The Pet Farm
A great experience for all children to see different farm animals, especially those who live in the city. There isn't usually an entrance fee, but there is a donation box to help feed these wonderful animals.
"As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth;
to see the land as an animal does;
to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee;
to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us;
to know a hundred different smells of mud and listen unself-consciously
to the sowing of the trees."
~ Valerie Andrews (A passion for this earth)
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| A beautiful stone bridge over a pond with ducks |
"Children are born with a sense of wonder and affinity for Nature.
Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy,
and eventually into sustainable patterns of living."
~ Zenobia Barlow (Confluence of Streams)
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| Soft and fluffy rabbits |
"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.
"No," said Pooh, humbly. There isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."
~ A. A. Milne (Winne-the-Pooh)
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| A still maiden so fair to welcome all |
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
~ Anatole France
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| Turkeys gobbling away |
"Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem."
~ A. A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
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| Have you ever heard a turkey gobble? |
"How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it... you feel it." - Pooh
~ A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
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| Shy little guinea pigs |
"The furry little buggers are just deep, deep wells you throw all your emotions into."
~ Bruce Schimmel
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| A lovely little waterfall to fill the pond for the ducks |
"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to."
Alfred A. Montapert
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| Camouflage at it's best! Can you see the ducks? |
"Sometimes," said Pooh, "the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
~ A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
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| Ducks as white as snow |
"Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way."
~ John Muir
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| Up for a swim? |
"Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."
~ Rachel Carson
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| Tails up, heads down... looking for lunch |
"It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked."
~ Haile Selassie
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| Wild geese |
"I realised that if I had to choose. I would rather have birds than airplanes."
~ Charles Lindbergh
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| A great variety of geese |
"Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain."
~ Doug Coupland
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| Are we this accepting of those different to us? |
"Just because an animal is large,
it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness;
however big Tigger seems to be,
remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo."
~ A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
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| Billy Goat Gruff... not all grown up yet... |
"If you enter a goat stable, bleat; if you enter a water buffalo stable, bellow."
~ Indonesian Proverb
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| This kid misses his mountain |
"Birds are indicators of the enviroment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."
~ Roger Tory Peterson
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| Parrots |
"I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds, in the enviroment."
~ Pat Buckley
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| Cockatoo |
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
~ Chinese Proverb
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| A variety of little birds |
