U is for Unique

Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC Wednesday round 3

and ABC Wednesday Anthology have wandered

down the alphabet all the way to U.

To be the last of one's species is to be truly unique. Please enlarge the plaque above to give you an understanding of Lonesome George's plight.

And here is Lonesome George himself, photo taken before I had a good zoom lens.


My husband, Otto, poses in order to give us a sense
of the size of Galapagos giant tortoises.

And here is happy group of Galapagos giant tortoises
among their own species.

I am mourning the loss of species, one by one, caused by habitat destruction, global warming and the demands on resources by an ever-increasing world population. Lonesome George is a single sad example of this.

I want to apologize to everyone for not commenting on your posts this week. I am super busy with company coming in two days and then Otto and I being ready to fly to Port Townsend the day they leave. And I've hardly started my Christmas shopping yet, most of which will have to be mailed! At least the calendars are finished and in the mail. Happy holidays, everyone, and don't let yourselves get over-strssed. I'm trying! I'm trying!