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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Alberta Patch-Slegaitis Oct 31, 1915 - June 6, 2012

self portrait                    11/25/10                 ©Alberta Patch-Slegaitis

My/Our Mom, Grammy B, Great Grandmother B and B
Alberta Patch-Slegaitis Oct 31, 1915 - June 6, 2012

We are celebrating our/my family matriarch's birth/life/death with family and friends gathering in 
co-creativity, grace, gratitude, joy, laughter, love, thankfullness...
 Her/our love (sometimes tough and conditional) often shined brightly on all that she/we experienced in her/our time on Earth together. There were obstacles, challenges and shortcomings for her/we that as humans we all experience.
Thank you in sending no sorrow(s), condolence(s) or religious persuasions this way
I/We Love You Mom

Friday, July 6, 2012

Ficus sp.

1st fig harvest 2012
from the young 10' Ficus sp. living in our back yard...


plant energetics:
fertility  longevity  sanctity  survival
"Ficus is a relatively ancient genus being at least 60 million years old, and possibly as old as 80 million years. The main radiation of extant species, however, may have taken place more recently, between 20 and 40 million years ago" [5]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus

for more information on food and medicine;
http://www2.bioversityinternational.org/publications/web_version/500/ch04.htm
http://www.academicjournals.org/ajpp/pdf/pdf2011/March/Khan%20et%20al.pdf
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/20
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AihUCqknJbAJ:revista.seaic.es/julio99e/203-208.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjCJn_Z-Nyt4QG0ymcop-q8Z34HoTK1pKgg-IERPJaTXJXbvbjTqPsFd6iU3PGb3UHeOMMz5JNcI1VxOqh2jDfRSpl8D8hYWj-heG87htwuz7DZfKllYG4inMd9Tfx6VVEFLP66&sig=AHIEtbShVxyNGYyUC0mGTai75dbXi3o52w





Thursday, July 5, 2012

Mockingbird as a totem




from http://www.linsdomain.com/totems/pages/mockingbird.htm
Mockingbird
 
Finding your Sacred Song;
Recognizing your Innate Abilities

 
Mockingbird teaches you the power of song and voice.
It can help you learn new languages and speak them fluently.
People with a Mockingbird totem are known for their talents, rather than their appearance.
It can also help you find your “sacred song” or your life’s purpose
and helps you realize your inner talents.
Mockingbird will help you act on it without fear.
Remember that your inner song is never lost –
if you missed one opportunity, another one will always appear.
Mockingbird also helps you flush out people and events that can hurt you
and allows to see who and what they are. 
You hear the true song of others.
Follow your own path.  Learn to take what you can and apply
your own creative imagination and intuition to it
and your life will be in harmony.

Northern Mockingbird                                  photographer unknown

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

"the green economy will simply allow the corporate agenda to flourish" - David Suzuki

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/25/david_suzuki_on_rio_20_green

"the green economy will simply allow the corporate agenda to flourish"
   - David Suzuki


Monday, July 2, 2012

palm oasis

palm oasis                                                                  ©Greg Patch