“The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.” – Kenneth Langone, philanthropist So I came back from lunch yesterday and found this little guy sitting on my desk, a surprise delivery from a lovely friend and colleague whom I don’t get to see very often. This thoughtful gesture silently…
Category: pandas
Lost Panda
Lost toy. Lost panda toy. Are you kidding me?? This commercial made me cry like a toddler. But then get a load of this. As fate and weirdness would have it, check out what I noticed in the front yard of a nearby new home construction site. Some adorable little girl better be on her…
A Quick Adventure – Part I
Look who I got to see during a quick visit to Washington D.C.!! And would you look at that, she’s happy to see me, too! Actually, she’s smiling about chow time and a fresh serving of bamboo, but still. She’s smiling. You see it, don’t you? Such a happy girl. And check this out. This swordfish…
Because…
…is there anything cuter than a video of pandas in the snow? I had several friends send this to me yesterday and it made me smile every time.
It’s Been 100 Days and…
Remember these guys from July?* They’re 100 days old and thriving!** How cool is that? Time to give these guys some names! *First photo: Reuters/China **Second photo: (AP Photo) CHINA OUT | AP
Good Things Happen in Threes
Photo: Reuters/China There are so many things I love about this photo. 1.) Panda babies. 2.) Panda baby on left is smiling. (I mean…come on.) and 3.) There are three of them. That’s right. Triplets. The only known surviving set of triplets in the world, born in China a little more than a week ago. Full…
Happy Feet
Christmas has arrived early for me. As has my birthday. And Easter. And Groundhog Day. This is one of the best gifts to myself. Ever.
Panda Slide
Pure awesomeness. And this is how Friday will come to a close. Courtesy of my mom.
Uh…but…whuh…I want one!!!
Chalk this up to I-would-give-anything-to-see-this-in-person-but-I’m-almost-four-years-too-late. (Not to mention chalking this up to but-it-was-in-Paris-and-I-wouldn’t-have-been-there-anyway.) This was in installation of 1,600 papier mache pandas in the centre of Paris by the WWF (from October 2008). Each panda represented one of 1,600 pandas remaining in the wild and was meant to increase the public’s awareness of their endangered…
Zoos in the News
photo source My favorite kind of trivia: Forty years ago today, the Smithsonian National Zoo welcomed their first pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. These weren’t the first pandas on display in the United States (Brookfield in Chicago has that distinction), but they were a first for the Smithsonian. And, on a completely selfish note, these were…
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