Peruse the archive of this blog and you’ll quickly realize the importance of the research done by Point Blue, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and their partners here at Farallon National Wildlife Refuge.  Like everyone lucky enough to visit the Farallones, I am continually awestruck by the abundance of wildlife here and the island’s intense beauty, as well as the commitment and expertise of the people who work and have worked to keep it pristine.  Biologists on the Farallones are certainly experienced and capable, but we are not data-hungry robots living in a cold and unadorned field station. The artistic creativity of Farallon residents, both past and present, is apparent when you step inside the old light keeper’s house where we live. Inside the house there are paintings, photographs, sketches, poems, and doodles that communicate, celebrate, and at times lampoon the wild world just outside our door. The end result is a homey, comfortable place to live—snug not Spartan.   So, below is a snapshot, a smattering of what can be seen at the Farallon Gallery today. I suggest checking out previous Los Farallones blogs featuring the photographs of Ron LeValley (see Farallones 40 Years Later), several of which hang on the wall, and Sophie Webb’s sketches (see Drawing on the Rock).