Day 4386: The Pallas Cat and Throwback Thursday.

    

 

"Worry": ink & digital.

 

  

Want music?

    

Click : Michael Jackson, You Are Not Alone.

 

  

 

 

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Rare Cat found on world’s tallest mountain

According to a publication in Cat News, scientists have reported finding the initial evidence of Pallas’s cat in the Sagarmatha National Park on Mount Everest. The Pallas cat was named after Peter Simon Pallas, who described the species in 1776. Although the cat has a broad but divided distribution across Asia’s grasslands, Mongolia and Russia make up a significant portion of its range.

he discovery of Pallas’s cat on Mount Everest added a new species to the list of recognized mammals in Sagarmatha National Park, which is a protected World Heritage site and a popular tourist destination.

Throwback Thursday ...

After "Kangieko", Demura Sensei 

with cold-weather training survivors  

from his Costa Mesa Dojo

Huntington Beach, CA 2006

 

  

 

A 5  minute video, Good Education, here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

  

Yellow-crown night heron, Juvenile.

 

Thursday's Smiles ...  

 

  

   

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

Day 4385: Woodpecker Preparations and Happy Birthday, Dad.

"Constant Change": junk collage, digital.

  

Want music?

    

Click : Luther Vandross, Dance with My Father

 

  

 

 

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Preparing for Winter, No Procrastination here.

A woodpecker preparing for winter starts by finding a dead tree and meticulously making holes to store acorns. 

Each hole is carefully crafted; if it's too large, other birds can easily steal the acorns, and if it's too small, the acorns can break and spoil.

 

By the end of summer, the woodpecker's precise work is complete. The ripened acorns are placed in the holes, with a single large tree trunk capable of holding around 50,000 acorns, ensuring the bird has enough food for a satisfying winter

Happy Birthday, Dad

I've been thinking about my Dad's birthday. 

Today would be his 116th birthday.

Dad died 30 years ago, at age 86.

Dad and his Grandma, old photo, digital collage

He always said he had the best childhood.

Dad, age 5 at the fishing hole.

Later he lived through the depression & was forever changed and frugal. He never smoked or drank. I never heard him swear except once, when he was teaching me to drive & I popped the clutch!

My dad was a driver, Greyhound buses & later he chauffeured movie stars to work & back home. He had a lot of name dropping stories. As a young man he made the Olympic diving team only to get TB and had to miss and spend time in recovery.                    A heartbreak. 

Fathers Day, 1974

He had wanted a boy, but got me.

He always, only called me Jack.

Dad, age 80, Hong Kong 

In 1990 Dad took me on a three week, 5-star trip to the Orient. Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, China, JoJakarta, Bali, Singapore, Korea, I never saw him happier that the picture above, where we were on a junk (boat) on Hong Kong Bay, "just like in the movies". He loved to dance & tell stories, he was skilled at both.

 

  

 

A 4+  minute video,  Acrobatics, here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

  

 

Australian Magpie

  

 

Wednesday's Smiles ...  

 

  

   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Day 4384: The Old Danube and the Chicama Wave.

    

"Ruins": collage, inks

 

  

Want music?

    

Click : Bruno Mars, Love Train

 

  

 

 

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I have received some beautiful photos from good friend and Austrian artist, Elenor. This is always a treat. Like a mini-vacation? She and her family went to Vienna for a  bathing day to the "Old Danube". 

Thank you Elenor for sharing with us, you are so kind.

World’s Longest Wave, Chicama Peru.

Another rabbit hole to go down, a new discovery for me ...

It's about the waves of Chicama, the undisputed longest and most perfect wave in the world. The longest surfable left wave in the world, pictured in front of a spectacular sandy beach, ends by the old sugar cane port, built almost 100 years ago. Today Chicama is home to fisherman, refuge of perfect waves, nature and relax for its visitors, and an unbeatable base to visit the historical surroundings, due to its location along the Moche Route. 

Learn more, video, here.

 

  

 

A 3+ minute video, Racing Bugs,  here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

  

Star Finch.

 

  

 

Tuesday's Smiles ...