Sunday, December 21, 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Rise to the Occasion
Christmas is a time of year when children get to make a wish. It coincides with year end and New Year's Resolutions! Time to take stock?
We can live day by day, as a wise 96 year old advises, welcoming each new day with positive thoughts and gratitude for the day.
We can have hopes and dreams for our future and the future of others...as Martin Luther King did in his infamous "I have a Dream" speech.
Overall we suffer - each to varying degrees, and we achieve success, those of our wish list and some unexpeted.
Taking stock at the end of the year and/ or during Christmas - is truly a way of re-evaluating our lives - understanding what is important to us - perhaps thinking about what is important to the Universe - and, in essence - rising to the occasion of our lives -metaphorically speaking.
We can live day by day, as a wise 96 year old advises, welcoming each new day with positive thoughts and gratitude for the day.
We can have hopes and dreams for our future and the future of others...as Martin Luther King did in his infamous "I have a Dream" speech.
Overall we suffer - each to varying degrees, and we achieve success, those of our wish list and some unexpeted.
Taking stock at the end of the year and/ or during Christmas - is truly a way of re-evaluating our lives - understanding what is important to us - perhaps thinking about what is important to the Universe - and, in essence - rising to the occasion of our lives -metaphorically speaking.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
NYS Bans Fracking
I live in a region at risk for shale exploitation. While I may have benefited financially - LOST would be the serene peace, beauty, and quiet that comes without all the noise and destruction of fracking. The tradeoff of being in a rural environment, is natural beauty we want to preserve and be a custodian for the future. The benefits are esoteric!
New York can establish more natural food production by young farmers as parts of California are in real trouble with water. There are already plenty of areas being allocated to energy production.
Destruction is continuing as people use more natural resources and forgo preservation. Trees logged on land that was conserved for 20 years. Loss of habitat affecting wildlife, insects of bees and butterflies.
In my opinion, there are never enough acres dedicated to natural habitat and national parks!
New York can establish more natural food production by young farmers as parts of California are in real trouble with water. There are already plenty of areas being allocated to energy production.
In my opinion, there are never enough acres dedicated to natural habitat and national parks!
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Hounds at Play and Rest
Out in the Snow...
Jake eyeing his next escape route!
Out of the cold... Here are some pictures of the dogs competing for warmth and comfort,,,
Bucky takes my chair...
Bucky and Robin share Jakes pillow
Gene comforts Jake who lost his pillow - temporarily
Gullah just fits...shut in while we eat our dinner!
Robin, Buckeye, and Bucky choose a spot close to the woodstove!
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Year In Review:2014
Assisi
Perhaps the most beautiful creature on Earth for it's big eyes and streamlined body.
A deer fawn named Assisi:
and I have to thank Gene for helping me feed this baby on a regular basis - he was our rock, once again.
Sudden Storms:
Mother Nature always makes the greatest impact when she rears her ugly head. Thankfully, most of the time we get the magnificent side of her.
In 2014, we fell victim of "straight line winds" topping 100 mph.
The amount of devastation on the land involved over 50 trees being uprooted. This was in mid summer. At years end, we are now only cleaning the debris of fallen trees and limbs.
These photos don't tell the whole story, but here they are:
Perhaps the most beautiful creature on Earth for it's big eyes and streamlined body.
A deer fawn named Assisi:
Sudden Storms:
Mother Nature always makes the greatest impact when she rears her ugly head. Thankfully, most of the time we get the magnificent side of her.
In 2014, we fell victim of "straight line winds" topping 100 mph.
The amount of devastation on the land involved over 50 trees being uprooted. This was in mid summer. At years end, we are now only cleaning the debris of fallen trees and limbs.
These photos don't tell the whole story, but here they are:
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