Immanentize the Empathy
These are photos taken during the evening of Friday, May 10, during an amazing display of the Northern Lights. I took these photos with my Google Pixel 7 Pro phone, from a back yard in the middle of Grand Rapids. This is only the second time in my life that I have seen the Aurora Borealis, and it was everything I could have hoped for.
Poe and Pepper are enjoying a beautiful Caturday of poetry and music, in honor of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
This photo is courtesy of my wonderful girlfriend Zyra.
One of the joys and hazards of letting Poe roam the porch. If she goes after the chippie she will be able to touch the ground but no more than that, and the ‘munk will sit just out of reach, laughing.
And it looks like the workflow worked. This is the Grand River, taken from the Sixth Street Bridge in Grand Rapids, facing north.
Katydid nymph on a jade plant.
In Sacramento for work for the week. In the spirit of John Scalzi, here is the view from my hotel window.
Though I am sure they have been around for a while, this is the first year I have seen groundhogs in my neighborhood. Add these to the raccoons, opossums, skunks, red squirrels, grey squirrels, ground squirrels and chipmunks. It’s like living out in the country.
Middle of April. Warm enough in the morning to walk around in a sweater and Tilley hat. Hadn’t done that since, oh, sometime in October. What a relief to wander the woods relatively unencumbered! The animals felt it too; frogs, toads, snakes, turtles in abundance. And, of course, birds. Not much in the way of insects, though; not enough mass to store heat for more than a few moments. Anyway, here are a few photos. The rest are in an album here on Flickr.
Robin
Goldfinch
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The most boring chipmunk in West Michigan. Seriously. This little dude sat on that stump, mouth full of food, and didn’t move for at least a minute. Ain’t nobody got time for that!
Shy garter snake.
Painted turtle.