31.12.2023 by Mervi
I had hoped I could begin this new year article with the words ‘The war is over in Ukraine’ but unfortunately my wish didn’t come true. Now there’s even war in Gaza and many other parts in the world. Despite the dark clouds in our sky I don’t want to publish a dull and dark article so I’ve illustrated it with bright collages.
It’s not easy to keep an optimistic mind when the world situation is awful and the destiny of the whole planet is going to be a catastrophe if the people keep closing their eyes and minds!
However, loosing our optimism and faith is no good! We must concentrate on doing what we can to make things better. For me personally the world of animals – both the real one and the phantasy world – are good ways to keep up the optimistic spirits. This magazine is a humble effort to make the readers feel the same.
Just like all years the year 2023 has been filled with both sad and happy moments. The loss of the young polar bears Imaq and Miki was a tragedy. Of course, we miss even our older white friends that have left us during this year and during the previous years.
There were some good things, too. Our efforts to ‘rescue’ Fiete from Budapest was a success. This operation was a proof that our voices were heard so let’s keep on fighting whenever we find it necessary. Sometimes we win, sometimes we loos but it’s always worth trying!
We also know now that the animals from Orsa have found new homes. I’m especially glad that the Berlin Zoo decided to keep brown bears again and that the three brownies came from Orsa.
Great Britain is nowadays a real polar bear home but to my great disappointment there’s only one polar bear in Finland – Venus in Ranua. I hope she will have a companion soon. In Sweden there are no polar bears – what a shame!!
I can’t count on everything that happened during the year here but there are lots of articles in this magazine telling you the stories.
Finally I want to thank all readers of Knuti’s Magazine for being faithful visitors here. Naturally, I also want to thank all the eminent reporters and photographers. Without their generousity it wouldn’t be possible for me to run this magazine!
THANK YOU ALL!
A high five for you!
I wish everybear and everybody a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024! May this year be better than the last year!
Ein wunderbarer Blog mit ausgezeichneten Bildern – Dankeschön.
Für 🇫🇮 Venus wünsche ich mir auch eine Freundin 👍
Ich wünsche Euch alles Gute, Glück und Gesundheit für das Jahr 2024.
Ich nehme die Gelegenheit wahr, auch Dir von hier aus zu danken für Deine guten Wünsche an uns alle und dass Du Deine mit schönen Bildern unterfütterten internationalen Zoo-Reisen auch uns durch Deine Berichte sozusagen ‘zugänglich’ machst. . . .
Besonders nett finde ich übrigens als Zugabe immer die kleinen Passagen mit Deinen illustren Reisebegleitern (Flocke & Co.) . . . :-)))
Vielen Dank Dumba.
Ich wünsche Dir alles Gute, Glück und Gesundheit für das neue Jahr.
Liebe Grüße Jens
Happy New Year, dear friends!
Mervi
Thank you for the wonderful Story.
Hugs
Ludmila
Life on our planet has not become any easier this year. Unfortunately, the prospects for 2024 don’t look so good either.
Despite everything, we all have to enjoy our lives; we only have this one. I often think to myself that many people don’t realise this.
Dear Mervi, thank you for the enchanting collages and the resolution to wish positive things for the New Year.
I wish all readers a happy and healthy new year.
Hugs,
Anita
Liebe Mervi,
auch Dir und Deinem so liebevoll gestalteten Blog ein gutes neues Jahr.
Danke für diese zauberhaften Neujahrswünsche!
Liebe Grüße
Gitta
Liebe Mervi!
Vielen Dank für Deine berührenden Worte und die wunderschön gestalteten Bilder!
Ich wünsche dir, Vesa und allen Mitgliedern und stillen Lesern einen guten Rutsch in ein hoffentlich frohes neues Jahr!
Liebe Grüße
Yeo
Liebe Mervi!
Vielen Dank für Deine berührenden Worte und die wunderschön gestalteten Bilder!
Ich wünsche dir, Vesa und allen Mitgliedern und stillen Lesern einen guten Rutsch in ein hoffentlich frohes neues Jahr!
Liebe Grüße
Yeo
Dear Mervi,
You have the great gift of not losing sight of the positive even in bad times, which makes your blog so endearing and comforting.
Every year brings losses that we have to live with and we can move on without a guilty conscience. In the end, the good memories always survive and that’s what sustains us!
I would especially like to thank you for your dedicated and tireless work in and for this blog, which is always a wonderful meeting place for many animal lovers and like-minded people.
I wish you and everyone here happiness and contentment and, above all, a peaceful New Year 2024!
Britta-Gudrun
Liebe Mervi,
du besitzt die großartige Gabe, auch in schlechten Zeiten nicht den Blick auf das Positive zu verlieren, das macht deinen Blog so liebenswert und
tröstlich.
Jedes Jahr bringt Verluste, mit denen wir leben müssen und auch ohne schlechtes Gewissen können wir weiterleben. Letztendlich überleben immer die guten Erinnerungen und das trägt uns!
Dir sage ich ganz besonders herzlichen Dank, für deine engagierte und unermüdliche Arbeit in und für diesen Blog, der immer wiederein schöner Treffpunkt von vielen Tierfreunden und Gleichgesinnten ist.
Dir und allen hier wünsche ich Glück und Zufriedenheit und vor allem ein friedliches neues Jahr 2024!
Britta-Gudrun
Dear Mervi!
Thank you so much for the wonderful spot of light you are giving us in these difficult times with your magazine! They still exist, the beautiful things, thoughts and experiences – and the hope that many things will change for the better.
With this in mind, I wish you and all readers a Happy New Year, good health, happiness and well-being – and peace where there is now war!
All the best, hugs
Anke
Dear Mervi – Thank you so much for having taken again your precious time – even in the last hours of this year – to keep us informed and entertained by your lovely collages and to invite us also to THINK, which the majority DOES anyway – but it’s good to recall the importance of it once in a while . . .
Wishing you and everybody a positive mind (see also my greetings in ‘Die Knuipe).
My best wishes accompany not only everyone here in ‘KM’ but also those in your home, that’s Vesa, Mimmi, and Nalle and I even don’t forget your (and our) friend in Finland, RISTO, who could celebrate his birthday yesterday, unfortunately without a word of mine – blush . . .
Bye-bye now for this year . . .
Ein großes DANKESCHÖN an Mervi von Herzen für den wunderbaren Blog und auch an alle, die ihn mitgestalten ❣
EUCH ALLEN wünsche ich ein gutes Jahr, möge es ein besseres Jahr für Mensch und Tier, für den Planeten Erde werden!!💝
DearMervi
Happy New Year and thank you for the beautiful images to bring us hope
dear Mervi,
thank you for your good words and for all the sweet collages, yes how wonderful could our world be…
I wish you, Vesa, Mimmi and Nalle and all the good friends here a good and happy year 2024 and that we often have a reason to be glad
dear greetings and Buon anno nuovo
Filomena
Dear Mervi,
Thank you for another great year of your blog, for your continuous work, your beautiful collages about our beloved polar bears. I wish Venus to get a companion soon.
I wish you all the best for 2024
Kind regards
Mervi – I just discovered now the cover-photo
of sweet KNUTi-boy on the right hand top of your KM-page. . . .
To see/watch this made my heart pound in a very special way!
Thank you so much for a tender moment!
Oh no – Now it’s already a different one . . .
Or am I dreaming . . .
When I pressed the button ‘home’ it came back :-))))
Dear Dumba!
The new picture only appears on the ‘cover page’ so you commented the right photo. 🙂
Hugs from Mervi
ALLEN LESERN UND MACHERN VON KNUTIS-MAGAZIN WÜNSCHE ICH EIN GUTES JAHR 2024!