Day 5162: Digital Photo Collage & UPS driver saves dog.

:Katherine": old photo, junk papers, digital collage.

  

Want music?

Click: De Barge, I Like It.

Bassel, Erin, Tinna, Larry

The  Eastside Mission Safari Group safely landed in Nairobi near Midnight Monday, they are 10 hours ahead of us here. Just as I was going to bed I got a text from Erin (WW) ...

                                                Stay tuned ...

2GN2S

Since I have a fairly large collection of old photos from family and some lonely ones I adopted from flea markets, I am no longer allowed to get more. This will show a step-by-step process on one of my favorite adoptee photos that I named Katherine.

I love this original old photo, as is. But the lovely thing about the computer, I can add and play with it without damaging the original. So I can play. I started by adding three dissimilar layers.

then ...

                 and finally ...                   

               after many auditions at each level, I decided on this ...

"Katherine": old photo, junk papers, digital collage.

   Katie Newhouser is a UPS driver in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and whenever she pulled up to the apartment where Leo the Pit bull lived, he would always start barking and say hello as she pulled into the condo complex and then jump into her truck when she stopped.

But then she heard some sad news. Leo's human had passed away.

Katie had just returned from vacation when she learned the news. She decided to approach the woman's son, who is a Marine (and couldn’t give Leo a home), and offered to foster Leo. He agreed and when she brought him home to meet her other dogs, they hit it off so well that she decided to make the arrangement permanent.

It was a bit confusing for Leo at first, but he adjusted quickly. He has become especially close with his brother Moose, and the two are now inseparable. Although his sister Bailey took a bit longer to warm up to him, they’ve since started playing together, and Katie says that once Leo joined the household, the entire atmosphere of the home changed.

She says that when she first brought Leo home he would whine and be a little bit sad, but he has gradually become one of the family and is happy with them.

Sometimes, the bonds we form in the smallest, everyday moments turn into something life-changing, like giving a dog who lost everything a second chance at love, and a home where he truly belongs.  

  

 

A 1+ minute video, Wildebeest, here.

 

 

Just because ...

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Monday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you see all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

 

Day 5161: Mission Safari Bound & Tiny Marsupial, the Planigale.

"Timmy": ink brush, watercolor, junk papers collage, digital.

  

Want music?

   Click: Aretha Franklin, Ain't No Way

2GN2S

 

   

 
As you read this the Superheroes and buddies are still in the air! They left Saturday from LVN on Delta @ 9:25 am, flying to JKF NY ...

Arrived JFK, ready to board for 9 hours to Paris

then at boarded Delta @ 7:15pm to fly to Paris, to arrive there at 9:05am Monday, and board Air France @ 11:05am to Nairobi arriving @ 8:45 pm.

Nairobi is ten hours ahead of us here (PST)

* I plan to add a trip update, so you may want to skip if you aren't interested? For those like me who will probably never go to Kenya, here's our chance. SM & WW will send a couple of photos each day when they have time.

   A Tiny Marsupial Revealed as a Species New to Science

Australia has added another remarkable species to its rich wildlife record after scientists confirmed that the Arnhem Plateau planigale is genetically and physically distinct from other known planigales.

Among the world’s smallest marsupials, planigales may look like mice, but they are not rodents. They belong to Australia’s marsupial family, alongside better-known animals such as quolls and Tasmanian devils.

The newly recognized species is found in the rugged Arnhem Plateau of northern Australia, an ancient landscape shaped by sandstone cliffs, rocky crevices and isolated habitats. Its remote environment may have helped the tiny marsupial develop along its own evolutionary path.

Scientists identified the animal as a separate species by comparing its physical characteristics and genetic makeup with those of other planigales. What was once considered part of a related population was found to have distinct biological and evolutionary traits. Despite their tiny size, planigales are active predators. They feed on insects, spiders and other small creatures, using their narrow heads and flattened skulls to squeeze into remarkably tight cracks while hunting or seeking shelter.

The discovery also highlights an important reality in modern wildlife science: a species does not always have to be completely unknown to be newly recognized. Sometimes an animal has been observed and studied for years, only for detailed genetic and anatomical research to reveal that it is actually a distinct species.

Recognizing the Arnhem Plateau planigale as its own species could also have important conservation implications. Because it appears to be restricted to a relatively small and isolated region, it may face threats that differ significantly from those affecting more widespread relatives. 

 

  

 

A 7 minute video, Home Memories, here.

 

 

Just because ...

PAINTED FRANCOLIN

Sunday's Smiles ... 

 

by  Juliana Kolesova,

Hoping you see all the good things in your day.