Saturday, May 10, 2025

Happy Mother's Day 2025

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This weekend is Mother's Day. It got me thinking about all sorts of motherhood as I sat outside watching springtime in action, with birds & squirrels frolicking amidst our flowers in bloom. Just as mothers tend their children, the earth tends us all. 

May all who tend each other out there (including you, Mother Earth), have a glorious Mother's Day weekend ahead.

To the human mother, rocking her child in the wee small hours, tending to knees and needs, always taking care of thankless deeds....

To the animal mother, shielding her young, whether furred or winged, sheltering the den, fiercely protective & guarding them time and again....

To Mother Earth herself, cradler of forests, keeper of ocean currents, arms wide to the sky where birds soar and fly high....

Thank you for your gift of giving, your love of living, your shelter, warmth, protection, guidance, and endless strength you share.

It is through your raising--whether by heart, hands, paws, wings, rain, sunshine, breath--that we are fed,  taught, and shown the path to grow, to heal, to take root, and to soar.

Today, we honor mothers of all kinds—
whether they gave birth to us or shared their hearts in other countless ways,
those who nourished us through laughter and tears, throughout the years, through shared wisdom, gentle encouragement, and unwavering patience,
Never asking for more than our the gift of carrying their care forward, out into the world.

Happy Mother's Day!

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Saturday, May 3, 2025

Hummingbird Are Heading Back

'Tis the season for hummingbird spring migration. The further south you are, your hummingbirds may already be back. This map and Accuweather's article "Hummingbird Migration Underway in the US: Here's When They'll Reach Your Garden" will help you know when you need to get your feeder out in your own backyard!

Image from  https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hummingbird-migration-underway-in-the-us-heres-when-theyll-reach-your-garden/1753177#google_vignette