Monthly Archives: April 2012

Z is for Zsa Zsa

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Rossandra White

I’m ending the A to Z Challenge with twenty-eight-year old Zsa Zsa, the magnificent, who belongs to friends of mine. She’s a White Cockatoo, endemic to islands in North Maluku, Indonesia. Another name for the bird is Umbrella Cockatoo, because … Continue reading →

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Y is For Yellow Animals

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Rossandra White

I love the color yellow. For one thing it was my dad’s favorite, which then became my favorite as a child. Over the years I flirted with this color and that, pink, white, baby blue, red, and green, but yellow … Continue reading →

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X is For Xantus Humming Bird

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Rossandra White

I love hummingbirds. We mostly have the ruby-throated kind around here. But I was delighted to find this gorgeous emerald one pictured below, the Xantus hummingbird. Native to southern Mexico’s Baja Peninsula and Jacques Cousteau Island off the coast of … Continue reading →

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W is For Wolf

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Rossandra White

The wolf has a special place in my heart because of what I went through at a particular time in my life. Floundering in a sea of self-doubt due to a betrayal in my marriage, I came across a book … Continue reading →

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V is For Vulture

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Rossandra White

Jake, my Staffie thinks he can catch one of the local vultures on our hikes up the big hill. That’s because as the bird swoops across our view a little further down the hill, it looks as if it’s reachable. … Continue reading →

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