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3 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments NickytheClone $0.02
Something that made it worthwhile were the foxes we would see in the streets. If we made it past the whores we saw on 3rd Street, unscathed we were basically home free. So we would celebrate with two or three bottles of the driest, most fa...
2 Feb 2022 4 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68 $0.06
This bird has very contrasting plumage. It consists of a blue belly, yellow cheeks and a dewlap. The head is brown with a white forehead. A black strip runs from the head through the red eyes to the belly. The wings are brown and the loin area is y...
24 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments willemvzyl $0.03
Boomslang (if you're not an Afrikaans speaker you'd be surprised what the name sounds like, properly pronounced) are one of Southern Africa's dangerously venomous snake species - a microscopic amount of Boomslang venom can be fatal to an adult human...
22 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
Not everyone who can play has a talent for songwriting. I've known many great players over the years, great musicians who were masters of their instruments, who couldn't write their way out of a wet paper bag. They all make the same mistake: Think...
9 Aug 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21 $0.06
Hello everyone! I'm back again to share my finds from another weekend walk through the woods of western Michigan, USA. This weekend was particularly humid and muggy, which made this walk quite the sweaty and mosquito-filled excursion. That being sai...
3 Jul 2021 1 minute read 2 comments HedgemageTJ $0.05
The Great Horned Owl Family I was at a local park when I looked up in the trees to see what birds and creatures were watching and lurking. To my surprise I saw a baby great horned owl watching and waiting for mom or dad to come back with food. I say...
2 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments manoloC $0.02
A couple more pictures of the creatures that live on or have visited my balcony. Two-spotted lady beetle, we call them little Devils. Nourishing on lice on the Thyme. Bumble Bee on wild flower. Not sure which one of the over 30k wild bees on the wo...
1 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21 $0.11
On Tuesday, I took advantage of the first clear, blue sky day we have seen in my area for the last several weeks to take a walk through my favorite mushroom-hunting forest. After a week of rainy, humid weather, the forest fungi are taking full advan...
29 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21 $0.05
After a long, humid hike in the woods last Sunday, I came home with a flashcard full of magnificent mushrooms. Below is a collection of the many species I came across while on my hike. Feel free to offer your suggestions if you think I have misidenti...
23 Jun 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21 $0.13
While taking a walk through the woods right after a rainstorm may sound like a muddy mess, doing so helps me gain a greater appreciation for how dynamic an ecosystem the temperate forests of North America can be. On a typically sunny summer day, the...
