Earthday Everyday

Celebrate Earth, our

planet of blue and green

desert and sea

mountains and forests

rivers and streams

waterfalls!

meadows and valleys of wildflowers

lupine, indian paintbrush

trillium, daisies, wild pink violets

popping up through cracks in the earth

and on mountainsides and valleys

critters, small and large

quietly living their lives, not disrupting for photo ops!

Please enjoy this beautiful planet and its wonders, the beautiful creatures living symbiotically (until humans disrupt). All creatures and the ecosystem are pieces of the puzzle that work when left alone. Teach the young ones to quietly walk the forest paths and look (or maybe they will teach you!). Wildlife is living its life, not wandering around for your photo opportunity up in its face.

Would YOU want someone in your face with a camera without permission? Wild animals are wild, not for humans to sit on or pull the baby bear out of the tree for a photo! (Disgusting human behavior was on the news yesterday.)

We saw a woman in Yellowstone at the end of a walkway, trying to photo grizzly yearlings. Stupid behavior. The mama made a fake charge to warn her, and she ran. On our way back out, the park police were racing to the point, full-on police lights mode, to stop the human harassment and protect the people with no common sense.

There are laws on approaching wildlife and safe zones, similar to the ones in effect for distance to whales.

Come to the wildlife areas from the city; KNOW that the wildlife is WILD. National Parks are not zoos; the wilderness and wildlife do not exist for your closeup photos. Telephoto lenses exist for a reason.