by George Bumann | Jan 22, 2018 | Animal Language, Featured animal language, Nature
The chimney’s smoke drifts upward, moving absolutely vertical—as if by magic. High on this earthen step above the Yellowstone River, Gardiner is seldom without a breeze; this stillness is a genuine rarity. The morning walk is surreal, the atmosphere of suspended...
by George Bumann | Dec 11, 2017 | Art
Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer for wildlife lovers? There’s still time to give a gift inspired by the animals of Yellowstone. Here are the bronze wildlife sculpture miniatures we still have in stock, but hurry, they are going fast. Order by December...
by George Bumann | Nov 18, 2017 | Family, Lifestyle, Yellowstone Life
It has been 7 days since our sweet Jasper left us. Jasper, the 13 year-old Labrador—”our first child”—went with the angels in the most peaceful way last week with all of us at his side. There is now a hole in this house, and on our morning walks. Every...
by George Bumann | Oct 31, 2017 | Art, Sculpture stories
“Scarface” (aka #211) was one of the most accommodating, easy-going grizzly bears that has called Yellowstone home in recent times. I had watched him wander all the way across the Lamar Valley and pass right through the cars and people of the traffic jam stopped to...
by George Bumann | Oct 20, 2017 | Nature, Yellowstone Life
And the seasons roll on… the sun makes its inexorable journey across the horizon and we do our best to recognize its travels. The “Sunrise Project” is one that was done at our first home in ‘inner city’ Gardiner several years ago—in...