I spent all afternoon at the Met. It is a grand and gorgeous place filled with grand and gorgeous things, and if I were to try to share everything I loved, even just in the small portion I made it through, we would be here all night.
Luckily, I found the best thing pretty early on.
“The jousting targe bears the arms of the Tänzel and Rindscheit families and the inscription: WIE WOL ICH BIN DER VOGEL HAS NOCH DEN ERFRET MICH DAS; Though I am hated by all birds, I nevertheless rather enjoy that.”
33 round tailed horned lizard skulls found while cleaning out an America Kestrel nest box.
“My wife and I have a place in the Chiricahua Mtns of SE Arizona. I have a Kestrel nest box there. This spring the Kestrel pair raised 5 young in the box and after they were through nesting I cleaned out the box to get it ready for next year. The only bones in the box were 33 Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) skulls, which I placed in my palm and photographed.”
text and photo: John Roser
Recently I mentioned that last summer I hand bound and illustrated a small book of bird folklore from around the world. I’m currenly thinking about binding a few more and adding them to my Etsy shop, so I thought now would be a good time to let you guys see what the last one I bound looked like. Each book compiles seven stories from a range of different countries. Each of the illustrations incorporate a gold leaf symbol, which highlighting an integral factor from each story.
I would love to know what you guys think! :)
XIAOTIAN TANG - ESQUIRE MAGAZINE CHINA DECEMBER 2013
PHOTOGRAPHED BY RUI AN
Victor Hugo, “Manière dont m’a regardé un grand-duc du Luxembourg” (How a grand duke of Luxembourg looked at me)
Gandalf the Great Grey Owl gets scared of going outside and flying out in the open so his owners at Knowsley Safari Park have built his aviary inside a brick shed. He now spends his days watching the world go by out of his window. Photos by Mark Bridger [Article]
