Make plans to attend this event held in downtown Dubuque on Friday, February 3, 5:30-7:30 pm. The library is located at 360 W 11th Street. Barb and I have combined our work in past exhibits and are excited for another. The theme for my images is Forest Fog -- some I've featured previously on this blog while others are entirely new. Hope to see you there.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Tree Time
"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider,
every green tree is far more glorious than
if it were made of gold and silver."
--Martin Luther
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Loved
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved;
loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
--Victor Hugo
Monday, January 9, 2017
Hungry Birds
Not "Angry Birds" but rather HUNGRY birds as the frigid, snowy conditions have created more work for these beautiful feathered friends. For black-capped chickadees, researchers have found that each day they eat about 60% of their body weight, at night go into a regulated state of hypothermia and use excess body fat from the day to shiver all night in order to stay warm enough to survive. The human equivalent for this overnight survival feat would be a 165-pound male being outdoors all night and in the morning weighing 15 or more pounds less. In addition to food, scientists have found that chickadees also need a good roost that is insulated enough to help them survive. Birch trees were found to provide that important habitat.
The point of all this is: FEED the birds! Many birds love sunflower seeds and, in most places, those are readily available for puchase and easy to disperse.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Monday, January 2, 2017
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