Nostalgic Saturday

This is my pre school shot. Wish my hair was that blonde still. Does every child have that white blonde hair when they are young? Did everyone in the 80's have that fringe!!!

Halloween

I don't usually celebrate this American tradition, but at work we are having a dress up day which can be a bit of fun. Gold coin donations to buy some candy will be going to a charity. I thought this photo was sweet and would like to share. Story below from nationalgeographic.com

San Diego, California, October 28, 2008--Menderu, a six-month-old Malayan tiger cub, stalks a pumpkin stuffed with ground meat at the San Diego Zoo. Jack-o-lanterns were set out for Menderu, his two sisters, and mother as special Halloween treats.

Malayan tigers, like all tiger species, are endangered, according to the IUCN. Primary threats are habitat loss and poaching for their striped coats. The San Diego Zoo participates in breeding programs for Malayan and Sumatran tigers.
—Photograph by Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo

Priceless

I purchased this book recently, Priceless - the vanishing beauty of a fragile planet, once of the best purchases I have ever made. The book, by Bradley Trevor Greive, which you may know from The Blue Day Book, which was highly popular.

This book, combined with stunning photographs from wildlife photographer Mitsuaki Iwago, has passages which really touched me. Breif and simple, it talks about the beauty of all animals, and the impact the daily lives of humans are having against their population.

It really touched me this book and im now 100% sure that this is something I am going to work towards my whole life. Conservation.

http://www.tarongafoundation.org/ is the foundation in which the book suports, which is part of Taronga Zoo and Western Plains Zoo Australia. Together, these zoo's are working hard towards education people about animals and working hard on the reproduction of endangered animals and releasing them into the wild.

You may think, when does this ever happen, zoo's are cruel?! Well, all people that care about animals one day hope to have a world without zoo's, where animals can live in harmony with humans and we do not have to have them in enclosures to ensure their species stay alive for centuries to come. A sucess story which I learned about in Priceless, is of the The Przewalski’s Horse.

The Przewalski’s Horse is the last relative of the wild horse, In May 1995, Western Plains Zoo reintroduced seven Przewalski Horses to Mongolia's Gobi Desert where they were last found in the wild. The Zoo is a proud partner in the continuing world wide captive breeding program which manages over one thousand horses. This is great news that they can be reintroduced to the wild!

Anyway, this book means a lot to me and it has stunning pictures which I now have on display in my house, they never fail to make me smile. If your interested in animal conservation, please visit http://www.tarongafoundation.org/ - This is one of my fave shots from the book...

Nostalgic Saturday

This is myself wand my aunty eve who currently lives in England. I think we are at my great aunty beatie and uncle bills place in this picture. I like this picture, I think it's sweet. I wish I could remember times like these. I'm lucky enough to have some video footage of my visits to great aunty beatie and bill's place, and I had a ball when I went. Mum tells me they adored me as well.

tiny

gorgeous baby sloth, look at the cute little face!

KFC cruelty

I have never been a big fan of Pamela Anderson's acting, but she does a lot for PETA and WSPA. If you think cruelty to chickens is nothing really, watch this video. Think again.




Watch more videos at KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.

I feel a deep, dark feeling inside where I am just at a loss. It hurts me on the inside and I sit and I cry. Why can't I do something to make a difference?? I can type all I want and cry all I want and preach all I want, but these animals are still suffering through the most ruthful punishment and I just don't know what to do. I guess everyone that I inform makes a differance, if they learn to care, maybe they can slowly make differant choices. I won't give up, I just feel desperatly sad.

do animals matter to you?

They matter to me! If they matter to you, simply go to: http://www.animalsmatter.org/ and sign the UNIVERSAL declaration on animal welfare. It's a simple and quick way to show you care about the welfare of animals around the world!

Hope you all have a moment to visit the link!

cats, cats, cats!

Nostalgic Saturday

I finally have access to some old photos, thanks to the slide show my mum created for my 21st birthday. Here is a shot of me and my dad, since I have not included him in my nostalgic Saturday before, so I thought I would enclude him here. I love my dad, hes amazing. I don't get to see him as often as I would like as he and my mum split when I was about 7? He has always made the effort to see me whenever possible, which was usually every second weekend, he would drive for 5 hours to come visit. Then when he moved to Sydney, he would fly me down every second weekend. He always does whatever he can for me and he is so loveing and caring and I cannot speak highly enough of him. Love you dad!

animal news

Story From Nationalgeographic.com
"Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 7, 2008--Nearly 400 juvenile penguins march toward the sea in the final leg of a human-assisted journey home after becoming stranded in equatorial waters.

Magellanic penguins breed in southern Argentina and Chile and follow prey north from March to September. Usually this leads to southern Brazil, but this year hundreds followed a current further north.

Rescuers flew them south on a military plane, where they were released to the ocean to complete the return journey. "

--John Roach
—Photograph by International Fund For Animal Welfare

family

Just thought I'd share some photos of my gorgeous family. I tresured this day that I could have them all together... x Myself and my gorgeous man
My beautiful mum and aunty
My stepdad and my step mum

AND my dad and my mum