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Meet little Talifa.
A tricolor cat with piercing green eyes. If she could speak a language known to us, she would probably have a lot to tell. Not only humans suffer from war. Animals do as well.
When I lost my soul cat Feli unexpectedly after an operation, I felt mostly… lost. A couple of months after her death, I started looking at little creatures in need of a new home. Feli had taught me that love and caring for others mean the most. Still, I was not intending to adopt. The pain was too raw.
But then I saw a photo of little Talifa while browsing online for cats “nearby.” It turned out she was not nearby at all. She was over 2,000 km away from me, in a shelter in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Many animals evacuated from the frontline have found shelter there. In the photos and a video on the website, I saw a small, sad-looking, almost miserable little cat — and I realized that I could not stop thinking about her.
Eventually, I contacted a German animal protection organization that worked together with the shelter in Kharkiv. To make a long story short, I was allowed to adopt Talifa. Before being sent on her long journey, she had to undergo an operation in which all of her teeth had to be removed. After a recovery phase, she — along with other companions in need — traveled to Germany. They started on a Monday and arrived late on Wednesday evening.
I received a message in Ukrainian: “Hello, we will bring you a cat.” I will never forget how then shortly after this a huge truck stopped in front of my door. Along with some documents, I was handed little Talifa — a tiny, thin, and incredibly hungry cat. She had been shaved and looked even smaller than she actually was. She stepped out of the carrier and immediately began to purr — but once I showed her her food bowl, that clearly became the most important thing in the world.
Now her fur has grown back healthy and dense. She still has a great appetite, and I think I have earned her trust by now. In the beginning, every touch made her nervous. Today, always on her own terms, she lets me know when she wants to play — and sometimes her trust is great enough for her to snuggle up to me.
Talifa was rescued and sheltered by "Animal Rescue Kharkiv" (ARK). So many animals in need have been saved and sheltered by incredibly brave and caring people there. This organization should not go unseen. I try to donate regularly, and I will do my very best to take good care of little Talifa — who was saved by people who risked their own lives to do so. And I also know that some of them lost their lives while doing so.
I often wonder where Talifa lived, who her owners were, and what happened to them. And what she might have experienced without ever being able to understand or to tell it. We both lost someone and had to start anew. I can only hope she will be happy in her new home here. Living her new life. And I am trying to do so as well.
To quote "ARK": "May life overcome everything."
Green veined White Butterfly very common along country lanes and Hedgerows.Just like its name the green veins are prominant on the underwing.
With an SD70MACe and ES44AC on the point, CSX intermodal train I141 has just gotten on the LCL Subdivision after departing from Cincinnati. Rolling through Erlanger, Kentucky as it heads southwest, the train crosses the bridge over the Bullock Penn Creek valley as it climbs away from the Ohio River.
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CSX LCL Subdivision
Erlanger, KY
CSX I141-28 (Intermodal; Northwest Ohio ICTF - North Baltimore, OH to Duval Yard - Jacksonville, FL)
CSX 4582 SD70MACe Ex. CSX 4582 SD70MAC, CSX 782, CR 4137 Blt.1998
CSX 3239 ES44AC Blt. 2015
Very attractive small tanager of humid tropical lowlands. Found in humid evergreen forest edges, plantations, and gardens; at times with mixed-species feeding flocks of honeycreepers and euphonias. Often in pairs, feeding at all levels in fruiting trees and bushes. Note the short, curved bill. Males are a unique green-blue color with black hood and a banana yellow beak. Female resembles female Red-legged Honeycreeper but is larger, brighter, uniform green, with yellow lower bill and grayish legs.
Tico Rainforest B&B, Horquetas de Sarapiqui, Cost Rica
The Marshall local heads south nearing its turnaround point at the ADM plant with the BN trio. Merry Christmas!
In the summer of 2003, Crawford Hill on BNSF’s Butte Subdivision out of Alliance, Nebraska, featured at least three sets of Cascade green three-window EMD SD60M helper sets, mostly equipped with a fuel tender. On July 22, 2003, a trio of these former BN EMDs rolls downgrade at Breezy Point just west of Belmont, heading back to Crawford after pushing a BNSF coal train over the grade.
I spotted my first Green-veined White this weekend. I'm a bit behind on commenting but will catch up asap.
Green woodpecker (Picus viridis) female perched on a tree.
Samica dzięcioła zielonego (Picus viridis) siedząca na drzewie.
Wildness shines in the green
Kissed by rays, that do stream
Down from the sky, infinitely wide
High above the countryside
Where three trees stand , as light does fall
Through their branches, both large and small
This was the result of my lunchtime walk today at Denby Dale in West Yorkshire. There is a small colony of Green Hairstreaks that inhabit a bank of bilberry. I managed to photograph this individual perched atop a sprig of Bilberry flowers. The books say they breed on a variety of plants but in the north they seem to live mainly on Bilberry. For those who are interested in settings, this was with a 105mm macro at f8, 1/1250 and ISO 800.
Immature Green Heron on a dead tree in a shallow pond down the road from my house. He/she felt rather safe being in the middle of the pond and did not bother to hide from us at all. I love how they can telescope their necks like that.
Another one! I was shooting a bee in some flowers when movement in nearby leaves caught my eye. We'd been wondering where they were, and now we've seen several in the last few days...always cooperative subjects...
Back in 2017, a walk along the trail at Black Rocks near Cromford Derbyshire. Spotted this old cattle shelter covered in moss in the dappled early evening sun.
Parc-Nature de la Pointe-Aux-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Cette pauvre Bécassine de Wilson a effectué sans arrêt des manoeuvres d'oiseau blessé afin de tenter désespérément éloigner un chat domestique de sa progéniture mais sans succès... Après vérification des lieux après avoir effrayé le chat nous (Serge Forcier et moi) avons trouvé un poussin avec un oeil sortie de son orbite... Triste pour cette mère dévouée...
Pointe-Aux-Prairies Nature Park, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
This poor Bécassine of Wilson carried out without ceasing manoeurvre of wounded bird in order to try desperately to ennoble a domestic cat of its offspring but without successes ... After verification of the places after frightening the cat we (Serge Forcier and I) found A poussin with an eye out of his orbit ... Sad for this devoted mother ...