Natural Pollinator Habitat at Gateway Park.
Read about my new adventure with native habitat and butterfly and other pollinators.
Bird and SMILE
May 21, 2013 at 4:32 am (Uncategorized)
I am in a rush so here it is real quick and I'll come back later to write, tag, categorize etc! Had lots of fun creating this one, and hope you have fun colouring! Wishing you all a lovely day!
·•··•·WɨÏÐër·•·§ÖüL·•··•·
(Like my new signature created by Jim at runningfather.wordpress.com?)
Enjoying Wildersoul's coloring images. Always clean and surprising in simplicity.
Hearing Loss Magazine, May/June 2013 issue
May 21, 2013 at 4:30 am (Uncategorized)
The Bozzone family graces the cover of the May/June 2013 issue of Hearing Loss Magazine, which is published bimonthly by the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA). Jason and his wife, Melissa, have three children. Their youngest child, Madeline, has a hearing loss. In this issue of the magazine, Melissa writes about Madeline in "Our Party of Five: Madeline’s Story." Julie Fisher, the Walk4Hearing Program Assistant, interviewed Jason for this issue as well.
Hearing Loss Magazine is a star when it comes to an upscale photographed magazine.
Stephen Hill and Space Music in Concert
May 20, 2013 at 9:42 am (HOS, Space Music, Uncategorized)
Tags: AMBICON, Hearts of Space, HOS, Richard Rich, San Francisco, Stephen Hill
Two weeks ago I flew out to San Francisco and my niece drove us to San Rafael. We were there for a Music Event with Hearts of Space. Here is one of the sessions I loved with Richard Rich at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FZH2Yen-8&feature=youtu.be
I can’t write and work on computer unless I have this naturalyl high music playing. I love it beyond all compare.
Stephen Hill has been broadcasting Hearts of Space Music out of CA since the 1980s. I used to live in San Francisco when I first heard the radio broadcast. I have Hearts of Space matter where I live. I am a paying member and true to HOS. Simply can’t live without it.
Cheers
A Walk on the Wild Side
May 20, 2013 at 12:57 am (Flowers, Memories)
Tags: ATV, Audrey Scharmen, Bamblee poles, Barn, Blackberry, Chine the cat, Chives, Cream cheese, Farm, Fitchburg MA, Germination, Lilac, Lobilia cardinalis, Lusby MD, Mourning cloak butterfly, Seeds, Tiger swallowtail, water, Wild Butterfly Habiat
China my pal
It is a balmy May day today. I took the bus out to Winter Hill Farm, Ashby West Road, Fitchburg. No one was home. Good plan. I had the farm to myself for a few hours. Let China, 11 year old cat out. She loves it when I come and wants to pal around with me. A mourning cloak butterfly flew into lilac and a yellow tiger swallowtail was seen flitting about on flowers in the front yard. It is only May and the swallowtails are here. This is early.
ladyslipper
Picked up my bamboo poles, a pail with fresh composted earth and aged manure, a trowel and my seeds. And out to the Wild Butterfly Habitat I went. Removed some blackberry bramble and cleared a small area. Put plastic down, I hated to, but I didn’t have any newspaper. Instead I put my composed soil on top and firmly planted seeds. My hope is that the seeds will germinate and I will be able to transplant them to a better soil preparation that I will undertake over the next few weeks.
I came back to the barn and pulled up a lawn chair to sit on and ate my bagel with cream cheese and chives and drank from a bottle of water. A short while later my brother in law came out of the house. He had arrived home from work when I was up in the woods.
Jack offered me a ride on the ATV and I hitched a ride back up to the woods. This time I was headed to Frog Pond. He left me where the trail forked because there are too many rocks and boulders to cross over. Then I headed out by foot and found the trail that leads to the pond.
Lobilia cardinalis
There with memories of the past in Lusby, So. MD, and my friend Audrey Scharmen, a writer and plant friend, I planted beloved Lobilia cardinalis. The cardinal plant likes to have her feet wet and head in the sun. I planted her in the peat moss and decayed leaf compost. I hope they make it. I have waited so long to have another encounter with one of my favorite plants that still clings to my memories of beautiful things in my life.
The Great Bell Chant
May 18, 2013 at 10:45 am (Uncategorized)
Last week Grandmother Akasa Wolfsong posted this beautiful chant on her Blog at http://stonesoup-akasawolfsong.blogspot.com
The Great Bell Chant (The End of Suffering)
from The Open Project PLUS 2 months ago
This video came from a CD/book called Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying. It’s read by Thich Nath Hanh and chanted by brother Phap Niem. Whether you’re Buddhist or Not, it’s full of riches at https://vimeo.com/61864009
I took the time to visit the site and saw the video that I am sharing here. It is so utterly beautiful that it made me weep. Weep for the Earth that we can’t all see how beautiful our Mother is. The chant is beyond the Earth plane. It is ethereal and heart rendering. I love it so much that I am posting the link here. What a beautiful video to show on Earth Day, which is every day or Summer Solstice. Please share it far and wide. The world needs to see reality and connected to the Universe. Perhaps it will render someone to change their way of living and to come back to the center of Being and our Mother.
Namaste,
Memengwaa Ikway
Butterfly Woman
When Our Literary Heroes Become Victims
May 16, 2013 at 12:30 pm (Copyright, Intellectual property rights, Lawsuit)
Tags: Elder abuse, Harper Lee, Intellectual property rights, Lawsuit, Samuel L. Pinkus, To Kill a Mockingbird
When Our Literary Heroes Become Victims.
I am an elder and working with lawyer to protect my books and intellectual property rights. I am saddened to learn of this deceitful manipulation of Harper Lee, the reclusive author of To Kill a Mockingbird, by her agent, Samuel L. Pinkus, and his affiliates. As an elder, we too can become victims of abuse.
I surely hope that Nelly Harper Lee wins the case. It is unthinkable of the distress she might feel because of this breach of trust.
An Open Letter to You
May 12, 2013 at 12:25 pm (Blueberry farm for sale)
Tags: Blueberry farm, Dream, Pennsylvania, Save a farm, Worth Cooley Prost
I have known about Eleanor’s move to PA and her dedication to caring for the blueberry farm for at least a year. I know her mother Worth Cooley-Prost, an artist in Washington, DC area. Eleanor and her friend have the heartbeat to care for the land. They have been managing the Blueberry Farm. Please read her letter. Perhaps you will see an opportunity that the girls need in order to stay on the land and grow blueberries.
I wouldn’t mind supporting if the farm was going to be a coop where each person who donated could claim a portion in ownership. It could be a refuge in this vastly destructive world. Is there an opportunity here? Let me know if Eleanor’s DREAM speaks to you too and how we can move forward in generating economic security of the farm and livelihood of two human souls who care for the land.
Discover the World of Monarch Butterflies
May 9, 2013 at 12:32 am (Monarch butterfly, Public speaking)
Tags: Butterflies, Cindy Dyer, Environment, Fitchburg MA, Fitchburg Senior Center, Mary Ellen Ryall, Monarch butterfly
Mary Ellen’s monarch copyright Cindy Dyer
Mary Ellen Ryall, naturalist and environmental educator, has written two children’s books on the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. An article, Bringing Butterflies Home, was published in the spring issue of Celebrate HOME Magazine.Come learn about the habitat, life cycle of the monarch and more at this Open the Public Free Event..
Ryall’s books and magazine will be available for sale. Some host plants for other butterfly species and milkweed seed for the monarch will also be offered.
I've been hacked
May 7, 2013 at 7:41 pm (Uncategorized)
If you get an email from me that says I have a google doc for you, please ignore it and report it to google. I have had my email account hacked and I have apparently been sending out messages to all of my contacts this morning without my knowledge. if this has affected you, please accept my sincere apologies. I have never had this happen to an email account before.
This is important. This email was in my inbox. I did not open, though some of my contacts emailed and asked me if I sent it to some. Re: I've been hacked
If you get an email from me that says I have a google doc for you, please ignore it and report it to google. I have had my email account hacked and I have apparently been sending out messages to all of my contacts this morning without my knowledge.
