Fall Colors, views are "Painting Perfect"

  

I've been having some fun taking some shots of the fall colors in our area. Some of them turned out looking like paintings I remember from my childhood. Gave me a good laugh! I may even try adapting some of the shots I've taken with some editing to give them texture so they look more painting like.

Fall colors are great subjects for photography they are free to view and never complain about the camera though will often disappear without much warning!

The second shot is my favorite of these two I think. I wonder if, because the water is so shiny, this may look more like a pathway than a stream. :)

Testing to see how well twitterfeed works... another app I tried became way too repetitive, I may not like this one either but will see!

Billy, our latest foster boy; Here's his page on PetFinder

Highlighted portion copied from Petfinder.com site.;

Billy Jack Russell Terrier Size: Small Age: Baby Sex: Male ID: Notes: This is Billy, he is about one year old and came to us from a shelter. Mr Billy is a happy go lucky high energy jack,  he has the sweetest face and is very nicely marked, he  does have long legs and stands about 15 1/2 inches tall at  the shoulder and is 18 lbs. He is very smart and knows sit,  shake, gives 5 with the other paw and can roll over! He is  very vocal but is learning Not to bark in the house,, he has  had no accidents and runs to the door when he needs to go  out,, he sleeps very nicely in his kennel and stays in the  kennel quietly when I put him in for quiet times. He does  need lots of exercise and would be a great dog to do fly ball  with or Jack Russell trials,, he is very fixated on toys or  balls. He loves my teenage son and seems to love kids,  but might be too rough with very young children.  He likes other dogs and wants to play all the time! This pet is up to date with routine shots. This pet is already house trained. This pet has been altered. Jack Russell Terrier Rescue Ontario (JRTRO) Toronto, ON adoptions@russellrescue.org 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Billy, our latest foster boy. He's been with us only a couple of weeks.Can't believe he may already get adopted. Lucky boy is sweet and deserves a great forever home. He's still just a pup and has a whole lifetime of loving to give to his people, and he'll be happy to be their puppy. Billy loves to fetch, though he doesn't deliver too well! He drops things nearby. He hasn't learned to "give" or release. Though he does understand leave it! He adores having his tummy rubbed once he's come to trust you he'll be quite loving and submissive. Billy is a very vocal fellow. Patience and gentle persistence will be needed to help him learn to bark appropriately. He communicates his desires through various barks; I have to go out, ball is stuck somewhere - help please!, Toss the ball please, let's play, hey, she stole the ball, my chew stick, my toy... oh yeah - he's such a little boy still, he does whine and yelp with a squeak!! I think once he settles down and learns how to communicate nicely with his family they'll find him to be quite a little talker in the group. He's enjoyed the safety of playing freely in a fully fenced large yard frolicking with two female dogs Mia, a 1 yr old Jack Russell Terrier and Daisy a 10 month old black Labrador pup. They run obstacle  courses and fly off the end of the deck when playing hide and seek with each other. Though sometimes Mia will get too grumpy, often the three of them will eat and drink from the same bowl. This is one special little pup. He needs lots of attention, lots of exercise and structure plus plenty of chew time. Best kenneled when alone for his own safety. Billy will often go into a kennel on his own when he wants to take a nap or a little rest or to chew his rawhide stick. Once he warms up to a person and feels he can trust them he's very cuddly and happy to curl up on a lap or beside someone on the couch to be scratched and stroked or to quietly chew his rawhide. Likes to tear things apart, stuffed toys, socks and what have you. Best toy though is a squeaky ball - will keep him thrilled for hours - though will keep you busy too. Controlling barking with spray bottle of water works very well with Billy. Used just when barking is excessive. I'm very happy with the technique.                              Hi I'm Billy!

Warm & Sunny Thoughts Flower!

Picnik'd Sun Flower, originally uploaded by Our Enchanted Garden.

It 's Thanksgiving in Canada today.

I give thanks that I have family to share it with still, even if we do it over the phone or the net... Just glad we're here, glad we can enjoy another harvest and celebrate the abundance of our world.

I'm grateful to be a witness in a changing world. Hopeful for the future and the wonders yet to be discovered!

The Omo People

This is just the coolest collection of photographs. The Omo's are very creative and expressive! A friend had marked this link elsewhere (twitter i think) and I couldn't resist passing it forward so others might see it too!

Synchronicity Slides In with Ease!

I opened this message in my e-mail after posting my last post. (follows below) Had a few similar messages from others along the same lines, none had seen my post before sending theirs... am thankful for reminders of what I can do and many like minded people who participate in such groups.


I have been a member with the Global Coherence Initiative for about a year. We often focus on specific issues in the world around us as well as general focuses like "Children of the World".
Here's a sample of one of their messages when there's a need for a focus on a specific subject or region.




Dear Cheryl,

Several natural disasters have taken place recently affecting many thousands of people.

Two powerful earthquakes, one in Samoa and the other in Indonesia have created mass devastation in these areas. Many lives have been lost and tens of thousands of people are now homeless. Roads and bridges have been destroyed hampering rescue and aid efforts.

Severe flooding from Typhoon Ketsana has crippled the Philippines and a new Super Typhoon, Parma, is bearing down on this nation and is expected to hit Saturday. Additionally, floods in Spain have created loss of life and significant challenges for many thousands of people.

We respectfully ask you as part of the GCI community to send heart-focused care through whatever methods you choose for the next few days to help ease the emotional pain, fear, insecurity and loss these people are experiencing.

Thank you for your participation,

The Global Coherence Steering Committee


GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR GCI CARE FOCUS
As the Global Shift is playing out, there are a growing number of situations that unfold continuously around the world that could benefit from focused care. This makes it difficult to choose a GCI focus that would suit everyone at any given time. With GCI members from many different countries and cultures, it’s understandable that this would influence personal feelings of what would be most appropriate for a GCI care focus.

At times when a global issue is more important to you than the GCI care focus selected, we suggest this: Spend a little time on the GCI care focus, then spend most of your time sending love and compassion to whatever situation you feel is most important. Some of you may choose to hold a vision of the planet in a state of perfection, which can help manifest how we would want it to be. The most important thing is for us all to love, accept, and respect without judgment each others expressions of care.

The techniques suggested by the GCI team won’t always feel appropriate for everyone because of our many cultural backgrounds and personal belief systems. This is very understandable. When this is an issue, we invite you to use your own heart’s choice of technique, prayer, meditation, affirmation, visualization, etc., when sending love and compassion to the planet and its inhabitants. It’s our genuine coherent love and care that make a difference, much more so than method or technique.

Our common link with each other is that we all care. By honoring our differences, we multiply the strength of connection and effectiveness in our care for the planet and each other. This is what the planetary shift is about - differences coming together in the heart to co-create a greater wholeness.
You can use the Introductory Coherence Technique or whatever method you choose that’s comfortable to you that engages your heart’s care and compassion. Visit the new Global Care Room and join in with others from around the world in this Care Focus. Click here to learn more.

Global Coherence Initiative – 14700 West Park Ave – Boulder Creek, California 95006 – 831-338-8500

Sorting out feelings of anguish

I read a piece recently by a woman who suffered through years of Chronic pain and depression with drug therapy and now deals with her situation completely drug free.

She claimed her biggest success came with learning to stop trying to be what she wasn't. If she felt depressed she would allow herself to truly feel that depression, to become it, to embrace it. She realized that otherwise she was simply in denial of her true feelings.

Pain, depression, heartache, devastation - they aren't things most people actively choose to experience, yet they can be a part of anyone's life at some point in time. As all things do, the episodes of depression or pain or suffering will pass and be replaced with all sorts of other human emotions and expressions and episodes.

I am trying to work with this, not really doing the best at it... The past few days really seemed to put my thoughts in dark, scary, painful and angry places.

My passion is to share my sense of joy in creation. To celebrate nature, the natural world and the human spirit immersed within it. To encourage others to do the same. Yet i know that today in the world as a whole it may be difficult to maintain a celebratory stance. I have such confused and mixed feelings about the devastation of the lives of so many through several powerful natural events; tsunamis, earthquakes and a typhoon.

Nature, in this story will heal and what has changed will move on in a new direction as the laws of nature see fit. People's lives and families are another matter altogether. I pray for their safety and comfort and sense of peace. I am thankful that there are many on their way to assist as best they can. I feel such unfathomable grief for all that is lost through such calamity and hope for swift healing and recovery for all.

Then there's the Roman Polanski story which I guess I've allowed to get under my skin... no need, perhaps old wounds are being poked or what have you... it just makes me wonder about the whole "other world" the Hollywood society seems to live in.
Then again, who am I, I've no right to be judgmental... I don't wish to be, i'm trying to understand something, realizing it's futile and completely unnecessary anyway... I have to laugh at myself... yup - there's an old wound there that feels it's being prodded. Something that needs working from me... okay, perhaps I can work with that and find my way back out of the dark hole!

I guess that is the point of feeling through it all. hmmm I'm sure I'm not done yet... but maybe now it won't feel so fierce! May peace and love be a pillow to the world tonight.

With love, ...from the garden. ;-)

A Slideshow Celebrating Autumn

The colorful beauty of the beginning of autumn in South-Western Ontario is something people celebrate each year. We Canadians track the color change and map it out for tourists and "Sunday drivers" encouraging them to get out and view the countryside.

Sometimes that's not possible, I find themed slide-shows help me when I can't get out and about. Enjoy!

Hopefully this Flickr slideshow will work, at least until I manage a better one using my Picassa or Photoshop software. Think I'll try both and compare them! (subject of next blog perhaps!)

Windows Marketplace - What Is Microsoft Thinking?

I clicked the selection link to check out the site and lo and behold, no Canada selection and no english language selection either... I think the proof reading went wrong before publishing! Windows Marketplace and their Microsoft store are off to a rocky start!

At the Heart of Peace: International Day of Peace movie

Happy to share this short video from HeartMath2. Being promoted by the Global Coherence Initiative, a group I've been following for about a year. The International Day of Peace is described as a holiday in some circles, and could reach that state worldwide some day! That's the hope I hold in my heart and the joy of that thought lifts my spirits! When we share a world where we celebrate each other, our natural world and our natural place within it. When we honor all life and embrace our far ranging diversity we will find the peace within that will create peace in our world. Mark your calendar and find some way to celebrate a peaceful world view on September 21. Your intention will create an energy wave that will connect with all others on that day, raising the vibrations of peace around the planet, even if only for a brief moment. Hold peace in your heart and radiate peace outward from your heart to the world around you. May Peace Be with You.