This is Keith. He's a red-tailed hawk that was struck by a car. He was rescued and has mostly healed except that he's blind in his right eye, so he can't hunt on his own anymore.
Now he's a wonderful ambassador for the Beaverhills Bird Observatory, located just east of #Edmonton.
He's hanging out at the Muttart Conservatory today until 4pm.
They may not look like much yet, but I'm hopeful these 3rd generation iris plants are going to survive their long journey.
First started by my grandmother in Saskatchewan, my mother had them on our family farm near Edgerton, Alberta. A year before she passed, she gave me some roots for my yard in #Edmonton. They have now spent almost a week in a suitcase before I could plant them in my new yard in #Halifax this morning.
Today in Labor History January 28, 1914: The Edmonton, Canada city council caved in to the IWW, agreeing to provide a large hall to house the homeless. They also agreed to pass out three 25-cent meal tickets per day to each man, and to employ 400 people on a public project. On December 27, 1913, IWW workers in Edmonton had begun a rebellion to force the city to house 400 unemployed during winter.