Starving polar bear miles from home

A hungry and exhausted polar bear was spotted wandering in the suburbs of the Siberian industrial city of Norilsk this week, hundreds of miles from its usual habitat.

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/19/733960364/starving-polar-bear-wanders-into-siberian-town

Chicago Blues Festival 2019

At last weekend's Chicago Blues Festival:

Great blue herons

Great blue herons on our afternoon walk:https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-blue-heron

Photos: Marge Ishmael

Healing power of gardens

Painting by Emily Hughes

https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/05/27/oliver-sacks-gardens/?utm_source=pocket-newtab