I don’t think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don’t know who we are as individuals in this culture anymore.
Said the Female Cardinal to the Wall
“YOU, ROCK….so now tell me who is the prettiest of them all?”
Said the Rock to the Cardinal
“This is just a shadow of yourself
Look at yourself as you are in real life – beyond the illusions and the shadows of doubt.
I hope you like what you see!
If not change and then come and rock with me cutie!
July 4 2016
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ALWAYS BE KIND TO YOUR DOGS – TABLES MAY BE TURNED IN THE AFTERLIFE –
and they may come back to haunt you or even bite you
October 28 2016
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Kindness to animals seems to me to be one of the most rudimentary lessons of all.
Suzy Shuster
BENJY”S WISDOM
Asked Benjy what lessons he had to give our family as we face a new season
He said “Read my body language –
PUT THE “BUTS” BEHIND, and the “ANDS” A-HEAD No “but”, regrets, or excuses for the past
– just go forward and accumulate all the “ANDS” of positive experience”
Hence his stance on this matter as he faced the fall season and the coming winter season
November 28 2016
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My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.
POLITICALLY CORRECT
December 26 2016
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POLITICALLY CORRECT RIGHT LOOKING CANADIAN GEESE WHO ALL SEE LIFE THE SAME WAY WITHOUT QUESTION
December 26 2016
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I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It
AUSSIE HUNTING WEAPON IS NO MATCH FOR BOSTON SQUIRREL
January 02 2017
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Herbert Spencer first used the phrase, after reading Charles Darwin‘s On the Origin of Species,
THE BERNESE AND THE BALD MAN
Love Comfort and Trust when the crowd brings too much noise
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I love animals and I love working with them because they don’t lie.
“Recycling Lost Clothing to Teach Lessons Through Art
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WATCH THE TURTLE. HE ONLY MOVES FORWARD BY STICKING HIS NECK OUT”.
(Louis Gerstner)
A mushroom and a root make the dog teach wisdom
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“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” –
James Thurber
FROM DEER SCAT TO ART
Sometimes it is what you perceive rather than what you see!
Image 1) The real thing
Image 2) Inverted colors soften the visual repulsion!
Image 3) Multiply and multiply and voila!! The whole is bigger than the parts
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Of all the peoples of the world, the Chinese are probably the most at home with their excrement. They know its value. For 4,000 years they have used raw human feces to fertilize fields.
VISITING GRANDPA , LITTTLE GREEN RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF While visiting G’pa Hy (Naomi’s Dad) in NJ this weekend – we came across these 3 unique individuals The praying mantis was in the garden demonstrating the power of stillness, seemingly in quiet contemplation and prayer. The wolf whom we saw in the Lacota wolf preserve is, contrary to folk tales, “intelligent, non-aggressive, and friendly with the ability to make strong emotional attachments”. The wolf is a social animal and dedicated to the well being of the pack. And Grandpa.. …an angel on earth – to say the least – has all the above qualities and more – the power of stillness, quietness calm and humility .. “intelligent, non-aggressive, and friendly with the ability to make strong emotional attachments”. … dedicated to the well being of the pack And that folks summarises our weekend – of course with Naomi, Talya, Arielle, and Benjy making it all the more pleasurable 311
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.
ONE SMALL STEP FOR DOG, ONE SMALL STEP FOR KIND MAN.
aka One Small Step for Man – One Giant Leap for Small Dog
January 23 2018
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That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
WHEN YOU TRY TO BLOW YOUR OWN HORN
From the Series “Ireland” and “Lessons from Animals”
September 25 2018
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Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.
BLACKFACE SHEEP OF IRELAND LOOKING FOR A VISA TO EMIGRATE TO THE RED WHITE AND BLUE OF THE USA. They heard the pastures were greener on the other side!
“The Black Face mountain sheep are believed to have descended from the wild horned Argali sheep that inhabited central Asia in ancient times. Gradually they spread west through Europe and are thought to have been introduced to mainland Britain by the Danes circa 800AD.” Now they are looking to migrate from Ireland to USA, and hence their painted coats!!
Courtesy dOG wALK aRT
Also dedicated to the free museums around and in us
October 4 2018
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Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.
or as Mary Wilson Carpenter observed “How Now Brown Cow?”
From the Series “Ireland”
September 24 2018
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When the Lord’s white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable.