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Fiona Apple has made a letter/post explaining that she is cancelling a trip because her beloved dog is in failing health. It's very beautiful and touching, but sniffle-making.

WARNING: Impending death of a pet in unspecified time. Not kidding about the sniffles; you may find it too painful to read.

If you want to read it, you can read "She ( Read more... )

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Grabbed this link from someone else in my circle -- a collection of views of the aurora borealis over Norway. According to the blurb, "Photographer Tommy Eliassen chases auroras around northern Norway, to capture them in all their glory." -- and they are truly glorious.

And this one is courtesy of Kitsune Tsuki, who was cheering herself up ( Read more... )

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Cute animal pics that will make you say 'awwwwwww'.

Advice on how to air-dry your dog. I saved this pic for N; she and her hubby have two shar-pei.

On Youtube, a red panda playing with a pumpkin.

And in the right-time-right-place category, a woman took some pictures of an octopus capturing and eating a seagull. Warning for the ( Read more... )

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This was posted in a Russian DW account; I saw it in 'latest things'. Google translate tells me the caption reads, Springtime in the Country. No other info, and I can't tell if it's a photo or a painting, but it sure is pretty. (Especially in contrast to springtime in dry southeast New Mexico, LOL ( Read more... )

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Got an email from NWF today, and the Eagle Cam in Iowa is active, and showing the nesting eagles. First egg hatched yesterday, two more to go. There are linked vids on the site.

This is a different link from last year, but the camera-man seems to be the same; I think he's still too erratic on the camera, as I said last year ( Read more... )

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Quite a few dogs "sing" -- with varying degrees of tuneful howling -- when their people sing or play musical instruments. But this talented pooch plays the piano while he sings. I snicker every time I watch.

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I’ve had a problem recently, which most of us don’t need to deal with -- skunks under the house.

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One of Ginmar's friends pointed us toward this: FDA Warns Pets Being Poisoned by Treats: Manufacturers Refusing RecallShort version: FDA is testing the suspected products -- made in China -- but because they can't identify the contaminant, "pet treat manufacturers are not required by law to recall their products, and none of them have volunteered ( Read more... )

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National Wildlife Federation has posted the winners of their 2011 Photo Contest. Gorgeous pictures, and the sidebar has links to previous years' winners and honorable mentions. Tip: if you want to see the pics without the information pasted across the bottom, look for a "Check out the stories behind the photos" link. You have to scroll down ( Read more... )