Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Day 4174: Davenee's gifts and a Revisit.

"Turmoil": Acrylics, collage, digital.

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Click here: Lee Ritenour / Kenya Hathaway - Is it you?

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Thoughtful 2nd Grader

A Texas 2nd grader saw people experiencing homelessness. She used her allowance to help.

A Texas 7-year-old with a big heart used her allowance and community donations to make goodie bags for people experiencing homelessness this month. Davenee Jaramillo is a second grader in the Levelland Independent School District, west of Lubbock.

“Whenever I see homeless people, it makes me sad." Her mom, Debbie Jaramillo, said she has been asking her parents how she can help those in need for over a year. On Jan. 4, she got the idea to make goodie bags with all the essentials so she could pass them out to locals.

In addition to the toothpaste, toothbrushes and other items Davenee put in the bags, people also donated blankets, ponchos and other items, her mom said. Davenee’s mom, dad, brother and other family members chipped in to put them together.

Davenee’s mom, dad, brother, DeClan and other family members chipped in to put them together.

Repeat

11 years ago, Day 188: I got mail!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Do you like getting real mail? I do.

I am always surprised and thrilled to get a human mail.

Today, like most days, I wasn't sure what to blog.

But then, by mail, I got this ...

Imagine opening an envelope to this ...

A work of art!

From Emi.

A very special friend.

A handmade

thank you

of such

beauty

and grace,

I had

to take

photos

to share.

I knew

I would

not be

able

re-do

it.

As I

opened it,

I realized

there was

a kimono

figure

and

a fan

within the

exquisite

folds and

layers.

On one side of the fan

was Arigato and Thank You

in different languages.

Mizuhiki cord and back view of kimono.

Folded inside, a handwritten message.

I am blessed with such kind friends.

I need to get busy and write a thank you ...

for the thank you!

A 4 minute video, Onions, here.

Just because ...

Northern Carmoine Bee-eater

Wednesday's Smiles ...

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Day 4173: White Rhino, Sumo and Tennis.

"Detail": junk collage, digital.

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Click here: Jeff Lorber, By My Side

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Coming back from the brink

The race to save the northern white rhino, a species so close to extinction that there are only two known left in the wild, has taken a sci-fi movie-level turn. The team at the BioRescue project has successfully impregnated a southern white rhino via in vitro fertilization, creating a possible path for restoring the species. The sperm was collected from a southern white rhinoceros named Athos, who lives at Zoo Salzburg in Austria. The egg cells were retrieved from Elenore, a southern white rhinoceros living in the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Belgium. The samples were then transferred to Italy and fertilized in vitro. Sadly, the mother rhino acting as a surrogate was found dead last November of what scientists suspect was a bacterial infection. However, she was pregnant when she died -- proof that the IVF Hail Mary had worked. Now, those involved in the project are in the process of finding another surrogate and are confident they can try again.

(Read the whole story here.)

I may be making some progress this week?

Two weeks of Sumo ended Sunday ...