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07/31/2025

Today is World Ranger Day.
It’s a day to recognize the incredible effort put forth by park rangers, forest rangers, bush rangers, game wardens, or whatever you want to call them, all over the world, whether in Africa, Asia, or North America. Their jobs can range from guiding tourists to stopping poachers to even dealing with pesky picnic basket stealing bears. 😉

07/29/2025

Driving the Irish loop in Newfoundland’s Avalon peninsula.

Located on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, the Irish Loop is a 312-kilometre drive that provides travel adventures for all tastes.

07/28/2025

Today is . I recently wrote a story for magazine about ways to give back to Nature. Here is the bluesky link to that article:
https://bsky.app/profile/birdpaddler.bsky.social/post/3lv23nuzdbs2l

07/24/2025

The print version of this story was published in April. The online version was just posted today. However, Facebook blocked it because it's deemed "news." But there is a hack for everything; hence, a link to a PDF I created from the magazine.

07/24/2025

There are many different ways to give back to nature. Here are a few ideas.

If you love getting outside, why not help preserve and protect the environment while you’re out there?

07/24/2025

There are many ways to give back to nature.

If you love getting outside, why not help preserve and protect the environment while you’re out there?

07/24/2025

Giving back to nature does not have to involve huge, momentous tasks. This article provides a few ideas.

If you love getting outside, why not help preserve and protect the environment while you’re out there?

07/24/2025

https://www.asparagusmagazine.com/articles/enjoy-nature-while-giving-back-through-volunteering-and-citizen-science

If you love getting outside, why not help preserve and protect the environment while you’re out there?

07/22/2025

Because today is July 22 - that’s 22/7 - it’s Pi Approximation Day.
We can only ever really approximate pi, as it’s one of those irrational numbers that goes on into infinity.
So how do you celebrate Pi Approximation Day? Easy – you have a slice of pie by cutting a pie into various sized slices. Don’t worry about calculating how much of the diameter or circumference of the pie you affect… Just eat it! 😋

07/21/2025

Today is Take a Monkey to Lunch Day.
Really! You can’t make this stuff up…😄
Time to celebrate all things Simian!
These images were taken in Borneo, Malaysia. The first set was taken in Bako National Park, proboscis monkeys. The second set was taken along the Kinabatangan River, long-tailed macaques.

07/15/2025

It’s another Tree Tome Tuesday.
I’ve just started reading this book, I’m about four or five chapters in. It’s not hard reading, however it just seems a little bit esoteric.
I think the subtitle “forty ways trees can save us“ is a little misleading… I sort of expected some actual concrete steps in each chapter about how trees can save us and obviously that would include ways we can help trees so they can save us.
It is a book about forest ecology, but in many of the chapters you have to dig to figure out what the author is trying to impart upon us with respect to trees saving us. It’s there in some chapters, but in a few of the ones I’ve read so far there didn’t appear to be anything about trees saving us so much as about how trees in a forest survive, how ecology is an ongoing, changing process.
Because I’m only about 17% end of the book, I’m trying to keep an open mind and the jury is still out but I foresee a rating of only 2 or 3 out of 5 on Goodreads when I’m done. 🤔

07/14/2025

Not only is it a Mug Monday, it’s also Shark Awareness Day!
That’s not aimed at making people in the water aware of sharks, it’s more about reminding people buy and large, sharks get a bad rap. they rarely attack humans, and they’re a vital part of a healthy ocean ecosystem.
I picked up this mug several years ago after spending an hour diving with sharks in the Maui Ocean Center. It was quite a cool experience, I never really felt frightened, in fact there was a tremendous sense of peace being underwater we’re all I could hear where my own air bubbles.