Heron Spotting in Golden Gate Park
“It’s a sight to behold: an elegant four-foot tall heron slowly stalking across the field above the Big Rec baseball diamonds in Golden Gate Park. Suddenly, from a motionless stance, it strikes out and nabs an unsuspecting pocket gopher, swallowing it whole. If you’ve seen it happen, you won’t soon forget it, and if not, this is a prime time for heron sightings. Why? Because up at Stow Lake, they have nests full of hungry mouths to feed.”
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.” Adore this brooch featuring a quotation from Louisa May Alcott’s Work: A Story of Experience.
Yeah, that happens.
Rare photo of lynx using Banff highway overpass delights wildlife experts
‘It was like he was posing for us’
Lynx crossing!
World’s rarest ducklings Madagascan pochards hatch
The newly hatched ducklings represent almost one third of the entire world population of Madagascan pochards.
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A Toast To Spring, With A ‘Cherry Blossom’ On Top!
The party started early this year. It’s the centennial celebration of the cherry blossoms, and everyone’s invited.
Many of the cherry trees now bursting with pink around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., have been there for a century. Talk about some inspiring longevity! What started as a simple gift of 3,000 trees from the city of Tokyo has blossomed into a five-week extravaganza that’s become something of a national celebration of spring.
So we decided to wander through the crowds to get a better look at these blossoming glories — and the million or so folks who flock to the nation’s capital every year to see them. -John Rose and Doriane Raiman
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Dinerscape, Florence, MA 2011
Sidewalk finds, Brattleboro, VT 2011
“Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You fear your children will grow up to join the patriarchy and testify against you; we fear our children will be dragged from a car and shot down in the street, and you will turn your backs on the reasons they are dying.”
Audre Lorde, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” (via arewomenhuman)
Exactly.
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Just got done reading this for WS. This was one of my favorite quotes.
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tumblrbot asked: WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
Paris. The one in France.
