Humanity in it's entirety viewed as a speck of dust in a sunbeam!

The person who clipped this news item said; "This made me stop and think. Wow!" I'll second that comment - amazing how perspectives can paint a very different picture!

clipped from www.smart-kit.com Powerful words by Carl Sagan If you look carefully at the NASA photo below, you will see a little white dot. This minute speck is Earth seen from the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it exits the solar system, nearly 4 billion miles away. The photo was taken back in 1990. Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there–on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. tec

New Blaze in an old Fireplace

New Blaze in an old Fireplace, originally uploaded by Our Enchanted GardenI've seen people use all sorts of things for planters, this old wood stove gets a third life as a planter with fiery red and pink flowers to simulate flames! (It's second life was as a backyard fireplace that we used for years, it's first was as someone's indoor wood stove!)
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Sometimes recycling can be fun and can create whimsical new uses for old discarded items.
I've seen people use all sorts of things for planters, and I've found it quite inspiring. Here an old wood stove gets a third life as a planter with fiery red and purple-pink flowers to simulate flames!
It's second life was as a backyard fireplace that we used for years and recently replaced with an old airtight we can cook on. It's first was as someone's indoor wood stove!

A very lucky gift indeed!

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Can you see the dragon visiting in the garden? It's a very lucky gift, indeed!.

What pleasant surprises we've encountered in the garden over the past week!
Noticed last Saturday - which was 07-07-07 - our garden companion here has been growing and spreading along the fence.

I hope to develop some fun artwork from a series of shots I've taken and see what I might be inspired to create!

With great thanks to our lucky dragon from some very lucky gardeners!

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July 1st 2007

Happy Birthday Canada

Happy Birthday Canadians







A lovely first Day of July to all!