Mimi Torchia Boothby

Month: January 2015

  • French Riviera at winter solstice

    Thanks to the incredible reach of Facebook, I now have friends everywhere. They are from Europe, north and south America. Ok, I guess that’s not EVERYWHERE. This particular friend, who lives in the French Riviera on Rue Gioffredo shot this scene from his window. Thanks to Facebook I got to see this lovely scene and…

  • Golden Aggie

    Aggie was born in an alley somewhere, and was lucky enough to be trapped by some caring soul. She ended up at my house as a frightened little kitten, and after she became social enough to be a companion, my husband decided we should adopt her. She has since become a traveler, she flew from…

  • Greeting the day

    Searching for something to paint today, I came upon a book of J. M. W. Turner paintings. I used one of his studies for the composition for this painting, but turned it into my own. This painting depicts the reverence and awe of nature that I find so important in a good friend of mine.…

  • The Sentry – Mustangs running free

    While wild mustangs or feral horses are considered pests by many, and by others, nothing more than weeds; their argument being that when Columbus arrived on our shores, there were no horses. Archaeological records show there were plenty of horses here, they were probably just hunted to extinction by hungry humans. I, for one welcome…

  • Not coyotes, these are wolves

    Another rare grey wolf was shot by a hunter. He thought it was a coyote, and shot before he noticed she had a radio collar (Link to article). Wolves are so very important for our ecosystem, and for that matter, so are coyotes. Bounties on predators might have been important during the days of Little…