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Looking for photographs around New England (and elsewhere) brings me into contact with some wonderful people, and this woman was no exception. I almost missed her “flamingo installation”, a couple of doors down from an old brick colonial that had caught my eye driving by. She was more than happy to share a number of flamingo stories, and her passion for the place of whimsy in the world came through loud and clear.
Coincidentally, today’s email from the website www.gratefulness.org (Word For the Day – highly recommended) provides further commentary:
Monday, Jun. 9
“If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than is ever evident. Just as the rivers we see are minor compared to the underground streams, so, too, the idealism that is visible is minor compared to what people carry in their hearts unreleased or scarcely released.”
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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Pigs are highly intelligent creatures, ranking fourth in the animal world, behind only chimpanzees, dolphins, and elephants. My favorite bit of pig info from a quick Internet search:
“Last week (2009), an international team of biologists released the first draft sequence of the pig genome, the complete set of genetic instructions for making the ruddy-furred Duroc breed of Sus scrofa. Even on a cursory glance, “the pig genome compares favorably with the human genome,” said Lawrence Schook of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the team leaders. “Very large sections are maintained in complete pieces,” he said, barely changed in the 100-million-plus years since the ancestors of hogs and humans diverged.” NY TIMES (11/9/2009)
Whatever that means.
This little gal quickly darted back into her shelter on my very first approach, but lingered outside when I returned a short time later.
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