I once read that every piece of plastic ever created still exists. For example, it is estimated that it will take 450 -1000 years for a plastic liter bottle to decompose. Even biodegradable trash doesn’t disintegrate in a landfill because of the lack of oxygen. Continue reading “Protecting Mother Nature- Plastic”
Last May, my Sanskrit Class and our GreenFriends group put on a Sanskrit skit for Amma when she held a retreat in the Seattle area.
We started the performance with a prayer to Mother Earth. I love the words of the chant and thought I would share the translation with you. Many Indian children chant this prayer before they get out of bed each morning, i.e. before their feet touch the floor.
May we all learn to develop such respect for Mother Earth.
I have mentioned several times lately that as I take photographs it feels like my eyes are opening. I’m seeing things that I’ve never seen before. Yesterday something happened that really drove home that point. Continue reading “How Blind Am I?”
I noticed this flowering artichoke plant last week, but it didn’t occur to me until a few minutes ago that it is a beautiful example of fray!
Written for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray
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Until I started taking pictures for the various photography challenges on Word Press, I had never had any photography experience. I was amazed at the beautiful pictures an Android phone could take. Not long thereafter, I realized that I was beginning to notice things I had never seen before. It was as if my eyes were opening to the world around me.
I had an interesting experience last week when I walked to my neighborhood schoolyard. It had rained the night before. My eyes were pulled to curves that had formed in some mud, where the mud met a bit of water. Continue reading “With the Eyes of a Child”
In May, I wrote a post called They Touched My Heart. One of the videos in that post was the story of Jadav Payeng, who at 17 started planting trees on a barren sandbar in India. Since that time a documentary about him was produced by Will McMaster. It is both beautiful and inspiring. To me, Jadav’s work is a good example of the difference one person can make. Continue reading “Making a Difference- Jadav Payeng”
In May, I wrote about a walk I took in my neighborhood. These are some of the pictures I snapped that morning.
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