{"id":16294,"date":"2026-10-03T07:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=16294"},"modified":"2026-10-03T07:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:51:54","slug":"saturdays-critters-kodi-goes-swimming-and-other-fun-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=16294","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s Critters &#8211; Kodi Goes Swimming and Other Fun Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kodi goes swimming\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\"  src=\"https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/photos\/55540769953\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our little Pomeranian Kodi loves to go swimming but his enthusiasm and joy are greater than his skill so when we take him swimming Heather has to hold on to him. Our rescue Terrier, Sadie, is not into swimming at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sC85n6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55542742831_e1296aed4f.jpg\" alt=\"Great Blue Herons Flying Over the Arkansas River\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On another bike ride on the Arkansas RiverParks Trails here in Tulsa I captured these two great blue herons flying low over the water below Zink Dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sC8DDt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55542854793_9d459524e3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Great Egret in the Arkansas River\" width=\"588\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A great egret fishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sC2Q5u\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55541719212_87178b223d.jpg\" alt=\"Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons Fishing At Zink Dam\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a bunch of great egrets and great blue herons trying to catch their breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sCaEMs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55543248844_08b31f84f3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Geese Sculpture on the Arkansas River\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I stopped at a bench on the trail to rest up adjacent to this sculpture of geese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sBEnjT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55537531867_365e571232_c.jpg\" alt=\"Monarchs on the Mountain Banner\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple weeks ago I worked &#8220;Monarchs on the Mountain&#8221; representing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tulsaurbanwildernesscoalition.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tulsaurbanwildernesscoalition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Tulsa Urban Wilderness Coalition<\/strong><\/a>. TUWC was deeply embedded in the event. We are a co-sponsor. A couple of our board members were on the organizing committee, and another was the MC of the event. Another board member takes care of the online part of the event using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tulsaurbanwildernesscoalition.org\/monarchs-on-the-mountain\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tulsaurbanwildernesscoalition.org\/monarchs-on-the-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>our website.<\/strong><\/a> Monarchs on the mountain is festival celebrating Monarch Butterflies and all other pollinators and the monarch migration which is happening now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sBKBL2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55538555981_ca84170fe5_c.jpg\" alt=\"TUWC&#039;s Monarchs on the Mountain Booth\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My role (that&#8217;s not me in the photo) was to man the booth and tell people who TUWC is and what we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2sBEngr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55537531667_3d5f271135_c.jpg\" alt=\"TUWC Leave No Trace Diorama\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a diorama that another board member made a couple years ago where we illustrate <a href=\"https:\/\/lnt.org\/why\/7-principles\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lnt.org\/why\/7-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Leave No Trace<\/strong><\/a> principles for kids. We have a little story about Hans and Hilda going on a hike with their dogs. So we talk about leashing animals, staying on the trails, don&#8217;t throw your apple cores and banana peels out into the woods in the mistaken belief that you are helping feed the animals. Those little brown round things at the bottom of the photo are dog poops, not cinnamon rolls, so we throw them out and ask, &#8220;What do you do when your dog poops in the woods?&#8221; Answer is of course that you bag it and dispose of properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working the booth is a lot of fun. I&#8217;ll tell you one thing, we get lots of Girl Scouts come by and they have the life cycle of monarch butterflies and Leave No Trace principles down. I&#8217;m very impressed with them and their adult leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am linking up with <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/10\/saturdays-critters-668.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/10\/saturdays-critters-668.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our little Pomeranian Kodi loves to go swimming but his enthusiasm and joy are greater than his skill so when we take him swimming Heather has to hold on to him. Our rescue Terrier, Sadie, is not into swimming at all. 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