Carpintero Gigante + Happy Chinese New Year!

Originally posted 1/10/2011 - backdated to organize posts by topic.

Carpintero, originally uploaded by Roberto Simonitti.

A male Magellanic Woodpecker brings an insect to a nestling in this excellent photo by Roberto Simonitti from Ushuaia, Argentina which is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. The photo is posted here with his kind permission.


And now for something entirely different:

Happy Yodel by Ho Lan - Mandala Studio Music Video

This video is off-topic.  However, it made me feel so very good this morning that I want to share it with you.  Best wishes to all by way of this Happy Chinese New Year video celebrating the Year of the Rabbit!   Musical production is by a talented friend of mine, Hsi-Ling Chang.

I love to sign a song. Yodel-lay...!

Sing and sing all day long!

Happy to be right here!

Singing throughout the year!

Trouble don't come my way, I've no place for you!!

Why don't you sing along? Yodel-lay...!

Press play, then change the setting at the lower right of the video box from 360p to 720p to watch and hear it at high definition.