Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

What's In A Name?


"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."


Despite Juliet’s impassioned speech to Romeo, names can add color and feeling.  The word, koru, for example, evokes far more mystery than fern.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

New Zealand

Surrounded by water, it shouldn’t be surprising that the only mammals native to New Zealand are those that can swim for long distances, such as dolphins, seals and whales, and bats, who, of course, made the journey by air.