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Here is my completed “Amazing, Beautiful Creatures” project as an A2 wall chart!
There may be as many as nine million different species of animal on Earth, and yet many of the most interesting and beautiful creatures get overlooked in favour of those more familiar too us. This is my attempt to introduce some of the less well known ones, although there were many more that I would have liked to have included. I hope that most people will learn a fact or two!
Sadly, many of the creatures I’ve covered, such as the Dugong, Gharial,and the Leatherback Turtle are all threatened with extinction. Hopefully by learning more about these creatures we can help prevent this from happening.
Hope you enjoy, I have learnt a lot making it.
Super high resolution version.
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It’s Preakness Day!
For the second leg of this year’s Triple Crown races, we are re-reading another one of Mom’s Marguerite Henry books. Black Gold tells the true story of a small but big-hearted horse who won the Golden Jubilee 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby. What an inspiring story!
For today’s race, we are cheering for Secret Oath to become the seventh filly to win the Preakness Stakes, after Swiss Skydiver two years ago! We are also rooting for Skippylongstocking because who wouldn’t root for that name!
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Today I ate so much (four heaping plates, including radicchio!) that even Grandmom said no more!? But I’m still hungry!!
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Mom thinks I’m just relaxing with my fluffy towel on my favorite chair, but really I’m spying on everything Mom is doing!
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Shell skritches from Mom are nice, I guess, but do you know what would be even nicer? Noms in Mom’s hand!
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Why is my log here?! I don’t care if it’s always been here, why wasn’t it moved when I decided I wanted to STOMP here?!
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Holding Mom’s hand and giving her lots of hugs and kisses because sometimes Mom needs some extra love.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms shellebrating today! My mom can be annoying sometimes (like when she insists on wiping my face clean after I destroy a dandelion), but snuggling with Mom is still always my happy place!
Our poster was a gift from friend @sanvomeka many years ago! (And yes, Mom did intentionally hang it askew! )
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It’s Derby Day!
As a little girl, Mom loved reading Marguerite Henry’s books about horses. One of Mom’s favorites was King of the Wind. The book tells the story of a colt named Sham “the Sun” who persevered through hardship to become one of the founding stallions of the modern thoroughbred. This book is what started Mom’s interest in horse racing!
Mom and I already watched the 3rd annual Kentucky Turtle Derby together this afternoon. For the first time, the Kentucky Turtle Derby included multiple shell species, including my own!
For the 148th Kentucky Derby, our bet is on morning-line favorite Zandon, but we will also be watching undefeated Taiba, and don’t forget about current betting favorite Epicenter. Picking a winner this year is like trying to pick my favorite dandie: This should be one of the most competitive Derbys in years, full of talent and heart-tugging stories! (Plus, of course, the ban of famed trainer Bob Baffert everyone can’t stop talking about.) We will also be rooting for Smile Happy in lucky post 5 (who wouldn’t love that name!), Crown Pride with the prancing warm-up routine, and White Abarrio for Mom’s soft spot for grays. We can’t wait to see what happens!
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Did Grandmom just walk in the door? Wait, she did but she didn’t immediately come say hi to me?!
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Beware the Revenge of the Fifth: Think twice before crossing over to the Dark Side!
Rememberwhen my BB-8 costume covered all of my shell?!
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Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you on all your GRUMPtastic adventures!
Rememberwhen my BB-8 costume covered all of my shell?!
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