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I Love You Green...
Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Quote of the day
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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Our Dream Home...
After reading the real estate section of our local paper, I found myself thinking exactly what does 'buy your dream home' mean when these days the word 'home' is more about the investment than the place. Wouldn't it be something if the same kind of investment thinking coulld extend to our natural home.
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Words to Live By
Don’t worry about being good…aspire to be authentic.
~ Yann Martel, Beatrice and Virgil
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Nature's Artistic Nest Builders
This robin has been up and down and all around my young spruce tree out front and I think is looking for a place to nest. While he/she may not find the spruce tree suitable I sure hope they are once again considering our home for a safe nesting place. We would be so blessed again...
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Beatrice and Virgil
A few days ago, I finished reading a fascinating book. Who could imagine a book about a donkey and a howler monkey could be so hauntingly beautiful and yet so disturbing all at the same time. It's been on my mind since I finished the last words. Loved the part called Games for Gustav but mostly the part where Beatrice and Virgil talk about the ( Read more... ) -
Requiem for a Tree
"Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, we fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
Mother Tree Stump
Warning: the picture at this link is most disturbing.
This is a link to a picture of a 300-year old pine tree that protesters braved the cold and winter weather camping out trying to save. ( Read more... )
