Short reflections on the connection between Nature and Spirituality that can be used in our daily lives.
a week at a glance...
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2020 09-19, 4713 - CHANGES ARE COMING – You can feel it in the air. You can see it in the changing leaves. It is only a matter of weeks before the mountains will be ablaze with the colors and smells of fall. Nature will be ready and waiting for you to pay her a visit.
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Changes Are Coming
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Clear Air
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2020 09-18, 4712 - CLEAR AIR – The feeling of fall is in the air which is coming from Canada at the moment causing clear views of the mountains across the valley. It is a wonderful time to visit a favorite spot in Nature and take a few minutes to reflect and plan for the fall ahead.
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2020 09-18, 4711 - LEFT OVER FROM LUNCH – It appears that the squirrels had a good lunch, munching on a pine cone. They left a lot of debris on rocks and stumps. That debris will eventually nurture the forest soil. Animals often leave calling cards, letting others know they have been there.
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Left Over From Lunch
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Red Apples
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2020 09-17, 4710 - RED APPLES – The apples have turned red on the trees in the orchard and even though we don’t eat these, they serve as a reminder to purchase some at a store to make pies and apple crisp. Nature provides us with many treats, some edible and some feasts for our eyes.
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2020 09-16, 4709 - IN A DROUGHT – We are in a major drought here in the foot hills. The little brook that flows by the house is bone dry. It will take a lot of rain to recover. Mind droughts, a least, can flow again through divine inspiration.
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In a Drought
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Going to Seed
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2020 09-15, 4708 - GOING TO SEED – Nature is casting seeds from many of its plants. The animals and birds have for the most part risen their young investing in the years to come. Now is a wonderful time during this harvest season to release the seeds of positive actions to nourish people everywhere.
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2020 09-14, 4707 - PAUL BUNYAN I’M NOT – Paul Bunyan was a folk hero, a giant of a man who could fell a large tree with one swing of his axe. I just enjoy spending a little time with my small chain saw cutting small trees to improve the land. I find working on the land good for my soul.
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Paul Bunyan I'm Not
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First Warming
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2020 09-13, 4706 - FIRST WARMING – There is an old saying that when you prepare and burn wood for heat it warms you several times. I found that to be true as I worked up a sweat cutting small trees and saving the trunks for the wood heater in the cabin. What we invest in now pays off in the future.
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2020 09-12, 4705 - LUPINE SEED BOUQUET – My wife gathered a bouquet of dried lupine stems with seed pods still attached so that she could plant them in a spot near the Cabin. I think of people who plant seeds of positive actions that will be sown by others to bloom in the future.
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Lupine Seed Bouquet
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Last Flowers of the Season
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2020 09-11, 4704 - THE LAST FLOWERS OF THE SEASON – As September makes its way towards October I am noticing some of the last flowers of the season as they prepare to drop their seeds to insure there will be new ones next year. Fortunately the seasons of life allow us to grow all year long.
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2020 09-10, 4703 - IT’S BEEN A DRY SUMMER – It has been an exceptional dry and hot summer. Nature is beginning to show the effects of the drought. The grass in the Lupine Field is brown and the little brook that runs down the mountain is dry. We look forward to rain, but now is a wonderful time to find peace in Nature.
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It's Been a Dry Summer
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