Bat World Sanctuary


Bats are shy, gentle, and intelligent. They are among the slowest reproducing animals on earth. Most bat species have only one live young per year.  The average life-span of a bat is 25 to 40 years.

Lil’ Drac

Lil’ Drac falls asleep while resting his head on his caretakers thumb.

Lil’ Drac is an orphaned short tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata). His mother was yet another casualty from zoo closures which are occurring across the US. She is a young mother who was stressed from the conditions in which she was kept, combined with the additional trauma of being captured and transferred to a new and unfamiliar environment. Consequently, she abandoned Lil’ Drac after he was born. He was found on the padded floor of the indoor flight enclosure at Bat World Sanctuary, curled up in a little ball.

http://www.batworld.org/lil-drac/

May 11, 2011

Trilliums...

flourishing in Niagara

National Geographic

10/10/10

what will you do?

FOUR YEARS. GO. is a campaign to change the course of history. The next four years will determine the quality of life on this planet for the next 1,000 years. There is still time to act, but no time to waste. For more information, go to http://www.fouryearsgo.org

thriving herb garden

this lovely garden is

in Sharon, ON

milestone

we recently celebrated my parents 60th Anniversary... truly a milestone

as well, my Father turned 80 in April

i am taking time off this year from some of my pastimes including the garden

Earth Day 2010

Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day.

http://www.earthday.org

neighbours

ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE and SHEARING

SUNDAY MAY 30TH 2010
12:30 TO 5:00pm
232 Eighth Road East
Stoney Creek, Ontario 905-643-0339

http://www.alpacasfromeighthandmud.com

Earth Hour - Spread The Word

http://wwf.ca/earthhour/

can you feel it?

http://www.windowfarms.org/

this looks interesting...

What are Window Farms

Window Farms are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.

THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS

"Without plants we would neither breathe nor eat. On the undersurface of every leaf a million movable lips are engaged in devouring carbon dioxide and expelling oxygen. All together, 25 million square miles of leaf surface are daily engaged in this miracle of photosynthesis, producing oxygen and food for man and beast"

an excerpt taken from the introduction of Peter Tompkins & Christopher Bird's great explorative work of plants and their relation to mankind

garlic

hummus, hamos, houmous, hommos, hommus, hummos, hummous or humus

whipped up a batch of hummous with garlic from our garden

~ i add both ground and whole cumin to my hummous