by George Bumann | Aug 28, 2017 | Family, Lifestyle, Yellowstone Life
When there are dragons to be slain, monsters to defeat and ruffians to subdue—enter the sword-bearing boy! Oh, but first, dad has to create his Excalibur— from the fibers of a stout 2×4. With the outline of the blade rendered in simple Sharpie marker, Pappa, aka...
by George Bumann | Jul 25, 2017 | Nature, Yellowstone Life
While walking a local dirt road, our elder male lab Jasper poked his head into some roadside vegetation. Never one to pass up a sniff of a well-aged elk bone, or a spritz of coyote urine or scat, Jasper’s behavior initially raised no alarm—not even after I...
by George Bumann | Jul 12, 2017 | Adventures, Nature, Yellowstone Wildlife
“Do…Not… Move,” I said to Brad in a voice that no one ever wants to hear in the woods. That tone, those words: they conjure images of man-eating sharks, fire-breathing dragons, boogey men, ax murderers, serial killers and maybe, clowns....
by George Bumann | May 31, 2017 | Art, Sculpture stories
Not all sculpture ideas work out. The hard thing is, you never really know which sculptures will and which won’t pan out until they actually take form. At the moment, I am trying out a brand new idea for a sculpture inspired by the motherly heroics of one...
by George Bumann | May 18, 2017 | Nature, Yellowstone Life
On this day, May 18th, 2017, in the early hours of the day, amid the falling snow and cold, a baby robin was born. As evidenced by its mother’s house cleaning, the eggshell—a possible source of odor and attractant for unwanted guests—was plucked from a cup made...
