Of all the things we saw during our trip to Sitka, Alaska, this celery-crunching goat is perhaps the most paradoxical "wild" animal. We had gone to a place to see brown bear that had been captured rather than be destroyed. (Their mother did have to be destroyed). Next to the bear compound was a kind of a children's zoo with all sorts of animals that don't necessarily symbolize rugged Alaska. But he's a photogenic goat, isn't he?
In his face and well-worn horns there is an interesting mix of curiosity and menace. Now that I think of it, as a classroom teacher for over thirty years, I've seen that same look in my students. Fortunately, students don't have horns.
I have been "dusting off" some old photos and this is one I took a few years ago at the Butterfly House in Sioux Falls, SD. I'm not sure you can see it here, but there is blue speckling this butterfly's wings which is anything but random. Part of the disguise? Part of the reproductive game? I don't know much about butterflies but the more I look, the more I marvel.
I took this photo over 30 years ago when I was in college living off campus in a little silver trailer that I rented for $40 a month. I had my books and I also had cats, including this little kitten, who seems to be looking at me curiously.
Can you handle the inquisitive, yet trusting look of a cat. This isn't just any cat - it's Brian's cat, Lucy. This isn't the only post about curiosity. 
Forgive the self-portrait, but since I posted my cat Mac yesterday, I thought I owed it to my dog Polly's memory to post one of her.