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americasgreatoutdoors:

All this week, we are featuring some of the spectacular places in America’s Last Frontier: Alaska. First up is Bering Land Bridge National Preserve.

A visit to Bering Land Bridge can feel like traveling back in time. The Bering Land Bridge provided a pathway for plants, animals and people to cross from the old world to new. Wildlife like the muskox remind us of our ancestors and how geography has shaped humankind. These iconic herbivores sport curved horns and can weigh between 400-800 pounds. Although their populations have fluctuated over the last century, today they number around 3,800 in the state of Alaska. National Park Service Photo.

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. Your photos will go into the queue (usually 2 weeks wait) and will be posted in the order I receive them. If you’ve already entered your pet and would like to do so again – that’s no problem – just space the entries out a bit. Please try to send horizontal photos 640×480 (medium size on your iphone) if possible. If you’re not using an iphone any size is fine.

“Herschel lives in Columbia Heights. He is only 8 weeks old but he loves all toys and cuddling!”

“Petworth’s own Hermes, a.k.a Hermy-kins”

“Lola from Pleasant Plains enjoying the sun.”

Nope, nope, I’m sorry I tried. I looked at it from many different angles – with the building at the corner in the frame – I’m sorry I still don’t like it. I really did try though.  And to be honest the photos look better here than it did in person – you can’t really see the cinder block mass on the sides…  Awesome location though!

Some maps would rather make a point than give directions.

Looks like they’ll be set for many more weeks…

944 Florida Avenue, NW

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. Your photos will go into the queue (usually 2 weeks wait) and will be posted in the order I receive them. If you’ve already entered your pet and would like to do so again – that’s no problem – just space the entries out a bit. Please try to send horizontal photos 640×480 (medium size on your iphone) if possible. If you’re not using an iphone any size is fine.

“Caught Tumbleweed from Petworth in a compromising position.”

“This is Tessa, and she’s an adoptable 13 yo Boxer mix from City Dogs Rescue. I’ve been fostering her and she is just the sweetest, easiest dog. Fully housetrained, quiet, waits to be invited before jumping up on couch/bed, just wants to nap and snuggle all day long. She’s perfectly healthy but was sadly surrendered by her owner in North Carolina and was going to be put down at the shelter until City Dogs pulled her out.

She is the greatest and I’m just really hoping she can find a forever family that will give her all that love back!”

“I have attached a photo of the kitten – named Marrion Parry (pronounced with a proper DC accent – Murrion Purry) – as we are now ward 8 constituents.”

Bonus of Marrion and recently featured Goose:

via google maps

From MPD:

“At approximately 5:30 PM, this evening [Sunday] we received a call for the sounds of gunshots in the area of 4th and Elm St, N.W.

A quick response by nearby police officers and several citizens who called 911 we were able stop the involved parties.

As a result, we recovered two handguns.”

A resident inquired – “Were arrests made? Were they shooting for fun or in process of other crimes?”

“One arrest at this time. There were no other crimes associated.”

Shaw/U Street.

Zach Weinersmith and I contributed to Tiffany Taylor’s children’s book about evolution. Tiffany worked with scientists to create Seuss-style stories about evolutionary adaptations, and various artists created illustrations to go along with each story. Zach and I worked with Tiffany to share the story of how Euhaplorchis californiensis manipulates the behavior of California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis). You can get the book on Amazon here, and they just made the pdf version of the ebook available for FREE here. Enjoy!

Let me guide you

Samuel Dixon Photography

Thanks to Samuel Dixon Photography for again sharing his great photos. You can check out the rest of the pictures at his site here.  “Was out having a beer at Lyman’s Tavern on 14th St when a traveling puppet show out of Austin rolled up. The group is called Ballenarca and they were great.”

Samuel Dixon Photography

Samuel Dixon Photography

Samuel Dixon Photography

Samuel Dixon Photography

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. Your photos will go into the queue (usually 2 weeks wait) and will be posted in the order I receive them. If you’ve already entered your pet and would like to do so again – that’s no problem – just space the entries out a bit. Please try to send horizontal photos 640×480 (medium size on your iphone) if possible. If you’re not using an iphone any size is fine.

“Markus in Vienna”

“Poppy in Columbia Heights sets an example for all of us. A nap and a visit to the Afternoon Animal Fix helps a kitty cope.”

“I was a day late treating him, but Buddy of Brookland really enjoyed his birthday cake courtesy of Metro Mutts.”

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. Your photos will go into the queue (usually 2 weeks wait) and will be posted in the order I receive them. If you’ve already entered your pet and would like to do so again – that’s no problem – just space the entries out a bit. Please try to send horizontal photos 640×480 (medium size on your iphone) if possible. If you’re not using an iphone any size is fine.

“Puddles of Mount Pleasant is one of a foster litter of 8.  He and two of his siblings are still looking for their forever homse.  Come visit them at the Mount Pleasant Farmer’s Market this weekend and be sure to submit applications for “Flower’s puppies” on www.homewardtrails.org ASAP.  Let’s keep these puppies local!”

“Angus, a Maine Coon Last Chance Animal Rescue alum, taking a snooze in Logan Circle”

“Sierra’s one year Adopt-a-versary is this August. She now stalks the squirrels of Hill East and Lincoln Park. She has a special appreciation for Hounds and certain black pugs. She was rescued by City Dog Rescue. Plus she loves the peanut butter jar when it needs cleaned out.”

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. Your photos will go into the queue (usually 6-8 weeks wait) and will be posted in the order I receive them. If you’ve already entered your pet and would like to do so again – that’s no problem – just space the entries out a bit. Please try to send horizontal photos 640×480 (medium size on your iphone) if possible. If you’re not using an iphone any size is fine.

“Donna Martin convalescing Adams Morgan.”

“This is Bolt from Brightwood, wishing he could go on his walk already…”

“Here’s an update on Rickie, who’s celebrating her approximate 1st birthday. She’s still doing well and made the move to Southwest a few months ago. She says thanks for all the PoPville and instagram love! (She’s @kittyrickie )”

“LOST DOG!! PETWORTH
8:30 Wednesday morning August 19: Escaped cute small light brown male puppy with collar and tags. Dog’s name is “Monkey.” Very friendly. Last seen running in a southwest direction next to the church at 4704 13th St NW, WASH, DC
Please call Aaron at (318) 751-3678″

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood. Your photos will go into the queue (usually 2 weeks wait) and will be posted in the order I receive them. If you’ve already entered your pet and would like to do so again – that’s no problem – just space the entries out a bit. Please try to send horizontal photos 640×480 (medium size on your iphone) if possible. If you’re not using an iphone any size is fine.

“Dudley Poison the schnoodle of Mt. Pleasant goes for a ride. (he’s harnessed in)”

“Diego (left) and Frida (right) currently live in the Palisades. They enjoy being fed, being petted, and playing in empty clothes hampers. Siamese are fantastic cats and I can’t say enough good things about the Siamese Cat Rescue! (where I got Frida)”

Romo the dog, a long time beloved fixture of the Adams Morgan neighborhood in D.C., is settling into his new life in Arlington.

The 150 pound bull mastiff/pit bull mix became well known in D.C. for his habit of sleeping near an open window in owner Tiffany Scourby’s condo. Passersby took to the droopy dog, and a Facebook page and Twitter account dedicated to Romo soon sprang up.

Romo, along with Tiffany and her husband Peter Scourby, moved to the Forest Hills townhouse community in the Arlington Ridge neighborhood earlier this summer. So far, Peter says Romo has taken to his new life outside of the city.

“He’s enjoying the space more,” said Scourby. “We went from 1,000 square foot condo to 3,000 square feet.”

Although Scourby says there aren’t any windows in the new home with quite the foot traffic of Romo’s Adams Morgan haunt, the pooch has been given a bed by a window and has scoped out prime napping spots around his new home.

The couple says that like their dog, they are enjoying the newfound space Arlington affords.

“I’m a Virginia boy,” said Scourby. “I like the ‘burbs, and I wanted space. There’s a country club down the street, and I can see the Washington Monument from my house.”

Romo’s Facebook page has more than 3,000 likes and counting, and since moving the couple has discovered that some of their new neighbors are long-time Romo fans.

“When we first got here, a neighbor we hadn’t met yet said, ‘Oh my God, that looks like that Romo dog!,'” said Scourby. “When we told her it was him, she just screamed. Apparently she was one of his followers on Facebook.”

The move to Arlington won’t be the only change for Romo this summer. Peter says Tiffany is eight months pregnant and is due this September.

“[Romo’s] gonna have a little brother soon,” he said.

Photos via Facebook