An Antique Cigarette Lighter And Fob Chain, Featuring A Fob Charm Made From The Beak Of A Male Huia.

Speaking of carcasses, here are three I saw on a beach in Suffolk on a hot day last year in the springtime. Everything was dry and smelly.

The first is a seal, curled up by a marshy tide pool above the dunes, long forgotten by the ocean. I think it might be a common seal, by it’s size and blondeish fur, but who can really tell at this stage. Note the little crab claw lying on its pelt, if you zoom in. Probably carried along by the same scavengers who picked the carcass clean!

The second is a little more difficult but I think it was a harbour porpoise. All distinguishing features (tail, dorsal fin, face) are missing but it has a blowhole and is about the right size. It's grey belly had gone leathery and tanned in the sun.

The last is a lesser-spotted dogfish, or small-spotted catshark, if you are so inclined. Dog for scale.

as much as i need to leave this place, i will miss the sounds of the owls in the forest at night here

The Days of Heaven (1979)

sketch for the judgement, charcoal on paper, john singer sargent, c. 1903-1916

Caribou herd By: Karl H. Maslowski From: The Order of Wolves 1976

WESTMINSTER, UNITED STATES.

genie

me the instant it’s sunny