Day 3096: Capitol.

  

 

"Capitol": junk mail collage.

 

 

 

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A feel good story ...

True loyalty
What did we ever do to deserve dogs? Look at this sweet girl, waiting patiently outside of a hospital in northeastern Turkey as her owner recovered from Covid-19. When Cemal Senturk was taken to the hospital on January 14 to receive treatment, his dog Boncuk managed to escape every single day and wait by the hospital's entrance. Hospital staff informed Senturk's family about her whereabouts, but every time they retrieved her she'd find a way out again. (Senturk lived nearby, but to this day, his family doesn't know how the dog did it.) The hospital staff was charmed by Boncuk's loyalty, and made sure she was fed and cared for during her visits. Senturk even got to see her through the window of the facility, and tried to reassure her. Still, Boncuk refused to leave until he did. Luckily, Senturk beat the disease, and was reunited with his loyal pup, who was, of course, waiting right outside for him.

 

 

 

 

•  A musical 5-1/2minute video, Sheeran & Bocelli, here.

•  A fun 1-1/2 minute video, Fiona, happy hippo, here.

•  An amazing 4-3/4 minute video, Elephant Whisperer, here.

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This is the "Teeter-Totter Wall," a set of three seesaws slotted in between the gaps of the steel border wall that separates El Paso, Texas, and the Anapra community in Juárez, Mexico. The bright playground staples allowed children from both communities to play together despite the 20-foot wall between them. The temporary installation just won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year, an annual award and exhibition run by London's Design Museum. Ronald Rael, one of the California-based architects behind the project, said the seesaws were almost like the wall itself: "What you do on one side has an impact on the other." 

 

 

 

Just because ...

 

 

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

 

 

                         

Smiles for Monday ...

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                          

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