Yellowstone’s Winter Wildlife January 22, 2012
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Yellowstone National Park is spectacular anytime of the year but especially stunning in the winter. The crowds are gone and the wildlife and landscape are a snowy sensation. Here is Part One of my photo montage/homage to Yellowstone’s winter wildlife. For reference, the photos include the ever present bison (who have the right of way on the roads), pronghorn, big horn sheep, Barrow’s goldeneye ducks, a Dipper bird, Trumpeter swans and elk.
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins July 24, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, Photography, Videos, wildlife.Tags: Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins, Gloucester
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On the return trip out of Gloucester, MA we came across this fabulous pod of Atlantic White-sided Dolphins. Make sure to catch the baby swimming long happily with its mother in row two.
This is not my video but it looked just like this.
This little piggie… July 18, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, Photography, Videos, wildlife, Zoos.Tags: cute babies, nature, Southwick's Zoo, Vietnamese Pot-belied pigs, wildlife
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This week’s action packed visit to see good friends in New England had some terrific animal encounters. Check out the adorable faces from the Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, MA.
We fell in love with the baby Vietnamese pot-belied pigs and think you will too.
Cinco de Benny June 18, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Stories, Animal Videos, Photography, Videos.Tags: Benny the dog, Cinco de Benny
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Today is five years since I adopted my dog, Benny. I know, I know – you are most likely saying to yourselves ‘only five years?’ Yes, it is true that I have taken and shared hundreds of photos of my little guy so it seems as if he has been around much longer – but it is only five years.
Those of you that have met him know that he is special. Other than that I am not sure how old he is or what he is – we think he is a combination chihuahua/pug/terrier/bat/truffle pig and a few other things thrown into his DNA. He barks when the phone rings thinking it is someone at the door. He has too many toys (my fault) and gets too many treats (mea culpa as well). He knows everyone on the block and his presence has allowed me to meet tons of other people in the ‘hood’. He loves to go shopping at Staples, Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond with me and has met many new friends in those stores too.
There is something about the little guy that makes people smile – and that’s a good thing. Nary a day goes by that someone does not stop me and ask ‘What kind of dog is that’? My usual response is ‘He is something special’.
Happy Benniversary, little guy! Enjoy your Cinco de Benny!
Remiss, Bothered and Bewildered May 19, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, art, Links, Photography, Politics, Videos, wildlife, Zoos.Tags: Armadillo, Bernie Kerik, Bernie Sanders, Bristol Palin, Ken Salazar
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Thud. Okay, I said it. I was REMISS. I totally overlooked my usual obsession with the conclusion of the Bernie ‘THUD’ Kerik scenario as he walked the walk and left for a four year term in prison. He was kicking and screaming along the way. See ya’ Bernie. Sadly, he is not going with some of his cronies who should be locked up along with him.
The oil spill has also BOTHERED me to no end but there is so much guilt to go around I could not focus on a target. Ken Salazar’s appearance before the Senate yesterday was a joke. Go Bernie Sanders.
– I have been totally BEWILDERED by a number of things these past few weeks. Perhaps being on the road for almost two weeks allowed my brain to lose some of its synapses.
– In no particular order – the ‘papers, please’ insanity in Arizona is apparently popular with people over 50 (not me) and curious to younger Americans. That seems clear enough. Young people are not afraid of people who do not look like them and perhaps, just perhaps, they enjoy the diversity rather than the boring homogeneity.
– The Tea Party still makes me laugh. Their unfocused, yet loud rage gets too much attention from the media (just like Sarah Palin). The targets of their focused rage seems to be Repugnants who do not fit the bill as Uber-Conservatives. A few did fine in yesterday’s Primaries, but the general election in November is far away and much can happen. Those Independent voters are not as radical as the screaming meemies with tea bags hanging from their hats. Stay tuned.
– In a head scratching moment, yesterday’s news included the fact that Bristol Palin is hitting the lecture circuit. Her main topic? Teen pregnancy. ‘The 19-year-old has signed with a firm called Single Source Speakers and is expected to earn between $15,000 and $30,000 per speaking gig’. Good grief.
Just for fun, check out this armadillo:
Ma and Me May 9, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, Dogs and cats, Photography, Politics, Videos, wildlife, Zoos.4 comments
My mother is long gone but her advice, warnings and general ‘Lili-isms’ live on in my daily life. She taught me to fight the good fight, to write letters to City Hall when I was pissed (her time was way before blogging) and she also gave me my moral compass (one glance from Lillian told me instantly whether my behavior was acceptable or not – I got a lot of glances). My sister Terry and I remember many of our childhood events differently but we both agree that our mother was a pistol. Here’s to Lillian Wolfe and all of the other mothers out there.
A very Happy Mother’s Day to all of the caregivers, nurturers, pamperers, surrogates and generally loving coddlers out there. You make it all work.
Mother’s Day:The mothering instinct of animals.
Gone Zooing – be back zoon! April 25, 2010
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While Strolling Thru the Park One Day… April 18, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, art, Dogs and cats, Photography, Politics, Videos, wildlife, Zoos.Tags: Benny the dog, Bronx Zoo, Madison Square Park, Tea Partiers
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While strolling in the park at 6AM this morning, as Benny the dog performs his morning ritual, I meet a man walking his small beagle. The man is beaming as if he stumbled upon a pot of gold somewhere in Madison Square Park. He says to me “My dog just took the biggest crap of his life – I needed two doggie bags to pick it up.” I smile back, not knowing how to respond to this shared bit of information. All I could come up with (after all it was only 6 in the morning) was “Nice to hear some positive headline news.” We parted ways.
It reminded me of something else that we overheard while at the Bronx Zoo this week. We were staring at the Canada Goose nest (pictured to the left) when a group of youngish kids and their Moms came our way. I pointed the nest out to the Moms and they were as fascinated as we were. The kids did not seem to care. One Mom said to the most boisterous kid ‘If you do not behave I am going to send you to public school.” My friend and I looked at one another and cracked up. Who knew that threatening to send a kid to public school was something that would shut a kid up – very quickly?
– In other threatening news: The percentage of Tea Baggers holding a favorable opinion of former President George W. Bush is 57%. Does anyone really need to know more about this gang of whining, racist thugs? For the full article about who these people really are, please read the April 15th New York Times article here.
– In other parts of Crazy Land, hate monger Rush Limbaugh talked about the volcanic eruption that’s affecting air travel over much of Europe, saying it was “God Speaking” in response to the passage of health care. You can’t make this crap up!
– Jon Stewart smacks down the wackos over at Fox Noise in a segment called ‘A Farewell to Arms.’ ‘Fox Noise wants you to decide if the Nuclear Security Summit logo looks similar to the flags representing Muslim nations’.
This video just cracks me up every time I watch it:
Net Neutrality, Shmet Neutrality April 7, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, Photography, Politics, Videos, wildlife, Zoos.Tags: Central Park Zoo, FCC, snow leopard, Tea Partiers, US Court of Appeals
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Oh oh – you think the Tea Partiers are CRAZY? Wait until the people rise up when they learn (and understand) that their Internet provider could some day, in the very near future, decide which websites will be fast or slow to view.
“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the FCC lacks authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. That was a big victory for Comcast Corp., the nation’s largest cable company, which had challenged the FCC’s authority to impose such “network neutrality” obligations on broadband providers.”
So, if I understand this correctly, The FCC, which is supposed to be in charge of the nation’s infrastructure system has NO authority to regulate broadband? Oy vey. We are so screwed. Raise your hand if you think that a win for Comcast can possibly be good for you.
In other news – a recent poll stated that 18% of the country had never heard of the Tea Party. What could this possibly mean? Where have these people been? What do they watch? What do they read?
This is the sound I made when I heard the above news:
An Unsettled Base (that would be us) April 1, 2010
Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, Links, Photography, Politics, Videos, wildlife, Zoos.Tags: Bill Clinton, Central Park Zoo, Financial Reform, offshore drilling, second best Republican President
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– President Obama’s base (that would be us) is unsettled. Yes, we are happy that heath care reform was passed, but boy oh boy, it sure was a messy process and we almost gave away the kitchen sink.
It seems that the Obama team, complete with a forest full of olive branches to offer to the ‘party of NO,’ is confident that no matter what cockamamie idea is offered – we will still vote for the ‘team.’ The sad part of that political position is that they are probably right. What other choice do we have? We have seen the other side and it sure ain’t pretty.
So now we are presented with the idea of some offshore drilling. Huh? A big sigh can be heard throughout Blue Land. I understand what the ‘team’ is doing but it sure is not pretty. The Repugnants are already screaming that it is not enough and it will be interesting to see if any of the Repugnants step out on line when a vote comes to the floor on Energy.
– Along with the messy upcoming fight on energy we have the ongoing fight on Financial Reform. This one might be fun to watch as the Repugnants shout from the roof tops in favor of the big banks and against a Consumer Protection Agency and regulatory laws.
I see the Obama team, with all of their olive branches, veering further to the right with each ‘victory.’ Before you know it, President Obama will be the second best Republican President ever (after of course, Bill Clinton).
– Yesterday’s news about the federal judge’s ruling that government investigators illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant was a BIG thing. Basically the ruling says that the Bush Administration program of illegal wiretapping (without FISA) was unconstitutional. “The ruling came after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the lawsuit threatened to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. In making the argument, the Obama administration agreed with the Bush administration’s position on the case but insisted it came to the decision differently. Holder’s effort to stop the lawsuit marked the first time the administration has tried to invoke the state secrets privilege. Under the strategy, the government can have a lawsuit dismissed if hearing the case would jeopardize national security. Holder said Judge Walker had been given a classified description of why the case must be dismissed so the court could “conduct its own independent assessment of our claim.” That was a departure from the Bush administration, which resisted providing specifics to judges handling such cases about what the national security concerns were. Holder previously said the administration would respect the outcome of Walker’s review’.
– And just for fun watch this little Cotton Top Tamarin lick his window clean at the Central Park Zoo.
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