I so love this time of year, when spring-floweing shrubs and trees explode with colour along streets and sidewalks, and in so many gardens. Who can resist iheir intoxicating fragrances as they waft gently through the air. Lilacs are my favourite.
Crabapple Blossoms
Just gorgeous, at their peak in Parry Sound earlier this week.
View from the Salt Docks
Parry Sound harbour this morning.
A century on, why are we forgetting the deaths of 100 million?
A century on, why are we forgetting the deaths of 100 million? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/spanish-flu-pandemic-1918-forgetting-100-million-deaths?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Flying Jewels – Hummingbird
BBC News: How ancestors of living birds survived asteroid strike
How ancestors of living birds survived asteroid strike - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44226534
Overturned Truck Flips Commuters The Bird, Spilling 40,000 Lbs. Of Feathers
Réserve Africaine de Sigean, a different type of ZOO — Wildlife-reporter.com
Accommodating some 3800 animals from more than 160 species, on a surface of about 300 hectares, Sigean (Aude, south of France, close to Spanish border) is a different type of zoo, where you can drive through the large enclosures, or you can walk outside others, in total covering at least half a day and in […] …
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Wild Horse Management Plan Would ‘Guarantee Extinction,’ Mustang Advocates Say — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Kristin Hugo as published on Newsweek The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently proposed a series of options that would drastically reduce the number of mustangs on public lands. Some horse lovers think the plan would be too effective and wipe out the animals completely. The options include offering people $1,000 each to adopt …
It’s All About the Alpacas! — LA to UK
We’ve had our alpacas now for a year and we love their personalities and watching them play and interact with us and each other. We often have people walking past stopping and watching them and pointing them out to their children. Their fleeces are beautifully soft as well as they keep the grass down in […] …
The Northern Herper 
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