A few nice facts about animals images I found:
Cupboard Love
Image by Quite Adept
At the weekend the BBC Radio 4 'Food Programme'
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/foodprogramme.shtml featured store cupboard favourites that many people in Britain still use and love despite the fact that we now enjoy all sorts of different foods from around the world - Pasta, pizza, curry, chilli, cajun, chinese, sushi, ... you name it, the British probably eat it.
This gave me an idea for The Secret Life of Material Animals current competition about food. I could get the team to do some taste tests on some of the sauces - Heinz ketchup, Lea and Perrins Worcester Sauce, Colman's mustard. Unfortunately I opened the cake baking cupboard first.
They are still in there, what can I do?
Field of Geese
Image by Renée S. Suen
*Canadian* Geese that is.
Canadian Geese and ducks populate the lagoon area of Princess Island Park, almost like how rabid squirrel infest Queen's Park in Toronto... only, they're not as scary and they do move away when people start to get close (not get up close and wait for food).
When I see geese in a field like this the first memory it conjures up is that of my little sister at about age 5, chasing these funny guys in the rain. Only trouble is, grass is wet when it rains, and very slippery. Little children feet, especially those in flat shoes, very easily slide off the slick surfaces especially when they are going at high speed. I should also note that where you find an infestation of geese (or any animal for that matter), you usually find conspicuously littered fecal material. Needless to say, put those facts together with an older sister who was very encouraging to the little one to chase those silly geese, and you can easily see the aftermath. Of course, none of the family was first to run to the little fallen "angel" as she was rather… covered in semi-digested grass and other things geese eat. So the little one cried even more. Too funny. We had to hose her down before letting her come back inside the home.
She might claim it was mean, but I claimed that a) she wanted to run after the birds; and b) she didn't have to listen to my encouragement. It was so cute. Ah, childlike innocence. Ah B, that's to get back at you for all those times we'd go out and you'd call me "Mom" for laughs. >P
