Bo Zarts
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Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
San Antonio, New Mexico - January 2023
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Danger Lurks (AKA: Ross's Goose for Dinner)
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
San Antonio, New Mexico - January 2023
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Ghost Swamp - Trunk Show
Texas/Louisiana Boundary Waters - November 2023
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Cormorants in Silhouette
Texas/Louisiana Boundary Waters - November 2023
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Wheatland: The Palouse
Eastern Washington near Pullman - June 2023
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My wife choked last night, and she did not know the universal sign of choking.
We were at the annual neighborhood holiday party and my wife had eaten a roll with a big chunk of beef tenderloin inside. I did not know that, since we were in separate areas of the house.
She suddenly came by me, with her hand, flat-palm, against her nose. She went into a hallway, obviously in distressed. There were several people around her by this time.
I though that she was trying to suppress a sneezing fit, which she sometimes has. I got up close, and then I thought she was trying to suppress a need to vomit. Her palm was still flat against her nose.
A neighbor, who is a dentist, had come into the hall to help. He told her, "SAY SOMETHING!", which she could not do. It was then that we realized that she was choking.
The dentist-neighbor immediately got into position, behind my wife, to attempt the Heimlich maneuver. He told her what he was doing, then he did the Heimlich bear-hug.
I think it was about three quick squeezes, and a bolus of rare beef tenderloin came flying out! Then my wife could breathe and talk. Hallelujah!
It is about twenty hours later, and I am still shaking. I'm upset that I did not read the situation correctly from the get-go. The signs she was giving us were confusing, but the lack of speech should have clued me to what exactly was going on .. choking.
Anyway, she is fine. And we are rounding the bend on our 50th anniversary, so we both just got a greater appreciation of how lucky we are to have made it this far.
Here is my heartfelt PSA to DUers:
Sleepers Awake!
Ross geese (Anser rossii) sleeping-in long after reveille. Mother Goose will not be amused.
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
San Antonio, New Mexico - January 2023
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Great Egret (Ardea alba) in B&W (simulated Ilford Pan F Plus 50)
Texas/Louisiana Boundary Wetlands - November 2023
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