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Photograph of a snowy landscape. in the foreground is wind swept snow and an ice covered body of water. In the background, a low hill, leafless trees, a structure, and tiny dots that are children sledding.
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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Lubbock ski day this past Monday
A statue of a running horse in a flat snow covered landscape against a bright blue sky A photograph of a frozen creek taken from the middle of the ice covered channel. the creek stretches straight away from the camera and animal tracks are visible crossing diagonally. Sparse leafless shrubs and small trees l8ne the channel.
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Packed for departure
Photograph from above of a an orange pulk packed with duffel and covered with a blue tarp. Skis and a backpack are nearby. The snow is criss crossed with tracks. In the background are fir and spruce.
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Adios 2025
Photograph of a snow covered plateau with scattered spruce and fire. Animal tracks lead from the foreground. the sky is bright blue. A gibbous moon is small in the sky. A photograph of a yurt in a snowy subalpine landscape. it is on a raised platform and has orange walls and a light tan roof. A walkway connects the deck to a raised outhouse. Dark confers stand against snow under a blue sky.
January 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Thinking of William ... I scanned a few old slides. Here is William Bond with his daughters in Jonkershoek, May 1995. Discussing Protea neriifolia.
Ecologist William Bond standing talking to two of his children in a fynbos shrubland. He is probably talking about Proteas and sugarbirds . Jonkershoek South Africa.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The whole lab went to the AFE fire congress last week. A great trip and much discussion and learning occurred. Here are Carlina and Puja with their posters on live fuel moisture, flammability, and plant hydraulic traits.
Photo of two fire ecologist graduate stunts in front of their posters.
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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valve body back in. appreciating warm weather and no wind for transmission work in my driveway. Someday I will have true shop and a lift.
view of an automatic transmission with cover off from beneath new filter in place and new wiring.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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And a 1926 Coleman 427 from last month. Missing original mica shade, however.
A two mantle pressure gas lantern with nickel plated fount burning bright on a messy workbench.
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Evening workshop relaxation. 1949 Coleman 242C rebuilt and running. I had to remove a few dents and a lot of corrosion and rust.
photograph of a pressure gas lantern with a single mantle, round globe, and nickel plated fount. Burning bright on an outdoor table at night.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Fewer elk than past Octobers.
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Headed in
Snowy mountainous landscape. A dirt road coveted in light snow. The phot includes part of the hood of an 80s square body rig.
October 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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5. Copper
A white and tan dog with a pink belly standing on his hind legs on a bed.
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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4. Mae
A solemn black and tan shepherd breed dog sits in an open high desert landscape with a granite rock formation in the background. The dog is listening and looking intently at something interesting and out of sight.
August 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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3. Aubrey.
Smiling child holding a sleeping tan dog in her arms. Desert in the background. Snowy desert landscape with a child running on a snowing track following a small dog uphill. In the background a white 4x4 is parked before snow covered sandstone ridges.
August 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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2. Tule
A small black and tan dog, perhaps a mix of miniature pinscher and chihuahua, stands atop a cut round of wood from a tree. A field of grass and yellow flowers surround him. A river flows with spring runoff in the background
August 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Dogs who adopted me or whom we took in : 1. Otis.
A happy short haired chihuahua standing atop a peak in British Columbia on a clear day with snow-capped mountains in the background. A regal chihuahua standing in front of a glacier. The dog is small.
August 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Black and white photo of a small rodeo audience sitting on worn bleachers beneath a dead elm.
June 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Barrels.
Teenage girl running barrels on a bald faced bay.
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Dry and dusty in the Davis Mountains
Black andwhitephotoof a dusty rodeo arena. A dying elm on the left. a petson on horseback near pens with cattle on right.
June 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Small shrine on the corner of a street in Fort Davis
June 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Ft Davis, TX
Photograph of a building on a gravel street in west Texas sun
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Dogs love tornado time.
photo of two dogs in a closet one on a lap (pig dog) the other curled beneath the hanging clothes that smell of her guy.
June 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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It was a good idea to replace original front axle ujoints while doing bearings. It has been a lot of mud and miles since 1986. We fought, I won.
Two gm 10 bolt axles with new ujoints lit by light of an old coleman 200A lantern. On a picnic table covered with a dirty sheet.
June 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM