Film – Planet of the Humans — and Disappointment in Green Leaders

On Earth Day, 2020, the world looked and felt a lot different than it usually did each spring. The COVID-19 pandemic has us all quarantined, working from home, making and distributing cloth masks, and hoping to keep enough distance from the actual virus that it doesn’t come any closer to our families than the news. We aren’t all that lucky.

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Oh, these orchids!

Red2 has a green thumb. Grandma gave us these orchids 2 years ago. Red2 kept them alive and they even bloomed again. How awesome is that? 
She has a little spritzy water bottle and everything. 
{Clue from yesterday’s post: The flowers were not in the box.}

Lemur Tell you Something

Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) holding twins ...Image via Wikipedia

What’s your favorite animal?

Cincinnati Zoo – check.
Ft. Worth, TX Zoo – check.
Zoo Atlanta – check.

Busch Gardens, Tampa – check.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – check.

Zoos are really keeping up with the times. The Cincinnati Zoo has installed a series of solar panel roofs for the the parking lot. They look like the structures found at gas stations that protect you from the raid when you are filling your tank.

Wouldn’t it be cool if “they” installed the same panels at the gas stations?

Geonosian Solarsailer. From StarWars.com

Here’s your sci-fi: Have you seen Count Dooku’s ship? Solar sails. 

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