Nature's Way

Now you see her......

Now you don't!!

Nature is so amazing - how it accommodates and provides for us.  Sometimes it is harsh and sometimes giving - it runneth over...
I ask everyone to think daily about how we can be more gentle with our Earth.  As Earth Day approaches, how can we make our footprint less damaging and more loving.  Ecosystems are fragile and population continues to stress resources.  So be good to the Earth.  And be well.

Call of the Wild

Nina Prize: Women That Saved Wild Animals

every year around the time of the Nobel Prizes being given - I select my own honorees for the Nina Prize.  it comes with no monies or fanfare...just my way of acknowledging those that have made a great leap for humankind toward something to be rewarded.

Previous winners include The New York Times for their historic works on investigative reporting, and Robert Redford for his work on conservation and nature.

The history of the world does not honor women often enough - and many women whose achievements have made this world a better place, go unrewarded.

For me, Conservation is the utmost in contributions to the world, because it leaves our world the way we found it - and there is nothing greater than planet Earth.

Madeleine Pickens, wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, dramatically stepped in to come to the aid of the animals. She offered to adopt not only the 2,000 mustangs and burros.  Even though these wild horses were not originally "wild", they have been on these lands long enough to protect them.  Now they need people to step up and give them alternative lands to graze.  There are 60,000 wild horses and burros on these lands covered by BLM.

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/whbprogram.html

We have 2 wild mustangs that we adopted on our farm, Blackfoot and Blossom.

Dian Fossey lived and died to save wild mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

https://gorillafund.org/who-we-are/dian-fossey/

Jane Goodall has done much for the study of Chimpanzees.

"Jane Goodall's scores of honors include the Medal of Tanzania, the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal, Japan's prestigious Kyoto Prize, the French Legion of Honor, Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2003, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, UNESCO Gold Medal Award, and the Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence.

Dr. Jane Goodall with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. © Jane Goodall Institute

In April 2002 Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Goodall a United Nations “Messenger of Peace.” Messengers help mobilize the public to become involved in work that makes the world a better place. "
fro the Washington State Univ website.





There are many other women than this list worth honoring and I will add them to this list with further research.  But I add this blanket honor to all those, including myself, that have worked to preserve lands and wildlife.

Biodynamic Farming

...this method of farming maintains ecosystems, plant and animal diversity, as true to the original nature of the place as possible.

We've maintained the original lands that were carved out for growing as well as  allowed portions to return to fallow and hence wild nature.

Our growing medium is enhanced by our horses and goat manure as well as other natural inputs or rock dust and minerals.

Many parts of this land is untouched by human manipulation and left to native plants and animals.

An Eagle in Our Mist

We saw this bald eagle - they were recently homed in our County.  NYS is doing a good job protecting Eagles.  Next, waterways need to be cleaned up to keep these and other birds of prey healthy.