An English Girl Rambles from 2016 to ....

  “Come forth into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.” ~ William Wordsworth ~   I found the hummingbird while on a trip to San...

  The title came to me when I saw these birds walk, in total sync with each other, mother and child, poetry in motion.  These are from my ar...

This is an African Spur Thigh Desert Tortoise.  Its scientific name is Geochelone sulcata.  It’s relatives are the Galapagos tortoise and Al...

These are a few photographs we took at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, in August 2010, in the Big Cat area.  I thought it so beautiful and...

  For the rest of the week I thought I would share animal and bird photos seen in various areas we have visited over the years.  These were ...

Has anyone heard of Giraffe Manor in South Africa?  Has anyone actually been there?  It would be a fabulous experience to stay and see th...

These photos were taken in the summer  of  2015, at Paignton Zoo in Devonshire.   ( 'Paignton' is one of those words with a ...

Today's Flowers opens up on Friday at 12.00 a.m., and closes the following Thursday at 11.00 p.m.   More information about this me...

December 23rd, 2015 8.23 a.m. and we are still in our hotel room.  We will be going out soon and the  Honolulu Zoo is where we are hea...