Easter fun for children of all ages
Mar. 24th, 2016 07:02 pm
Best part? IT’S CHOCOLATE.
Pamela McCaffrey at Flickr
( three more pics and a GIF, all child/work-safe )
Sea-ing otters
Mar. 18th, 2016 01:32 am1.

Mother sea otter and her pup sharing a meal, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, USA
Photo by Ming Wang
( six more pics, one GIF and three embedded videos; all are child/work-safe )

Mother sea otter and her pup sharing a meal, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, USA
Photo by Ming Wang
( six more pics, one GIF and three embedded videos; all are child/work-safe )
Little green critters
Mar. 17th, 2016 11:27 am1.

Alcadia viridis, a nerite snail, Macaya National Park, southwestern Haiti, Hispaniola
Photo by Eladio M. Fernandez
The Silent Sliders (many more photos of various snails and similar animals)
( nine more pics, all child/work-safe; a snake, some bugs and a spider, but they’re cute as hell, I promise )

Alcadia viridis, a nerite snail, Macaya National Park, southwestern Haiti, Hispaniola
Photo by Eladio M. Fernandez
The Silent Sliders (many more photos of various snails and similar animals)
( nine more pics, all child/work-safe; a snake, some bugs and a spider, but they’re cute as hell, I promise )
I love a parade!
Feb. 5th, 2016 10:05 pmSome floats from this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade, held in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day. All of the floats in this parade are required to have all surfaces covered by natural materials, such as flowers, plants, seaweed, seeds, bark, vegetables, or nuts. For more, see the 2014 post Decorating parade floats, at my journal.
This year’s theme was “Find Your Adventure.”
AMERICAN HONDA’s
“Nature’s Hope”

Photo by Walt Mancini

California Through My Lens blog
( nineteen more pics and four embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
This year’s theme was “Find Your Adventure.”
AMERICAN HONDA’s
“Nature’s Hope”

Photo by Walt Mancini

California Through My Lens blog
( nineteen more pics and four embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
Penguin Awareness Day…
Jan. 26th, 2016 02:17 pm…was on the 20th. (oops) But here’s your penguin-palooza.
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Humboldt penguin chicks, only a few days old, hatched at Chester Zoo in Chester, England
Chester Zoo’s Penguin Chicks Named After TV Icons (more pics)
( fourteen more pics, three GIFs and three embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
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Humboldt penguin chicks, only a few days old, hatched at Chester Zoo in Chester, England
Chester Zoo’s Penguin Chicks Named After TV Icons (more pics)
( fourteen more pics, three GIFs and three embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
When skeleton lovers meet
Oct. 29th, 2015 12:30 am1.

Gayunda Wreck, Woody Point, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Photo by Paul M. Sparrow
( fifteen more pics and two GIFs; all child/work-safe )

Gayunda Wreck, Woody Point, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Photo by Paul M. Sparrow
( fifteen more pics and two GIFs; all child/work-safe )
THEY'RE HEEEEERE
Oct. 26th, 2015 12:55 amThe Adorable Trio has landed!
We got back about seven hours ago. The cats have settled down, more or less. Jackson and Jillian are sacked out in cozy places, but Rudy is about ten inches away from me, on the desk. He's still purring and nuzzling; he's been an insatiable love sponge since he walked out of the carrier, about five minutes after we got home. The cats are of course exhausted from six hours in the car. So are the humans. (Although we only had to do three hours of it, thanks to my late cousin's awesome friend, who brought them from Coarsegold to Santa Clarita.)
More details tomorrow.
We got back about seven hours ago. The cats have settled down, more or less. Jackson and Jillian are sacked out in cozy places, but Rudy is about ten inches away from me, on the desk. He's still purring and nuzzling; he's been an insatiable love sponge since he walked out of the carrier, about five minutes after we got home. The cats are of course exhausted from six hours in the car. So are the humans. (Although we only had to do three hours of it, thanks to my late cousin's awesome friend, who brought them from Coarsegold to Santa Clarita.)
More details tomorrow.
Gotta start 'em young
Oct. 20th, 2015 03:30 am1.

Susan Bermann with a very confused swallowtail butterfly
Photo by John Bermann
( seventeen more pics and two embedded videos, all child/work-safe )

Susan Bermann with a very confused swallowtail butterfly
Photo by John Bermann
( seventeen more pics and two embedded videos, all child/work-safe )
A Tale of Three Kitties
Oct. 19th, 2015 04:16 amGuess what?
B and I are adopting the cats of a cousin of mine who sadly passed away several weeks ago. His sister (who lives in New Mexico) cleverly e-mailed me several photos of the trio while I was trying to decide if it was a good idea to do so. It worked.

Jillian (top), Rudy (center), and Jackson
( seven more photos and the full story )
B and I are adopting the cats of a cousin of mine who sadly passed away several weeks ago. His sister (who lives in New Mexico) cleverly e-mailed me several photos of the trio while I was trying to decide if it was a good idea to do so. It worked.

Jillian (top), Rudy (center), and Jackson
( seven more photos and the full story )