WOLONG PANDA UPDATE…PLEASE CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR PANDA’S INTERNATIONAL
All the most current news about the people and pandas of China’s earthquake will be here. Please if you can donate generously to the funds they have started. This is a completely legit and top notch group!
I wanted to show you my new monarch butterfly bench I got myself for my birthday! It finally arrived and we got it put together today. What a great focal point for my new studio garden. My glass studio overlooks this area filled with bird feeders , water features and my chows!! The peonies are from the one I showed you a couple of posts ago. They were so heavy on the tree I had to cut off a bunch to keep the branches from breaking
It seems the pandas fared much better than the people affected by the China earthquake on Monday. Apparently a World Wildlife tour group heading to Wolong panda preserve is still out there and not been heard from yet. Hopefully all is well but it may be some time before contact is made on that desolate stretch of road to Wolong. Much of the road is washed out.
Here’s an update from ,my guide in Chengdu. Even though we heard the good news yesterday about the pandas, it’s always great to hear it again, and again and again.. I was so worried about the babies especially. Sounds like my little Bao Shi is as tough as I thought..lol! (Bao Shi sounds like “boss”)
Here’s his note this morning. He and his family are living in their car at the moment.
“Hello Sandra Miller
I also want give you another good news which is that the pandas in Chengdu are all very safe including your baby “BaoShi”.
Thanks alot for your concern,my house might be repaired in future,the local goverment office sent staff had checked it….
thanks Mickal
I love your new bench — it will be great to sit in the garden at lunch time with Lily & Meg! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Smiles, Becky
Exactly what I was thinking when we were putting it together Becky!!! A bottle of wine awaits!! The girls are going to be dancin on their toes!
Hi, I have been off line due to a broken computer and problems getting it fixed. Love your new bench, where did you ever find it?Hope you and loved ones are well,Nancy
Beautiful Bench!! i have never seen anything like it. wow!!! you are surrounded by such beauty there …..and you yourself look darling. Those peonies are monstrous! and Im so thrilled to hear that the panda’s seem to be doing ok. a blurb just now on the news covered it, and people who were tourists to the preserver were being airlifted out, although pandas and crew are ok. still…the area is devastated and they need so much all over and around the quake area. i pray and will send what i can.
Hi Nancy and Kathe!! Nancy it’s nice to see you back online!!! I found that bench at a garden center but ordered it online for half the price direct from the manufacturer….gotta love the internet!! Woo Hoo
Isn’t it such a relief to hear the pandas are ok and the touirists. Now I hear the villages are threatened by more aftershock and lake dams that are breaking. SIGH…such a hard road ahead for those poor people!
Love the bench, and you also look lovely woth the peonies!! I have never seen them so large, so it must be your master touch. I have been so out of touch taking care of my 89 year old aunt that lives alone in Scottsdale. I did manage to hear a bit on fox news that reportd the Pandas are doing well. I am so thankful and also pray for the people whose lives have been so damaged. Love the new look. NM