Blog for the Ryland Creek Saga

Ryland Creek: 2021 in Pictures

1/1/2022

"Low And to The Right"

Whitetail buck posing near shooting target in the forests of Painted Post.

Photo courtesy of Mrs. Jeanne Crance

"Nothing Goes to Waste"

Bird's nest in antlers.

"Public Safety Announcement"

Deadly Cow's Parsnip (the plant shown with the flowering crown) growing near a back road
in Painted Post.

"Make Way!"

Ursus Americanus--a black bear
captured on game camera.

"Lost and Found"

An old road long since abandoned
in the forests of Painted Post.

"Just Passing Through"

North America's Marsupial--the opossum--in the Land of the Three Rivers.

"One raccoon's bridge, Another's Photo Op"

Raccoon tracks on a log in Painted Post.

Note: Seth would tree very large raccoon
about 200 yards from here that night.

"Just Look at Those Eyes"*

Red fox caught on game camera.

*Or for Anna, "Just Look at Those Orbs"

"Not All That Glows is Fire"

Yellow staghorn, uncommon, but captured on camera in Painted Post.

"King by Night"

A mature whitetail buck sneaking through the forest at night.

The "Four Musketeers" Trees

A location where a clever ghost coon has flummoxed the real Seth and me
on two occasions in 2021.

"Evidence of Beavers"

"Beavered" oak in the forests of Painted Post.

"On the Trail"

Original photograph used for the title page illustration of The Forest Ghost.

Original photo credit: Ms. Brendalyn Crance.

"Uncle Arthur and Seth"

Illustration for the new back cover of An Exceptional Hound (available early 2022):

Original photo credit: Ms. Brendalyn Crance.