Posts Tagged ‘parks’


This is at a zoo.

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via failblog.org I appreciate warning signs that actually get your attention. If this sign just said “Danger: Do Not Enter” that’s not very specific. Why is it dangerous? I’ll quote one of E.B. White’s rules of style: “Be clear.” “Muddiness is not merely a disturber of prose, it is also a destroyer of life, of hope: death on the highway caused by a badly worded road sign, heartbreak among lovers caused by a misplaced phrase in a well-intentioned letter, anguish of a traveler expecting to be met at a rail station and not being met because of a slipshod telegram. Read more…

Charlotte Valbert, savior of Tacoma’s Blueberry Park

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Valbert worked with Gatewood to rescue what is now Blueberry Park from development and improve it into a park with trails, picnic sites and 4,000 blueberry bushes. Of the dozens of honors she received, the City of Destiny Award, the Cox Conservation Award and the Washington Department of Parks and Recreation Citizens of Merit are among those that pleased her most. via thenewstribune.com A nice obituary in the paper by Kathleen Merryman. If you’ve been to Blueberry Park, you can see the legacy she’s left.

The tiger cubs debut tomorrow! And don’t forget to cast your vote for their names (though, alas, Hobbes is not a choice)

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MALE NAME OPTIONS Mani (meaning gem) Bima (meaning brave) Sigit (meaning handsome) Niran (meaning eternal) Squiggy (because his markings look like a squiggly line) FEMALE NAME OPTIONS Mali (meaning flower) Wani (meaning daring) Indah (meaning beautiful) Ndari (meaning full moon) Peace (because her markings look like a peace sign) via pdza.org