Tag Archives: animals The words “Jasper, Alberta” never fail to start the songs of John Denver playing in my head: “Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride To see the high country and learn of her people The ways that they lived there the ways that they died.” […]  The only thing better than a day at a zoo is a day at the zoo with young children. Add trips across Sydney Harbour on a summer day, and the whole experience is hard to beat. Christmas was fast approaching, and my young grandchildren were visiting with their parents. My husband and I decided that […]  I was distressed to hear about the earthquake in Nepal earlier this month (3 November 2023): multi-storied brick houses in the remote, mountainous districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum collapsed after the 6.4 magnitude (USGS) quake, burying whole families in the rubble. This beautiful country has had a special place in my heart since my […]  I’ve had a love of the Canadian Rocky Mountains for as long as I can remember. In my earliest years in Canada, we lived on the West Coast, where the mountains and Pacific Ocean meet. Then we moved inland, to the foothills of Calgary, where the Prairies stretch out flat in the east forever … But […]  “A funny old bird is a pelican. “His beak can hold more than his belican. Food for a week “He can hold in his beak, “But I don’t know how the helican.” – Dixon Lanier Merritt I do love a good zoo! I especially love zoos where the enclosures are respectful of the animals, their […] |
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