Rarest Rabbit

This is the Sumatran Striped Rabbit, only recently photographed for the first time back in 2007. This rabbit is so rare, that it has only been sighted three times since 1972 and only photographed in these following pictures! It can only be found in the Barisan Mountains in western Sumatra, Indonesia.

Looks like something from a fantasy world!

This discovery is amazing! It's proof that we still have millions of species to confirm and document, unknown if they actually exist of not. It is also strong evidence that many species are becoming more rare due to human deforestation and lack of effort to conserve the environment. We cannot lose these beautiful creatures, there are many critically endangered species we still have yet to discover! It's cousin, the Annamite Striped Rabbit was only discovered in 2008 in Vietnam!

Favorite

Picking up litter on Santa Cruz Boardwalk

the road not taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

by Robert Frost


this poem has been my favorite poem since I came to United States.
and today-
i made the decision that i won't regret with a sigh in far future from today.
i wish
to keep this moments
for very long time.




















































i like kree a lot.

FUN FUN FUN State Fair

Last week's (I cannot believe it was last week!) state fair was truly amazing.
First of all,
it was HUGE-with lots and lots of attraction things to look at-
arts, farm animals, rides, carnival games, foods, concerts, and many many more!

(AS you can see below) it really was fun to explore different things like:

a. touch goat


b. eat aligator on a stick


c. watch people getting hypnosis


it was real fun and interesting!
all of those above are things i haven't experience before
(touching goat was somewhat new)

i liked it!

so i googled some information about state fair-
and found out that state fair was created by California legislature to promote CA's reputation for farming and industry, and actually was first held at San Francisco in 1854. Through times- it moved to different areas (due to difficult travel times) to Sacramento, Stockton, San Jose, Marysville, and back to Sacramaneto 1859.
During and after WWII the fair ground was occupied by the Army and wasn't really used for fair purpose-CA highway patrol also used the site for unofficial "training" purpose.

After state bought large 350 acres of land near downtown Sacramento- governor Ronald Reagan at 1968 re-started "Cal-Expo" state fair.





I truly enjoyed the experience,
it reminded me of so many things I have not discovered in CA.

Too bad Kree had to drive all the way back and force-
I kind of wish I could help him driving.

:(
sort of.

15 min Treasure Hunt

Took me 15 min to find these amongst the hundreds of other photos that all have the same background.
It was Sue's first time to the State Fair, so maybe she can edit this post and update it with her own thoughts about the Sactown festivity.