Archive for the 'wildlife' Category

Camouflage

Monday, November 10th, 2008

In March 2007 I made a video about Table Mesa Road. I was looking through the clips that ended up on the cutting room floor and found this one. The star of this video is just about 2 inches long. When you can see him. I’m not sure what he is. I think he’s a [...]

Everyday Arizona

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Last year around this time, I made a video showing rain evaporating off the sidewalk. Ru liked it and reminded me of it recently. So when I found myself on the same porch stoop with some light rain falling, I made another video. Just for you, Ru.

Bird Dreaming

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Here’s a little more of Australia in 2004. Something I tried to do every day. We’d be tired and cold, and just want one more hour to sleep, but the birds would start singing loudly just before dawn. Some of the people around me put their pillows over their heads and went back to sleep. [...]

Montezuma Well

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Montezuma Well is a limestone sinkhole in central Arizona, but it’s much more than that. It’s a constant source of water in the desert, for one. The Yavapai people believe they emerged into this world from within the Well. It is their ancestor. It reveals some of the history of previous civilizations. It harbors a [...]

Hummingbirds

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

This year, Spring was a difficult time for me, mostly because I was losing my cat (and longtime friend), Rosie. But the world seems to be trying all the time to remind me that life is a circle. During the same time Rosie was slowly leaving this world, these little hummingbirds were arriving. They have [...]

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