New Years Tradition, originally uploaded by Gavatron. We started to notice in Tumbes that people were selling papier-mâché heads. Lots of ’em. And we didn’t know why. Then the heads started to show up on stuffed bodies, like you can see here. What we guessed was these dummies had something to do New Years–and we […]
photo credit: RCB Fotos or, Where on the D80 camera body is serial number? A: The series of numbers (7 on mine) can be found on the bottom of the camera, on the Nikon Digital Camera Plate, beside the “Made in Thailand” sticker.
Coitus interruptus, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Love was (literally) in the air this weekend–a female grey squirrel was in heat and was getting a lot of attention from the boys in the neighbourhood. She (the grey one here) wasn’t too sure about the whole thing and spent a great deal of time avoiding her suitors […]
So, I was uploading this photograph taken in Peru of a Turkey Vulture. Now, with its red head and the fact that it was on the beach in Mancora, I kind of thought that it looked like it had a sunburn. The thing is, TVs have red heads all the time, so I’ve just assumed […]
Washin’ the undies, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I brought three pairs of underwear on the trip. There. I said it. I wore and washed the three amigos throughout the trip. Heather continues to bring this up like its some point of conversation when we discuss the trip with friends–along the lines of "Can you believe […]
Red-tail Roost, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Offered as an unusual observation: sixteen Red-tailed Hawks roosting (roosting in the sense that they were together, not in the overnight sense: the photo was taken at 11 in the morning) together in two trees. More Red-tails were flying in and out. There were a whole whack of American […]
Amazonia LCBO, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Freddy, one of the local guides that accompanied us, summarized the wealth of the gentleman behind the counter when he told me that his family “own 143 hectares.” This gentleman’s family , again from Freddy, was a “pioneer family” in the region and consequently has done well for themselves. […]
The RadioShack Armatron, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I found a discarded Armatron while walking the dog last week. Likley something that all 30-year-old boys oogled over as a kid. Back when RadioShack was cool. Back when there was RadioShack. Man, can you believe I bought shareware on floppy disks from that place? Thats when a […]
Long-tailed Mockingbird, originally uploaded by Gavatron. So, Heather and I are officially back from our three-week trip to Peru. Heath is starting classes this week and I started lecturing last Friday. In the meantime, I’m keeping busy by going through the 1600-odd photographs that I took while away. Here’s one. This is a Long-tailed Mockingbird […]
Miniature Union Station, originally uploaded by Gavatron.