Easter Weekend
Apr 23, 2011
At the Buffalo Zoo, in the new rainforest exhibit, the Wiggin kids find the baby chicks.
Hole in the Clouds
Tag: rainforest
A Tropical Detail
Dec 13, 2014
Detail from "Tropical Rainforest with Waterfall" by Ana Uribe (1999), a mural in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Dog Who's Been in the Creek
Apr 1, 2016
We have a new dog in the family, Hank's shaggy pup Mabel. She's a cross between an Australian Shepherd–which is actually an American breed with no connection to Australia–and an Australian Cattle Dog–which is actually an Australian cattle dog. The two breeds are often crossed to produce a kind of sturdy, active, people-oriented working dog that's sometimes called a Texas Heeler.
Hank tells us that Mabel, who's seven months old, is the world's smartest dog. She's smart enough, obviously, to know when she's got a good thing going.