By Geoffrey Carter Artwork by Michael DiMilo 2020 began badly—and quickly worsened. In early January, devastating brushfires in Australia ended up killing wild animals by the billions and destroying millions of acres of land and property. About a week later, scientists first detected the coronavirus in Wuhan. It swept across China, Europe, and began its …
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Month:September 2020
Kickass and the Third Insect
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper hesitates to repost a photo, but after several sharp-eyed viewers—Jan and Gene among them, pointed out the presence of a third insect in the keeper’s butterfly-wasp photo, and Gina claimed to have photographed an invisible wasp, it was obvious that …
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Kickass and Butterfly Wasp Photo
By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, often called upon to console the keeper over his shortcomings, steps up now to moderate his—the keeper’s excesses in claiming a camera coup in the area of nature photography. Having long been intimidated by photo friends who consistently produce sensational shots of scenes and sunsets and wild critters …
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