One of the three Short-eared Owls hunting out at DNRT's Ocean View Farm reserve over the weekend. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

My online Moby Dick book club's reading for the week starts with Chapter 47, "The Mat Maker", which opens with Queequeg and Ishmael working on sword mats. Since on the nerd Venn diagram I sit at the intersection of "in an online Moby Dick book club" *and* "a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers"", I decided to tie an example of a sword mat (which is the flat part of this assembly; the ring at the end is technically a simple ringbolt hitch.) 1/3 #photography #knots #knotwork #igkt

One of the three Short-eared Owls hunting out at DNRT's Ocean View Farm reserve this afternoon, coming in for a landing. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Instead of just one "best 9" collage this year, I did three: one for birds, one for other critters, and one for other photography. This one is for photography not including (non-human) animals. #photography #best9of2025

One of four LEGO dioramas at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam depicting different scenes from Van Gogh's life; this one shows him painting "Sunflowers in a Vase". #photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum #lego

A Dunlin backing off a bit from spray being thrown up by a Sanderling at Gooseberry. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Sunset at Gooseberry Island this past Friday. #photography #westport #massachusetts #surf #sunset

Dunlin taking a little flight at Gooseberry Island. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

Escalators heading up to the exhibits at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. #photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum

Catching some air. #photography #mammals #ungulates #nature #dartmouth #massachusetts #massachusettswildlife