A Beach

Posted on November 20, 2020 by krikitarts

Continuing my flashback California road trip report, on this date we gladly put the Artichoke Inn in our rear-view mirror, breakfasted again in the Moss Landing Café (no artichokes), and drove to a nearby departure point for Sanctuary Whale Watch … Continue reading →

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Family Flashbacks (12): Feathers, Fur, and Fins

Posted on November 18, 2020 by krikitarts

Continuing the saga of our Califionia road trip exactly six years ago, Squiddy had to be on the job at 8, so we were up in time to have a nice breakfast with her. We went, of course, to the … Continue reading →

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Family Flashback (3): Gorgeous Gorge

Posted on November 9, 2020 by krikitarts

The fourth day of our great road trip, six years ago today, began in Gunnison, Colorado. The primary point of interest that we had planned for this day was the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The Gunnison River … Continue reading →

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Portraits: A Perfect Pair

Posted on October 26, 2020 by krikitarts

I was browsing through my file of favorite critter photos earlier today and came across this image that I made back in March 2018, at the annual livestock show that is held on the showgrounds in the little community of … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (45): Cheeky Chatterer

Posted on August 6, 2020 by krikitarts

One of the main players in our traditional pageant of critters at our north-woods cabin at this time of year is this little frisky, cheeky red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). It’s less than half the size of the gray squirrel, but … Continue reading →

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Menagerie Monday: Hedgehog Help

Posted on July 12, 2020 by krikitarts

In these times of severe stress and unrest, it’s a pleasure to be able to bring you a true story of spectacular success. Almost exactly two months ago, when I went out to my workroom, aka my bloke shed, I … Continue reading →

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The Oww and the Pussycat

Posted on June 30, 2020 by krikitarts

I’ve highlighted our Grands on several occasions recently, but it’s really been quite a while since I featured the smallest member of our family—and even longer, I believe, since I posted an actual selfie, rather than just including myself in … Continue reading →

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HELP!!!

Posted on April 22, 2020 by krikitarts

Can anyone out there help me? I’ve never had any trouble with WordPress before, but for the past two days, roughly half of the comments I’ve had on my last post are not appearing on the post page! I can … Continue reading →

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Skeptical Saturday

Posted on March 20, 2020 by krikitarts

I started out to develop a new Silly Saturday post and, while I was looking through my archives of photos of our animal companions through the years, I came across this portrait that I made almost exactly 18 years ago … Continue reading →

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