I just want to give a shout out to Louise (who should be blogging herself silly about her wonderful photographic acomplishments) for sending me this article from Beliefnet.com.
Please take the time to check it out, it says everything so well!
Was it God's joke on Steve? Just desserts, for a daredevil life? The stingray's revenge, for annoying the creatures of the sea and poking his nose and camera where they didn't belong? Or was it a fitting end, a mercifully quick conclusion to an exuberant if incautious life, staged and executed by nature?
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Yet Irwin never let fear stand in the way of his love of life. He was out there risking, every day, and learning and growing and, well, living. His death is being called, of course, a tragedy. He was only 44. He was a happy husband and father of two great kids. He was a great conservationist who, had he lived, could have done so much more for wildlife preservation. One of his dreams, for instance, was to use the money he was making from royalties and his famed Australia Zoo to buy large tracts of wilderness land and create wilderness reserves that could never be bought by developers.
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Okay, okay, I took the hint (boot) and went and wrote something.... Just in case SOMEONE is reading YOURS, and may take that link to MINE!!! Now you may have to coach me on posting photos.... Glad you enjoyed the article and my take on the quotes. Makes me so mad that these illiterates are getting paid for something they CAN'T do!!!! We need to get out there!
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