Mariza

Mariza from Constantine Krystallis on Vimeo.

(Thanks Beth!)

new feature for this blog

New Feature:

At the bottom of this blog

you can now see 12 photos

from National Geographic

Magazine updated daily!

Madagascar's labyrinth of stone

Photograph by Stephen Alvarez

Living on a Razor's Edge

By Neil Shea

The lizard moved in frightened rhythms across the sun-blasted stone. A few quick steps, a turn of its boxy head. Then the stillness, the absolute zero, of a creature that sensed it was being hunted. All around, jagged spires and flutes rose like the towers of some Gothic cathedral, silent and empty. From the canyons below, a parrot flew squawking, breaking the trance. The lizard launched. Hery Rakotondravony's arm fired out. Moments later the young herpetologist uncurled his fingers.

"I think this is a new species."

[Click HERE for the full article]

(Thanks Noran!)

Khane the white tiger

Khane, a three-year old male white tiger, seen in his enclosure in Belgrade Zoo, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, just a day after he arrived in Serbia from Taman safari park in Indonesia. Khane is Serbia's first and only white tiger.
(AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)

rough weather ahead

Waves crash against a lighthouse at Newhaven on the Sussex coast in southern England November 14, 2009. Parts of Britain are set to be battered by the worst storm of the year so far, forecasters warned on Friday, with heavy rain and gale-force winds bringing a risk of flooding and damage from falling trees.
REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Jersey is home again

Jersey came back home today from the animal hospital and we're so happy. As it turns out the orange tint in his urine was not due to blood, but to a reaction caused by the vegetables he's eating (and the medications he's on?). He's finally home again...and we're really hoping he STAYS home this time.

Chinese terracotta warrior

A terracotta warrior is pictured in this file photo. A group of China's famed terracotta warriors are going on display at the National Geographic Society in Washington, on the last stop of a four-city US tour.
(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)

winter reflections

A Russian woman walks under the snow-encrusted trees of a Moscow park.
(AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)

bunny biker-style

Owners display their rabbit in fancy dress and dark goggles during a rabbit fashion contest at the Rabbit Festa in Yokohama city in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo.
(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

To be honest, we don't like to see people trying to dress up their pets. But the little guy doesn't seem to mind--for now--and it is a great photo.

on destiny

Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. A mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
-Dag Hammarskjold

today's peaceful place

(photographer unknown)


Thanks, Beth!

another Jersey update

Today when Theo woke up he noticed that the towels Jersey used during the night to urinate on had red urine stains...obviously due to blood. He called Habibi and they took him back to the animal hospital immediately. Fortunately the problem doesn't seem too serious. They are not sure what caused it, but an X-ray showed lots of things that it is not.

Jersey is staying overnight and they are hoping to run more tests in the morning. It still may turn out to be something serious, like kidney failure, but for now the vet is hopeful that it's just some anomaly due to all of the medications he's on.

Prayers and "best thoughts" please.

Heraclitus quote

You cannot step into the same river twice.
-Heraclitus-

Jingle Cats

Jingle Cats First Meowel.
(PRNewsFoto/Jingle Cats Music)

the more things change, the more they stay the same

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a USGS biologist working with a polar bear and her cub shortly after the sow was darted for field immobilization work on the ice in Alaska. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state's continued prosperity. Like his predecessor, Sarah Palin, the governor is suing the federal government to overturn the listing of the iconic symbol of the Arctic as a threatened species, a move made last year that he believes could threaten Alaska's lifeblood: petroleum development.
(AP Photo/ U.S. Geological Survey)

Jersey update

Jersey is slowly doing a lot better. His ear infection is still causing him to be slightly off-balance, but he's no longer tilting his head.

AND, his gastro-intestinal tract seems to be working JUST FINE! (lol)

Seal: Kiss From a Rose