
Cold and cloudy December evening in Wisconsin, fifteen minutes before dusk, we can still get a few hoops in.




Cats are tidy animals, they try to keep it neat to make a good impression.

In the crisp late winter air the hearts gather on the fence line.

Buck the Cat descends the snowy steps. Cold paws.

The cat gets to rippin’ around the house, too fast to catch, sort of a blur.

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Cat stroll.

DON’T SCRATCH YOUR CLAWS ON THE FURNITURE!!!!

Hearts congregate in large numbers, murders these groups are called.

Hmmmmm. Meow.

Hearts head home after spending the day in the valley. They’ll fly back tomorrow.

So much sleep to accomplish in 24 hours, it’s not easy.

Cozy fur coat for a snug nap.

Drawn to scale, the cone of the Sugar Pine shown here is in the medium range in size. These cones can grow to over two feet in length. They are superb in their symetry and the rythmic spiraling of their woody scales.

Sideways glance…meow.

This is a popular fly pattern, designed to travel below the surface of the water after it has been cast. I don’t use a fly rod but a casting rod, instead. If I were to use this lure, I would attach a clear casting bubble stopped by a sinker ahead of about two feet of 6 pound test line to which the fly is tied. The bubble can be filled with water to add ballast, thus distance when casting into a lake or river. The lure will be slowly retrieved, then cast out again til the hapless trout spots and bites it.
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Chilling on the sheepskin. Meow.

Victor, Colorado, is the site of many mines, operational and abandoned. For those mines which no longer operate, the architecture that supported them still towers throughout the town’s landscape, a built presence that defines what Victor is, a place locked the memory of a different era and lifestyle It’s eerie, sort of magnificent and very interesting.
Victor Plein Aire 2019, Sold.
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Victor alla Prima, sold.
Butter and Eggs was painted on site in Victor, CO. It’s a snap-drangonish perennial that stands 18-24″ and seems to love poor soil. It is delicat and detailed.
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Hearts fly high and in a Vee as they wing northward to the warm summer waters.
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