All the cuteness you can handle. And then some.

Zoo EGGstravaganza at the Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield Missouri!

Sun Apr 8, 2012 8:07 PM EDT

I had a great opportunity on Saturday to visit our local zoo. They were celebrating Enrichment EGGstravaganza, which means that some lucky animals got to have some tasty treats wrapped up in a healthy package that looked like a Papier-mâché ball. And since that is Fr …

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travel, giraffe, elephants, lion, warthog, easter, bobcat, aldabra-tortoise, zoo-animals, dickerson-park-zoo

Rottlady goes Green for St. Pat's Day!

Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:40 AM EDT

By rottlady

I attended the 32nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebration in Springfield, Missouri on Saturday. The weather was stellar, the scene was green and fun was had by all! Before the parade started there was a Irish Pet Contest with all sorts of animals dressed in their …

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us-news, springfield-missouri, pet-costumes, st-patricks-parade, pet-contest

Bird Butts and Snow from the Ozarks

Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:52 AM EST

By rottlady

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snow, arts, clouds, springfield-missouri, rottlady, the-ozarks, northern-cardinal, newsvine-photographers, foto-friday, downy-woodpecker

Rare sighting of the elusive Hula Chick

Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:40 AM EDT

By rottlady

Since today is Good News Wednesday, I wanted to share something really good with everyone. Yesterday I had the rare opportunity to see some "Hula Chicks".

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odd-news, humor, photography, the-ozarks, good-news-wednesday, hula-hoops, hula-chicks, rare-bird-sighting

Black macaque takes self-portrait: Monkey borrows photographer's camera

Seeded on Thu Jul 7, 2011 11:44 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Seeded by Digits

To capture the perfect wildlife image, you usually have to be in exactly the right place at precisely the right time. But in this instance, David Slater wasn’t there at all and he still got a result. Visiting a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, award-winning phot …

indonesia, animals, odd-news, monkey, photography, photo, monkeys, cute, cuteness, north-sulawesi

Bee Foster Program Creating Buzz

Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 12:30 PM EDT (CBC)

Seeded by Glinda

A new foster program in Calgary will pair unwanted bee colonies with willing homeowners.

canada, alberta, home-garden, bumblebees, beehives

A Paper Record Player

Seeded on Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:41 AM EDT (kellianderson.com)

Seeded by tyler

I just finished up a really fun project—a paper record player wedding invitation! In the booklet-style invitation, a bit of paper-folding amplifies the sound of a sewing needle moving along the grooves of a flexidisc record.

wedding, invite, invitation, home-garden, paper-record-player, kelli-anderson