tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596689247537137242024-03-14T03:59:37.944-07:00Nature Loves Appreciation Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-20716001806366932742020-02-13T13:53:00.000-08:002020-02-13T13:53:11.164-08:00The Serviceberry And More<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While hiking, I was drawn to a big bush with small white flowers. Each flower had 5 white petals that shimmered in the sunlight as they swayed on the breeze. She was a Serviceberry. I took a picture of her.<br />
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In the picture, at the top of this page, you can see something orange stuck in among the flowers and leaves. Take a look. Could it be an autumn leaf that survived the winter browning?<br />
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When I got home and uploaded the file, I noticed this out of place leaf. I enlarged the photo and I found it to be a stunning butterfly ! Her body was a sliver blue and her colors flowed from green to raspberry to yellow, and orange. Why, I had never seen a butterfly with rainbow colors! Have you ?<br />
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Sometimes we are drawn to a certain, tree, flower, or rock, not knowing why. I say, follow your impulse to sit by it, touch it, be with it for awhile, take a picture of it. More times than not, you may discover more than meets the eye.<br />
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When we appreciate Nature she is always<br />
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The more you appreciate Nature, the more Nature experiences will come to you. That is because Nature Loves Appreciation !</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Saturday March 9, set off the beginning of a series of wonderful Nature events. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our way to Three Peaks, we met with a herd of sheep making their way to their spring grazing grounds. As they walked past us we could hear their bells clanging as occasioal "baaa!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later we came across a large bird. Is it a hawk, juvenille golden, juvenille bald eagle? Its feathers are fluffed out in the cold winds. It was perched up top an electric pole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lately, I've been seeing a whole lot of birds in the sky. There have been geese, ducks, seagulls, and ravens flying to their roosts and feeding ground night and day. I was so surprised to see the seagulls here in Utah back in 2013. We are hundreads of miles inland. I had always loved the seagulls along the California coast where I used to live. I found out that the seagulls nest in Salt Lake, Utah, north of us. They are Utah's state bird. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The seagulls came to mind last week and this desire popped out from my heart to see them again. Within a few days I happened to look up and see 6 seagulls winging their way north. Last night I looked up to count the geese flying over and saw beyond them thousands of feet high, 2 large formations of what looked like seaguls flying north. I was in the right place at the right time. My desire has come true.</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see, Nature loves appreciation ! Nature responds to appreciation like a reflection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The really big news is about our Raven Family Their old nest in the cottonwood tree, blew away bit by bit and I wondered <i><b>when</b></i> and <i><b>where</b></i> and <b>if</b> they were going to raise their family this year. They did winter here which was unusual. The ravens usually leave in late July/early August. But it turns out they instinctively knew it was going to be a more mild summer, autum, and winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The month I met Father Raven was on March 1, 2015. I</i><i>t snowed and snowed big white flakes against a pale grey sky. I heard a raven calling out. I ran to the window. A very large raven perched himself right outside my kitchen window. The falling snowflakes fell in contrast against his shiny black feathers. He stayed there for quite some time. I could tell he knew I was watching him. He continued to call out and struck several dashing poses as I clicked* my camera. </i><i> How special this was for me. It meant something. What was he trying to tell me?</i></span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We were coming home from The Three Peaks and just about to pull into the driveway when I see a big raven flying towards the big cottonwod tree in our neighbors yard. His large black wings sliced through the air and from his beak dangled what looked like a mouse. I watched him land into a big nest! I was so thrilled that there was a raven nest right across the road. </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is now March 2019. I have had 4 wonderful years of watching and photographing the Raven family. Now with their nest gone, I think about them and wonder... <b>When</b> and <b>where</b> will they nest? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why do I put <b>when</b> and <b>where</b> in bold typing? To make a point that that <b>when</b> and <b>where</b> is out of my control and when I begin to worry, I know to get busy with another activity that brings more pleasure while I wait for Nature to take it's course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The plot thickens...Sunday March 10, 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My dog got skunked Friday night. All went well we got him in the tub and bathed him with the proper solution and just hint of skunk remains. The next day my friend in California said that I loved my animals so much like Ellie May Clampet loved animals even "skunks" ? I was astounded that she used the word skunk ! Can you see the coinciding incident? "Skunks"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friend Marilyn had read an article on bald eagles and how their nests get taken over by other female eagles. She saw my photo of the "eagles" on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DeborahMoenPhotography/" target="_blank">Facebook Page Deborah Moen Photography </a>. Paul and I had seen them on the way back from town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friend wrote me a message to let me know about this coinciding incidence. She thought it was ah-mazing how her mind was focused these eagles and poof* there they were on my photography page. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See the synchronicity ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I read the end of her message, Paul exclaimed from the living room, "Well, look here, I see a raven picking up sticks for a nest!" My heart flew out of my chest and I stood up as carefully as I could. I scrambled to the window where my eyes saw Father Raven gathering sticks. I was so elated and relieved I felt like I was floating on air! At last I received my answer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next few days, I watched them gather sticks and pine needles from all over. They flew in from the north, the east, the west, and the south bringing materials for a nest. We still were not sure where the nest was going to be. More appreciation of this moment will turn up the answer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning...I saw Mother Raven flying in from the south carrying a bundle of pine needles. I dropped the rake and chased her with my eyes to see where she would land ! She landed in one of those trees in front of our house ! And I saw her actually standing on a bundle of sticks in the crotch joint of two branches with Father Raven. Yippie ! The nest has begun !</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">FYI: <span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Males</span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> bring some sticks to the </span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">nest</span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, but most of the </span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">building</span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is done by </span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">females</span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
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You can see the nest forming in the crotch of the two branches. The dark green in the lower right corner is our carport. Close huh? Just as I dreamed it would be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a fabulous front row seat. And the view is best at the side gate where I can prop and steady my camera ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you very much for visiting Nature Loves Appreciation</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Untill next time,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do so love the twitter and chirps of the early summer. The morning songs consist of sparrows, house finches, friendly robins, cooing doves, bright yellow orioles, starlings, a few roosters, hens, ducks, turkeys from down the road, ravens, and the western king bird. My, I do have quite a variety !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had so many birds in the backyard and I was looking for some nests up in the big apple tree but could not see them for the leaves and the abundance of apples growing on the branches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I noticed yesterday morning there were 2 western king birds up on the wires and they seemed upset when I came outdoors. I just chalked it up to their personality. I took some photos of them and thought it a good time to take a video of them so others could see and here what they sounded like. I used the branch that was hanging low from the weight of the apples to support my camera. It was the perfect level. I took the video and walked around the hanging branch and my eyes zoomed in on a nest with 2 babies inside ! Whoa ! I must have been 1 foot from the nest as I took the video. Watch video so you can see and hear what the the adult birds sound like. It is 33 seconds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finding the nest gave me such a child-like magical feeling. I love it when these experiences happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine finding a nest at eye level? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I carefully stepped up to take a photo. Look close in the center you can see their little black eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made sure to walk wide around the branch and the parents seemed to trust me after awhile. I felt they could sense I meant no harm. So I scooted a bit closer. and Click* </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh they are so cute ! And they have their feathers and I think they will leave the nest soon. Precious little things. I am so glad I was able to see them before they left the nest. What a blessing to behold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting Nature Loves Appreciation ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My love and appreciation of nature inspired me to create a class called "Dance of Life" We sat under the giant Mulberry tree in my back yard and I taught about universal principles and the hula under the moon and stars. I created activities that taught us about nature and life. It was in that class of nature lovers that we all agreed to find our earth name. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kumu Hula ( teachers of Hawaiian Dance) always name their students. But we agreed we would allow the Earth to teach us our earth name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On another trip to the Sierras, I saw my first mama bear and her two cubs. On the way home I saw a powerful image on the face of a mountain. The late spring revealed dark wet fields of melted ice and white slivers and fields of remaining snow on the face mountain. I saw an image that spoke to me and cause my heart to beat like a drum. I saw a native god holding a white ball of snow like a moon over its head. It reminded me of a thunder bird. I drew it as we drove home. I felt it was a sign showing me my name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The following year I passed that mountain again and though the patterns of snow were different. That memory of the snowy "thunderbird" image and the feeling of intrigue was still fresh and new. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coming home from the Sierras, we passed through the old ghost towns of Red Mountain, Johannesburg, and Randsburg. We spotted an abandoned building. The name of it was very tribal and had a strange familiarity to it. We stopped to peer into the windows and walk around. I could see that someone at one time had a beautiful creative dream at one time. But now the windows were broken, supply shelves fallen over and dust blanketed the inside. The Tribal Art shop was called, Moon Dreaming Thunder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was on that trip home I shouted "MOON DREAMING THUNDER!!! This is what the earth was teaching me!".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was such a romantic adventure I was having with the earth. I was happy to share with my class how I discovered the name. We danced in a circle around and around under the moon that evening. They all called me <em>Moon Dreaming Thunder </em>or<em> MDT for short</em>. Such a magical experience. Soon my students discovered their earth names too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you want to find your Earth Name? If you say "yes" then it is already born all you must do is be open to discover it. It will be a strong feeling in your solar plexus or heart and not necessarily how I found mine. You will have your own experience, perfect for you. The universe knows you and will guide you to it. Just relax and enjoy the journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a glorious garden this year on Little Utah Farm. We heard that Jack Frost was to visit by morning and that meant saying good-bye. I drove up the pasture road and paused to bask in the beauty of my vibrant garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I smiled at the bright colorful zinnias, the lovely faces of the morning glories climbing up the arbors, the soon to blossom cosmos and bachelor buttons, the thriving red clover, and the stately row of sunflowers with their heads bowed to the east.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The garden continued to thrive and enjoy life even up to Jack's visit. Then the garden let go gracefully and now exists in my memory. It is quite a shock to see it happen so quickly. But my heart was ready for it as I did take time to relish and appreciate my moments in my garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Next came the task of dismantling the garden. I released the grip of the vining morning glories that grew up the trellis and the fence, pulled up the wild sunflowers, dug up the red potatoes and cut the herbs that survived the frost such as rosemary, oregano, sage, and thyme. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Autumn is in full force. Nearly all the leaves have been blown by strong winds that whistled and whined through the wires and bare branches. The orb weaver cat spiders, which came to visit us this year, transitioned in the cold leaving their beautiful webs. The grasses in the pasture began to brown and the leaves that fell from Grandmother Apple Tree were chopped up and placed in a pile by the corn field to mulch the roses, silver lace vine, and the soil before winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Though I believe in everlasting life, our life here on earth is not forever. I am determined to enjoy it. </i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Rushing and wondering where the "time" went does not feel good to me anymore. I want to connect to that awareness which is timeless and true. All it takes is to stop and look around and take a few deep breaths to turn time into a doorway for appreciation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until next time, here is a favorite quote to ponder by John Muir,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I walked outside with the dogs j</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ust before dawn and discovered the moon. Below her was Jupiter and further on down, just above the ridge of the mountains, was Venus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The dark side of the moon was visible against the sky as well as the bright sharp crescent from the sunlight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I took a breath my camera would spread the light of the moon</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> in beautiful patterns. </span><br />
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Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-88682005469786879942016-12-29T08:08:00.001-08:002018-03-03T14:46:35.893-08:00Deer Tracks They're Back!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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llamas were standing outside the shelter, their eyes gleaming in the dark which reminded me of unicorns. They were woken up by “something” roaming about in the dark. Whatever was there was gone so we all went back inside the warm house and got into bed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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tracks they make? Do you know what causes that delicate long streak in their
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visited our farm in the wee hours of the night and dawn. Every night before I
drift off to sleep I lay in my bed at night imaging the vast Utah wilderness around
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you dear friends for sharing this story with me. I hope you enjoyed it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a precious video of a Christmas feast at Wildwood a wild Park and Zoo on facebook. Here is the link to this video <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wildwoodzoo/videos/10154966015312868/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/wildwoodzoo/videos/10154966015312868/ </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a video on Utah showing deer eating with a family outdoors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The more you appreciate nature, the more nature there is to appreciate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The more my husband and I appreciate our contact with the deer the more deer are drawn to our home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been 8 years of yearning for deer to come near but yearning does not draw the deer near. In fact it is appreciation that draws what you love near you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The deer are getting closer and closer and closer with each wave of appreciation we feel in our hearts when we see them. Just last week there was a deer parade in our back yard and pasture. I was admiring the clouds through the kitchen window and grabbed my camera to photograph them. My eye caught movement and I discovered a doe walking across our alfalfa field. My heart went pitter pat and I got it on camera. Another doe walked out from our cottonwood tree and they walked to the back fence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ran in to tell my husband and looked out back. The lamas ears were tall and fixed upon something behind the corral. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tippy-toed out and got behind a tree and there were deer everywhere. There were 2 bucks and 3 does. A parade of deer were right here. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh my gosh they are all looking towards me. I am hiding behind a tree. click*</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning a week later, I entered the garden gate and rounded the arbor and what I saw made me stop in my tracks! My willow was ripped and the bark rubbed off like a tornado had ripped it to shreds. By the way, yesterday I intended to cut those willows by the arbor very short as they grow so big and tall in the spring and summer. Well, the buck did it for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I called for my husband and he came out and found deer tracks going under the arbor we have in the vegetable garden, which is now bare after the harvest. I can just imagine how awesome it was to see the deer go through the arbor! We have decided to get a night cam. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I felt that appreciation well up from my solar plexus and through my heart and into my throat. Super magical. </span><br />
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Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-58704547679744564272016-10-04T06:30:00.000-07:002018-03-03T14:54:24.992-08:00Autumn's Yellow, Orange, Red !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Colors are appearing and flourishing in the high country elevations. Never mind the calendar, this was taken on September 8, 2016. Nothing can hold it back as the evenings cool crisp air turns the mountain sides of brilliant colored aspen from summer green to t</span><span style="font-size: large;">he golds and yellows, oranges and reds of autumn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even in my backyard at 6,000 ft, autumn transforms the rabbit bush to a bright golden yellow. And there are other yellow, bee loving, cousins like the wild sunflowers full of yellow petaled blooms and the California Poppies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Is is too late for a garden?" I thought to myself. Digging the soil and making rows in late September sounded like a fun experiment to see how it would do in the cold weather. I had a nice big garden box that my husband Paul made me and this year he added a lid to make it what they call a cold frame. It worked really well before the last frost keeping the plants protected and warm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I grabbed the hoe and shovel and began to open the soil and turn it over. I made nice rows with the hoe and watered the freshened soil till it was damp through and through. Next came a generous dose of fertilizer to replenish the soil. I searched in the shed for my seeds and found them on a table inside a green bucket. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I brought my bucket in to the house and sat on the couch and began sifting and sorting through the seed packets with visions of my autumnal garden when a mouse appeared inside a Ziploc bag!!! "HELP" I yelled. I quickly ran out the front door with the bucket in hand and swiftly scooted as far out towards the garden as I could to release the mouse. As I rounded the brick borders of the carport, the mouse sprang upwards into the air, out of the green bucket, and landed like an acrobat on the soft dirt then scampered off. Whew* I was so relieved I made it out of the house before he leaped out of the bucket. I have had quite a few experiences with the acrobatic mice leaping from grain bins and buckets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While inspecting the rest of the seed packets outdoors I saw that a good share of the packets had been chewed through and the seeds had fallen out into the bottom of the bucket. I had no idea what seed went to what packet. That is when I got the idea to plant a row of these mixed surprise seeds and call it <i>The Mouse Surprise Garden Row. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I giggled to myself as I planted that row. I had no idea what would come up. I did recognize the green bush beans, though. I finished planting the other rows with seeds of lettuce, spinach, bok choy, parsley, beets and kale. Those seed packets had not been chewed on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Six days later I opened the lid of the garden box and my seeds were beginning to sprout. The back row, which I dubbed <i>The Mouse Surprise Garden Row</i>, had the most sprouts. I laughed and smiled and so much appreciated what fun it is to have a mystery garden row. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What comes to mind now are spring bulbs. Never have I planted spring bulbs at the right time so before winter comes I shall search for narcissus, daffodils, hyacinth bulbs to plant before the ground hardens. Can you recall the fragrances of those flowers? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Super mid day bonus: EXTRA ORDINARILY GOOD</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">MAGICALLY DELICIOUS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My mind has not yet recognizing this as real yet. I see these animals appearing and I think "Oh our neighbor Tom has a new statue ! then it kicks in what I am seeing is real. it all so new to me. Where no deer were for the past 8 years, now there are dear, deer to enjoy. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow 2 deer snorfling the dear tree. <br />Snorfling is sniff and feeling, sensing...</span><br />
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Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-69489870915619190512016-09-11T14:01:00.001-07:002016-10-01T10:54:15.572-07:00The Autumn Owl Visited<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The rabbit bush turns a bright yellow, the sun shifts lower in the sky, night falls...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paul calls me from the bedroom, "Deborah!!! Come here!" I run to the bedroom window where he is standing. He says "Can you hear that?" I held my breath... looking out into the night...then I hear <i>hoo hoot hooo hooot </i>coming from the elm tree in the backyard. Oh it was our friend, the Great Horned Owl ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back at the turn of the millennium, when I met my husband, Paul, the owl showed up everywhere we went. Owl became our totem affirming our relationship. So when owl visits us we both smile and remember those days when we were courting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Owls are so wonderfully mysterious, stealth and beautiful. It feels </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Oak connects to mother earth through deep roots and holds her lofty crown in the ethereal realm of sky. She is a doorway to different aspects of life and other dimensions. Oak teaches us about flexibility showing us the way to grace when change comes knocking. She is generous with her wood, her acorn seeds, and oxygen. The venerable Oak absorbs our sighs, our exhales with appreciation. There is a powerful lesson in how the mighty Oak emerges from that little acorn seed. We are like that Oak. Long live the Oak Tree! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to the generosity of Jack Kelly who shared his photograph of this Oak tree with the sun breaking through the fog in New York.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Appreciate Nature. you will be rewarded with more Nature to appreciate!</span><br />
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It was April 20, 2002.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">While hiking, I stopped here on this path. I sensed this fennel plant was
communicating with me by emitting a smoky purple haze which shimmered and
connected to my eyes, mind, and heart. I could clearly interpret this energy as
connected to all life in a continuous loop. I noticed the fresh green growth
rising from the earth and the old boney branches seemingly dead, and the seeds
which formed at the top for renewal and life everlasting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this path. If you look with soft eyes you will sense the life and love and
power within this photograph. ~ Deborah Moon Moen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Have you ever seen the energy of plants and trees? It looks like hazy smoky vibrations coming up and out from the tips of trees and plants. Try it sometime. It was there all along yet you had not noticed it or known to look for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These two lilac bushes, pictured on the right, are very exposed to the winds and snow. Year after year the blossoms struggles to survive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I noticed Renee, our neighbor, caring for her two lilac bushes out front. She thoughtfully studied the lilacs with an artful and caring eye as she pruned and cleaned out the dead branches and leaves. She even arranged the rocks in a full circle around each lilac shrub. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later that day she came by to share some of the cornbread she had just made.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Renee's cornbread was delicious. I could definitely taste the sweet Jackpot Hybrid corn we grew and dried last September. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Days later she came over to return an empty egg carton and I refilled it for her with fresh eggs from our hens. She mentioned she wanted me to see <em>something</em> over at her place before it bloomed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The lilac branches reached upwards and outward in different heights like they grow in nature. I was taken how the light shined on the branches. Renee began to explain a few principles of her Ikebana arrangement. The way she described the light, shadows, heaven and earth reminded me of my studies in Feng Shui. Her words expressed an appreciation of nature and its elements. There was a reverence in her voice as she spoke. I left excited to see what would develop in the days to come. I left</span><br />
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I began to wonder how the beautiful lilac branches were developing. The next day I got a call from Renee. She invited me over to see the changes in her arrangement. She said, "They are all puffed out. "</span><br />
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As I walked across the driveway to the front door, Coco her long haired Chihuahua announced my arrival. I knocked on the screen door and she invited me in. Her home was fragrant with a heavenly scent and I noticed the candle holder I had made her on her entryway table which she sat on some colorful dry autumn leaves. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She lead me into the kitchen and my eyes opened wide with surprise at the fresh green foliage on her lilac branches. Growing at each leafy branch tip were lilac buds waiting to blossom. The light coming in from the window highlighted the new green leaves and cast shadows on the opposite side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My eyes explored the arrangement. "It looks like it was born that way!" I told her. "That is the whole idea of this art is to make it look like it does in nature," she said. Then she showed me places where she left some bare twigs to represent the season we are presently in. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">She brought the leafed out arrangement into her living room in a well lighted area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This style is Ikebana Shoka. <span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Shoka style uses only one plant material. Shoka expresses the feeling of life, growing energy and the natural beauty of the materials. To achieve this it is important that the arranger understands how the plants grow in nature: the natural environment, characteristics and habitat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "garamond"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A vase is much more than a container. The vase for Shoka represents the source of life.</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The spiritual aspect to this art is very important to its practitioners. To take the time to observe and appreciate the beauty in nature is a great mindfulness practice. It can be considered a wonderful way to be in the present moment. Feeling this close to nature is a connection which provides relaxation for the mind, body, and, soul. </span></div>
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Ikebana International <a href="http://ikebanahq.org/whatis.php">http://ikebanahq.org/whatis.php</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the bitter cold of winter,</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She sat so sweetly there, as I smiled, then folded her wings, and laid down on my boot... it was then she let go...of her beautiful butterfly life, to continue her eternal journey. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /> I laid her delicate butterfly body on the snow, thin<span class="text_exposed_show">king of how she found me, "someone who knows". </span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="6seg9-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">This morning early at </span></span></span><span data-offset-key="6seg9-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">6 pm it was 22 degrees. I spotted the sharp points of the moon and a bright light below it. Venus ! My heart stirred and butterflies fluttered in my stomach. I wrapped myself in soft thick polar fleece and stepped outdoors to photograph the spectacle. </span></span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2i39s-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">It is very dark at pre-dawn as this moon is a waning crescent, 25 days old and nearing the new moon s phase where the light from the moon diminishes and the twinkle of distant long ago starlight remains. </span></span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="2i39s-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">This morning the light of the moon glitters against the fog crystals above. They name this moon of December Winter Moon or Cold Moon. It is said to be in Scorpio at this time. </span></span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2i39s-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">I appreciate so much these heavenly bodies watching over us while we sleep and while we go about our day. They bring mystery and beauty and a way to keep track of our place on this spinning planet. </span></span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2i39s-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">How many ways has man used the moon and the stars to help him plant, travel, navigate, create stories, and celebrate ? </span></span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="2i39s-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-size: large;">How do you appreciate Nature? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tis the season !</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first snow has come today in Cedar City, Utah. It feels so good too. The energy is buoyant full of the right ions. Not too cold either. It has warmed up to 38 degrees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ever since dawn the snow fell like little bits of pixie dust. Recently after lunch the snow became like big cornflakes that slanted to the east and then to the west with the changing winds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hail to the snow on her first flight to earth this season. Yes ! Tis the Season ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hail to the snow.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SNOW ! Is another form of water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes indeed, snow from rain that falls</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">from the water's mysterious journey from earth upward to the heavens </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning the swallows gathered on top of the rabbit bushes near the fountain as I fed my hens. It was the first snow for my young lady hens and some of the girls turned right back around and went into the coop. My two Black Jersey Giant hens however, went right out to the rabbit bushes leaving their tracks in the snow. The little swallows waited patiently for me to toss some seed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The doves flew gracefully over to the fountain too making their whispered flight sounds. Ever hear a dove as it flew from one place to another? It is almost like they are whispering a soft but enthusiastic "weeee !" I wonder why they make such enchanting sounds during flight. Is it "Here I come !" What do you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I noticed the birds did not fly away as I came close.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">I eagerly took this opportunity to photograph them. Here is one of my favorite clicks from today <u><a href="http://deborah-moen.artistwebsites.com/featured/the-dove-and-the-swallow-deborah-moen.html" target="_blank">The Dove And The Swallow</a></u>. This would make a great greeting card for the winter holidays. I wonder... what is Dove and Swallow conveying to each other ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My husband spotted this yellow bellied marmot amongst the red earth and rock on a slope in Fruita Camp within the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. I was thrilled to hear the marmot was near us. My husband backed me up on the trail and pointed at the area where marmot was. It took me awhile to focus in on him as he blended so well with his surroundings. Not a movement, breath or blink did he make as I clicked * my camera.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know about these yellow bellied marmots from the High Sierras in California at the base camp called Constellation Camp.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">My experience with them showed me a playful side to their nature.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They hide away till you make your ascent up Mount Whitney. Then while you are gone they search your camp for goodies and even get into your bags. My hiking partner made sure our gear was out of site and off the ground. Marmots are a member of the squirrel family and they are much larger than the ground squirrels we are used to seeing. It was a thrill to see them for the first time. I also had encounters with them while backpacking in the Olympic National Forest in Washington. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Know that with a peaceful heart and mind the opportunities for appreciation will be revealed to you and the more you appreciate Nature and all other things the more there will be to appreciate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: yellow;"><strong>Behold the falling leaves and hear the <br />ushering Winds which escorts them to earth...</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><strong>Transformational... <br />Revealing life's rhythm...dancing, twirling, floating<br />Leaping...swaying...living... breathing... rustling...</strong></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>"Every leaf speaks bliss to me while fluttering off the autumn tree."</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">I stood on my back porch. It was wet from the rains that night. I saw the rising sun beaming rays that fanned outward over the land and sky. I ran to get my camera and when I reached the porch I was so happy to see it was still there. It was even brighter that before.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And this cloud personified an elephant head with eye and trunk, and open mouth. It appeared to be trumpeting into the sunlight and sunbeams at sunrise over my farm in Cedar City, Utah. In the photograph below, the clouds are casting a shadow over the mountain and the sunlight is shining on one of the summits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took my dog, Windy, for a walk shortly afterward. As I looked towards the mountains I saw streams of sunbeams pouring out of the clouds over the mountains and down to the earth and some of the beams lighted the countryside with golden circles. I was amazed at the speed in which nature obliged me. I didn't have my camera and committed the glorious scene to memory so I could possibly paint it. It was so glorious and covered the whole range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Windy enjoyed her walk and as I brought her through the kitchen door, I decided to get my camera and see if I could take a picture of the canyons to make my painting more accurate. a thought entered my mind that the rays may still be there. I walked along the farms and noticed the beams were still there. Remarkable ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got that feeling again like I was in direct communication with Nature. I appreciated the sunbeams this morning so much that Nature gave me more to appreciate ! It was magical ! I was able to take a photograph also and see more sunbeams. They were the largest display of sunbeams I ever saw. you can see that they extend into the sky and to the right and left of the mountain range. Wow ! Click *</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first time I saw rain falling from the sky at a distance was when I was in Yellowstone. I did not know what it was. Curious dark curtain stretching across the hills and valley it was. The memory of that is still etched in my mind or wherever our memories are kept. Some of us live in cities where the buildings obscure the sight of how the rain falls. We may smell that musty earthy scent of rain as it begins or enjoy the fresh clean air and sometimes sniff in the refreshing scent of pine needles that have broken off the branches. We see the water drops splat on the pavement and may look up and catch the slant of rain falling and also see the dark clouds. We can hear the rain drip, drip, dripping from the roof tops and trees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> a big cloud in the distance is a thrilling sight. Sometimes the wall of rain looks like a white wedding veil and sometimes it looks like smokey dark curtain. If the wind is blowing, the wall of rain will walk over the countryside. You can tell if the rain is coming near you or away from you. I so love the rain and how it squeezes and oozes out of the clouds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I feel the rain is mysterious. I have read this water is the same water the wooly mammoth waited in when it stood in the lakes and swam in the oceans. And to think of how the water on land actually becomes a cloud gives me goosebumps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know; it's been comin' for some time. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When it's over so they say </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever seen the rain? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday and days before </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know; been that way for all my time. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">'Til forever, on it goes </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of a sudden I am remembering all these songs about the rain that I listened to when I was a teen. I hadn't yet seen a wall of rain and these songs were fun to sing and listen to but the lyrics now mean so much more to me. Like a fine wine those lyrics and melodies fermented a great appreciation for Nature and most certainly became one of the reasons I am here. Dreams and desires do come true, you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some men climb a mountain,<br />Some men swim the sea,<br />Some men fly above the sky:<br />They are what they must be.<br />But, baby the rain must fall,<br />Baby, the wind must blow,<br />Wherever my heart leads me<br />Baby, I must go, baby I must go.<br />I do not love for silver,<br />I do not love for gold,<br />My heart is mine to give away,<br />It never will be sold.</span><br />
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Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-89429806876785036132015-08-19T15:46:00.001-07:002016-10-01T11:05:31.819-07:00Desert Big Horn Sheep Capitol Reef National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Capitol Reef has the most magnificnt rock formations ever. This place is Sedona, Arizona and the Grand Canyon all in one and more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One was sleeping and the other two were resting, enjoying their afternoon. Zzzz ... it was an unusual sight I will never forget. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This was an epic experience for us. I put together the photographs and videos I made of them below. I was so blessed to be in that spot at that time ! Enjoy the video 3:38. </span><br />
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Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-6493786154320790212015-01-16T10:58:00.000-08:002016-10-01T11:44:56.117-07:00Winter Horse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was a giant Belgium Draft horse, named Gus, who lived on a farm in my neighborhood. I loved Gus. I passed him everyday on my walks and when I went to town. One day Gus passed away from old age. The pasture where he lived was empty without him. My whole neighborhood felt empty with out his friendly presence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Only a few weeks later, 2 horses showed up in the pasture. I was so happy to see the pasture occupied again. One horse was a pumpkin spice color so I named him Autumn. The other horse was white as snow and I gave him the name of Winter. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter Horse matches the ice and frost. <a href="http://www.naturelovesappreciation.blogspot.com/">www.naturelovesappreciation.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The hoarfrost sprouted frazzled sharp icy points on the wire fence, There was a strand of tumbleweed attached to the fencing with the same frost formations. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Winter Horse was friendly and stood posing this way and that. Then he bowed down and looked through the fence and I captured that beautiful moment with my camera. I am surprised my camera worked in that cold temperature. </span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Appreciate Nature</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The more we appreciate the more there is to appreciate</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deborah Moon Moen</span><br />
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Deborah Moon Moen http://www.blogger.com/profile/10118396036741243136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359668924753713724.post-16597274408470912382015-01-02T11:52:00.002-08:002016-10-01T11:07:52.906-07:00 Water <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water...</span> is the most
expressive element. How many forms or effects of water can you think of ? <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water...</span> reminds me of the butterfly; changing and morphing from one form into another. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water...</span> can heal. It is transformative and reflective. It is proof that there is more to life than meets the eye. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water....</span> is present in all living things, the sky, the earth, and the oceans and us.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water...</span> is life. Think about how it could connect us to everything else like an information highway.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How can we utilize it?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I will share a special way for you to utilize water to improve your life in this post.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">But for right now a few more things to appreciate about water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water...</span> reflects our moods, like the mirrored like surface of a lake reflecting the clouds and sky and trees tops and mountains. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Water...</span> changes with our moods and intentions. Water is nourishing, balancing, water is important to our lives and supports us here on earth. <br />
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See this video which shows how emotions changed the structure of her water. <br />
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You can also check out this information on this site <a href="http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html" target="_blank">Messages From Water by Masaru Emoto</a></div>
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To transform your current life, abundance, relationships, career, health, life path try this meaningful and effective activity. </div>
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<li>Write on the bottle healing or abundance or love or whatever it is you desire. I write on a piece of masking tape and stick it on the bottle. </li>
<li>Place your hands on the bottle, take a few relaxing breaths and invision your desire come true. Feel yourself become filled with appreciation or happiness or enthusiasm. This mood will transfer to the water.</li>
<li>The water will transform its molecules into a beautiful pattern and take on the intention and emotion of your desire.</li>
<li>Now set the water in a scared place and drink a bit from it everyday while imagining that wonderful desire come true. I say "come true" as if it has already occurred. </li>
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Psssst... My teachers taught me this method before my gallbladder surgery and I did this activity everyday for 3 weeks before I went to the hospital. I had written Healing on the bottle. It was Fuji water. I drank from it everyday and when it was almost gone I was told to put distilled water in it to restore it. This was a specially infused water from my teachers hands and energy. <br />
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My surgery went well, I did not need pain meditation while I was home healing and when I went in for my check up, the doctor's mouth opened wide as he stepped backwards saying " Well it appears you heal quicker than most." <br />
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Water is Your natural gift. Use Your Natural Gifts. They are here for you and support you in your life journey. Become aware of how powerful Your Nature is and also appreciate every moment as you discover this truth. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Nature Loves Appreciation !</span></strong></div>
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