Palmerston`'s Whites Junction Trail
White's Junction Trail currently runs from the Black Locomotive on Main Street in Palmerston North to Side Road 5 approximately 6 kilometers. The actual trail starts up on Inkerman Street - a few streets to the north!
This trail is the home of many interesting plants and wildlife, such as, woodpeckers, blue jays, opossums, herons, deer, hawks, and turtles, prairie grass, flowering spurge, trout lilies, butterfly milkweed, wild bergamot and thimbleweed.
An historical sketch of an ancient Israelite Prophet: Habakak
Timeframe:
Almost nothing is known about Habakkuk, aside from what few facts are stated within the book of the Bible bearing his name, or those inferences that may be drawn from that book.
Family:
His name appears in the Bible only in Habakkuk 1:1 and 3:1, with no biographical details provided other than his title "the prophet."
Mission:
Habakkuk's chief message was a sad prophecy of the triumph of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) over Israel. He warns his people of the Divine retribution which would come swiftly and overwhelmingly; "How long, O L-rd, shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear? ... Creator's answer follows: "Behold, I will raise the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, that march to the wide spaces of the earth to conquer dwelling-places that are not theirs. Terrible and dreadful are they; from them alone go forth their laws and dignity..."
Adapted from the (1) Wikipedia and (2) Chabad websites.