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Sunday, February 24, 2019

Do not fertilize your garden with pet waste

When we moved into this house 
(home),
our family, friends and neighbors
told us that this tree was dead,
a few wanted to chop it down for us;
 
Donna had a “Hissy-fit’!
This is that dead tree today.
Every bird in central Florida calls the tree home!


And 
a stop over on the way to our feeders!
Do not fertilize your garden with pet waste 
because it can kill you!
However, 
if you are finding it hard or messy 
to rid yourself of pet waste; 
fertilize your trees, bushes and flowers 
by also adding it with your fertilizer?
Waste not want not as the old saying goes
Yes
I am a packrat however I am also a triple ‘A’ Workaholic 
that his heart keeps reminding him, slow down and live!
Those juice containers that are plugging up our waste dumps 
and 
recycle bins make ideal squirrel proof bird feeders.
I offered a ‘free tip’ to this ‘orange juice company’, twice 
on a great advertising marketing and each time
I was brushed off so no names please!
As long as the opening is away from the window 
it drives our squirrel’s nuts.
I have nothing against feeding squirrels, 
up north I would feed them while feeding our birds.
Not in Florida, 
Floridian squirrels do not share;
 they eat all of the bird seeds and then go to the squirrel feeders, 
so no more squirrel feeders!
Two windows with squirrel proof bird feeders.


Sunday, February 3, 2019

Black Bears in Deland Florida


Welcome to our visitor from across the St. Johns River in Deland, Florida.

To our pets, my boss’s, blog.

(Ursus americanus floridanus) Florida Black Bear
I know that most people in and around your area do not believe but fear your neighbors.
However;
For your reading and my enjoyment 
showing this, 
please stop by another post at
If you get a few minutes?

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

New Jersey Mug Shot/California Bear swim/Florida locks babies






Police post mug shot of lost dog, bail paid in cookies
Police have some fun with pup.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
New Jersey Police and lost pug dog jailed

New Jersey police released a mug shot of a runaway pug which went viral and got the dog back to its rightful owner.



California Bear swimming in pool

Wild video: 
Bear caught taking a dip in family's swimming pool

Los Angeles, Calif. — an unexpected guest took a swim in a family swimming pool in Los Angeles.
Californians take pictures of the visit, 
Florida kills the bear!
Florida leaves babies in cars!

Woman charged with child neglect after baby rescued from car in Orange City

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — a woman is spending the night in the Volusia County Jail after good Samaritans found an 8-month-old baby in a hot car, officials said.

911 Call: “There’s a baby in a car and we just opened the door, but don’t know where the people are whose car it is.”


 I had my share of children and many more enjoyed at meetings, gatherings, powwows and Paw-paus.

Many Grand Children and many, many more Great grand children.
At 'No time' do I remember any '8 month old child' 
allowing anyone to forget 
that he/she 
was with any one of us!
Florida seems to be making a habit at this!


Tuesday, December 5, 2017

(Ursus americanus floridanus)Florida Black Bear






Nature’s Reflections – Florida’s Black Bear

November 02, 2017


Has A Den, But Does Not Truly Hibernate


Our largest native land mammal, the Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus), has come back from only several hundred bears in the 1970s to more than 4,000 today. This subspecies of the American black bear is one of Florida’s biggest conservation success stories. It has a shiny, black coat of fur with a light brown nose and snout. Its long, razor sharp claws do not retract.

It is a powerful climber and swimmer and can run up to 30 mph for short distances. It has an excellent sense of smell, acute hearing, good eyesight, and sees in color. When a black bear sees a human, it will often do a lot of sniffing, and may stand up.
This is not a sign of aggression;
it helps the curious bear
to catch the scent and to get a better look.
The black bear is a very shy animal,
whose normal nature is to flee human encounters.
Adult males normally weigh 250 to 350 lbs., and adult females 130 to 180 lbs. The largest male bear on record in Florida weighed 760 lbs.; the largest female weighed 400 lbs. Except during mating season from June to August, these bears are solitary by nature. Adult females typically breed every other year, producing one to three cubs in January/February, each weighing about a half pound. Cubs stay with their mother for about 18 months.
Half die before a year of age.
In Florida, male bears typically have a home range of 60 square miles; females just 15 square miles. black bears prefer forests of sand-pine scrub, oak scrub, forested wetlands and upland hardwoods like the Ocala National Forest.

The black bear is an omnivore, which means it eats both plants and other animals.
It’ll eat just about anything, including fruits, berries, acorns, the hearts of the sabal palm or saw palmetto, honey, bees, walking sticks (a favorite insect), armadillos, wild pigs, fawns and garbage.

Loss of habitat due to development
has increased the potential for more encounters
between bears and people.
The presence of a black bear does not necessarily represent a problem.
Many residents living in black bear country
enjoy observing
them from a distance, of course.
Never offer a bear food!
Keep food sources like pet food and garbage
away from them
by securing
or
removing the temptations.

Column & photos by Sandi Staton – sandi.staton@gmail.com

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Women to Stop Donald Trump

Women to Stop Donald Trump
"Republican Women for Hillary."

Republican women organize to support Clinton
Chris Moody
By Chris Moody, CNN Senior Digital Correspondent
Sun July 3, 2016

"Republican Women for Hillary."
 
Their motivation? Stop Donald Trump.

"It's really important that Republican leaders, especially Republican women leaders, stand up right now and say we're not OK with Trump representing our party,"
said Jennifer Lim,
a group founder
who works at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and has spent much of her life volunteering
for Republican causes and campaigns.
"This is not a position I ever wanted to find myself in.

But it's important that when things like this happen that people speak up."

Over the next several months, members of Republican Women for Hillary plan to provide cover for Republicans looking to speak out against Trump, whose surprising rise has torn the party apart.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
the Chamber clashed with Trump over his embrace of protectionist trade policies,

Over the next several months, members of Republican Women for Hillary plan to provide cover for Republicans looking to speak out against Trump, whose surprising rise has torn the party apart.

Faced with a choice between Clinton and Trump, some Republicans have begrudgingly agreed to support him while others are simply opting out of the election. But for these women who founded the group, (and one man who has joined in solidarity), Trump's bombastic style, offensive rhetoric toward women and minorities, slapdash policy "suggestions" risk destroying the party.

This is the post-primary Never Trump movement in action. Their new organization, which is not affiliated with the Clinton campaign, is part support group and part activist hub: They intend to host off-the-record social events for like-minded conservatives and sponsor get-out-the-vote efforts for Clinton. They started in May by launching accounts on Facebook and Twitter and are planning to make an appearance at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia next month.

The United States Chamber of Commerce is a business-oriented American lobbying group.
It is not an agency of the United States government.
Politically,
the Chamber is generally considered to be a conservative organization