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10/27/83
The Litahni Building on the Girl Scouts of DuPage County campground sustained major damage as a result of a fire on Tuesday, 10/25. The 130 acre wooded area is located in unincorporated DuPage County near Castaldo Park in Woodridge. The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire.
My desk is nearly always pretty tidy...except after a few friends have been around and the discussion moves to music and old photos which need scanning.
I didn't want to tell you during the series, but one of the small cubs (not one whose photo I posted) fell from a tree to his death....thank goodness children had already left the viewing deck and didn't see this. The mother bear tried to rouse him/her to no avail and finally took him by scruff of neck to a nearby wooded area and put branches over him. In the meantime the other three cubs stayed up in a tree. We returned the next evening at 5 and heard that the mother came back that morning and took the little cub's body deeper into the woods....the staff did not know whether she would bring the remaining three cubs back to this area or not....but she did, about an hour after we came.
We learned more about bear behavior from the staff.....that at times, mothers would come to the feeding area with fewer or no cubs (after having brought them previous days) so something had happened to them in the meanwhile...
This was the first time ever....that a cub had died right there, in the sanctuary. Other times, when they had fallen from a tree and been injured, sometimes not very badly; they stayed with their mother and all was well. If the injuries were more severe and the mothers couldn't deal with them, they were taken to a rehabilitation center by a staff member. Cubs falling from trees was a rare occurrence we were told.
Everyone was stunned when this happened to the cub....it felt to me like when we had a tragedy at the school where I had taught, and the counselors and we teachers talked to the students, were available for them.....this time, the roles were reversed....the staff talked to us, but they were shaken as well.
No need to comment, flickr friends....just wanted you to know........Pat
Flickr frustrates me with the way it changes photos. People seem to complain about its sharpening, but in this case it seems to have softened my shot.
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when i saw the petals and rice on the ground i grabbed my camera, then this guy appeared and started sweeping - I squealed "stop", and he stopped in his tracks, wondering what on earth he had done wrong... finally I think his feet and broom made the photo more interesting!
Day 333: Abandoned can on a window sill... one of those rushed shots... yet again!
November 29th 2011
The police and mayor of Delmas arrived without warning and destroyed the tents of hundreds of homeless earthquake survivors at the park at the airport intersection (Kafou Ayopò).
Read more: brikourinouvelgaye.com
The remnants of the double-skin fencing after a section of the EDL broke through and made their way into central Dudley.
they say
it changes people
and i could agree
death
destruction
kings and queens
tossed aside
ancient stone
fallen to ruin
it does change people
and places
and memories
follow in my wake
step where i step
see damage
see ruin
destruction
and pain
yes
it changes people.
((for the Masterminds Destruction Theme))
This is the pic released by ISPR. It shows the camp under the snow and the place from where the avalanche was initiated.
I couldn't fit the whole bag of birdseed into the cooler I keep it in. So I left the rest on the porch. And then went away for a few days. Whoops
Aftermath...
An accident occurred this evening. It's never good when it's a little kid. I hope this 11 year old girl will be fine, with no life long issues to speak of.
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