Extinct Critter Makes A Spooky Comeback

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World peace, perfect health, no poverty anywhere or extreme weather ... sometimes it seems our ideals are suspended in space like leaves dangling from an invisible thread, spinning in circles until a snap happens and goals become dashed or less clear. The gates of more minds need to open on a global level and ladders to higher priorities scaled for a carbon-free future. United Nations current statements about looming extinction whisked me away on a breezy day into flights of fancy and an old nursery rhyme: Like a leaf or a feather in the windy, windy, weather we will whirl around and twirl around and all fall down together. (See the extinct critter come back below.)



 

I took this last photo in 2014 of a dinosaur statue placed amid the flowers and shrubbery at a nursery.


This long extinct critter (some say evolved into birds) bears a striking resemblance to the one featured in the United Nations video posted below. If you have a minute, take a look.


Explore more at Saturday's Critters and OUR WORLD.
And as if this weren't scary enough, Halloween arrived with its ghosts and goblins!

Comments

  1. eileeninmdOctober 30, 2021 at 7:50 AM

    Hello,

    Loved the UN extinct critter video, we do need to make changes now. First politicians should not be taking money from these large corporations. They no longer work for the people or the country. Pretty collection of photos, love the leaf images and the cute dog. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend. PS, I appreciate your comment.

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  2. ~Lavender Dreamer~October 30, 2021 at 9:02 AM

    He's big and scary! Our alligators and lizards look prehistoric too I think. Love your photos.

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  3. Shiju SugunanOctober 31, 2021 at 12:26 AM

    Great shot of the falling leaves.

    My latest post:
    https://craniumbolts.blogspot.com/2021/10/migrant-birds-have-arrived.html

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  4. BreathtakingOctober 31, 2021 at 8:28 AM

    Hello,:=) Nice shots of the falling leaves, Dinosaurs are alive and well, I'm one of those people who believe that birds are Dinosaurs!:=)

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  5. carol l mckennaOctober 31, 2021 at 8:31 AM

    Wonderful post ~ great thoughts and fantastic photos and video ~ Happy Halloween ~ Xo

    Living in the moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  6. carol l mckennaOctober 31, 2021 at 8:32 AM

    That doggie is so handsome and great photo ~ Xo

    Living in the moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. Rose POctober 31, 2021 at 10:03 AM

    Thank you for a timely and thought provoking post. We are all one and in this together. Collaboration can only help in this endeavor.

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  8. Yogi♪♪♪October 31, 2021 at 11:59 AM

    The statements and predictions are scary but you know we have to deal with the truth and the sooner we start the transition to a carbon free future, the better we are all going to be. It's hard for me to look at the mess and chart a course forward.

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  9. Fun60November 1, 2021 at 1:29 PM

    The future of our children and grandchildren is in the hands of the world leaders and what happens these next two weeks. It's a very scary thought.

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  10. Photo CacheNovember 1, 2021 at 5:51 PM

    Yes, the world is getting scarier everyday.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  11. colleenNovember 3, 2021 at 8:13 PM

    I've begun to see personal death as extinction, but hopefully not as a species. The picture of the jacket and child in the distance really drew me in to study it.

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  12. AngieNovember 4, 2021 at 8:46 AM

    Maria - thanks for the link to the video. We have elected the leaders that are capable of making the changes at the necessary levels - now we need to make sure they hear our voices loud and clear!

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  13. DeniseinVANovember 6, 2021 at 8:22 AM

    The video said it all! Thank you for sharing that and all these other wonderful images, and for the very thought-provoking narrative. For the sake of generations to come, let us all be part of the solution not the problem, and here's hoping that the next generation will see better days.

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  14. GattinaNovember 7, 2021 at 2:18 AM

    Very nice fall pictures ! Yes it is a strange world we live in now and people are all so strange too !

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  15. stardustNovember 8, 2021 at 6:43 AM

    All the photos but the one of a dog have a little spooky atmosphere. By association of extinction, the innocent-sounding nursery rhyme gave me a little of chills. I hope wise business leaders and engineers guide politicians with their ideas and inventions. I prefer small but practical promise to big words with no realistic action. Thank you for the video.

    Yoko

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  16. Sallie (FullTime-Life)November 9, 2021 at 10:43 AM

    "All fall down together" has a more ominous ring these days -- both because I'm old and because of the state of the earth.... I do wonder if our grandmothers felt like I do now when we chanted that chorus. (Sure, they didn't know about global warming, but they did have other worries.) Anyway -- it is hard to maintain positivity right now. But we must try

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  17. CarverNovember 15, 2021 at 9:17 AM

    Fun as well as beautiful shots and I always enjoy your commentary.

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