Happy Monday! It’s been a while since I brain-dumped some miscellaneous NEW stuff, so here goes.

Miscellany #1: It was fun to see some wildlife on our hikes in Grand Tetons National Park. There were quite a few of these little guys running around! A grandpa pointed to one and asked his grandson if he thought that one was Alvin, Simon, or Theodore. I really doubt the little boy knew what his grandpa was talking about! Haha!

This guy wasn’t fazed at all by the attention he was getting!

Look very close. That’s a bear across the lake. I need a better zoom lens!!!

Thanks to Google, I believe this is a Western Tanager. Again…Santa, I need a zoom lens for Christmas! Haha!

AND, what do you think of this “wildlife”?!? He (or she) is livin’ the life!

Miscellany #2: What I’ve been reading lately. I’ve already hit my GoodReads 2023 Reading Challenge goal (my goal was 52 books, and I’m already at 62…). So I think for the last part of this year, I’ll make a goal to read a book from every genre that GoodReads list on its browse page. I figure that’s one way to read NEW and different material (I hope to learn LOTS of NEW stuff!). Here’s the genre list.

AND lastly, miscellany #3. I learned something NEW recently. I showed my friend at work my photo from the Tetons and she taught me that these yellow flowers that were everywhere are called Mule Ears. She had been to Colorado that same weekend and noticed a lot of them there too! Here’s more from our trip to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. I’m taking her word for it (so I hope she’s correct). It’ll be an easy name to remember (I hope).

That’s it for today’s NEW miscellaneous stuff. Have a great day and I hope you do or learn something NEW today!