From Planet Earth
Calendar
Some organisms adapt better to
changes in the environment than others.
The Red-Eyed Tree Frog is very sensitive to its
surroundings. Its need for a specific
temperature and humidity and its permeable skin make it susceptible to changes
like warming, cooling or pollution. The Must
Ox can withstand the bitterest cold.
If the weather gets warm, it sheds its coat. Humans are the most adaptable beings
living on this planet. Clothing and
housing exemplify our ingenuity coping with harsh environments.
While “nature” has given animals
like the Musk Ox and humans good adaptability skills, it is still important to
pay attention to the lesser creatures, like the Red-Eyed Tree Frog because they
can tell us a lot about the conditions of our environment.
Did You Know?
(from the Canadian
Wildlife Federation Calendar 2014)
Climate change is having an
impact on all kinds of wildlife. Species are immigrating sooner; they shift their
ranges and bear young earlier. You can visit CanadianWildlifeFederation.ca
to learn how you can help.
The male Northern Cardinal has
such a strong desire to protect its territory that it can often spend hours
fighting with its own reflection ~ misinterpreting itself as an intruder!
March Message from
the Canadian Red Cross
Disasters can strike quickly and
without warning! They can force you to
evacuate your neighbourhood or confine you to your home. The Canadian Red Cross encourages all
Canadians to plan ahead and be prepared to take care of yourself
and your family for at least 72 hours. By
taking action now you and your family can be better prepared for
emergencies.
MADD Facts
Every 90 seconds (in Canada) a
person is injured in a drunk driving crash.
Kids don't come with instruction manuals. That's why MADD developed the researched “Power of Parents: It's Your
Influence” handbook.
Niagara Falls and
Great Gorge
(from Niagara Falls
of Canada Calendar 2014)
The Niagara River is also a strait
(a natural outlet) for Lake Erie and the Upper Great Lakes; the river
connects to Lake Ontario about 58 kilometres (36 miles) to the north. Flowing south to north, it follows the land
sloping to the Niagara Escarpment.
Special Event Days
March 5 (Wednesday) ~
Ash Wednesday
March 9 (Sunday) ~ Daylight
Saving Time begins (except Sask.)
March 17 (Monday) ~
St. Patrick's Day (and my Birth Date)
March 20 (Thursday) ~
Vernal Equinox *
March 22 (Saturday) ~
World Water Day
*On the Vernal Equinox, around
March 21st in Sacramento, California,
we have around 12 hours of Daylight...and
12 hours of Darkness.
March Musings
Emily Dickinson
believes March to be, “The month of expectation ~
a welcome visitor
bringing colour back to a winter-bleached world.”
St. Patrick brings
a promise ~ a four-leaf clover promise;
a green all-over
promise of springtime ahead.
(Aileen Fisher)
The air is like a
butterfly with frail blue wings;
the happy earth
looks to the sky and sings.
(Joyce Kilmer)
Daffodils ~
(William Wordsworth)
I wandered lonely
as a cloud
That floats
on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once,
I saw a crowd ~
A host of golden
daffodils...
Fluttering and
dancing in the breeze.
You can't see
Canada across Lake Erie ~ but you know it's there.
It's the same with
spring ~
you have to have
faith, especially in Cleveland.
(Paul Fleischman)
Flower and Garden
Philosophy (Ralph Aldo Emerson)
All my hurts, my
garden spade can heal.
Pearl of Wisdom
The seasons are what
a symphony ought to be:
four perfect
movements in harmony with each other.
(Arthur Rubinstein)
Compiled by Merle
Baird-Kerr...February 6, 2014
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