HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Earth Day.


We have a lot of activites going on all week (and last weekend) throughout the surrounding communities.
I just love some of the Google icons. Their's for today is rather attractive.



It doesn't quite match the one for Darwin's birthday, but I am a bit biased about birds. LOL

Some of the past Google icons are still floating around. You can see the transition, from their really simple to the more complex in past years by following the following links.

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday02.gif

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday03.gif

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday04.gif

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday05.gif

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday06.gif

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday07.gif

http://www.google.com/logos/earthday08.gif -- I really like this one. : ) Almost as much as I like this year's, but not quite.

These are a few ...

... of my favorite things.

-- OWLS --

They definitely top my list of favorite creatures. : )

Something about their faces, the character they express with just a look, is magestic to me.

My favorite owl is the BARN OWL. Their heart shaped face is so cute. : ) I hope to one day manage to see one, outside of a zoo or rehab setting.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/lifehistory

I also love SNOWY OWLS. But unlike the Barn Owls, I doubt I will ever get a chance to see one in the wild.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Owl/lifehistory

Another type of owl that I like it the BARRED OWL.

Not only have I got to care for one in a wildlife rehab setting at the nature center I volunteer at, but I also saw one in the wild the other day. We were out hiking in my Ornithology class, and we startled one. He flew right over our heads, landed on a tree not to far away and sat there looking at us. With 16x magnification binoculars, I got a really good view of him.

He was GORGEOUS!!!

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/lifehistory

I'm sure you are wondering what prompted this post. : ) EARTH DAY is just a couple of days away, and I thought about what nature and the planet means to me, while sitting in my Astronomy class and listening about black holes and the ultimate fate of the universe.

One of the things I like the most about nature is the sheer diversity. I may not like every critter on the planet, but each is unique and has its place.

OWLS are just some that I find fascinating.

Sex in the Great Outdoors ...

Whoohoo!

I just got the news that my story PARADISE VALLEY has been accepted for the anthology Coming Together: Al Fresco

The Coming Together anthologies all benefit charities. This one will benefit Conservation International. (www.conservation.org)

This is a definite thrill for me as I am a strong believer in conservation.

Al Fresco will be coming out on Earth Day, from All Romance eBooks.

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day everyone. Here's to showing our appreciation of this planet.

Earth Day has an official website if you want to check it out.

http://ww2.earthday.net/