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Caught a rare pic of a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at our peanut feeder. He must have needed a break from drilling holes in my lilac tree. #birds #naturalist #woodpeckers

Something beautiful (joyful) everyday…

Something beautiful every day…

Something beautiful every day… #naturalist #ephemeralwildflower #SpringBeauty

“It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world." ~Mary Oliver #colormysoul #soulfulnaturalist

Something beautiful every day.... ...a small part of my spring, Lenten altar.

Criminalize Habitat for Humanity????

new post on substack

Love this quote from Soul Boom.

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

“Snow always inspires such awe in me. Just consider one tiny snowflake alone, so delicate, so fragile, so ethereal. And yet, let a billion of them come together through the majestic force of nature, they can screw up a whole city.” - Betty White (1)

Counting for Cornell’s Project Feeder Watch. The birds don’t make it easy. They all need to sort into species and hold still! 😂

Required Reading:

Snow day of writing and reading. Writing my rescue dog Ladybug’s book. Reading Louise Penny’s “The Cruelest Month.”

Is this for real? I can’t tell any more.

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy.” —Oscar Wilde. (He forgot to add dogs to the list). #dogsofbluesky

Dear @Doge If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Fabulous cirrocumulus clouds.

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” -Rumi

They promised shocked and awe. I confess - it has been shocking. But awe? NOPE. What is happening disgusts me. I'm only awed by LOVE, not brutality. #LoveRelentlessly dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/love-relen...

“…the opposite of despair for me is not hope but …wonder. Wonder that in the presence of great darkness there is also so much beauty, so much love.” ~Christine Valters Paintner Red birds against white snow. Light, shadow, color. A long hug. Coffee in the morning. Yes!!

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

Cooking soup with lots of color to nourish my body and soul. These times need such!

“Just as mushrooms thrive in symbiotic relationships, so too do we flourish when we support one another.” – Unknown (Ductifera pululahuana on oak stump)

Triskele mandala expresses energy to help you move smoothly through times of challenge & change. #art #soulart #mandala

From the playbook

“The sun has saved the world one more day, even with its leaden burden of human evil; we wake to birdsong.” ~The Love of Morning" by Denise Levertov

I am playing watercolor. I need a break from writing, to just play. No idea how to paint but I adore the tiny color set! #writing

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"A contemplative heart helps us learn how to navigate our inner and outer chaos, allowing us to shift into the presence of our transformation at the core of our being." ~Bob Holmes