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Aug 2Liked by Becca Katz

Great and my wonder is how long did it take to know the eggs wldnt hatch? Did she not have a male partner around? The pile of dry wood is best for grandmother's fireplace here in kenya.

Its the cheapest and cooks very fast thats the reason Kenya has had to urge her people to plant more and more tresss to replace the lost ones and maintain the beauty and fresh nature look.Not forgetting its water catchment areas to improve the waterfalls look real with their rolling sounds of water.

Clare my daughter has began to love nature and recently she visited a stream in Nyanyuki where she spotted a strange spider with rainbow legs. Becca i never knew that nature is rich and beautiful in resources.

GNL is great

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The male eagle, Shadow, actually resisted acknowledging that the eggs wouldn't hatch, continuing to incubate the eggs until one was so obviously deteriorated that it was clear it wasn't viable. Jackie tried to get him to leave the nest -- I read several blog posts about how she knew they weren't going to hatch. As for the humans watching, I guess the scientists knew that the eggs were taking way too long to be viable.

I loved the photos of the rainbow leg spider. It looked translucent!

Asante rafiki.

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Jul 31Liked by Becca Katz

This “interspecies empathy”.

I have felt this. Recently.

I was harvesting cucumbers again (seriously I just harvested yesterday!) and it happened. Interspecies empathy. I saw a bee harvesting nectar from one of the cucumber plant's flowers and it hit me. The symbiosis, the interdependence, the gratitude, the beauty… I felt a warmth flood my heart, I literally fell to my knees with tears springing to my eyes.

What happened to me?

Upon reflection, (I’ve told this story a few times), I think what swooned through me was awe. Brought about by interspecies empathy. An esprit de corps, we are all in this together, the three of us, human, plant, bee. I will not soon forget this.

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How beautiful, Anna. You know, Jodi sent me a note after she read this saying "they just know" -- about kids having innate interspecies empathy. They just knew to care for that dying bird. What would it be like if we all retained this ability. So glad you have held on -- and shared a deep connection with a cucumber plant and a bee.

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