Stack of cups. Bright vibrant colors.
Unframed acrylic on stretched canvas.
10x20
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wobbly Cups
Stack of cups. Bright vibrant colors.
Unframed acrylic on stretched canvas.
10x20
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War Paint
Warrior with head dress.
Acrylic on stretched canvas. Unframed.
18x24
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The Dew Drop Inn
This is an original painting of my camper
on location at Coleman Lake in north Alabama.
Such a beautiful place.
This is an acrylic on canvas panel.
11x14.
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Oliver
Oliver is a schnauzer.
Acrylic on stretched canvasUnframed.
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16x20
Little Blue Chair
This is a little blue chair my mother gave to me.
It is from Mexico of course. 16x20.
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Unframed.
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Bird Watching
This is a painting of a teddy I bought in Utah.
Acrylic on stretched canvas.12x16
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Raggles
My granddaughter's dog. Private Collection.
This painting is not for sale.
I do paint on commission if you would like to order
a special painting contact me at
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Pineapple Pitcher
This is a painting of a pineapple pitcher
my niece gave to me. It is an acrylic on
stretched canvas
16x20
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Little Red School House
This is an oil on stretched canvas which
I painted several years ago. 16x20
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Sebastian
Sebastian is a shihtzu and loves to play
with his favorite squeaky crab. Acrylic on
stretched canvas.14x18
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Tall Vase
Tall Vase is another rendition of a
clear vase of flowers.
Acrylic on stretched canvas. 16x20.
Unframed.
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A Tree by the Lake
A tree by the lake.
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Unframed.
18x24
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A Teddy and Her Puppy
Teddy bear holding her puppy.
Red candle my sister gave for
Christmas. Crochet scarf.
Acrylic on stretched canvas. Unframed.
14x18
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Shiny Things
Clear decanter,blue pear with bracelet
and jeweled lamp.
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
16x20
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Julie
This is a painting of my daughter Julie.
Private Collection. Not for sale.
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Lake House
House by the lake. Acrylic on
stretched canvas. Unframed.
16x20
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All You Need Is Love
My son married a beautiful girl from Long Island.
He is from lower Alabama. These were favors from their wedding.
Long Island Tea and Alabama Slammer. Private collection. Not for sale.
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Guardian Angel
Guardian angel has captivating eyes.
Acrylic on stretched canvas. Unframed.
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White Roses
White Roses and blue flowers
in a gray vase.
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Unframed. 16x20
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Beautiful Boquet
Pink flowers in a clear vase.
Acrylic on canvas. 16x20.
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Teapot
Glass teapot and eggs. Unframed.
Acrylic on 8x8 canvas panel.
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Sunflowers
SOLD
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
Private Collection.
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Scared Puppies at the Kennel Club
It seems the U.K. and American Kennel Clubs are terrified.
And what are they terrified of?
- Pictures.
- Knowledge.
- Science.
- History.
The U.K. Kennel Club is so terrified that people might actually find out about the dogs and their defects, diseases and deformities, that it is refusing to give press credentials to people who actually write about dogs.
Beverley Cuddy, the editor and publisher of Dogs Today, the finest dog magazine in the U.K. has been turned down for a press pass to Crufts this year - for the first time in ages.
Why?
Simple: She was willing to speak up on behalf of the dogs.
Ms. Cuddy has concerns about the fantastic Coefficients of Inbreeding found in some breeds, and she would like to see some health tests made mandatory. She thinks a dog should be able to walk and run without passing out from lack of oxygen or slipping a hip. She thinks a ban on incestuous matings is a good idea, and she wonders whether it is really a good idea that dachshunds are being weighed and starved before being shown.
But The Kennel Club will have no questions. And so they denied press credentials to Ms. Cuddy, and they have also rejected Jemima Harrison's film crew as well. No independent video! No questions!
Instead, they have decided to employ a vanity film crew to put what they want folks to see on Youtube. That way they can guarantee there will be no tough questions about inbreeding, no mention of dogs that cannot breathe, dogs that cannot mate, dogs with wrecked hips and jaw-dropping rates of cancer.
And, of course no one (not even Ms. Harrison or Ms. Cuddy) are talking too much about the fact that dogs once bred for a purpose are no longer doing their jobs. The Fox Terrier cannot fit down a hole; the Irish Setter cannot find a bird in a hen house. No one who actually works a dog seriously -- whether it is sled dog, bird dog, rabbit runner, or police dog -- turns to the Kennel Club expecting to find a working example of a breed.
It seems that full-on panic has set in at The Kennel Club as the lead-up to Crufts begins.
David Cavill, a professional Kennel Club brown-noser, is already banging on the jungle drums warning everyone to talk to no one. Did you hear that someone is coming up from somewhere, he ask?. This person is not a reporter, and it's all rumor, but (GASP!) this mysterious person might ask someone a question about something. Ahhhhhh!!!! Pictures are being posted! Talk to no one! Spies are all around! Loose lips sink ships!
And what is it that they think might be said?
What is it that they think might be seen?
What story do they want no one to hear about?
Shhhhhhh!! Tell no one!
It is our little secret that selecting dogs for deformities like brachycephalism and achondroplasia has negative health consequences.
Tell no one that some coat colors and patterns are strongly associated with deafness, and that screw tails and ridges come with back disorders.
"Mum's the word" that inbreeding causes problems. Cancer? Cataracts? Skin disease? Liver failure? Epilepsy?
Repeat after me: "They are not in my lines!" "No, I have never had a dog with any health problems at all." All those dead dogs back there were "just bad luck" and "these things happen."
As part of this Chinese Fire Drill the Kennel Club is busy banging on Crufts judges in order to "retrain" them overnight.
As Valerie Elliott, Countryside Editor at The London Times notes:
Judges at Crufts next week are under orders to remove unhealthy animals as part of a campaign by the Kennel Club to save pedigree dog showing from extinction.
Read that sentence again.
The Kennel Club is not trying to save dogs, they are trying to save dog SHOWS.
Surely that is a slip up in writing by the reporter?
But no, there it is again, and this time straight from the mouth of Kennel Club spokesperson Caroline Kisko:
“We all think dog shows are under threat. There is a view among some animal welfare groups like the RSPCA that dog shows are bad. But if you don’t have dog shows what is the incentive for people to change the way they breed dogs?
Eh?
There is no incentive to have healthy dogs if there are no shows? What?? Kennel Club shows are not about health! After 130 years of shows, the dogs in the Kennel Club are less healthy than cross-breeds.
Does Ms. Kisko really think so little of dog breeders that she counts their ethics and integrity and desire for healthy dogs at ZERO? Because that's what she said. They will do nothing without a ribbon attached to it!
The lynch pin to all this, of course, is that the economic wheels are coming off the bus for both the U.K. and American Kennel Clubs.
Pedigree dog food has already walked away from Crufts, as well as the BBC, PDSA, and the RSPCA.
Where The Kennel Club used to get paid for allowing TV crews into Crufts, they are now having to pay to get a film crew to shoot anything at all.
Instead of the glories of major television, The Kennel Club has had to fall back on Youtube, where they are in competition with people playing the Ukulele and humorous pet food commercials.
And, of course walking into the center ring at Crufts this year is another huge embarrassment: the Dogue de Bordeaux.
This is the latest Kennel Club breed, and it is such a genetic basket case that the breed club's own data shows the average Dogue de Bordeaux is dead from disease or veterinary intervention at the age of 5.29 years. Oh yes, let's celebrate the Dogue de Bordeaux and what The Kennel Club's closed registry can do for it!
So what's the latest?
Well two things. It seems Dog World may be on the road to getting itself banned. A representative from the Kennel Club, writing an anonymous column, has taken to paper-rattling at Sheila Atter about a column she wrote for that same publication just a week or two ago.
Is Dog World on our side? When will those in charge at Dog World get on the same wavelength as the rest of us and start talking loudly and positively for those of us who are actually in the world of dogs and buy the paper?
And there you have it again! The idea that Dog World might be on the side of the DOGS is completely lost. For the likes of Ms. Kisko (who is, no doubt, the anonymous author of this squib) it's not about DOGS; it's about people. And to be specific, it's about the people in The Kennel Club.
And so what is happening over here in the U.S.?
Well, apparently the American Kennel Club is beginning to freak out as well.
It seems there was no problem with AKC Chairman Ron Menaker putting out, on AKC letter head, his desire to rope in more puppy mills dogs.
Puppy mill dogs are the future of the American Kennel Club says Menaker, just as they have been its past.
Kennel Club registrations are down 53% in the last 15 years, and not enough money is coming in from the veterinary and insurance referral business. It seems their suggested new marketing slogan: "We don't just breed defective dogs, we fix them too!" did not go over quite as well as hoped.
No, there is no concern about registering puppy mill dogs. The more the merrier! They just don't want anyone filming that!
And so they are terrified that ABC Television is poking about and asking questions. What? Of whom? What for? The bastards!!
Apparentrly its a news crew affiliated with the award-winning "Nightline" program. What? Who allowed them? By what right?
And rumor has it that they have even been talking to veterinarians. What? Why? What do they know about canine health?
And so the American Kennel Club has swung into action to prevent the truth from getting out.
All hands on deck!
Job One was to issue a "Be On the Look Out" notice to all AKC breed clubs warning them that ABC television was about. And so they issued a blast email which, ironically, is sure to make this ABC Nightline program required viewing by all thinking dog owners. The email missive reads:
American Kennel Club
***Please cross-post to your breed, club and dog show lists***
The American Kennel Club would like to correct some misinformation that is circulating within the fancy. We would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about the facts on this issue.
The AKC is aware that NIGHTLINE, which airs on ABC, is pursuing a story on canine health, including breeding. The AKC welcomes all constructive dialogue about the sport and on ways to improve the health of dogs. However, all indications are that the story will not be a fair and balanced look at the issues. With the guidance of our advisors, the AKC declined to participate but instead provided NIGHTLINE with an official statement:
_ _ _ _ _ _
"The American Kennel Club is the nation's leading not-for-profit organization devoted to canine health, breeding and responsible dog ownership. The AKC's breeding policies and high ethical standards have made us the most widely respected registry in the world. Each year, the AKC performs approximately 5,000 kennel and breeder inspections to ensure the proper care and conditions of dogs and has led the charge in regards to advancing canine health, including founding the AKC Canine Health Foundation in 1995. Since that time, $22 million has been given to more than 500 research projects at 74 vet schools and research institutes worldwide to improve the health of all dogs."
_ _ _ _ _ _
It has also come to our attention that some individual AKC constituents have been approached for interviews or may be approached at dog shows. In this event we recommend politely declining the interview and referring their requests to the AKC's Communications dept at communications@akc.org or 212-696-8343.
Right. Whatever you do, do not think for yourself! And remember, if you do, the Kennel Club will be watching. They might put a little check note in your file. And if they do, you might never win at a dog show again. "The fancy" will not brook anyone questioning their "sport." No threats of course, but you do know that dogs are judged up the leash and not down? You do know that's why there are professional handlers, right? So heads up!!
The email missive ends by noting that "You may also direct those interested in this topic to www.akcdoghealth.com for pertinent information."
OK.
So we went to that link. And guess what? There's no information there on canine health!
None!
Instead, there's a link to AKC Pet Healthcare which is a link to ... (wait for it) ... a pet health insurance policy.
So we are back full circle.
The AKC's response to the charge that they are promoting unhealthy dogs, is that they also sell pet health insurance, and that will be happy to steer you to a kickback-paying veterinarian who will fix your dog.
"We don't just sell the disease, we sell the cure."
Anyone else see the irony, humor and horror here?
I assure you it has escaped the American Kennel Club!
And so the American Kennel Club, mired in its eugenics past, terrified of science, and praying that kickbacks from the pet health insurance industry will be enough to float its economic boat in the future, is now banking on quick cash from puppy mills operators, even as it bunkers down from the press.
This is the America Kennel Club; in a jamb and absolutely clueless as to how to get itself out.
- Related Links:
- Inbred Thinking
- The Eugenics Man and the Kennel Club
- Rosettes to Ruin
- Making and Breaking Dogs In the Show Ring
- Is There a Kennel Club Road to Reform?
- A Dog Show We Need to See
- BBC: Pedigree Dogs Exposed
- Kennel Club Inbreeding: Data Revealed
- The Dalmatian Club Embraces Purity and Pain
- The National Dog Show Salutes a Genetic Wreck
- The Boston Terrier: Defective by Design
- AKC Loves Puppy Mills ... and the Naïve
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Candy Necklaces
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I gave her some candy necklaces and she decided
to wear them all at once. Private collection. Not for sale.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
The Darwin Retriever
Oh-my-God-is-that-pit-bull?
"Nope. That's an education campaign on four legs."
Eh?
"Oh, you mean the DOG?"
Right.
"He's a Darwin Retriever, a rare breed descended from the Shenandoah Mountain Cur. Darwin Retrievers fetch us back to man's original intent: healthy dogs that can run all day in the field and then fall asleep at the foot of your bed at night."
Oh! So, not it's not a Kennel Club breed then?
"No."
And the shirt?
"It's what all the best Darwin Retrievers are wearing these days. It comes in sizes to fit anything from a 12-pound working terrier to a 35-pound border collie, to a 50-pound bird dog, or an 80-pounder cross-bred lurcher.
And you have sizes to fit Pit Bulls too?
"Of course! They are the most American of dogs. Just order your T-shirt here."
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Wayne Pacelle's Final Solution
Wayne Pacelle, the ninny who runs the Humane Society of the U.S., has a blog post this morning (no I will not supply the link) entitled "Fixing Pet Overpopulation."
And how do you do that in "Wayne's World?"
The same way Hitler did: Forced sterilization and rounding up everyone you do not like to kill them.
Especially Pit Bulls.
Getting canine advice from Wayne Pacelle is like getting cooking lessons from Jeffrey Dahmer.
The man has a recipe all right, but lacking all ethics, the results are simply frightening.
So what are people saying about Wayne Pacelle's push to kill all Pit Bulls in animal shelters?
- "HSUS Kills Puppies." That's the simple and short title which sums it all up over at the Poodle and Dog Blog.
- "HSUS: We Must Kill This Pit Bull to Save It" is the nonsense philosphy of Wayne Pacelle and HSUS notes Christine Keith.
- "HSUS Gets Slammed for Dog Killings" is the "just the facts ma'am" headline from Gina Spadafori.
- "Time to Take the 'Humane' Out of HSUS" says Selma over at the Caveat blog.
- "The H in HSUS Stands for Hypocrisy" notes Luisa at Lassie Get Help.
- "Every Shelter Dog Deserves a Fair Evaluation" notes Shirley at YesBiscuit, who documents HSUS's flip-flopping in an aptly titled piece entitled "Pants on Fire."
- "Why HSUS is Horrible" is the simple title of the post over at Help Fido.
- "The Answer is "Kill", Now What's the Question?" asks the KC Dog Blog.
- "The Death of Hope at HSUS" mourns Nathan Winograd who wonders if Pacelle and company are out of their minds.
So what has been HSUS's reponse to all this?
They are mewing around while backing up.
They are now saying they think every dog should be evaulated as an individual (What???!! Call Martin Luther King!), and they are are proposing a meeting to discuss "the issues" at the annual HSUS Animal Care Expo in April in Las Vegas.
Yes, that's right -- Las Vegas.
Remember that next time, you get a piece of direct mail from Wayne Pacelle and HSUS.
Remember that their position on pit bulls has been: "Kill them all and let God sort it out."
And remember that when challenged on that policy, they thought the proper forum was months in advance (hey, what's the hurry?) ... in Las Vegas.
And NO, don't even try to tell me about how "cheap" Las Vegas is.
You do not need to fly to Vegas and party in casinos in order to have a discussion and make a decision.
You can do that on the phone, by video conference, or via email.
Most of us do it every day.
Just not Wayne Pacelle.
If Dogs Are Your Bag, Have We Got a Bag For You!
The dogs cannot speak for themselves.
In fact, many Kennel Club dogs cannot even breath correctly, cannot walk correctly, and can no longer do the jobs they were once bred for.
Inbred nearly to death, breed after breed of Kennel Club dogs are now complete genetic messes.
The dogs cannot speak for themselves, but you can, and without even opening your mouth. Order your attractive bag or T-shirt today.
Want to go into business for yourself? Rip off this art for FREE and sell away .... or give away ... or raise money for dog rescues.
Raise heat until the Kennel Club sees the light!
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Hip-Hop GOP?
The Washington Times reports on the bold new ideas of RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who happens to be Black, corrupt and (apparently) cRaZy.
Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party’s principles to “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”
… “There was underlying concerns we had become too regionalized and the party needed to reach beyond our comfort” zones, he said, citing defeats in such states as Virginia and North Carolina. “We need messengers to really capture that region - young, Hispanic, black, a cross section … We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings.”
A "hip-hop" GOP?
Right. Go with that. Wonderful idea. Deep thinking and quality leadership there!
And what will Michael Steele's "hip-hop" GOP be all about?
Who knows?!! All we know for sure is that Steele personally supports a ban on "assault" weapons. As he told The Washington Post just two years ago:
"You draw the line. I mean, what do you need an assault weapon for?"
Me? Not a thing! But what's the definition of an assault rifle again? I keep forgetting ...
And what was the National Rifle Association's response to Michael Steel's "let's ban assault rifles" rhetoric?
Simple: they spent about $4,000 in support of his bid for Governor.
Principled.
Not.
No wonder the GOP and the NRA are both considereed three-letter jokes.
The Obama's Have NOT Selected a Breed or Dog
I got a note saying the Obama's had selected a Portugese Water Dog .But the story read wrong, and so I shot a quick note off to my correspondent:
You sure this is not a recycle, i.e. a news story created out of bits of an old story? It does not sound like there is a dog here. And rescue PWDs do not fall out of the air do they?
And was I right?
Yes.
It turns out the People magazine story was pushing vapor, as I suspected. The First Lady’s press secretary, Katie Lelyveld says the family is still debating the decision and no dog or breed has been selected.
At ease, and as you were ...
- Related Links
** Obama Is on the Edge of a Canine Mistake
** Barack Obama, Ordinary Consumer
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Supreme Court Says 2nd Amendment is Restricted
The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed federal efforts to bar those convicted of domestic violence from owning guns.
Will the NRA now take to the streets demanding that wife-beaters have an unrestricted right to guns?
After all, you do not lose your First Amendment rights after you beat someone. Why should you lose your Second Amendment rights?
And will civil rights groups now take to the streets to protest the outrageous discrimination which says hitting a spouse in the face is a worse crime than hitting a random stranger in the face?
Aren't all people equal before the law?
Or will (Heaven forbid!) common sense step in?
- Related link:
** The Liberal Case for Gun Ownership
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
How Much Land Is Protected?
.There are many different ways to look at how much land is protected in each county. I will start with the technical, but if you read to the end I promise you some pretty impressive data!
The technical: The World Conservation Union (IUCN) defines six management categories of protected areas in two groups.
Group One Lands are totally protected areas that are maintained in a natural state and are closed to extractive uses. They comprise Category I, Strict Nature Reserves/Wilderness Area; Category II, National Park; and Category III, National Monuments.
Group Two Lands are partially protected areas managed for specific uses such as recreation, or to provide optimum conditions for certain species or ecological communities. They comprise Category IV, Habitat/Species Management Areas; Category V, Protected Landscape/Seascapes; and Category VI, Managed resource Protected Areas.
The very easy-to-use "Nation Master" web site ranks countries by the percentage of land in "protected areas" and by the percentage of land that is still "wild" ("wildness").
On this web site "protected areas" seems to combine both Group One and Group Two IUCN land protection definitions -- a pretty good index of aesthetically, culturally or environmental important lands afforded a significant level of government protection.
The "Wildness" index on the Nation Master site, uses the percent of land in a given country with a "very low anthropogenic impact". In other words, this is land with very, very low population densities and not much evidence of human disturbance (often because it is desert or tundra). The "wildness" data is largely from Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network, with an overlay for human population densities (see footnote on the Nation Master web site).
Now for the really impressive numbers.
The growth in the acreage of formally protected lands in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico is very impressive. Since 1970, North American acreage off limits to development rose from 247 million to 741 million acres — about 15 percent of the continent's land surface. Almost all of this is due to the naming of new wilderness, near-wilderness, and biological reserves.
On the international front, the same tremendous growth in protected lands we see in North America is also occurring overseas.
In 2004, the United Nations reported that there are now over 102,000 environmentally protected areas around the world totaling over 17 million square kilometers of land (another 1.8 million square kilometers is underwater).
To put it another way, about 11.5 per cent of the Earth's land surface - an area the size of South America - is now protected.
For scale, and in comparison, the area of the world's protected areas is now far bigger than the land surface of India and China combined.
It is also larger than all land in the world under permanent, arable, crops.
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Mountain is "Shovel Ready"
Mountain Girl is "shovel ready."
A Jack Russell Terrier is the original "stimulus package."
They start out small, and if you are lucky they stay that way. Mountain Girl as a pup at Larry Morrison's.
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Blessings Abound!
We are resting and recovering, my prince and I.
It's been a week since his heart was exposed to air and eyes and hands and magic healing touches.
After staying in my jammies until 3 PM, I dragged myself up off of the couch, left my prince sleeping in our bed, and decided my big activity for the day would be walking down the lane to our post box.
You came to my mind....and so I grabbed my camera...just in case I found something that caught my eye that I wanted you to see too....
and immediately I went from feeling lethargic and passive to inspired and excited.
Here's what I saw on my walk down our little dirt road....
Our street sign at the corner of Honokawela and PahiPahialua Streets.
How about those names!
These flowers are called crown blossoms and they make beautiful leis...
and the monach butterflies love to eat these leaves and build their cocoons on this bush.
I'll keep watching their development and will share their growth with you.
It's so thrilling to watch transformation take place on this little bush, along this little road, on this little island, in the middle of the pacific ocean.
Along the road to the mail, I see such abundance.......big lemons....
Sweet papayas.......
Yummy coconuts......
Would you like a lime with your......
.....guacamole?
How about some kumquats...?
Would you like a banana?
and let's decorate our table with beautiful ginger flowers....
and bright poinsettias.....
Here I am....at my number 6.....let me unlock the door.....and peek inside....
.....a package for ME! Wow!!
Angela Harris has sent me the "One World One Heart" gift that I was so lucky to win when I visited her blog! Oh!! Lucky me!!
I have won fabulous crepe paper fills.... and she has wrapped them so very beautifully!
And she has include a most charming tag with a heart on it!
My day of the blahs has transformed! I am reminded that blessings abound!
Mahalo Angela!! This is just what I needed today!
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