Rose Cat's Rambles

…when you’re an itty bitty critter! (Also, happy belated St. Patrick’s Day.)

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Cone-headed grasshopper, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, Quezon City, Philippines
Photo by Rundstedt B. Rovillos

( fourteen more pics, all child/work-safe; 5 and 10 are spiders )

Well, the post I’d planned got a bit long, so I split it (part two will follow). The theme of this year’s parade was “Echoes of Success.”

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.

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One of six miniature horses from So Cal Mini Horse Sanctuary in Hemet, California; they took the place of the Seven Oaks Farm Miniature Therapy Horses that unfortunately had become ill on the journey from Ohio.
Photo by Leo Jarzomb

( twelve more pics and two embedded videos, all child/work-safe )