May was mental health awareness month

Photo: CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/health/iyw-how-to-get-mental-health-help/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1InaG2kX18fWTeDtaNu07nZoDwx1VHCYtZDgFMpCLSzXwxSAoQcwfdgco

• Try to get proper sleep
• Watch what you eat: too much sugar and caffeine can affect your mood
• Get outside every day among plants, animals and other people
• Get moving, whether that's taking a walk, doing yoga or dancing with friends
• Limit your screen time. Increasingly, therapists are finding a connection between too much technology and depression and anxiety.

The Biggest Little Farm

Dragonfly

Just spotted this dragonfly on my fence:

Photo: Marge Ishmael

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly

Did the Chernobyl disaster lead to a paradise?

Photo: Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/the-chernobyl-disaster-might-have-also-built-a-paradise/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Poster

How deforestation looks from space

Wildlife Photographers of the Year

Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago.  I love this photo of spotted owlets nesting in a pipe in India, by Arshdeep Singh (aged 10).   They usually live in tree hollows but move into urban areas due to widespread deforestation. 

Photo: Arshdeep Singh

Humans threaten a million species with extinction

Photo: Getty images

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48169783