FEB 28, selected pics: root system of the sabal palmetto

the sabal palmetto has a pathetically shallow root system

 

Author's Note: You can review an intriguing 'brief saga' about the historic role of the sabal palmetto by clicking HERE. 

FEB 22, selected pics: wreathed hornbill

       

Authors' Note:  view at the Prospect Hill Zoo, Brooklyn, NY. 

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FEB 19, selected pics: chickadee in the rain

 

Canada Post outdoor placard

Carolina chickadee

FEB 16, mammalian wildlife: raccoons in the city

poetry lyrics:/ Three a.m., I awake with a fright --/ Fearsome growling and shrieks
 in the night./ Thugs and burglars, or goons?/ No, aggressive raccoons/ In a nest-robbers'
 family fight.    

urban resident,
visiting Toronto's  Allan Garden Conservatory

Authors' Note: In the last century, raccoons have readapted themselves as urban denizens, often relatively unnoticed, but sometimes disturbing their neighbours. And be sure to review our subsequent illustrated poem with respect to their role as nest robbers. 

 

You can review our whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive posts on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Start by clicking HERE !

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FEB 13, poetic non-sequitur: senescence

poetry lyrics:/ I had dreamed of a lengthy senescence --/
 Comfort leiure and quiet quiescence./ Seniors' ills, convalescence,/
Partial slow recrudescence/ Underscore my stepwise obsolence.   

FEB 10, selected pics: egret in the wind

FEB 7, Carolina lowcountry: photo-study #2: Cooper River (Ravenel) Bridge

 

Be sure to start off by reviewing our earlier posts on this topic HERE and HERE.

view from the golfcourse, Patriots Point
(photo thanks to E.H.)

in the foreground:
USS Yorktown, centerpiece of the 
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

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FEB 4, poets' corner: argumentively (the Cans and the Can'ts)

poetry lyrics:/ Angry writers (the Cans and the Can'ts),/ Argumentively venting
their rants/ Chant their stanzas impolnted/ With stances so slanted/
 That no one's invited to dance.

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FEB 1, selected pics: river otter, afternoon nap pending

 

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