"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

Monday, June 10, 2013

school is out and we are in summer mode

 Columbine Flowers in our garden
 poppies in our garden
 Zamboni at 10 weeks-getting big very quickly
 birch snag in our chicken run
is home to a chickadee nest..still just eggs, but we will keep an eye on the egg progression
Tomorrow I am off for surgery 4 in the breast reconstruction...all my parts are to be put back with a little hip lipo included..nice thing is I am only staying the night and then I should be home by Wednesday.
Tomorrow Mim will be going to her endurance running camp for 4 days, and Ve and Tuki will be going to a mission camp with Grandma while I am in the hospital. We dropped the 5 canines off today for boarding, the girls were very unhappy especially about Zamboni but he seemed to be just fine since he was with the other dogs. I plan to pick them back up on Wednesday once I get back into town.
The grass is cut, the garden is growing, in fact I planted potatoes today, first time ever so we will see what happens. The sun came out a little today, so I think all is good until I return from the hospital. I always get a little nervous about this whole thing even though every thing in planned out to the umpth degree...

BTW - the phoebe nest fell down a couple weeks ago when it was raining non-stop, they never rebuilt so this is the first year in which we don't young phoebes in our yard and we don't hear phoebes calling either and I really miss them....maybe it is God's sign to me that it is ok to sell this property. In the past even though I have wanted to leave, I have always felt responsible for the wildlife that live here. We are an oasis among development and I like knowing that we are an oasis, but once a new owner lives here they may not be as tolerant as we are about the wildlife neighbors, and contrary to what people believe wildlife don't just move somewhere else, sometimes there is no where else to go, so they die and that is not ok with me..

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