Tag: Cute

Heh

  Courtesy of an image posted at Gun Free Zone, I was led to this tweet. I can hear two contrasting reactions flooding in from the blogosphere already: “Awww!  Such a cute kitty!” “Drive off and let the wind blow it away, dammit!” Amiright? Peter

Babies are all the same – even outsize ones

  This video, filmed at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, made me laugh.  It’ll give you warm fuzzies, too. When I was (much!) younger, I used to visit the headquarters of the Kruger National Park in South Africa, situated at Skukuza.  Among many other activities, the rangers hand-fed and raised orphaned baby animals there, including… Continue reading Babies are all the same – even outsize ones

What’s in a (festive) name?

  I had to laugh at this unlikely wedding news from England. Tilly Christmas and Kieran White, who met at school aged 12, married at the Roman Baths in Bath on Tuesday. Mrs White-Christmas, 20, said: “I wanted to keep the name going. It just so happens the man I am marrying has the perfect… Continue reading What’s in a (festive) name?

Foxes, pictorial and acquisitorial

Two snippets about foxes caught my eye in recent days. The first was this outstanding photograph of a melanistic red fox, found on Gab.  Click the image for a larger view. Isn’t that lovely fur?  I wasn’t aware that melanism occurred in foxes, but on investigation, it seems the Arctic silver fox also has a melanistic… Continue reading Foxes, pictorial and acquisitorial