Category Archives: Animals

Fulani Caravan

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Fulani Tribe Mali, West Africa somewhere near the Mauritanian border 2005   Our vehicles sped over the dry dirt road. Thick red dust boiled up by our tires spewed into the cars  stifling us even though we covered our noses and … Continue reading

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Tibetan Transportation

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 Not only do Tibetans have a fondness for wearing cowboy hats, they rope and ride…yaks as well as horses. Lone Tibetans travel over the vast steppes riding yaks. This yak, saddled so beautifully, was grazing near Quinghai lake. His rider was a … Continue reading

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Romanian Village

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 This was a lane in my favorite Romanian village of Biertan. The long lens compresses the houses making the roof lines and gables geometric. Of course, the horse and wagon adds the human element. I loved those horses and wagons that … Continue reading

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Cowgirls and Cowboys

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Barrel racing is a timed rodeo contest that requires the horse to move at top speed in a clover leaf pattern, rounding the barrels as closely as possible to save time. The rider urges the horse to maintain a flat-out … Continue reading

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Team Roping

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 Grandfather and Granddaughter compete in team roping at a California Rodeo. After exploding out of the chute, the horses catch up with the young steer and the rider who is the ‘header’ (in this case, the Grandfather) ropes the calf’s … Continue reading

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Cooperation

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   More storks! Here the male and female place twigs on their nest. The nests remain from year to year, but the new couple always needs to remodel a bit. Most likely, the nest sustains a lot of damage from … Continue reading

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The Embrace

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 The white storks return to Romania in spring after wintering in Egypt. Nests from years past await them on telephone poles and chimneys. The birds mate for one season or maybe longer. I noticed them refurbishing the nests in a … Continue reading

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Elephants Working

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 Chaing Mai, Thailand. There are several elephant camps near Chaing Mai. You can spend your whole vacation at some of them, learning about the elephants, riding them, and washing them in the river. That does sound like fun. I just … Continue reading

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A Boy’s Imagination

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 Eastern Morocco, somewhere near Algeria. I went to this market because it was supposed to be frequented by nomads selling their flocks of sheep in this unpopulated area. Many of the men selling had walked nearly a hundred miles with … Continue reading

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Zebra Herd in the Serengeti

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 I try to have some variety in the photos I choose for you. After I showed my cheetahs a few months ago, I have been looking for another photo from those animal safari days. When I look at my negatives, … Continue reading

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