Shadow Stalkers

The Charge of the Ground Squirrels

I can’t think why I’d been baking when we were camping at the San Clemente State Park on the beautiful southern California coast just south of Los Angeles but the scent of ginger had caught the attention of the local residents.

Where is that delicious smell coming from?

Down there somewhere!

They’re here! Under this shirt! C’mon fellas!

Lost Pet

I know I’ve seen this little fellow in someone’s post just recently. Do you recognize him? Is he yours? Is it Fred? Arthur? Sebastian? He was last seen in Myrtle Beach. Let me know if you want him back.

Isn’t He Just Adorable?

Ingrid’s photo of a black vulture reminded me of this poem I had stashed away:

Vinnie the Vulture posed for me in the parking lot of the Everglades National Park. Look at that face. Adorable may be over the top but you have to admit he is kind of cute!

From the Tropics to the Desert

No more alligators,

No herons in a lake.

We’re in the desert now,

With lizards and spiders and snakes.

And road runners!

Reptile Love

My followers are discriminating.

One could almost say they were hating,

All ‘gators and snakes.

Slimy things from a lake,

Score low on their animal rating.

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To die at the hand of a bear,

Or anything else with hair,

Is a preferable fate,

So strong is their hate.

They’d happily hide in his lair.

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I introduce Harvey my friend.

He’s cuddly and docile to tend.

I liked him on sight.

He wouldn’t dare bite.

Do you think that I am ‘round the bend?

Poems for Boys (and Girls) Popeye the Heron Man!

I’m looking at you!

Poems for Boys (and Girls) High in the Sky

Look familiar?

Poems for Boys (and Girls) The Monkey at Arches National Park

Did you know there is a monkey at Arches national Park? Can you see him with The Three Gossips?

Can you see him under Double Arch?

Can you see him under Delicate Arch?

There he is!

The eyes don’t lie. Or do they?

Poems for Boys (and Girls) A Face-off in Teddy Roosevelt National Park

Look into my eyes!

I mean business!

Steer Vs. Chevy Tahoe. The steer won.