recycle, reduce and re-use: drinkware

My new favorite mug. 

Why? 

1. I'm recycling: I bought it second-hand at Goodwill for $1.99 to give it a second life, rather than have it end up in a landfill.

2. I'm re-using: I'll be using and re-using this beautiful mug possibly for the rest of my life.  And it will still have a good hundred years of usefulness after that.

3. I'm reducing: By re-using this cup every day for the rest of my life instead of using throw-away paper or styrofoam, or plastic cups that wear out and require energy to recycle, I will have reduced the need for thousands upon thousands of those items that require energy and resources to manufacture, only to end up as non-biodegradable matter in our ecosystem.

Besides, it says TREE HUGGER.  

It just doesn't get better than that.

ponderings: john muir

earthlings: fauna: feathered: american kestrel

Family: Falcons (Falconidae)
Current Habitat:  Baskett Slough National Wildlife Reserve in Oregon, USA, Planet Earth
Size: 9-12 inches in length; 3-5.5 ounces in weight, it is the smallest member of the falcon family.

This little sweetie is a girl, as her wings are rusty brown.  

The male American Kestrel has blue-gray on his wings and head.

INTERESTING FACTOID: Some might refer to this petite raptor as a "Sparrow Hawk", however,  she would prefer "Sparrow Falcon"  if you please.  Falcons (Falconidae) and hawks (Accipitridae) are members of two very different bird families under the umbrella classification of "raptors". 

 For more information on this beautiful Earthling, click here: American Kestrel

destination: oceanside, oregon

Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site, Oregon, USA

Ramblers: Susan and Dave

Season: Winter

 Earthling Sighting: Crow

Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge is located just off shore of the beach in Oceanside
 

Maxwell Point juts out into the sea at the far end of the beach

 Earthling Sighting: Seagull

 The end of the tunnel that takes you through Maxwell point to the aptly named Tunnel Beach

Field Notes: A mild day for January, but the ocean was wild and gray and choppy. Maxwell Point juts out into the ocean at the far end of the beach, and there is a small dark doorway in the side of the cliff. Enter and you will find a narrow, black, rocky, dripping tunnel that leads to another beach which should only be explored during low tide. (Warning: always be aware of large sneaker waves which can contain floating logs. It's a good idea not to turn your back on that beautiful but unpredictable ocean along the Oregon Coast...)

For more information about Oceanside visit http://visittheoregoncoast.com/cities/oceanside