Catherine
@mistymaple.bsky.social
Love animals/nature
Avid reader/love to walk
I care about the planet
Happily retired/vegan
Enjoy growing plants and creating art
No dms
Avid reader/love to walk
I care about the planet
Happily retired/vegan
Enjoy growing plants and creating art
No dms
Spread the love💕..........
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Spread the love💕..........
Milestone for Rewilding as Ostriches Return to Saudi Desert After 100-year Absence www.goodnewsnetwork.org/milestone-fo...
Milestone for Rewilding as Ostriches Return to Saudi Desert After 100-year Absence
The red-necked ostrich was identified as the closest relative of the extinct Arabian ostrich, and for its ability to survive in extreme desert conditions.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Milestone for Rewilding as Ostriches Return to Saudi Desert After 100-year Absence www.goodnewsnetwork.org/milestone-fo...
Good Morning All!🌷 On this day in 1964 The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. There were a record breaking 73 million viewers. I was one of them! "she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah."
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Good Morning All!🌷 On this day in 1964 The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. There were a record breaking 73 million viewers. I was one of them! "she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah."
Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited www.goodnewsnetwork.org/apes-show-ab...
Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited
Apes share the human ability to imagine and pretend, suggests new research that included a series of tea party experiments.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited www.goodnewsnetwork.org/apes-show-ab...
Billionaire Tom Kaplan Auctions Rare Rembrandt Lion Drawing for $18M to Help Save the Animal it Depicts www.goodnewsnetwork.org/billionaire-...
Billionaire Tom Kaplan Auctions Rare Rembrandt Lion Drawing for $18M to Help Save the Animal it Depicts
Billionaire Dr. Tom Kaplan combines his position as largest private Dutch Masters collector and Panthera founder to raise millions for lion conservation
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February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Billionaire Tom Kaplan Auctions Rare Rembrandt Lion Drawing for $18M to Help Save the Animal it Depicts www.goodnewsnetwork.org/billionaire-...
"Earth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the Spring.
Teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.
Teach me to remember kindness as dry fields weep with rain."
An Ute Prayer
Teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the Spring.
Teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.
Teach me to remember kindness as dry fields weep with rain."
An Ute Prayer
February 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"Earth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the Spring.
Teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.
Teach me to remember kindness as dry fields weep with rain."
An Ute Prayer
Teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the Spring.
Teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.
Teach me to remember kindness as dry fields weep with rain."
An Ute Prayer
Farmers' Kids Cuddle Up with New Born Calf on the Couch After She Nearly Froze Outside www.goodnewsnetwork.org/farmers-kids...
Farmers' Kids Cuddle Up with New Born Calf on the Couch After She Nearly Froze Outside
A farming family welcomed a new calf into a frigid world of single digit temperatures, and realized it wasn't going to last the night.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Farmers' Kids Cuddle Up with New Born Calf on the Couch After She Nearly Froze Outside www.goodnewsnetwork.org/farmers-kids...
A 2025 framed print entitled "TOGETHER."
A cozy lion family surrounded by flowers!
RCK Folk Art
A cozy lion family surrounded by flowers!
RCK Folk Art
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
A 2025 framed print entitled "TOGETHER."
A cozy lion family surrounded by flowers!
RCK Folk Art
A cozy lion family surrounded by flowers!
RCK Folk Art
Acupuncture for Rescued Elephants Provides Relief from Chronic Pain and Nerve Damage in India Care Center www.goodnewsnetwork.org/acupuncture-...
Acupuncture for Rescued Elephants Provides Relief from Chronic Pain and Nerve Damage in India Care Center
An India wildlife rescue group is using acupuncture to help elephants recover from chronic pain and nerve damage from years of hard labor.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Acupuncture for Rescued Elephants Provides Relief from Chronic Pain and Nerve Damage in India Care Center www.goodnewsnetwork.org/acupuncture-...
Raccoons have many expressions. This one that I photographed looked like he was using his imagination
to pass the time. I entitled it "VISIONS"
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to pass the time. I entitled it "VISIONS"
Visit: artpal.com/rcnrvbnd
February 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Raccoons have many expressions. This one that I photographed looked like he was using his imagination
to pass the time. I entitled it "VISIONS"
Visit: artpal.com/rcnrvbnd
to pass the time. I entitled it "VISIONS"
Visit: artpal.com/rcnrvbnd
A visiting fisher (Pekania pennanti) stopped by last night.
They have excellent hearing, and a keen sense of smell.
Fishers play a crucial role in maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. I especially like their small, rounded ears.
They have excellent hearing, and a keen sense of smell.
Fishers play a crucial role in maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. I especially like their small, rounded ears.
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A visiting fisher (Pekania pennanti) stopped by last night.
They have excellent hearing, and a keen sense of smell.
Fishers play a crucial role in maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. I especially like their small, rounded ears.
They have excellent hearing, and a keen sense of smell.
Fishers play a crucial role in maintaining healthy forest ecosystems. I especially like their small, rounded ears.
Reposted by Catherine
"Winter is the time for comfort,
for good food and warmth...
it is the time for home."
Edith Sitwell
Wishing all of these things for you!
for good food and warmth...
it is the time for home."
Edith Sitwell
Wishing all of these things for you!
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"Winter is the time for comfort,
for good food and warmth...
it is the time for home."
Edith Sitwell
Wishing all of these things for you!
for good food and warmth...
it is the time for home."
Edith Sitwell
Wishing all of these things for you!
Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...
Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK)
A photographer Fay was visiting a park when a friendly robin came over and nestled right atop her camera near the warmth of her jacket.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...
Colorado Begins Planning Return of Wolverine Across its Parks, Absent for More Than 100 Years www.goodnewsnetwork.org/colorado-beg...
Colorado Begins Planning Return of Wolverine Across its Parks, Absent for More Than 100 Years
Hunted to extinction, small populations of this solitary scavenger survived in Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Canada.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Colorado Begins Planning Return of Wolverine Across its Parks, Absent for More Than 100 Years www.goodnewsnetwork.org/colorado-beg...
Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine www.goodnewsnetwork.org/once-wiped-o...
Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine
American chestnut trees, deemed functionally extinct decades ago, may already be mounting a quiet comeback in the northern forests of the US.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine www.goodnewsnetwork.org/once-wiped-o...
Today we woke up to -28 degrees fahrenheit here in beautiful northern Minnesota. I am busy keeping the home fires burning.
"Look, here comes one of my neighbors now."
"Just kidding!"
"Look, here comes one of my neighbors now."
"Just kidding!"
January 24, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Today we woke up to -28 degrees fahrenheit here in beautiful northern Minnesota. I am busy keeping the home fires burning.
"Look, here comes one of my neighbors now."
"Just kidding!"
"Look, here comes one of my neighbors now."
"Just kidding!"
‘Nairobi Birdman’ Rescues Helpless Birds in Kenya, Giving Them a Home He Never Had www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nairobi-bird...
'Nairobi Birdman' Rescues Helpless Birds in Kenya, Giving Them a Home He Never Had
He grew up without a family home, but as often as it was possible, he'd take care of birds he found that were hurt, hungry, or diseased.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
‘Nairobi Birdman’ Rescues Helpless Birds in Kenya, Giving Them a Home He Never Had www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nairobi-bird...
Holy Cow, this morning's temperature was 35 below zero Fahrenheit.
Baby, it's cold outside!
Baby, it's cold outside!
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Holy Cow, this morning's temperature was 35 below zero Fahrenheit.
Baby, it's cold outside!
Baby, it's cold outside!
Good morning everyone! Looks like this pine
marten is deep in thought.🌲
marten is deep in thought.🌲
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Good morning everyone! Looks like this pine
marten is deep in thought.🌲
marten is deep in thought.🌲
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the shadow of the raven's wing,
even the darkest fears can find light."
even the darkest fears can find light."
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"In the shadow of the raven's wing,
even the darkest fears can find light."
even the darkest fears can find light."
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
theconversation.com/raccoons-bre...
theconversation.com/raccoons-bre...
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
Trash pandas’ talent for escaping via lab vents may frustrate researchers, but their problem-solving skills make their brains a fascinating area of research.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
theconversation.com/raccoons-bre...
theconversation.com/raccoons-bre...
"Maybe the bravest thing we can do is keep existing, keep creating, even when the outcome is uncertain."
Patti Digh
All the best........
Patti Digh
All the best........
January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"Maybe the bravest thing we can do is keep existing, keep creating, even when the outcome is uncertain."
Patti Digh
All the best........
Patti Digh
All the best........
Reposted by Catherine
