random science: her name was Hypatia

See the entire Carl Sagan Tribute Series at Milky Way Musings

aliens

The folks at What's that Bug? identified this as a stink bug nymph.

derelict housing

 

^^active nesting site in 2010 and 2011, the entrance gave way around fledging time

more about flickers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds

random sounds 28: Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole

summer

Coreopsis sp., Alyssum sp., Hen and Chicks, blue fescue grass.

Free Tibet: Stop the Torture

Free Tibet
Tibet at Wikipedia
David Threlfall on YouTube

leaving home

^^last day at home before the big adventure. 

American Robin, Turdus migratorius.