(back of elephants walking by Khunkay, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) There was a time when three giant herbivore cousins; the African elephants, Asian elephants, and the Woolly Mammoths coexisted in our planet. As Ice Age was ending about four thousand years ago, the remaining furry ones among them which lived in the…
Author: marilen.nakajima
Elephantidae
Dumbo in the movie was portrayed as anthropomorphic, like a human being. In fact, elephants and people share many similar characteristics and behavior. If eyes could talk elephants have so much to say, that is if we look and listen. This blog has five parts: The Three Species of Elephants African Bush elephant’s face –…
Angel Kitty
It was late afternoon when I searched for the meowing sound by the river. I found her cat loaf under some tall grasses which served as a dripping roof and the soggy soil her floor. Picking her up with my hand towel, she never moved from my hand as we went from one store to…
Curtain Call
My Family
Penny, Mini, Poochee. Our family had been blessed with the addition of black and white cats who had brought us so much joy in the every day that they lived with us. Early this year, Poochee Baby crossed the rainbow bridge. I will carry on her role in this website and keep our Pandacats alive in the heart.
Dinner Chair
Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise
Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise Nate woke up one morning and found a small tortoise eating the flowers in his garden. Curious as to where it came from, he set out on his investigative work to help it get back home. Along the search, he also found the other pair of sock his…
Bancho Muffin
When pressed for time, as moms always are, this quick to prepare afternoon snack guarantees that whiff of goodness (banana, dark choco and brown sugar) that pull kids noses to the kitchen. It still is a favorite.
Passed Out
Turtles to keep
V WE CARE TURTLES “Pag” was once a real Green Plush sea turtle but his kind is now extinct, which means they had already disappeared from the world. We can only find them now as stuffed toys. There used to be a lot of them but many people intentionally and unintentionally harmed them until no…