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Rudbeckia fulgida Beckstrum.
We have started a blog for Gardeners - The Compost Heap
It is a selection of tips for gardeners and articles on gardening. We also include some selected photos of gardens and flowers.
Articles include:
Video of the Lion Whisperer. Great Pictures. Note the video has a 5 seconds advert. But, it is worth waiting.
More articles on different myths of archaeology at Hall of the Gods.
"Found in California, a rock was cracked open in search of fossils. But instead of a fossil, out fell a very strange object. The rock came from a formation that had been dated at around half a million years old. In the picture below on the right is an x-ray of the object. It is composed of a ceramic material and metal. In some respects it resembles a modern spark plug. "
From: Evidence of advanced ancient civilisations
Mystery at Abydos remarkable photos from Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
Flowers from Garden in Yorkshire
Daffodils in University Gardens.
A double Rainbow
Photography by Astrophotographer
Astrophotographer says:
"I am very keen on astrophotography, atmospherics and nature photography.The passion for photography has been with me for 50 odd years and is still as strong as ever."
Young polar bear cub.
This young polar bear was recently born in a zoo in Germany. He was being handfed as his mother was not responding.
See also: Video on Polar bears
Sunset
from: http://www.fotograferen.net/ by: Rutger Geerling
Very good selection of sunset / sunrise photographs available at his site.
Mt Mckinley
photographer unknown.
This is a short chapter of the beautiful series "Planet Earth" from the BBC. This movie takes you to a female polarbear and her two cubs. The mother has not eaten for several months spending time looking after cubs
Global Warming is threatening the existence of Polar Bears, even the US has belatedly put them on the endangered species list
Mt Reiner.
W.H.Davies was born in 1871 in Newport Wales. He started writing poetry at the age of 34. At one time he tried selling his poems by going from door to door. The people he visited were mostly poor and ti is said he didn't sell a single copy. One old lady gave him some money but refused to take the poems. When he reached the doss hous again that evening, he burnt every copy.
Photo by Pranlobha from Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries
