Burning Man, 2017

Churchill, Manitoba is paradise

a small mammal's view of bird's eye primrose

coltsfoot, nestled into a swampy beach

a dragonfly clings to the lichen, away from fierce winds

a derpy distrustful caribou charms me with his velvet

wildlife drama!

an adorable juvi lumpfish, mascot of sorts at the #Churchillnorthernstudiescentre

an adorable juvi lumpfish, mascot of sorts at the #Churchillnorthernstudiescentre

red fox in the light

hazy skies

one of thousands. beluga congregate in the Churchill River estuary every summer, for reasons not entirely understood 

an early morning view from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre

a common sight

#Science, catching the light

fireweed and murals in the afternoon

SS Ithica, grounded in shallow water since the 1950s

trying to capture aurora without a tripod

#belugawhales

blooming mastadon 

visiting the 'rents in Cape Town- lucky me!

the tiny dictator of our travels

the tiny dictator enjoys a warm soak

the difficulties of puberty...

masked weaver

the aptly named African penguin

African penguin juvi

weaver bird

an adorable fly-catcher, southern black?

possibly a steppe buzzard

greater striped swallow

dassie, or rock hyrax, and refreshing species of least concern

and here the dassie demos it's similarities to the elephant: little tusky incisors, flat nails instead of claws, and no scrotum to speak of 

four-striped field mouse

favourite boyfriend

red hartebeast

favourite sister

brilliant blue weevils

Cape Town view

a pair of sunbirds

awkwardly framed, but a pretty boy nonetheless