in centralZagreb'sKaptol district. The Gothic-style cathedral contains ornate features like marble altars and Cardinal Stepinac's famous tomb. Visitors can attend the daily Catholic mass and summer Organ Festival show
The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) became thestate birdof Alabama in 1927, one year afterKentucky became the first state to recognize the Northern Cardinalas their official state bird. As with the naming of many other state birds, this was associated with campaigns during the 1920s. It wa...
For more information about the area, visit our Local and Area Attractions pages! Blue Grosbeak A member of the Cardinal family, the Blue Grosbeak can be found throughout most of the southern United States and northern Mexico, and have even been spotted as far north as New Jersey. The name...
If you have an interest in Hudson Valley wildlife, a great place to visit and learn more about the animals we share our communities with is theTrailside Museums and Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park. They have resident bears, a bobcat, and many exciting birds including an owl plus they are ...
This is a Cardinal and a Sparrow sharing lunch. There is an amazing variety of birds that call the Hudson Valley their home. Doves PC: Cathy Buchak Doves Doves are common in yards in the Hudson Valley. It is said that doves live where there is love. This may be a wive's tale becau...
Many of the references are kept here so I can easily find them again when I want to tell someone about the really interesting idea they contain; others are here only because they caught my eye when I first came across them. I hope you enjoy them! Christian Lawson-Perfect732...
True anchoresses are indeed birds of heaven which fly up high and sit singing merrily on the green boughs – that is, direct their thoughts upwards at the bliss of heaven.’ Hugh White, translator,Ancrene Wisse Once Julian entered her cell, her time was her own. She could manage her ow...
Cardinal de Bourbon and when he asked Marguerite if she would take Henri as her husband, she refused to answer; her brother pushed her head so that she appeared to nod, and the cardinal took this to be her assent. The vows concluded, Marguerite and her party went inside the church to ...