"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle

Saturday, October 9, 2010

The warm fuzzy Saturday happenings

Warm Saturday, chickens get a treat...the tops from the carrots, Charlotte, Louise, Rosalyn, Helen and Maeve

Who says chickens and dogs don't get along, here is Einstein and Maeve (heavy moult, but if you look closely you can see all new feathers growing in)


DaVinci & Einie with the chickens butts

Our new Aussie, Rembrandt, from the local Humane Society. He is the R in the Aussie DR running team. We got him back in July and he is doing better and better with each passing day. Notice his big hole right behind him...he is good at those

Today's harvest: tons of carrots, more summer squash, acorn squash, small turnips, onions and egg gourds. The only produce left in the garden are the peppers, they are finally growing well now that it has been cooler

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Our yard and chicken coop is almost ready for the cold months approaching much too fast, but I sure do enjoy and appreciate this warm weekend. Last night I was sitting outside on the swing in the dark listening to the leaves fall from the tree tops and slowing bang in to the branches as they were descending, and then a ever quiet thump as they finally hit the ground. I also heard the raccoons and a Great Horned Owl. Fall is easily my second favorite season...

Posted by Aves @ Call of the Phoebe at 3:19 PM

2 comments:

Jane said...

Wow. You've got a busy house! I'm jealous of your vegetables. And Fall looks so pretty there. We're going up to Virginia next week - can't wait to see some Fall leaves!

October 11, 2010 at 11:23 PM
Marta said...

Love your new dog! We are down to just two now, Sydney and Tyler. Molly just could not recover from her allergies and got very sick, so I had to do the right thing, which was difficult. But...I don't need more than two dogs right now anyway!!!

Ava is looking forward to next summer. She wants to come.

October 15, 2010 at 5:19 AM

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