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Month: March 2019

Why are zebras striped?

March 1, 2019February 21, 2019 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

I have honest to goodness thought about and wondered this my whole life.  Now we know: sickness bearing flies.

Now, if someone could explain why giraffes have those beautiful checks?!

Burning questions, desperately seeking answers.

Giardino Torrigiani, Firenze

March 1, 2019November 18, 2018 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment
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Mount Rushmore, SD, 1932

March 1, 2019February 13, 2019 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

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1932 photo, Gutzon Borglum and supt. inspecting work on face [nose] of Washington, Mt. Rushmore, S.D.

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