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there is another little baby between them.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2383.jpgDSCN2383https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2375.jpgDSCN2375https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2367.jpgDSCN2367Eating on the run, or at least on the amble.2017-06-20T21:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2017/06/19/south-africa-road-trip-2017-day-two-part-1-of-4-the-lonely-rhino/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2321.jpgDSCN2321Monkey tree, monkey do.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2314.jpgDSCN2314Vervet monkeyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2299.jpgDSCN2299The Marilyn Manson of the crane world?https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2288.jpgDSCN2288Rangers on patrol, Kruger National Park.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2277.jpgDSCN2277Fantastic Beast!https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2270.jpgDSCN2270White rhino looking for breakfast.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2254.jpgDSCN2254Guinea fowl in the wayhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2261.jpgDSCN2261Here is a white rhino.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2251.jpgDSCN2251Another shot of the tie-dyed dinosaur.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2248.jpgDSCN2248Lilac breasted roller or "that tie-dyed bird," you decide2017-06-20T20:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2017/06/19/south-africa-road-trip-2017-day-one-just-lion-around/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2229.jpgDSCN2229Our hut for the night: Lower Sabie Rest Camp, Kruger National Park.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2226.jpgDSCN2226Rearview vantagehttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2214.jpgDSCN2214The first giraffe power trio we saw...there were many. The seemed to travel in threes.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2199.jpgDSCN2199Sunset on our first day in Kruger National Park, in a race to reach the Lower Sabie Rest Camp gate before it shuts for the night.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2194.jpgDSCN2194Another shot of the male.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2193.jpgDSCN2193Lioness and her mane squeeze, strolling across the road right in front of our car.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2204.jpgDSCN2204https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2192.jpgDSCN2192The sun is setting and we still have a long ride to Lower Sabie rest camp before the gates close for the night...https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2185.jpgDSCN2185Vogue. Strike the pose.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscn2175.jpgDSCN2175Not the first zebra we saw, but the first one close enough to the road to make eye contact and show a little personality.2017-06-19T18:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2017/06/05/new-site-on-the-way/2017-06-05T19:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2015/11/23/marry-me-iceland/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0412-copy.jpgDSCN0412 copyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0444-copy.jpgDSCN0444 copyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0312-copy.jpgDSCN0312 copyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0740.jpgDSCN0740https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0738.jpgDSCN0738https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0733.jpgDSCN0733https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0729.jpgDSCN0729https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0718.jpgDSCN0718https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0714.jpgDSCN0714https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn0685.jpgDSCN06852015-11-23T22:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2015/09/28/while-i-was-out/2015-09-28T19:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2013/04/16/love-for-the-plague/2013-04-16T17:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/11/28/a-day-in-the-big-d/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-076.jpgdetroit 076Waving or drowning? A metaphor for Detroit?https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/foxes.jpgfoxesWhich would you rather see, gutted ruins of a once-lovely neighborhood or adorable napping Arctic foxes? Yeah. I thought so.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/paw.jpgpawhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-084.jpgdetroit 084Nuka with his favorite toy.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-083.jpgdetroit 083Nuka in action.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-069.jpgdetroit 069Look, a Detroit Tiger sleeping on the job...why am I not surprised?https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-060.jpgdetroit 060This Japanese snow monkey best expresses my mood after experiencing the juxtaposition of the Heidelberg Project with Grosse Pointe excess.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lemurs.jpglemursLook elsewhere for images of Sad Detroit. Here instead are some lemurs.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-047.jpgdetroit 047If you want to see images of Detroit's urban blight, go Google it. Here instead is an image of a rhino in snow.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/detroit-039.jpgdetroit 039Young Giraffe Love2012-11-28T22:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/11/21/eating-the-big-apple/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/newyork-012.jpgnewyork 012So wrong it's right. The Thanksgiving croissant.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/macaruins.jpgmacaruinshttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/newyork-004.jpgnewyork 004Laduree booty...just look at that excessive use of filling in the rose petal macaron (fourth from right)! In the 1860s when the Laduree family started making macarons, that would be grounds for a flogging!https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/newyork-010.jpgnewyork 010How to demolish a diet single-handedly. Thanksgiving croissant and Compost Cookies.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/newyork-006.jpgnewyork 006The score from Spothttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/newyork-009.jpgnewyork 009Black sesame shortbread and macarons from the Chikalicious Dessert Clubhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/newyork-001.jpgnewyork 001The day's haul of Big Apple baked goods2012-12-11T05:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/31/happy-halloween/2012-10-31T14:26:45+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/30/the-next-big-thing-week-17/2012-10-30T21:21:08+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/25/the-most-important-thing-i-did-today/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vote.jpgvoteProudly wearing my "I voted early" sticker next to the wicked cool cameo my friend Z got me.2012-10-29T17:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/23/the-plague-continues-to-spread/2012-10-23T20:09:03+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/22/can-you-hear-me-now/2012-10-22T17:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/18/118/2022-11-21T22:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/07/of-ships-and-journeys/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-061.jpgoct06 061Boats and tent posts (on wall) found in the Gokstad shiphttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-047.jpgoct06 047Another view of the Gokstad. I get a little verklempt just looking at the photo even now.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-060.jpgoct06 060Viking wagon or, as I like to call it, the vikingvagon.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-037.jpgoct06 037Copy of Oseberg prowhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-044.jpgoct06 044The Gokstad Shiphttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-040.jpgoct06 040Karl and the Oseberghttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-042.jpgoct06 042Close-up of the Oseberg Shiphttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-034.jpgoct06 034Oseberg Shiphttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-033.jpgoct06 033The Kon-Tikihttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct06-013.jpgoct06 013Another poster at the Polar Simulator. You're not fooling anyone.2012-10-08T02:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/04/the-most-northernmost-post-in-the-universe-ever/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept30-097.jpgsept30 097Near the Oksfjord glacier, Finnmark.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept2829-090.jpgsept2829 090Lighthouse at Vardo, on the easternmost scrap of Norwegian land. Check out the evil troll face in the rain cloud approaching!https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept2829-098.jpgsept2829 098Vardo, dating from the early 18th century, claimed as the northernmost fortress in the worldhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept28-037.jpgsept28 037MS Nordlys docked at Honningsvaag, the northernmost town in Norway. Or so they say.https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept27-023.jpgsept27 023Senja, heading north from Hinnoyahttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept12-013.jpgsept12 013Week One highlight: getting in touch with my inner Einherjar at the Lofotr Viking Museumhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept30-007.jpgsept30 007Northernmost wind farm in the world, Havoygavlen, Finnmarkhttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept30-025.jpgsept30 025View to the sea, from the Zig-Zag Path, Hammerfesthttps://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept30-027.jpgsept30 027Hammerfest from the Zig Zag path, which happens to be polar bear-free (of both real and imagined varieties)https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sept30-021.jpgsept30 021Hammerfest's coat of arms. Aside from the pure fiction of it, I have to say that I love the design itself, especially the bear's feet.2012-10-04T16:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/10/02/coming-soon-ch-ch-ch-changes/2012-10-02T16:24:26+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/08/28/67/2012-08-28T05:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/07/04/media-and-things-of-that-nature/2012-07-04T04:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/06/22/catching-up/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/june22-003.jpgjune22 003Self-portrait, 22 June 2012, 2pm local time, McMurdo Station (in background)2012-06-22T07:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/06/09/to-the-memory-of-sister-petrina-now-i-understand/2012-06-20T15:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/06/01/54/2012-06-01T06:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/05/19/and-so-it-begins-plaguewalker-is-now-on-kindle/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pwcover.jpgPWcover2012-05-24T12:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/04/29/the-devil-is-in-the-detailed-pre-launch-planning/https://gemmatarlach.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pwcover.jpgPWcoverThe cover of Plaguewalker, available soon in paperback and on your Kindle2012-04-29T04:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2012/03/24/back-in-black/2012-04-16T04:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2011/09/15/a-great-introduction-to-self-publishing/2011-09-15T11:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2011/07/30/chess-v-chutes-and-ladders/2011-07-30T04:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.com/2011/07/15/and-so-it-begins/2011-07-15T04:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://gemmatarlach.comdaily1.02025-01-02T03:55:15+00:00