just for fun

Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
Robert Booth The Guardian, Monday 7 September 2009
A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.

Yeah - whenever politics gets me down (frequently), it's fun to contemplate nature.
I can spend hours on the back porch watching birds - we even have a Cooper's hawk that visits on occasion.
(Sad to say - with 5 cats, our house is not exactly a bird paradise... Just today my wife rescued a bird from inside our house; this is a regular occurence.)

Gazing at the night sky is always inspiring. - even from the city!

While I appreciate that man-made global-warming is destroying eco-systems, I also appreciate that whatever comes after us will be equally inspiring - to whatever sentient creatures there might be to be inspired!
"Save the planet" is an absurd motto.
The planet will survive.
We won't.