Guerrilla Gardening is the act of illegally gardening in spaces that are not technically yours to garden, to make subversive statements, protests, or as a form of direct action. The idea goes all the way back to 1973!
In other words, guerrilla gardeners take unloved or neglected land and assign it a new purpose – to make things pretty or useful. Cities are full of waste land and unused public spaces which people walk past every day without noticing. Spaces which would look a lot better if they were green!
Some guerrilla gardeners prefer to work at night when they can be more discreet. Others are activists who’ll do so in broad daylight, when everyone can see what they’re doing. Some choose to grow flowers to make places brighter. Others choose to grow fruit or vegetables (though care should be taken not to grow anything edible in places where plants might absorb toxins).
I don’t know why I haven’t posted any guerrilla gardening things on this blog yet, and I think I should change that.
both male and female eastern bluebirds are devoted parents that take turns caring for their young. eastern bluebirds typically raise at least two broods per breeding season, and on occasion older siblings assist in the feeding and raising of younger nestlings.
the hamerkop is a medium-sized wading bird native to africa. they are a member of their own genus, but are most closely related to shoebills and pelicans. hamerkops are social birds that live and hunt in small groups and frequently engage in allopreening. hamerkops are opportunistic hunters, but mainly eat fish and amphibians.
As you know, I like to list various names of stuffed animal patients periodically. Some new additions included:
Garlic Bread
Perrywinkle
Arrow (a bear)
Emile
Hippodogimus
Beep (a cat)
1 2 3 (a bear)
Bendis
Henrietta (cat)
Junket (dog)
Mummuck (lion)
Rusty Baby
Tickles Tiger
Burd (dragon – you’ll see his story soon)
Kit Kat
Sassy
Floppy Neck
Snowplow (a husky)
Ta-Ta bear
Trick or Treat
Schafi
Blue Cheese
Flag and Fig Newton (you’ll see their story soon)
Pluto
Elmer
Snuffalufagus (a pink Elephant)
Clifford (not a big red dog)
Samuel Monkey
Thunder
Pony (a unicorn)
Moo Moo
Peach (a horse)
Evelyn (a bunny)
Babee Theodore
Ting Ting
Plinky (a monkey)
Joey (a bear)
Felix (a bear)
and Lyla (a unicorn)
Some of these were just asking about the hospital, some have come and gone home already, and some are still midsurgery… but the one name that fit the patient best was Minty… his story is next.
Frank and Louie, sometimes referred to as Frankenlouie (September 8, 1999 – December 4, 2014), was a diprosopus (also known as “janus” or “two-faced”) cat known for his unusual longevity. He was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest surviving janus cat in 2012.
Frank and Louie was born with one brain, but had two faces, two mouths, two noses and three blue eyes. He had only one functional mouth, however, with the other being born without a bottom jaw. He had one esophagus, connected to the mouth with both jaws. His middle eye was non-functional and did not blink, which made “Frank and Louie appear to be staring even when his other eyes are closed”.
