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Category Archives: Nature
Wouldn’t this be fun?!
Thanks to Sybil-Ann
Free rhodies!
Two masked Skyliners are back from rescuing wonderful rhodies a nearby construction site this morning. They are now on the fourth floor terrace in buckets and are free for anyone who would like a splash of color in their home. … Continue reading
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The Most Beautiful Flower Garden In The World Has No Visitors For The First Time In 71 Years And I Got To Capture It (31 Pics)
For the rest of the beautiful pictures click here. Thanks to Sybil-Ann for finding these! As a real Dutchman, I am a big fan of our flowers. And as a landscape photographer, I enjoy our beautiful spring each year in … Continue reading
Celebrate Earth Day With Our New Mobile App
Thanks to Barb W! Our popular Tree Walks have gone digital! The new Seattle Tree Walks app lets you explore our urban forest from the comfort of your living room or on your own neighborhood stroll. Now more than ever, Seattleites are … Continue reading
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John Phillip Newell shares the wisdom of John Muir
Thanks to Diane S.!
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The end of the lumberjack
Thanks to Rosemary W. This equipment is amazing to see
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First Hill Improvement Association (FHIA) – Tree Replacements
Ed.- from FHIA via Sue VanLeuven Good Morning Everyone, I have some exciting news about our efforts to replace the trees that were removed by the 800 Columbia project! Yesterday, 4 replacement trees were planted along Marion Street from 8th … Continue reading
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Two eagles make a heart
Great pic from Mike C.
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This orangutan saw a man wading in snake-infested water and decided to offer a helping hand
Thanks to Pam P. (CNN)The natural world never fails to surprise us, and this moving encounter between an orangutan and a man in Borneo has melted hearts all over the world.Amateur photographer Anil Prabhakar captured the fleeting moment, in which one of the Indonesian island’s critically … Continue reading
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The lady and the owl
This short documentary introduces us to the McKeevers, who care for injured owls. They live in the country and have built special cages for different purposes and species. There are many ways of being wounded, yet many ways of being … Continue reading
Huh? Trump on windpower
It’s hard to believe the following, or maybe it’s not. The fact checking site, Snopes, confirms the following from our current President. Thanks to Dorothy W. for finding this. “…We’ll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind. You … Continue reading
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Incredible snow works made by ‘snow artist’ – using only snowshoes
Thanks Gordon G for finding this Most of us don’t think much of snow: it’s something to snowboard on, perhaps; fun for the kids, certainly, and usually a pain to shovel. But for British “snow artist” Simon Beck, it’s a pure, clean canvas for … Continue reading
David Attenborough on the Variety and Resiliency of Nature
In the nineteen-thirties, in Leicester, England, a future knight of the realm named David Attenborough developed an obsession with finding fossils. He would ride his bicycle to old iron quarries and knock on rocks with a little hammer—some would fall … Continue reading
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Do the Volgelkop bop: how a newly discovered bird-of-paradise dazzles his mate
From Aeon: Beginning in 2004, the evolutionary biologist Ed Scholes of Cornell University in New York and the US nature photographer Tim Laman embarked on an ambitious project to find and film the 39 then-known members of the birds-of-paradise family … Continue reading
The growth in population over time
Thanks to Gordon G for finding this. Just how many people can our planet support given the variables of climate change, birth control, fertility and consumption. What will be our quality of life with the projections of growth?
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A walk in the woods with Seattle writer David Guterson
Walking is back in the zeitgeist here. Seattle author and New York Times columnist Tim Egan has a new book, A Pilgrimage to Eternity, about hoofing it from Canterbury to Rome in search of faith. There’s The Seattle Walk Report, an Instagram-eye-view of the city … Continue reading
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From bean to cup
Thanks to Gordon G. for sending this great story Seattle’s coffee culture is fueling a better life for people half-way around the world while also providing sanctuary to an endangered species. Woodland Park Zoo’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation program is working … Continue reading
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