6.12.2008
6.10.2008
Pro-pigeon article in New York Magazine!
Child among pigeons
Originally uploaded by damonlynch.
Whoo Hoo.. or rather Coo Coo! Actually what my pijjies say sounds more like LOOkitThaPOOL! (What pool?!) :)
From an email from the NY Bird club, congratz to Anna Dove and everyone who care for the little creatures with feathers :)
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New York Magazine - Pro-Pigeonism Article
New York Bird Club
Hello pigeon friends,
Pigeons have received some nice comments and a lovely article in the New York Magazine Children's Section. You can add some comments to the article if you wish.
It is time that pigeons finally receive good press, and we hope that the goodwill toward pigeons will follow in other media.
Thank you to all who defend and continue to advocate for our pigeon friends, and I hope to see you on Friday at our first National Pigeon Day.
Anna
http://nymag.com/family/kids/47515/
Pigeons are nature’s ambassadors to many young New Yorkers. Kids may grow up singing about Old McDonald, imitating farm animals, and reciting their “this little piggy”s, but those animals aren’t city dwellers. What parent hasn’t gotten a whine-free afternoon thanks to some birds and a few crackers? Nonetheless, pigeons have enemies: landlords, the bird-poop-phobic, and Woody Allen, who dubbed them rats with wings. But on June 13, bird lovers will spring to the underdog’s defense by hosting National Pigeon Day in Central Park. “We’re trying to promote a positive image,” says New York Bird Club founder Anna Dove via telephone, rescued canaries tweeting in the background. “There’s such negativity for no reason. They’re harmless, defenseless. They can’t attack; their beak is very soft.” Other members of the crusade against “anti-pigeonism” include Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns and Valerie Sicignano of In Defense of Animals. The day is equal parts class and party: Kids will learn cool pigeon facts (e.g., how the birds acted as wartime carriers and how they’re smart enough to recognize alphabet letters) as they nibble on pigeon-shape cookies, view pigeon-inspired children’s art, and take part in a candlelight prayer service. (Dove worries there might not even be urban pigeons in five years.) Meanwhile, she urges all New York families to “carry a bit of bread crumbs in your bag, a few seeds to show kindness and respect. The pigeon isn’t a threat or an enemy. It goes along with quality of life to show kindness and compassion to all living things.” That’s a lovely lesson for the children.
6/13, 4 to 8 p.m. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park, enter on Fifth Ave. at 72nd St. (212-369-1293 or nationalpigeonday.com); free.
6.09.2008
6.07.2008
Learn the Truth About Pigeons
For a moment they posed...I clicked ..
Originally uploaded by @k@sh.
Animal Talk with Suzanne Dragan
Sundays 12 noon-2pm EDT
on 1450AM WCTC &
streaming live online at: wctcam.com
Tune in/Call-in: 1-888-545-9282.
Suzanne Dragan:
"Thanks to pigeons I was born: my Mother saw my Father on his roof tending his flock of pet pigeons, their eyes locked & the rest is history. My family has always lived with & injured rescued pigeons. "Rats with wings" they are NOT.
Learn the truth about pigeons this Sunday when I interview Dr. Charles Wolcott, previous Director of Cornell's Ornithology Lab about pigeon history, biology & behavior also Arlene Steinberg, an organizer of National Pigeon Day (June13) and East Coast Director of In Defense of Animals, Valerie Sicignano.
Together we can be the Voice of the Voiceless.
Please visit our blogs:
http://www.nationalpigeonday.com
http://www.peopleforpigeons.com
Rock Pigeons Online Community Discussion: http://forums.manhattanbirdclub.com/mb/luciedove?forum=101335
"I am happy to carrying the peace"
Originally uploaded by Luo Shaoyang.
6.06.2008
Fakey Friday, Dolly Goes Shopping
01. Momoko enters re-ment delicacy shop
Originally uploaded by em`lia.
Check out the entire, wonderful photo set of the lovely dolly shopping trip :)
And for all you real dolls.. Go by this store in Los Angeles (great article and more photos!), The Valley of the Dolls
Saturday 6/7/08 to check out their Re-Ment event! A perfect way to stock up on future Fakey Friday supplies (careful you may spend lots of real money!)
6.05.2008
6.04.2008
6.03.2008
Me.. about an hour ago today.. :)
A perfect moment under a lovely tree in a pretty East Village park..
No.. I am not tellin' you where it is because then all of you will go steal my nice little bench spot under the tree... be careful that bird there tries to go through your bag! ;)
Thanks Rick!
Four Walls
Click here for the story and links all about the beautiful picture at the end of this sequence.
6.02.2008
It's Monkey Monday!
Some type of Baboon with baby
Originally uploaded by The James Hicks Experience.
"Now Gimme a kiss!" :)
Featherdust Boy Grows Up
A dusty boy..
"Featherdust Boy grows a beard
now he is Featherdust Man"
(He was made of pale unmarked dust on a piece of glass. The marks came from I don't know where. Then one day I realized he was aging, a fragment of spinning feather changed him, he was growing up.)
Film by C Merry
Song, Music Box by Nox Arcana
Music edited by Rick Van Benschoten
6.01.2008
Over 200 Anielas later!
Over 200 Anielas later!
Originally uploaded by Miss Aniela.
I just love her pictures, go check out her wonderful self portraits.. beautiful clones everywhere! :)
Sunny Smile Sunday, Nice hat you have there!
Nice hat you have there!
Originally uploaded by maverickwriter.
"Remember to wear a hat out on a sunny day.. or sunblock!!!"
Aww thanks for carin' :) Have a Wonderful Sunny Hat wearin Sunday!
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