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Chilean Marine Biologist Wins Ocean Public Awareness Award

“In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” –Baba Dioum, Senegal Dr. Carolina Zagal and her non-profit Oceanósfera won this year’s Public Awareness Ocean Award! Their programs educate Chilean children about marine life. In 2019, Zagal cofounded […]

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bilingual, En español, Humor, Nature, Spanish Culture and Language

May 2024 Frog Poetry Challenge

Romantic, sweet, silly (Frogdonald’s), serious (invasive species), the hunter, the hunted, Jeremiah the bullfrog from the classic song; who knew our frog poetry would have such variety? Thanks to all ten poets from six countries for chiming in with their dodoitsu! Britta’s photograph was a wonderful inspiration this month. Románticos, dulces, entretenidos (Ranadonald’s), serios (especie […]

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Gardening, Nature, photography

First of the Back Yard Peonies

We have a peony shrub that is always first to bloom, with flowers like dinner plates. Spring is hitting her stride! I believe this plant is a Paeonia suffruticosa Sakura Jishidi, a Japanese peony cultivar. This post is for Six Word Saturday, Flower of the Day and Square Renews. When I wear a pink shirt, […]

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Gardening, Nature, photography

3 Flowering Trees, Anew

I was delighted to see Becky B has begun a new Square challenge for May. The theme is renewal. Blooming trees are an excellent symbol of new life to me. Last weekend Eagle and I went for a walk in the Arboretum. The crabapple trees were in full bloom. This post is for Becky B’s […]

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