0324.Art Rocks: Henry Moore: 1898

0323.Art Rocks: Eliseu Visconti: 1866

0322.Art Rocks: Julian Falat: 1853

0321.Art Rocks: Giorgio Vasari: 1511

0320.Art Rocks: Ivan Aivazovsky: 1817

0319.Art Rocks: Albert Namatjira: 1902

0318.Art Rocks: Marcel Duchamp: 1887

0317.Art Rocks: Judith Leyster: 1609

Books!

I have a friend in a retirement/assisted living home and every Wednesday now we video chat.  He's sharp and ambulatory, so drop the image of someone bed ridden.  The topic was 3-5 books that "changed" your life...I failed in the culling process, but every time I passed a different bookshelf, I found another one saying, "Whoa there, remember me?"

0316.Art Rocks: William Eggleston: 1939

0315.Art Rocks: Helio Oiticica: 1937

0314.Art Rocks: George Catlin: 1796

0313.Art Rocks: Andrew Goldsworthy: 1956

0312.Art Rocks: Maxfield Parrish: 1870

0311.Art Rocks: Thomas Eakins: 1844

0310.Art Rocks: Elizabeth Siddal: 1829

Smithsonian National Zoo: Cheetah

Last stop: The Cheetah Conservation Center

Smithsonian National Zoo: Scimitar-horned Oryx

Smithsonian National Zoo: Maned Wolf

The most elegant of wild canidae.  The only native canine to South America.

Smithsonian National Zoo: Grevy's Zebra

Grevy's Zebra are the most endangered species of the 8 extant Zebra species. 

Smithsonian National Zoo: American Bison and Lily Pond

 The national zoo has introduced its latest pair of American Bison, Lucy and Gally!

Smithsonian National Zoo: Bornean Orangutan

Little Redd is out with mom, Batang.  He'll be four years old in September.  In the meantime, he's trying to pull down one of the climbing towers--doesn't every mother recognize that look?

Smithsonian National Zoo: Patagonian Mara (Cavy)

The Patagonian Cavy have a rather spacious habitat.  Can you see them?  There are 4 in this image

 Spike, the only male member of the zoo's Asian Elephant herd.

Smithsonian Nation Zoo: African Lions!