…are an integral part of the urban streetscape dating back to Byzantium when street dogs served the sanitation service of street garbage disposal; with the dog population exploding in 1908, 40,000 were shipped to Island of Oxia to fend for themselves where few survived; later in 1937 it was reported in Time Magazine that 20,000 ..
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…in Rotterdam is mostly closed for renovations (at least their bookstore is still open in the form of a trailer out front) with the vast reflecting pool now a muddy construction site, but an attractive duck couple seemed to be making the most of it this afternoon, looking very much at home – or maybe ..
…is good, they are devouring my kitchen scraps (about 3 pounds a week), turning it into sweet smelling fertile black-gold worm casting compost, and reproducing like crazy (lots of little babies) – all from the comfort of their plastic bin which feels like the essential heart of the Roman Rooftop Homestead, the highlight of each ..
…also known as ‘vermicoltura’ around here, is going well up on the Roman rooftop and the little red worms are reproducing quickly, eating their daily kitchen scraps, turning it into fertile worm castings, and all the while smelling just great – ‘che bel profumo!’ we say as we stick our noses in – and their ..
…fill the skies out my window in fantastic shifting forms every evening as they make their way from the stone pines and plane trees on the top of the Gianicolo Hill down to the center. (see stories on Daily Mail, BBC, Physics World, and The ..
…was a highlight of my walk today, where I greeted a few of the circa 250 cat residents of some of the oldest temples in Rome, now the site of an organized urban cat refuge where they are fed, cared for and protected in the inaccessible recesses of ruins dating from 300-400 BC and the ..
…perhaps the one responsible for invading the MacDowell Colony veggie garden, showed up this morning to casually sit back on his haunches under the apple tree out my window, taking his time eating an entire apple down to..
…is spotted on a l..
…are everywhere in the meadows – and this afternoon around these wildflowers in p..
…in the middle of the path to..
…have replaced the deer as my regular morning visitors – and I am enjoying this since they have a bit more style, both in appearance, and the way ..
…are framed by the big window over my desk every morning, and today I got a shot of them at 6am as I was biking off to town for morning yoga – and they just kept on..
…is the coolest creature to have around looking after your flock of sheep – and I had the pleasure of meeting one today in a New Hampshire meadow. (Wikip..
…behind the cabin catches my ..
…have constructed a gorgeous home under the eaves of ..
…city dog relatives from Minneapolis, enjoy a weekend up north on..
…are fascinating (as reported in today’s New York TImes), and though I have to admit I am not a huge cat fan, and tend more towards the dog end of the spectrum, these elaborate outdoor constructions almost make me want a cat. (w..
…is up and ready for some animal habitation action as a part of the show Presidio Habitats, and I was finally able to see it for the first time this afternoon on a tour of the park by curator/gallerist Cheryl Haines who organized this first contemporary art exhibition in a National Park – including work ..
…is where I will be doing a talk tomorrow evening at 7pm, mostly about Animal Estates, on the occasion of the year-long installation of the Snag Tower in the national park for the For-Site Foundation show Presidio Habitats. (more info on..
…(which is a surrogate for a vertical dead tree, or snag, serves as a collective model home to accommodate six native species that would otherwise take up residence in the cavities of the snag, and was originally commissioned for Animal Estates 5.0: Portland, Oregon by The Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College) opens ..
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