The Difference between Men and Boys

is the resolution of their toys.

Fourteen miles in on a twenty-one mile hike

I've seen them before.  I ought to know what they are.  I do not.  Please enlighten me in the comments.

The hills were alive with Swallowtail Butterflies.

Dock diving demo at the new Leerburg storefront

Across the road a hen heading back to her nest

With Cameras Everywhere

we're bound to catch some wonderful wildlife photographs.

From the Telegraph,

CCTV captured this stunning image of a curious snowy owl in flight above a motorway in Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The traffic camera, which belongs to the Transport Quebec, captured several images of the white and black-spotted bird on January 3.

Only thinks of you as a friend

Moose Rescued

When homo sapiens ascended to the driving force of global ecosystems, we entered a new age, the Anthropocene.  We are no longer living off the natural order, we are managing it. That means sometimes we rescue, sometimes we hunt.

Prudence is the mother of the virtues.

Moose Rescue
MOOSE RESCUED IN NORTHERN WIOn Sept. 24, Canadian Railroad staff noticed a moose entangled in wire near a train track outside Phillips, WI. Railroad staff contacted DNR. With the help of the U.S Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, they and our staff immobilized the moose and removed the wire. Within an hour, the moose was freed, allowed to roam once again.
Posted by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Red Striped Woolly Worm

A man-cub brought this into the house.

We find one colored like this every couple years or so, it never ceases to intrigue.