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ENGAGE. EXPLORE. ENTERTAIN. EDUCATE. ENTHUSE.

A lake and pond, the difference?

Based on the website Difference Between | Descriptive Analysis and Comparisons-- There is no actual universally standardized technical distinction between the lakes and ponds. So, we had to read further, collecting data to define their differences with other characteristics.

To a greater degree lakes and ponds can be described in general terms based on the norm of their characteristics. Generally speaking, lakes are wider, larger, and deeper. Because of this lake water have several levels of temperatures, the deepest water the coldest, and the warmest water the surface.

Ponds tend to be smaller in size, thus less wide, plus swallow in depth, and have one uniformed temperate. In winter ponds tend to freeze completely whereas lakes do not. Lakes can produce waves and ponds produce, at best, ripples. At a pond’s deepest depth aquatic plants can grow and sunlight can reach the bottom, and generally speaking those traits are not found in lakes. 🐟

FROM MASON'S PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION OF LIFE IN THE WATER TITLED IF LIFE ITSELF HAD A HEARTBEAT IT WOULD BE THE SOUND OF WATER

WHY DOES RAIN SMELL SO GOOD?

It is sweet and musky at the same time. Earthy. Rain is such a beautiful scent one does not simply smell it but inhale it…deeply. But what gives rain that intoxicating scent of freshness? Would you have guessed, bacterial spores, ozone and plant oils?💧

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-makes-rain-smell-so-good-13806085/

How did the Dead Sea get its name?

The Dead Sea is such an odd name considering life cannot exist without water. But the Dead Sea is unusual beyond just its name such as it is not even a sea but a lake and the lowest point on the planet (almost 10,000 feet) below sea level. The Dead Sea got its name from the lack of life, in it’s water and surrounding land, based on being one of the most hyper saline places on earth.💦

An artistic expression added to a blue ringed octopus at Denver Museum Of Nature and Science.

Dogs, Cats, and One Pig...

Denver Dumb Friends League's Pet Derby

We define an animal shelter as a different kind of diamond store and in 1992 Mason entered his first two cats, Kujo and Panther, in the Denver Dumb Friends League’s Pet Derby that also included dogs and one pig.

Panther was an absolute black beauty. I use to place my pearl bracelets on his fur because he made them look more beautiful but I stopped practice when he ran off with them. He also had a beautiful personality, so laid back and kind his nickname was Mr. Silk; seldom in all the years we had him did we hear Panther hiss. Given his intelligence his other nickname was Mr. President. As we flipped a light switch on, he would look up at the ceiling light. He got it.

Then there was Kujo.

On her vet medical records her name was written in red. When Panther entered our home Kujo was so pissed, she went into the basement, then inside a closet, and once there in the dark, facing a wall in the corner, she sat. Over the years bringing other cats into our home, they all looked at Kujo with a side-eye given her personality. She wasn’t mean but let’s just say only with Mason she was a Babygirl and with everyone else she was not in the mood but even so there was something about Kujo’s salty personality that made her even more endearing.

For the derby the dogs were outside, the cats were inside a large room, and someone came with their small pig. People were very different back then and in good spirit and welcomed laughter the pig was included with the cats.

With several categories offered people could enter their pets to win and Mason selected the category, cats who look like someone famous. Putting a big yellow bow around Panther’s neck for the costume to present Kujo and Panther as a couple, with the cats in their carriers and taking a big brown paper sack we arrived at the derby early so Kujo could be introduced to the environment slowly.

Once there, Mason opened the paper sack that he placed on the floor next to Kujo’s carrier and wearing a red leash Kujo came out of her carrier and immediately went deep into the sack and remained.

Babygirl was not in the mood.

Panther sat on Mason’s lap somewhat startled at seeing a pig but otherwise he remained laid back and even closed his eyes as the room filled up with people and their cats. Mason did not notice as he was looking at all the cats but I caught the side-eye as people looked at this sack on the floor, the red leash moving now and then, wondering about the cat inside.

I can’t recall the category, but it was all in good fun the pig won an award at the cat show.

When it was time for the cats who looked like someone famous one at a time guardians came to the front of the room with their costumed cats and the audience had to guess who they were before their guardians gave the answer.

When it was Panther and Kujo's turn, I carried Panther and Mason, carrying the sack, still unseen, carried Kujo to the front of the room. It was so funny as people leaned forward as Mason slowly pulled Kujo from her sack, and befittingly, once she was out, some people blinked and Kujo wetly, sincerely, hissed at everyone. Only cat people would understand how funny it was. Even now when I think about that moment I still giggle.

When asked to guess what famous couple Panther and Kujo and were representing the room became silent. When Mason told the audience who they were everyone laughed, some applauded, and Panther and Kujo came in first place. Can you guess what famous couple, with a big yellow bow around Panther’s neck and Kujo’s personality who they were? At the bottom of the page is the answer.

It's a beautiful thing when a once feral cat

responds to his name

It's a beautiful thing when a once feral cat responds to his name. This is Chowder, a black smoke cat and in the sunlight you can see the smoke (a gradient of gray and white fur) in his mane. He loves to look out the windows but shows no interest in going outside. He also enjoys watching pet videos on YouTube made for animals to watch, and in the winter he really enjoys watching his videos while laying on an electric blanket, toasty warm. As in all of our animals we love him.

🐇In Colorado the governor signed a bill capping rent prices for pets. If you are interested about doing the same in your state you might find this interesting reading. https://www.cpr.org/2023/04/21/landlords-must-cap-pet-rent-bill-governor-signature

🙀Here’s a video found on YouTube about helping animals without shelter Dill would like to share. How to build a winter cat shelter | BC SPCA - YouTube

🐶Purina creates safe spaces for victims of domestic violence and their pets. Purina Creates Safe Spaces for Domestic Abuse Survivors Because Purina Cares - Purple Leash Project - YouTube

🐺 Colorado releases its first 5 gray wolves as part of reintroduction plan - YouTube

🦩A group of flamingos is called, rightly so, a flamboyance. A baby flamingo is called a flaminglet. Flaminglets begin life drinking milk and it's red. Flamingos Produce Milk? Yep, And This Is How & Why (thepopularflamingo.com)

🦁Denver Zoo, fluid as water, is forever changing...emerging... growing. It will never have a conclusion of being. It is a modern-day ark whose work extends beyond its gates and literally across the world. Welcome to Denver Zoo

⏳No place else can a person visit and transcend time to witness more than one could see in lifetime than a museum and to know this is to realize that a museum is truly a virtual library. Denver Museum Of Nature & Science : Denver Museum of Nature & Science (dmns.org)

A spotless giraffe

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

This is Chowder, who came into our home from the Denver Dumb Friends League. Given his history, with very little contact with humans, he now enjoys videos made for cats on YouTube while laying on an electric blanket. Not seen in this picture Chowder is a black smoke cat. His "smoke" is a grayish mane. He is our second black smoke cat, and based on our readings, they are rare.

When we brought Luna into our home from the Denver Dumb Friends League, she was a solid black kitten and within a few months she began changing colors, growing a gray mane that traveled down her chest, to her belly. We never heard of a black cat changing colors and reading about it we learned Luna was defined as a black smoke cat. At best based on what we read black smoke cats are rare and Mason defined her beauty as "Everything she sits next to will look better." Luna also has the distinctive trait of responding to her nicknames, Lulu, Little Girl, and Sugar Cookie.

SQUARES IN NATURE AND IN ANIMALS ARE ALL AROUND US

Coloring Glazing Animal Photography by S. Mason

(for the best viewing experience enlarge video)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Thank you for all of your great blogging! I'm so glad that that Denver Zoo is such a place for inspiration and happiness for many city residents!; November 15, 2020 at 3:45 PM
PERSPECTIVE said...: Thank you for your kind words. Mason is currently working on creating a second blog named after one of the animals of Denver Zoo because the zoo is truly inspiring, a beautiful world. As life long members of Denver Zoo we encourage others not yet members to join Denver Zoo, a modern day ark.; December 1, 2020 at 10:13 AM

VINCE

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/07/rhino-shot-dead-by-poachers-at-french-zooPer Wikipedia -- Located in the village of Thoiry, France The Chateau of Thoiry covers 370 acres that includes a castle that was built in the 16th century, botanical gardens, and a zoo where Vince, a rare white rhino, endangered, resided. The news of Vince’s butchery was so horrific the very digestion of such a heinous act had to be taken in small doses of reality for it was so shocking. Poachers are monsters among us that are beyond comprehension of their deranged capabilities. They are a soulless predatory cancer against the world. At Animal Blogging With Dill The Cat in America we join the chorus with the rest of the planet to express to the zoo and France we grieve with you.And to the staff specifically who are the caretakers of the ark, (for all zoos dedicated to animals are truly arks) our prayers and thoughts are with you today and beyond.

How to save money buying parrot fish

This is a picture of one of my three blood parrot fish. I have seen online blood parrot fish costing around thirty dollars and more per fish based on the same size as mine but my three fish in total did not cost over twenty dollars. If you are interested in owning blood parrots here is my tip. Purchase them as babies. They have a grey, white, and black splattered pattern and cost far less than the more mature fish they quickly grow into. They live long. My parrots are over ten years old. They are not aggressive but mine prefer to live without other fish. They have a large cave and when someone enters our home, they all rush inside of it as they do not like other people too.

ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE A DIFFERENT KIND OF DIAMOND STORE

We deeply respect and recognized the agony not only to relinquish your animal family members but to never know what becomes of them. It is a hellish grief because when a person or animal we love leave our lives and we do not know what becomes of them that is very different kind of grief, an unhealed one. One of our goals at Animal Blogging With Dill The Cat is to communicate many animals in shelters reach shore. They find new homes, sometimes not easy but they adjust, and are doing fine, as they become members of new families. Like many homes our animal family members come from animal shelters, a different kind of diamond store.

The Denver Zoo -A Centennial History

Authored by Carolyn & Don Etter, commissioned by the Denver Zoological Foundation, Cover to Cover Designed, designed by Jody Chapel- Roberts Rinehart Publisher

A copy of The Denver Zoo -A Centennial History was
gifted to S. Mason from Rachel, Matt, and Connie from Denver Zoo. As we looked through the pages at the stunning photographs, reading random passages along the way, each passage a gem of accounts, we were also in awe of such a
complete history of the Denver Zoo in one book. The more we read, the past becoming new knowledge, it was like being introduced to the Denver Zoo for the first time. Such irony--from the beginning the Denver Zoo seedlings were from visionaries and we suspect those visionaries would be pleasantly and proudly surprised if they could see the Denver Zoo today. Reading The Denver Zoo-ACentennial History is a rich experience. A beautiful book, a beautiful gifting,
thank you Matt, Connie, and Rachel, three very special people.

THE LAST WINTER

WHY BROWN & BLACK BEARS CAN’T ALWAYS BE DEFINED BY THEIR COLORS

It may seem reasonable by their names, a brown bear, a black bear one could tell them apart but not when one considers black bears can be dark brown, cinnamon, and even white; just as brown bears (commonly called grizzlies because they can have lighter colored tips on their fur) can be different shades of brown, blond, and even black. And if that is not confusing enough at the same time some black and brown bears can have a mixture of both colors. So how does one tell them apart?

Black bears tend to be smaller than brown bears. Brown bears have a hump on their shoulders where black bears do not, and black bears have bigger ears that sit straight up. But perhaps the easiest way to tell these bears apart is their claws. Black bears claws are short enough not to be visible and a brown bear claws are long enough you most likely will never forget seeing them.

Free to come and go but they stay

Sometimes by design or a location that is natural to animals that already exist where there are zoos, within them, are free roaming animals. These animals can come and go but they stay and live at zoos but not within a habitat. Not only are there free roaming animals but there can be several kinds at one zoo. At the Denver Zoo, as of this writing, there are peacocks, chipmunks, and rabbits. The Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska has wild roaming turkeys, and the Phoenix Zoo have lizards. Years ago at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs they had free roaming deer. In the Indianapolis Zoo they have free roaming raccoons. Some people were surprised and thought the raccoons escaped their habitats. I took this photograph right before this raccoon ran back into the bushes.

Emeralds. Pearls. Rubies. Or any jewel. Any corvette, any color or a ghost Rolls Royce. A harp, grand piano, a cello or any music instrument. Velvet. Lace. Silk. Crystal. A bar of gold. Or a red rose. Anything looks better if placed next to a black cat. Universally beautiful and individually unique there could be thirty black cats in a room and a guardian of one could easily find theirs. Although NATIONAL BLACK CAT DAY is one day, Animal Blogging With Dill The Cat feels it is important enough to remind people 365 days a year. (the black cat image comes from online)

NATIONAL BLACK CAT DAY

Panther. He was the most intelligent cat we ever had. He would step on the keypad and look at the computer screen. When we would turn on the wall light switch he would look upward to the light fixture hanging from the ceiling. He got it. When doors were closed he would stand on his hind legs and with his front paws try to turn the doorknob. In the US and UK there is a NATIONAL BLACK CAT DAY. On Animal Blogging With Dill The Cat we will show our support by bringing awareness to this very important day-365 days of the year.

MEMBERSHIP

There are organizations whose mission include to ensure, enhance, the quality of life for animals. It can be a zoo, an aquarium, or even an organization specific to a particular animal. They all have one thing in common. These organizations offer membership to those who share their passion and beliefs. Consider a membership that is supportive of animals today. The next time you visit a facility where membership is offered, considered the money spent on a ticket for one visit can go towards a year long membership instead!
　

BEAUTIFUL WORDS

Some words are so beautiful they give us a reason to pause, reflect, and exhale. Such words speak to the stories of our lives. For us there are four special words that are beautiful together when driving miles of snow covered tree-lined blocks, and the title of my photography--On Our Way Home. From Jill, the beautiful word--Content. From the Denver Zoo we were inspired to include two words--support and dedication. Here are some more beautiful words that speak to the stories of our lives. Benign. Shelter. Guardian. Eventually. Retrospect. Passion. Forward. Different. Books. Serenity. Laughter. Animals. Believe. Dreams. Us. Balance. Found. A Raft. Change. Home. Recovery. Roar. Heroes. What words are beautiful to you?

IN MEMORY OF YOSHI

One of the best things about recommending books is the ability to share the experience with others. Reading and recommending Robert Smith's books from his series Petectives, based on his family two cats, Yoshi and Gatsby, have been a joy. We were sadden to read of Yoshi's passing. Little Free Libraries are boxes shaped like libraries, placed on posts, and filled with books in communities all over the globe. There, children can take a book to read then return it so it can be read by others. On Dill's Blue Page is more information about Little Free Library. We purchased a paper copy of Petectives to donate to a Little Free Library so others can know the joy of reading about Yoshi and Gatsby.