Sturtevant, Wisconsin — Family stickers on a car window in the Walmart parking lot: One woman, one dog, 20 cats.
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Sound of a chipmunk: Weird chipmunk noise
The chipmunk noise in this video was recorded on our front doorstep a couple of years ago, but we have the same situation in the backyard today. After weeks of air conditioned cabin fever during the Heat Wave of 2011, the windows are finally open here at the...
Taiji dolphin slaughter caught on film: ‘The Cove’ (2009)
The Cove is a 2009 documentary about an annual dolphin slaughter — 23,000 bottlenose dolphins killed every year in a secluded bay at the whaling town of Taiji, Japan. We first became aware of it when it won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary, and finally...
Suryia the Orangutan’s Robitussin commercial
So I'm watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann the other night when I see a commercial which shows an orangutan in a pharmacy aisle using a Droid X smartphone and buying Robitussin® cough medicine. This was a lot to process. My first reaction was concern that the...
‘The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill’ (documentary film, 2003)
One of the things I love about Netflix is the concept of the queue. A movie is mentioned on the radio, or we see a trailer, or a friend makes a recommendation, and these titles are all added to our queue. Eventually, they will show up in...
Scrimshaw whale tooth, Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii — Antique scrimshaw whale tooth artwork depicting "The Sailor Boy" (artifact # 1921.014.050 at Honolulu's Bernice P. Bishop Museum) by an unknown artist from the mid-19th century. Below the etched art...
Dog teeth: Hula ankle rattle, Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii — Dog teeth — perhaps 250 dog canines — made into a hula ankle rattle in the early 1800s. Displayed in the Bishop Museum, the description reads as follows: Hula Ankle Rattle (kūpe’e niho īlio)Dog...
Koi pond, zebra doves at Byodo-In Temple, Oahu
Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii — Zebra doves (Geopelia striata) huddle together inside a tiny wooden boat on the shore of the koi pond at the Byodo-In Temple in Valley of the Temples Memorial Park....
Humpback whale breaching off Maui
Off Lahaina, Hawaii — A humpback whale breaches during our Pacific Whale Foundation Whalewatch Eco-tour. The brim of Amy's hat is in the bottom-right corner, and the pink hat is worn by our friend Ali Gerakaris. The island...
Horses at sunset, Hunt Club Road
Lake County, Illinois — Horses at pasture along Hunt Club Road, just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border.
Goldfish at my mom’s house
Kenosha, Wisconsin — This goldfish lived in this goldfish bowl at my mom's house for some time.