Here's Streak and Tonga chatting up the latest jungle news. This is my "Stripes" theme for IF which is a painting I've done for my picture book dummy, "Jungle Rescue". It's the first thing I've posted in awhile. Trying to get back on the horse, ONCE AGAIN, and make art!
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Coordinates: 19 2 S 169 52 W
Population: 1,444 (2008 est.)
With an area slightly larger than Washington DC (about 260 square kilometers) Niue has the distinction of being one of, if not the largest coral island in the world. Located in the South Pacific east of Tonga and the International Date Line, it also has a unique tradition pertaining to the nut from which it takes its name. When a stranger of note first visits a Niuean village, it’s customary to present him or her with coconuts—a rather civilized and courteous gesture for a place formerly known as Savage Island. Niue relies heavily on economic aid from New Zealand and may well be the only territory in the world whose chief export is coconut cream. Unfortunately for the shrinking population though, neither this nor the other commodities sold to neighboring countries come close to offsetting the cost of importing over $9 million in food, manufactured goods, machinery, and fuel.
Ben Keene is the editor of Oxford Atlas of the World. Check out some of his previous places of the week.
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Happy Friday to all. Next week I will be at the Tools of Change Conference but have no fear, there will still be new posts on the blog. If you are at the conference please come introduce yourself to me! I’ll be the one with the laptop.
A co-worker sent me this poem and I can’t stop reading it again and again and again.
Wonderful illustration! These are great characters :)
Can't go wrong with a Zebra for "stripes!" Fun illo!!
Thanks, Sarah & Elizabeth! Yep, zebra for a stripe theme... you can't go wrong! :)