While fishing at Lake Pleasant in Arizona, this mallard came to visit. We’d seen him with his mate many times before, swimming in the distance. This was the first time either had floated close to shore let alone hopped up on a rock to be photographed. I was delighted and honored.
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wild Burros of Maricopa County
When we go fishing at Lake Pleasant in Maricopa County, AZ, we sometimes see some of the burros that live in the surrounding hills and gorges. They’re skinny little creatures but they go and do what they like, a condition of being feral. Desert Life suits them.
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Kitty slo-mo. Meow.
Largemouth Bass
Caught in Arizona, this bass bass looks a lot different in color than those we’ve taken in New York. Other features such as the dorsal fins are atypical of what is found in Largemouth Bass. Perhaps this is a hybrid. At any rate, it was caught in Lake Pleasant, AZ. We’ll have to see ifContinue reading “Largemouth Bass”
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Keep your eye on the fly. Meow.
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Clean kitty, lick,lick, lick. Meow.
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x Buck has a kitty condo (a carpeted climbing perch) and he spends much of his idle time (of which he has an abundance) napping thereon. Meow.
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Getta bug. Meow.
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Daily Cat 200….a dubious milestone for a series begun in December of 2018. Take a look at my Dailypaintworks gallery, these have their own CATagory. Meow.
White Bass
Ted caught this fish in Lake Pleasant, a lake in northern Maricopa County in Arizona. It’s about 14.5″ long and is painted close to full scale.
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Buck the Cat. Meow.
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Cat to go. Bag it.
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Buck the Cat sits for his portrait. Meow.
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Buck the Cat eyes the prey. Meow.
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Pouncing. Meow.
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Catching flies. Meow.
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Buck the Cat contemplates his navel…of course, cats have navels.
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Buck the Cat. Meow.
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“Daily Cat 187” – $30 USDBrush and ink, graphite on 140# HP watercolor paper – 6×4 in The is a second iteration of this cat pose. A roll-over of a roll-over, sort of…
Golden Shiner
Golden Shiners are a minnow-ish fish, living in the same places as trout and bass. They’re related to carp, I think, thus think goldfish…but different. Think Inktober. #inktober