Category Archives: penguin

Apr4

enter the penguins.

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and somehow

unbeknownst to them

the penguins

living their happy lives

being their best selves

in a place far, far away

have absurdly entered the fray

of american politics

my apologies

but i’m not worried

knowing they look out for each other

and can hold their own

I stand with the penguins.

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because they aren’t used to danger from animals on solid ground,

wild penguins exhibit no particular fear of humans.- mentalfloss.com

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‘the answer to every problem involved penguins’

-rick riordan, american author, percy jackson and the olympians series

Jan27

michigan penguins.

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saw this group hanging out on the ice on the river

 my first thought was,

‘michigan penguins’

“plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. they prepare. they adapt. they perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximizing scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.” 

-Katherine May – Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, 2020.

 

 

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huron river, argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa, winter 2025

 

Sep6

just be the best penguin you can be.

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Penguins Accidentally Took Selfie After They Found a Cam In Antarctica

(Everyone has the one friend who LOVES to take selfies)

Expeditions to Antarctica are constantly filled with surprises. Australian Eddie Gault went on an expedition there along with his cam to take photos of penguin colonies. Out of the fascinating photos he took, he also ended up having a photo of penguins taking a selfie.

While there, Gault visited Auster Rookery to record a group of Emperor penguins, leaving his camera near them to record their daily lives. After he left it, the penguins came close to the cam, one knocked it over and accidentally took a selfie along with other penguins.

 Emperor penguins are the biggest penguin types on the planet, have an average height of 45 inches and can live to be 20 years old.  Emperor penguins live in colonies and their breeding period is in Winter, when female penguins lay their eggs and leave them in the care of the male penguins.

 

“a penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.”

– gary vaynerchuk

 

 

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credits: Australian Antarctic Program, Auster Rookery, The Guardian

Feb11

which one of us is me?

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 a group of penguins in the water is called a raft- on land, they become a waddle. 

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“all penguins are the same below the surface,

which I think is as perfect an analogy as we’re likely to get for the futility of racism.”     

-Russell Brand

 

 

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art credit: Wood print by Kaamran Hafeez, One Penguin in a Large. Group of Penguins

Jan19

get back up.

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a family penguin is down, but not out.

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“you take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that’s a great feeling.”

*-shaun white

 

 

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*Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American professional snowboarder, skateboarder and musician. He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. He holds the record for the most X-Games gold medals and most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder, and has won 10 ESPY Awards.

Jun24

unhappy feet.

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nationalgeographic.com

the more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
mikhail baryshnikov

yes, it’s a sports injury.

no, i was not

playing in a world cup match

representing the u.s.a.

i was

walking in the house

while singing bohemian rhapsody.

with gusto.

opera style.

a door jumped in my way.

out of nowhere.

now my baby toe is broken.

and feels a little jacked up.

i must be a genius by now.

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image credit: nationalgeographic.omc