Maybe Loving Kiva is Like Seeing Beauty in the Eyes of Skunks.....

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[Dottie b]

Yes, I think it's a black and white ruffed lemur. There are a few on this page:

http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/l/lemurs.asp

Dottie b

[Jill]

          Well done, Dottie and Henry.  It is a black and white ruffed lemur.  I never ever would have guessed.
Looks like Naomi is going to have to write us another poem, maybe this one, about the beauty of a lemur's ruff.
     
        Things I just learned that I didn't know.  All lemurs are indigenous to the island of Madagascar, white-ruffed,
red-ruffed, whatever-ruffed.  So, if you happen to hail a lemur walking down your street, you can yell out to it,
"Hey, how are things in Madagascar?" and it, undoubtedly, will be suitably impressed you guessed its country of origin.
     
         For those of you, who, like me, are geographically challenged, Madagascar, I just learned, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa.  If absolutely nothing else, this all is just PROOF POSITIVE of what a number of us have realized probably from the inception of our introduction to Kiva-- that is,
     
         that Kiva offers a bounty without measure for teachers, for parents, and for absolutely anyone with any desire at all to teach kids about the world or to teach themselves.

        Maybe one of these days, some of you Kiva Friends will join forces to find a way to help offer Kiva up to teachers, schools, and kids, so that they can partake in the sweet learning joy of it that we've already discovered.

      And yes, that record is broken, broken, broken, broken, scraaaa-tched
for all the play I've already gotten out of it.
But never fear, as long as I'm around, in and out though it likely will be,
you'll probably all have the opportunity of getting to listen to it again....

[KivanSteven]

Jill I learned way back that Madagascar has some of the most exotic, rare, and unique species on earth.  For some reason or another, other than being an island, it must have been very isolated from regular access or interest, but then again most large islands boast some originality all their own.

[Jill]

           Reading the Buchanan Family's/Becky  and Steff's posts in the Interest Rates thread, Replies #19 & #20,
made me realize that probably every new generation of KivaFriend Loan Addicts is likely destined to go through the same incredulity, shock and sort of sucker punch that we "veterans" experienced and articulated at the beginning of this thread
                                                               
                                                          in relation to
the absolute and utter incomprehension and headshaking disbelief we feel when we discover that people, even some of the ones that we're closest to and who are dearest in our lives just don't get, can't seem to get, are absolutely impervious to "getting"
           the absolute brilliance, rightness and we would have thought, the inescapable attraction of the Kiva concept.

        Turns out that there are many Many mysteries in the Universe, and you happen to have happened upon but another of them.                                                                   It's one of those "Go Figure" kinds of scenarios.

[Henry]

I figure in this instance, this might be the best place to post this...

I was in the grocery over the weekend, and looked at the frozen foods sections saying to myself.....self, I really would like something different... (being a fairly picky eater this is kinda difficult) ... when I saw a box of Green Giant Healthy Weight mixed veggies.  Boasting a big RED "NEW!" on it.  Looking at the photo on the box, I thought SKUNK! and EWWWWWWWWWWW and then I thought, I bet Kay would eat it, I know Diane would eat it,  So why not give it a shot.

EVERYNIGHT since Saturday I've enjoyed a box of Green Giant Healthy Weight frozen veggies, that require 3.5 minutes to microwave.  What's in this box!!    Sliced Carrots, Sugar Snap Peas, Black Beans and Edamame lightly tossed with butter sauce. 

I look up and salute the Green Giant and just giggle at his green underwear.

that's kind of like seeing beauty in the eyes of skunks isn't it?

[Kay]

Congratulations, Henry!  That wasn't so bad, was it?

I haven't tried that particular combination, but it sounds good!

Also, hope you feel better!