APR 19, 2026, selected pics: anole patrol

Authors' Note:  The above photos show the activity in our yard once the lizards return in April.

You can review an illustrated poem about the green anole HERE.

APR 17, 2026, selected pics: brown-pelican yoga-instructor

 

"Sorry! I have a frog in my throat"

Authors' Note:  The above photos document the bizarre positioning adapted by these birds in digestibng large chunks of jagged, even sharp fish-carcasses, tossed away by fisher-guides after an expedition (see posts about the 'pelicatessen').

APR 15, 2026, selected pics: seals rehearsing

 

APR 13, 2026, selected pics: brown pelicans in synchronous flight

 

a single pelican takes off from the same dock

APR 11, 2026: reprehensible modern history: The Turco-Italian war

 

poetry lyrics:/ A historic mistake I deplore:/ the Turco-Italian war./ On the web

 it's explorable./ Repercussions are horrible./ Have you heard of this conflict before? 

Authors' Note: The Italo-Turkish War, also known as the Turco-Italian War, 1911–1912, was among the neo-colonial adventures pushed by the European powers (Britain, France, Italy, etc.) who took advantage of the decline of Ottoman Turkey just before the outbreak of the First World War. The territories conquered by the Italians (most of current-day Libya and also the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea) remained under their control through the Second World War, with Mussolini's National Fascist party in power in the Kingdom of Italy for most of this period (1922–1943).

The treaty to end the conflict was named after the resort facility in Lausanne, Switzerland at which it was signed by the belligerents, becoming known as the Treaty of Ouchy (oo-SHEE).

View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic  at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.

APR 9, 2026, selected pics: bird with a serious itch

 

APR 7, folio-entry, couples: white-faced capuchin monkeys

 

You can view all of our folio-photos from the collection of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

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cAPR 5, 2026: American satire: on reflection

 

  ON  REFLECTION

On reflection, the charges were quaint,

As I acted with tact and restraint:

Prosecutor (distortion), 

"Damage done? A whole portion." 

"Makes you think I'm a vandal. I AIN'T!" 

Giorgio Coniglio

APR 3, 2026, selected pics: berry-imbibing songbirds

cedar waxwing

 

cedar waxwing, defunct:
presumed cause of death: head injury striking plate glass window;,
cardboard covering window not efficiently applied;
R-I-P

APR 1, 2026, selected pics: juvenile "green" anole

 

Authors' Note:  Photo obtained in the authors' garden in the Carolina lowcountry. These cute little creatures are rather shy, and as they are strictly insectivorous, it's hard to entice them with food. Much to my chagrin, as well as that of the lizards, they are often misinterpreted as 'snakes', even by longterm human residents. 

You can readily find on these pages, a post with an illustrated poem about Carolina green anoles, and photo-collages highlighting their appearance in the suburban setting, HERE, and HERE.