"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
While the rest of us stayed home and pulled everything ripe (again) except the peppers and beans (they are still going strong despite the cold weather) from the garden. Even though we are over the brim with food, which makes us all very happy, I will be even more excited once the garden harvest is done for a while (until next spring and then I will be rearing to go again)...
Tuki and the College Cheer Facilitators and the other participants. Of my 3 girls she is the only one who desire to be a cheerleader....
All the girls who wanted to be tossed over backwards were allowed to, and of course Tuki went for it
Held up on the shoulders of 2 college kids (sorry for the bad picture)
total so far: 39 butternut squash
We ended up picking 52 pumpkins from the garden (both kinds) unfortunately not all of them turned orange, but that is ok, all of the jack-o-lanterns will eventually be fed to the chickens and the pie pumpkins we will eat, and we picked over 20 orange pie pumpkins...
