Cathy's Place

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010

Today I went to the Carolina Tiger Rescue in Pittsboro. http://carolinatigerrescue.org/default.asp

They have lots of carnivores especially tigers, but I saw lots of animals I never saw before including: caracals, cervals, ocelots, binturongs, and kinkajous. They had a very nice bobcat named "Collins". Bobcats, which are related to the lynx, received their popular name because of their short tails, which are black-tipped and white on the underside. They have long, stout legs with very large padded feet and black bars on their forelegs. Bobcats are much smaller than mountain lions (aka cougars).

kinkajous

binturong

caracal

white tiger

tiger

ocelot

Among the many Bengal tigers we saw a white tiger named "Jellybean". The tour guide, Patrick, explained to us that the cats fall into two groups; big and small. All the big cats (eg, tigers, lions, jaguars) have round pupils in their eyes; and all the small cats (eg, mountain lions, caracals, ocelots, bobcats) have the oval pupil like a house cat. The pictures are from Matthew as I did not take a camera.

Next time you come to visit - let me know if you want to see the tiger rescue place so I can make a reservation.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

New Links

I've added links to several web pages that may be of interest included 3 genealogy pages: Burt, Hart, and Wilson; and a cancer blog that follows Moody's treatments for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Depending on your browser, the links will appear on the left of this blog.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Vintage Pics of Moody's People

Dr. A. Moody Burt of Sparta, GA who was married to Frances Wade Brown Little.
They probably met when Dr. Burt tried to save Frances Little's first husband from drowning. Since he didn't succeed, I guess he tried to make it up to her by marrying her. She had one daughter, Lily Little, whom the family called "Aunt Sister".

A. Moody Burt Jr. (1907) Freshman at Georgia Tech where is played Center for the Varsity Football team and was his senior's class Valedictorian.

Mary Atkinson Burt (sister of A Moody Burt Jr.)
Aunt Mary lived to be 104 years old. We went to her 100th birthday party in San Francisco in 1986. I had to go out on a business trip at the same time so Moody joined me. My mother and Dad came up to College Park, MD from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to stay with Mary Laurel who was only 3 years old. It was there that I met some of Moody's first cousins including Peggy and Elizabeth Hallam.

Ruby Ellis Burt (1949)

Moody and his father (1940)

A. Moody Burt III (1936)

A. Mooody Burt III (1956)

A. Moody Burt Jr (~1960)

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

August Vacation

Familar faces in Nantucket this year. In addition we were in Holden, MA visiting Ted and Deborah. We also were at Sunnapee, NH visiting the Browns & John and Carol (on their way to Maine) and Mt Snow, VT, visiting Ned and Royal.