Odds & Ends Information Just for Fun Weekly Journal CREW volunteer reference Demotivation 1 Quotations Wildlife Profiles Demotivation 2 Thoughts Ferns of South Florida Demotivation 3 Daisy's Holiday Greetings Big Cypress Fox Squirrels Tips for Swamp Hikers Green Treefrogs Uncommon Southwest Florida birds  Photographs  Pig Frogs What Birds Think Orchids ~ Wading birds OGWIT book Identifying lights in the sky Mammals ~ Spiders Invasive Reptiles & Amphibians Warped cartoons Turtles ~ Snakes Collective names for wildlife

December history 1 - Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery, Alabama (1955) 7 - Delaware first state to adopt the new Constitution of the United States (1787) 14 - Roald Amundsen first person to reach the South Pole (1911) 15 - Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments) became effective with ratification by Virginia (1791) 23 - Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear during a fit of depresion (1888) 25 - William the Conqueror crowned King of England (1066) 27 - Charles Darwin sets sail aboard the HMS Beagle for a five-year journey (1831)

December Birthdays 5 - Walt Disney 8 - James Thurber 9 - John Milton 10 - Emily Dickinson 16 - Ludwig van Beethoven 25 - Humphrey Bogart 27 - Marlene Dietrich