Urban carnivores

One of the great things about living in this great big park are the lectures that the Friends of Griffith Park host periodically.

Tonight a researcher from UCLA discussed her research about rodenticides and their impact on bobcats. We have a bunch of bobcats here in gp, which was one of the areas she studied. It's a pretty clear correlation now between when these poisons are introduced into the environment and the fatalities of the urban carnivores,  with enough of an increase in deaths due to mange that that became a focal point of her study. Recently, Griffith Park's famous mountain lion P22 was found to have mange, most likely due to the correlation between the rodenticides he is exposed to amd the inflammation to the immune system it causes.

Interesting information,  and there's a lot more at urbancarnivores.com and on the facebook page of the same name.

#200happydays day 17

Trip to Sequoia

The one good thing about Fresno is that it's an easy drive up to Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park and National Forest. Our friends loaded up their toddler, while we loaded up the baby, and we drove a beautiful hour to get there.

We checked out Grant's tree, we went to the Chicago Stump, and on our way back stopped at a beautiful meadow. My husband has a remote control drone that he attaches his Go Pro camera to, and so a lot of our stops are based off of where he thinks he can get the best video.

#200happydays Day 14

I can feed him anywhere!

entertaining babies

we found a field!

Grizzly Falls

100 happy days all over again

I just finished my first round of #100happydays, which was a wonderful experience.  Every day I'd find something to post that made me happy.  The great thing is that in 100 days, it's not all big exciting events. You have to look for the little pleasures in life.

A great example of how it improved my outlook was just the other day -- I woke up with one of those terrible neck pains that makes you afraid to even look in another direction. I couldn't life the baby, and it was about to feel like it ruined my day. Except, I had #100happydays to post about. So you know what I noticed?  I have a sweet and thoughtful husband who brought me ibuprofen and went to the store to buy a heating pad for me. Instead of woe is me, I felt glad and grateful.

So I finished the original challenge,  and want to do it again, but I want to do it here and not on facebook so I can keep some record of it.

Today,  I went for a walk with a friend, and the baby and along the way we found a whole wall of grapes growing. #100happydays #200happydays day 1!