Check out these toy animals images:
The Avenging Narwhal
Image by joebeone
with 4 magical tusks and 3 adorable animals to impale!
one of the animals is clearly a koala.
Cool Animal Jobs images
A few nice animal jobs images I found:
One Eyed Leopard
Image by virtualwayfarer
Photos were taken during a 6 day Safari in South Luangwa National Park in Northern Eastern Zambia. The safari company I used was Shenton Safaris who did an incredible job. We had great luck and had the chance to see a number of wild cats going about their daily routines.
These animals are incredible. Their power, their presence, and their beauty.
To learn more about the visit please check out my blog - virtualwayfarer.com. If you have questions about an image feel free to tweet me at @AlexBerger.
Wild Leopard - South Luangwa, Zambia
Image by virtualwayfarer
Photos were taken during a 6 day Safari in South Luangwa National Park in Northern Eastern Zambia. The safari company I used was Shenton Safaris who did an incredible job. We had great luck and had the chance to see a number of wild cats going about their daily routines.
These animals are incredible. Their power, their presence, and their beauty.
To learn more about the visit please check out my blog - virtualwayfarer.com. If you have questions about an image feel free to tweet me at @AlexBerger.
Cold Monkey?
Some cool the animal pictures images:
Cold Monkey?
Image by Jean in TX
Riverbanks Zoo - Columbia, SC If you'd like to see more pictures from my trip to the zoo, click this link www.flickr.com/photos/machado17/sets/72157594143572955/
Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus), Colchester Zoo
Image by spencer77
This picture is available to use for free, under the creative commons licence. All I ask is that I'm given a photo credit & a courtesy email to let me know how it's being used.
Cool Wild Animals images
Some cool wild animals images:
Przewalski's wild horse 3dayold foal
Image by Buckeye Beth
Przewalski's wild horse three-day old foal. The Wilds, Ohio, May '06.
Surveying The Landscape
Image by James Marvin Phelps
Surveying The Landscape
Big Horn Sheep
East Zion
Zion National Park
Utah
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Mom, my legs are too long!
Image by Steve Corey
William Randolph Hearst's Pet Zebras
Year Of The Tiger
A few nice wild animal images I found:
Year Of The Tiger
Image by auspices
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a tiger scratching at the window waiting to be fed at the south lakes wildlife centre.
this is one of my favourite photos I have ever taken
Richard PJ Lambert
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Grey Crested Crane
Image by rexboggs5
Taken at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
Lions & Lion Cubs
Image by fortherock
Lion Camp; Lion Cubs San Diego Wild Animal Park Safari Park March 2008
Cool Photo Of Animals images
Some cool photo of animals images:
BUDGIE-PERIQUITO
Image by cuatrok77
the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot. Budgerigars are the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus, and are found wild throughout the drier parts of Australia where the species has survived harsh inland conditions for the last five million years.[2] Budgerigars are naturally green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings, but have been bred in captivity with colouring in blues, whites, and yellows, greys, and even small crests. Budgerigars are popular pets around the world due to their small size, low cost, ability to mimic human speech, and playful nature.
Abejaruco Merops apiaster. Feliz cumple, Panta
Image by Agustín Povedano
Va para ti, Panta, este abejaruco migrante que no es ni joven ni viejo, sino todo lo contrario, jajajaja (adulto de segundo año, según creo). Es uno de los más bonitos que pillé y la mejor de las tomas al vuelo que tengo. No te mereces menos, amigo.
Whisper In My Ear
Image by Rennett Stowe
Cool About Pet Animals images
A few nice about pet animals images I found:
Slinky Disappointed, says Santa Cheated
Image by rikkis_refuge
You should have seen the look of disappointment on his face when he woke up Christmas morning to discover Santa had brought him his very own car! "Car?, Car?", said the sixteen year old, "I wanted a mouse! I can't eat this thing!" But Vincent was quick to console him, "I know where Kerry leaves her credit cards at night. You study up and get your license. I'm sure we can find an all-night cat food store!" "Cat food? Cat food?" said Slinky, "How about a pet store full of mice!"
I wasn't kidding about dinner
Image by funny strange or funny ha ha
All the pets jockey for a piece of dinner.
Cool All About Animals images
A few nice all about animals images I found:
Stallion
Image by Jim Liestman
This fella was very majestic and seemed to enjoy posing for some pictures. Many thanks to Wesley, the herd manager of the Wild Horses of Corolla. He was our guide and instructor as we learned all about these magnificent animals.
World's Largest Veggie Bratfest
A few nice animals for free images I found:
World's Largest Veggie Bratfest
Image by Madison Guy
The World's Largest Veggie Bratfest was held at Madison's Whole Foods on University Avenue Saturday, sponsored by the Alliance for Animals. No animals were harmed in the making of these brats, and they were free.
Rhinoceros
Image by tjuel
Rhinoceros at Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
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BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU
Image by RayMorris1
This picture of a puffin was taken moments before its release. He was found the previous day suffering from exhaustion and was cared for, then set free, at Bempton Cliffs near Bridlington. He was last seen flying over the North Sea with a big smile on his beak (and carrying a finger!).
(WELL DONE AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT BEMPTON CLIFFS WHO CARE FOR THE WILDLIFE)
Cool Endangered Species Animals images
Some cool endangered species animals images:
野毛山動物園のレッサーパンダのキンタちゃん♀ (Red Panda of Nogeyama Zoo. She Name is Kinta. )
Image by Dakiny
レッサーパンダのキンタは、野毛山動物園の看板娘です。彼女は人に見られるのも、人を見るのも好きみたいで、だいたいの時間は、戸外にいて、目の前で、木に登ったり、寝たり、食事をしたりしています。
Kinta is the Most Popular Girl of Nogeyama Zoo. She's seen in person, and see the person I love like.The approximate time, as well out of doors, in front of, or climbing a tree, or sleeping, and some to eat.
Naperville Ribfest 130
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Naperville Ribfest 130
Image by Michael Kappel
Naperville Ribfest 2012
The Exchange Club of Naperville and the 2012 Ribfest was presented by the Exchange Club of Naperville, in cooperation with the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District, Ribfest was held Friday, June 29 through Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in Knoch Park in Naperville. The Park was open on Friday, June 29 from 4 to 10 p.m. and from Saturday, June 30 through Tuesday, July 3 from noon to 10 p.m.
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Photograph taken by Michael Kappel at Ribfest in Naperville
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Naperville Ribfest 216
Image by Michael Kappel
Naperville Ribfest 2012
The Exchange Club of Naperville and the 2012 Ribfest was presented by the Exchange Club of Naperville, in cooperation with the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District, Ribfest was held Friday, June 29 through Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in Knoch Park in Naperville. The Park was open on Friday, June 29 from 4 to 10 p.m. and from Saturday, June 30 through Tuesday, July 3 from noon to 10 p.m.
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Photograph taken by Michael Kappel at Ribfest in Naperville
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Naperville Ribfest 212
Image by Michael Kappel
Naperville Ribfest 2012
The Exchange Club of Naperville and the 2012 Ribfest was presented by the Exchange Club of Naperville, in cooperation with the City of Naperville and the Naperville Park District, Ribfest was held Friday, June 29 through Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in Knoch Park in Naperville. The Park was open on Friday, June 29 from 4 to 10 p.m. and from Saturday, June 30 through Tuesday, July 3 from noon to 10 p.m.
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Photograph taken by Michael Kappel at Ribfest in Naperville
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Cool Service Animal images
Check out these service animal images:
Dagfin Werenskiolds trerelieff / Dagfin Werenskiold's wooden reliefs
Image by Oslo Rådhus (Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste)
Dagfin Werenskiolds detaljerte og unike trerelieff er plassert i Borggården og skildrer norrøn mytologi.
Dagfin Werenskiold's incredibly detailed wooden reliefs are to be found in the City Hall's courtyard and depict norse mythology.
Photo credit: Hanne Risvik / Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste / The City Hall General Services
Dagfin Werenskiolds trerelieff / Dagfin Werenskiold's wooden reliefs
Image by Oslo Rådhus (Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste)
Dagfin Werenskiolds detaljerte og unike trerelieff er plassert i Borggården og skildrer norrøn mytologi.
Dagfin Werenskiold's incredibly detailed wooden reliefs are to be found in the City Hall's courtyard and depict norse mythology.
Photo credit: Hanne Risvik / Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste / The City Hall General Services
Dagfin Werenskiolds trerelieff / Dagfin Werenskiold's wooden reliefs
Image by Oslo Rådhus (Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste)
Dagfin Werenskiolds detaljerte og unike trerelieff er plassert i Borggården og skildrer norrøn mytologi.
Dagfin Werenskiold's incredibly detailed wooden reliefs are to be found in the City Hall's courtyard and depict norse mythology.
Photo credit: Hanne Risvik / Rådhusets forvaltningstjeneste / The City Hall General Services
Cool Photos Of Animals images
A few nice photos of animals images I found:
Oriental garden lizard!!!
Image by Natesh Ramasamy
The Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world. It is an insectivore and the male gets a bright red throat in the breeding season leading to a common incorrect name of "Bloodsucker".
Courtesy : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_garden_lizard
Ohmmmmm........
Check out these pet animals images:
Ohmmmmm........
Image by Jorbasa
Januar 2008
Standard poodle pose
Image by funny strange or funny ha ha
Lina - vorwitziges Katzenmädchen Lina - meddlesome catgirl
Image by Jorbasa
Februar 2009
Gerade hat sie erfolgreich einen Kater in die Flucht geschlagen! - Just in this moment she put a tomcat to flight!
Cool Endangered Species Of Animals images
A few nice endangered species of animals images I found:
Bai Yun and her new cub
Image by ellenm1
You can't really see much but here is the closeup!
See my photo diary of the cub:
Panda Diary 2009
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And a photo diary of Zhen Zhen:
Growing up Panda
and one more...
Image by ellenm1
See my photo diary of the cub:
Panda Diary 2009
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And a photo diary of Zhen Zhen:
Growing up Panda
Cool Endangered Species Animals images
A few nice endangered species animals images I found:
Picture 49
Image by ellenm1
See my photo diary of the cub:
Panda Diary 2009
______________
And a photo diary of Zhen Zhen:
Growing up Panda
Picture 32
Image by ellenm1
See my photo diary of the cub:
Panda Diary 2009
______________
And a photo diary of Zhen Zhen:
Growing up Panda
Picture 50
Image by ellenm1
Cool Animal Photos images
Some cool animal photos images:
Festin hérissé
Image by Max.Bth
Herisson (Erinaceus europaeus) en plein festin sur les restes d'un oiseau mort.
Nice Animals Video photos
Some cool animals video images:
MiNe-5DII_101-5494
Image by MiNe (sfmine79)
台北 > 瑞芳光復里 (猴硐貓村)
youtube.com/watch?v=sU4yy0dskXo
MiNe-5DII_101-5577
Image by MiNe (sfmine79)
台北 > 瑞芳光復里 (猴硐貓村)
youtube.com/watch?v=OI4QYyTuBro
Nice About Endangered Animals photos
Some cool about endangered animals images:
Cactus Forest Drive, Saguaro National Park 38
Image by Ken Lund
Enormous cacti, silhouetted by the setting sun, for most of us the Giant Saguaro is the universal symbol of the American West. And yet, these majestic plants are only found in a small portion of the United States. Saguaro National Park protects some of the most impressive forests of these sub-tropical giants, on the edge of the modern City of Tucson.
Saguaro National Park, located in the state of Arizona, is part of the United States national park system.
Saguaro National Park is divided into two sections, lying approximately 20 miles (32 km) east and 15 miles (24 km) west of the center of the city of Tucson, Arizona. Total area in 2002 was 143 square miles (91,327 acres) (370 km²) of which 111 square miles (289 km²) is designated wilderness. There is a visitor center in each section. Both are easily reached by car from Tucson, but there is no public transport into either section. Both sections conserve fine tracts of the Sonoran Desert, including ranges of significant hills, the Tucson Mountains in the west and the Rincon Mountains in the east. The park gets its name from the saguaro cactus which is native to the region. Many other kinds of cactus, including barrel cactus, cholla cactus, and prickly pear, are also abundant in the park. One endangered animal, the Lesser Long-nosed Bat, lives in the park part of the year during its migration, together with one threatened species, the Mexican Spotted Owl.
The park was established as Saguaro National Monument on March 1, 1933, and changed to a national park on October 14, 1994.
Facilities in the park include 150 miles (240 km) of well marked and maintained hiking trails, and shorter walking trails with interpretative information available. Hiking is not advisable during the hot summer months.
The Rincon Mountain District is located at the eastern edge of Tucson, Arizona; the east side of the park was the original National Monument. What is unique about this park is that it starts off in the Sonoran Desert and gradually gives way to a montane coniferous forest of the Rincon Mountains. The highest peak in this range is Mica Mountain, at an elevation of 8,666 feet (2641 m). While this side of the park has fewer Saguaros than its counterpart they remain larger in size, due to higher amounts of rainfall and run off from the Rincon Mountains.
The key feature of this district is its 8.3-mile (13.4 km) loop, which connects its two picnic areas and central trails. Recently after a lengthy road improvement project, and refurbishment of the Visitor Center, the Rincon District is fully open once more.
Hiking on this side of the park is readily accessible to visitors. There are trail heads present at the east end of Speedway and Broadway, but these trail heads are commonly used by horses and get heavy usage on the weekends. Off the park's loop road there are several additional trail heads. Each Visitor Center will supply a map of hiking trails on request.
And at the southern boundary of the park is the Hope Camp Trails which are also commonly used for horses. Access to the Hope Camp Trails is found at the end of Camino Loma Alta, however the road is no longer paved for the last couple hundred yards. This section of the park was added in 1991 when Congress authroized the purchase of 4,011 acres (16.23 km2).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro_National_Park
www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm
Santa Catalina Mountains, Cactus Forest Drive, Saguaro National Park
Image by Ken Lund
Enormous cacti, silhouetted by the setting sun, for most of us the Giant Saguaro is the universal symbol of the American West. And yet, these majestic plants are only found in a small portion of the United States. Saguaro National Park protects some of the most impressive forests of these sub-tropical giants, on the edge of the modern City of Tucson.
Saguaro National Park, located in the state of Arizona, is part of the United States national park system.
Saguaro National Park is divided into two sections, lying approximately 20 miles (32 km) east and 15 miles (24 km) west of the center of the city of Tucson, Arizona. Total area in 2002 was 143 square miles (91,327 acres) (370 km²) of which 111 square miles (289 km²) is designated wilderness. There is a visitor center in each section. Both are easily reached by car from Tucson, but there is no public transport into either section. Both sections conserve fine tracts of the Sonoran Desert, including ranges of significant hills, the Tucson Mountains in the west and the Rincon Mountains in the east. The park gets its name from the saguaro cactus which is native to the region. Many other kinds of cactus, including barrel cactus, cholla cactus, and prickly pear, are also abundant in the park. One endangered animal, the Lesser Long-nosed Bat, lives in the park part of the year during its migration, together with one threatened species, the Mexican Spotted Owl.
The park was established as Saguaro National Monument on March 1, 1933, and changed to a national park on October 14, 1994.
Facilities in the park include 150 miles (240 km) of well marked and maintained hiking trails, and shorter walking trails with interpretative information available. Hiking is not advisable during the hot summer months.
The Rincon Mountain District is located at the eastern edge of Tucson, Arizona; the east side of the park was the original National Monument. What is unique about this park is that it starts off in the Sonoran Desert and gradually gives way to a montane coniferous forest of the Rincon Mountains. The highest peak in this range is Mica Mountain, at an elevation of 8,666 feet (2641 m). While this side of the park has fewer Saguaros than its counterpart they remain larger in size, due to higher amounts of rainfall and run off from the Rincon Mountains.
The key feature of this district is its 8.3-mile (13.4 km) loop, which connects its two picnic areas and central trails. Recently after a lengthy road improvement project, and refurbishment of the Visitor Center, the Rincon District is fully open once more.
Hiking on this side of the park is readily accessible to visitors. There are trail heads present at the east end of Speedway and Broadway, but these trail heads are commonly used by horses and get heavy usage on the weekends. Off the park's loop road there are several additional trail heads. Each Visitor Center will supply a map of hiking trails on request.
And at the southern boundary of the park is the Hope Camp Trails which are also commonly used for horses. Access to the Hope Camp Trails is found at the end of Camino Loma Alta, however the road is no longer paved for the last couple hundred yards. This section of the park was added in 1991 when Congress authroized the purchase of 4,011 acres (16.23 km2).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro_National_Park
www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm
An unlikely pair
Some cool animal pound images:
An unlikely pair
Image by sleepinyourhat
Saturday - Starbucks
Image by chicgeekuk
The richest crab in the world.
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) DDZ_0025
A few nice extinct animal images I found:
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) DDZ_0025
Image by NDomer73
On 8 June 2008, three groups of adult Bighorn rams totaling 18-20 animals were observed grazing along Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge near the John Day dam. This large ram appeared to be keeping watch from a perch atop a large boulder.
Two hundred years ago, Bighorn Sheep were widespread throughout the western United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Some estimates placed their population at higher than 2 million. However, by around 1900, hunting, competition from domesticated sheep, and diseases had decreased the population to only several thousand. A program of reintroductions, natural parks, and reduced hunting, together with a decrease in domesticated sheep near the end of World War II, allowed the Bighorn Sheep to make a comeback, though not before Ovis canadensis auduboni, a sub-species that lived on the Black Hills, went extinct.
Nice Facts About Animals photos
Some cool facts about animals images:
Chicken, Chorizo and Red Pepper Pie
Image by cowfish
The winner of the "Best Pie" category. Made by me.
However, in true eurovision style, this means that I will be hosting the next pie-off.
Recipe:
Ingredients (to fill my 9" by 2"-ish pie dish):
* 2 Chicken Breasts
* 1 Largish Chorizo
* 1 Big Red Pepper
For the Gravy:
* 1 tablespoon of Tomato Puree
* Dash of Worcester Sauce
* Dash of Garlic Tabasco
* A small teaspoon of cayenne
* Flour
* Water
Firstly make some shortcrust pastry - Recipe from the evil witch of the kitchen's website
Put pastry in the fridge in a plastic bag to do whatever gluten based magic it does in there.
Chop up the chicken, chorizo and pepper into chunky strips and then fry the pepper and chorizo in a little olive oil until the oil is red and the pepper is soft. Then take them out with a slotted spoon (leaving the oil behind) and leave them elsewhere while you fry the chicken until it is white all over. Then add them back, turn the heat down and leave to simmer for about 10-15 minutes, until the chicken is cooked, stirring regularly.
Now extract the chicken, red pepper and chorizo (with the slotted spoon again) from the pan, leaving the oil. Mix up the tomato puree with a little water to make a passata-thickness tomato juice. Add the worcester sauce, tabasco and cayenne and mix it all up. Add to the pan and add a little more water to bulk it up a bit (I tasted mine to make sure I hadn't watered down the flavour too much. Adjust amounts to make more or less gravy. YMMV etc) and bring it to a gentle simmer. Mix up the flour with some water to make a paste and slowly add it to the gravy, stirring as you do, until the gravy thickens to how you would like it (for me this was "thick enough to coat the back of a spoon", or in actual fact "to coat and stay on a piece of chicken which I can steal from the pan covered in nice and tasty sauce"). There was about enough gravy in my pie to coat the meat/veg mix and not a lot more, so you may want to make a bit more to make a runnier pie (I knew this one was going to be eaten on the hoof, so deliberately made less. Well, misjudged the amount of gravy and then realised it was probably a good thing at least). Add the chicken mixture back in, stir to coat everything and leave the pan on low with a lid on while you prepare the pie dish (although if this takes more than a little bit of time as I did, you may want to turn it off, but make sure it's hot before you put it in the pie).
Take out the pastry, let it warm up a bit, roll it out and do all that funky magic.
Line your pie dish with pastry, spoon in the filling, stick a lid on it, cut an attractive cross-piece hole in the top (functional and decorational - dual porpoise!), decorate with animal and vegetable shapes cut from left over pastry, sacrifice your 2 extra chorizo that you bought not knowing how big your pie dishes were to the freezer gods, egg wash the top of the pie and then stick it in a 180degC oven for X minutes, where X is enough to make the top go all nice and golden and stuff (maybe slightly burnt around the edges for safety). I think it was about 30 minutes or so.
General Winfield Scott
Image by dbking
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
Scott Circle, Massachusetts Ave. at 16th Street NW
Sculptor: Henry Kirke Brown
Date: 1874
Medium: Bronze
---two block west of the statue of Logan (one of the cities best) lies what critics deem as one of the city’s worst.
---Scott was the first of the bronze Civil War general to be immortalized in the new traffic circles arising in the post war city.
---Scott is also the only Civil War era military man represented in Washington by two statues; a full length statue of Scott was erected in 1873 at the Soldiers Home as well as the one described here
---Scott resigned as General-In-Chief of the Army in October 1861 after a 50 year military career, dying in 1866 fifteen days before his 80th birthday.
---March 1867 amid praise for one of the nation’s most illustrious old soldiers Congress authorized ,000 for an equestrian statue to honor him
---Commission was awarded to Henry Kirke Brown whose 1856 equestrian statue of George Washington in Union Square, New York City had been widely praised.
---Brown completed the model for his Scott sculpture around 1872. When it came time to cast it, the government contributed old bronze cannons captured during the Mexican War.
---The statues block was carved from a single block of granite, the largest stone ever successfully quarried at that time.
---Erected in 1874, the statue had no formal dedication
---The figure of Scott, with his hand on his hip, as if irritated, quickly garnered criticism. Critics complained that the statue portrayed him as too old, too fat, too stiff, and too short legged One critic said Scott looked like an “old sack of flour”.
---Greater ridicule was heaped on the horse, saying that it was too light, too delicate, too thin, too timid and dreadfully proportioned.
---General Scott who lived a few blocks away on Massachusetts Ave is said to have begged his wife never to let him be immortalized on such a dreadful animal.
---Legend has it that, the awful horse was not the fault of Brown. Brown had learned that Scott’s favorite mount had been a small mare so that is what he placed Scott on. Just as Brown was about to begin the casting, some of Scott’s descendants saw the model and protested that the general must ride a stallion, not a mare. Annoyed by this Brown made only minimal changes.
The result was the too small horse, with the head and body of Scott’s mare, but with the genitalia of a stallion showing.
---All of this might explain the strange looking mount except for the fact that the horse Brown sculpted 3 years later for his Nathanael Greene equestrian statue with its spindly legs and long scrawny neck was much worse than this one.
---It seems as though Brown was better with Civil War era hero’s when he stayed away from horses.
Among his best known works are:
…President Lincoln in Union Square, New York City and in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
…Major General Philip Kearny, for the NJ Capitol’s Statuary Hall
braai
Image by maureen_sill
decided to go for a walk with hayley, will, and nelisa in langa today
bottlecaps crushed into the paved streets, plastic bags and goat blood
will looks at the head of cows being picked at for mince and says to hayley and i
so that is why you are vegetarians
this is considered to be an advanced township, an advanced black settlement
but there is no electricity for so many people, no water for so many people
"post apartheid, are you kidding?" he says
when the tiny kids stare at us like martians, we are white
i kick an orange peel across the road
i kick a wadded up newspaper across the road
i kick a bottle out of a puddle
i have never been more aware of the fact that i am american when i am standing in the face of african poverty
and i have also never been more aware that i am white
it never, never leaves my mind and probably won't for the next 14 weeks
an extremely small little boy who lives nextdoor links himself onto my leg
i scoop him up with one arm and give him a piggy back ride
i can hear him smelling my hair, his little hands on my skull
every time i pick him up he puts both his hands in my hair and rubs it and smiles with no teeth
my brother yemi calls it "big, red, american hair"
a lot of the kids here have never seen red hair before
they don't say anything, they just come to my feet and put their arms up, so i pick them up
and then they smile and pet me, like a big animal that wandered onto their street
a four year old with a toy gun
i take a picture of the sky and he says take a picture of me take a picture of me please please please
yemi says to me every single day: how sure are you that barack obama will win the election?
it is so important to him and he is so paranoid that he will not win
he says, how certain are you that he will win, he asks every day
i say, well, i am not certain at all, but i hope
he says, one of the kids i work with was stabbed to death yesterday in khayelitsha
i can't even imagine what he sees at his job
i don't think i can emotionally handle social work in america
he is a social worker in south africa
coming here, i have heard so many things about south africa, that it is "not really africa"
from some of my african friends at school because some rich people live here
but what i have found is that south africa has all of the problems of africa
and it also has many of the problems of america, because it is westernized
so it is fucked existentially
if what i saw today is not africa, then what could possibly
Nice Animal Protection photos
A few nice animal protection images I found:
October 23, 2009 5:00PM: Frankie
Image by Barbara.Doduk
FIV CATS
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
July 24, 2009 5:51 PM - Bunnies - Tulip
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
July 24, 2009 5:12 PM
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary
