Black Bear

We came across this brown Black Bear on the trail in the Hetch Hetchy part of Yellowstone. He was between us and the way out. I was so afraid and so exhilarated at the same time.

Puppy!

I generally like to keep this professional and only display our best work on this blog. I will sometimes stray to themes and holidays but never have I sunk so low as to display something cute and cuddly and personal........That being said THIS IS our new PUPPY! I know, I know shouldn't have done it but isn't he cute? Smoky the dog.

Black and Green poison dart frog

We went to the furniture store to pick up our new bed and found this guy trying to hitch a ride home with us. Of course, we let him join us and then just about "flashed" him to death with a set up using a diffused Nikon SB-800, a diffused SB-R200 and SU-800 commander unit.

Poison Dart Frog

This Strawberry Poison Dart frog is also known as the Blue Jean frog because her legs are blue. They have a toxic outer coating that will temporarily stun a predator, a bird or cat, etc. They are not large enough to be a bother to humans but you wouldn't want to pick one up and then rub your eyes. These little guys and gals are just hopping all over our farm.

Tree Frog in triplicate

So little and so cute. He kept jumping on Barry. He was leaping at least 3 feet in a single bound. The pads of his feet are very sticky. He can walk upside down for a very long time.

Only because he's cute

The saying is that the squeaky wheel gets the lube, well this little guy hangs around so much that I am posting another image of him. He's a fatty and cute and has made saying good morning to us a ritual. The howler monkeys are proving illusive right now. We are building the photography center so we haven't had the proper time to track them. We spent some time last week at the spot below to observe and listen. We probably made to much noise as we slid on our bums down the cascades. We will capture them and share!