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Butterfly Weed

 Butterfly Weed (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

Alpenglow Images has The Nature of Loss

Wildlife Links

The Christian Science Monitor has Giant snail invasion hits South Florida. Gooey mess.

Sustainablog has Colony Collapse Disorder Comes to the Animated Screen: “A World with No Bees”

Environmental Issues Links

Park Advocate has Years of Abuse and Overuse Make the Colorado River the Most Endangered River of 2013

Photography and Art Links

Black Star Rising has A Litany of Woes for Career Photographers

Photo District News has APA, NPPA Join Copyright Suit Against Google

Tara Bradford has This photo is not free: Nikken EU & copyright infringement

Chicago Tribune has Tragedy and the Role of Professional Photojournalists

DC Area Flower Safari

If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 11th at Winterthur in Wilmington, DE.

Plan at this point for May 11 is to head to Winterthur in Wilmington, DE. Winterthur has gardens and a museum. Like Longwood Gardens – it’s an old duPont estate.

INformation about Winterthur is at http://www.winterthur.org/

Looks to be about a 2 hour drive from Bethesda to Winterthur. Let’s plan on carpooling from Grosvenor Metro Station. We’ll leave the Metro station at 7:30.

Admission to Winterthur is $ 18, which includes a tour of the mansion. For $ 30 you can reserve a place on a tour of the mansion at a specific time. If you belong to a botanical garden that participates in the American Horticultural Societies Recipricol Admission programs – your membership will get you into Winterthur for free.