Jeanne Robinson Broker Blue Ridge Realty & Investments

12/23/2025

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Best dog ever

12/23/2025

Best dog ever

10/29/2025

When I moved to Berlin for work, loneliness hit harder than I expected. One rainy Saturday, I wandered into a Tierheim — a German animal shelter — just to get out of the rain.

Inside, the air felt calm. Volunteers spoke softly in German and English, kneeling beside kennels where tails trembled.
A sign on the wall caught my eye: By law, shelters in Germany cannot euthanize healthy animals. Only those who are gravely ill or dangerous may be considered. Every other life is protected — as long as it takes.

At the back of one kennel sat a small brown-eared dog named Momo. “He needs time,” a volunteer said. “No rush — he can stay here as long as he needs.” Momo had been found tied to a fence. In other places, he might have run out of time. Here, time itself was the gift.

On my third visit, his tail wagged like a tiny flag. “He chooses you,” the volunteer laughed.
The day I brought him home, they gave me his medical records, training notes, and their number for any questions. As we left, Momo paused at the door — as if to say goodbye to the people who believed he was worth saving.

Now he naps beside my desk and greets every neighbor like an old friend. When people ask how we found each other, I tell them: in Germany, shelters protect life — and that safety gave us the chance to become a family.

Source: Deutscher Tierschutzbund. (2024). Animal Welfare Law – Germany.

10/29/2025

🔥🚨BREAKING: A photographer in Southern Spain just captured the first-ever white Iberian lynx a creature so rare it almost looks mythical.

The Iberian lynx is already one of the rarest cats on Earth… but this? This is something out of a legend. 🐾✨

10/29/2025

In Canada, road safety now extends to the tiniest travelers — amphibians. “Quiet tunnels” are being installed beneath roads in ecologically sensitive areas to help frogs and other small creatures cross safely. Unlike standard wildlife passages, these tunnels are specially designed for amphibians: they are foam-lined to dampen road vibrations and fitted with gentle curves and natural textures to mimic forest floors.

Each tunnel features moisture-retaining surfaces and light-permeable entryways, helping frogs feel safe and oriented as they move through. The foam lining not only softens the noise and tremors caused by vehicles overhead but also protects sensitive skin from abrasive surfaces. In some regions, the entrances are surrounded by soft barriers or funnel fencing, guiding amphibians toward the tunnels instead of onto the road.

These low-impact solutions are placed along known migration paths — often near wetlands, ponds, or breeding zones — where frogs, salamanders, and toads are most vulnerable during seasonal movement. Night sensors and eco-counters monitor usage without disrupting the creatures.

By protecting amphibians from vehicle strikes and predator exposure, the quiet tunnels help maintain local biodiversity and support the food web. It’s a small-scale intervention with ripple effects, proving that even road planning can be reimagined for coexistence with nature.

10/29/2025

10/10/2025

A Little Appreciation Goes a Long Way 🩷

10/10/2025

The Norwegian Nobel Committee says it decided to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

Read more: https://abcnews.link/RuJUe15

10/07/2025

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