I don't know what kind of nerve, ferocity and stubbornness got 86-year-old Brendon Grimshaw to buy an island in the Indian Ocean, replant it with 16,000 trees, grasses and then lure a bunch of giant tortoises — big galumphing ones and itty-bitty ones — to live with h …
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They come by for something to eat and I accommodate them ... all I ask in return is that they stay long enough for a photo op. Many do. Win-win (Wing-Wing). © All Rights Reserved/A. Macarthur
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Today I returned home from a reunion; four of five old heads who once spent time together, in school, on a Philadelphia street corner and, fishing the nearby lakes and streams ... even in the bays and the ocean in South Jersey, or "Down the Shore" (as Philly folk refer to places …
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No theme this week. Just a few images that I liked. Enjoy!
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When "stuff" happens in life, each of us has his or her way to cope ... more or less. My way is usually to do what I refer to as "going inside." I know when I'm not good company and I tend to keep to myself when I'm not. Ironically, when I'm "inside," I spend even more time outsi …
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Philadelphia's Fairmount Park exists throughout the city; I get to have a backyard at one of its entry ways. © All Rights Reserved/A. Macarthur
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Recently, Vlad's Dog posted an excellent article on the subject of attracting birds. Anyone with the even slightest interest in photographing birds ought o check it out ... here ...
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WHAT sort of creature is the human? The obvious answer is a smart, talkative, upright ape with a penchant for material possessions. But what about the more subtle concept of human nature? That is more controversial. Some deny it exists, preferring to believe that we can be anyth …
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