Mohandas_K._Gandhi,_portrait — Photo Credit: Wikimedia

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Pyarelal, Mahatma Gandhi, Volume X: The Last Phase, Part II (Ahmedabad: Navajivan, 1958), page 552

Feeding a Fledging

I saw this video at Amma’s Toronto programs last month. It touched my heart so much then. When I received a copy of it a few minutes ago, I knew I wanted to share it with all of you.

The video came with this introduction:

Recently, a baby bird that had fallen out of its nest was brought to Amma during darshan. After feeding the bird, Amma said that its pathetic condition and heartfelt cries reminded her of all the suffering being experienced throughout the world and how the only way to rid the world of such suffering is through the awakening of compassion: “Children, the tears of those suffering from extreme poverty and other misfortunes, as well as of those who have more than enough materially but are still crying out deep within, can only be dried by pure love and compassion. May that compassion awaken in everyone, everywhere.

Amma feeding a fledgling

On the Way Home

A friend agreed to take something to India for my daughter so I took the light rail to the airport to give it to her. As I walked up the hill on my way back home, this plant and it’s visitor caught my eye!

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire/Summer

Submitted for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire/Summer

Bastet’s Pixelventures: Spontaneous

As I was sitting in my doctor’s office this morning, I thought about Bastet’s Pixelventures newest challenge. Our assignment this week is to take a spontaneous picture and then edit it using one of the photo editing apps. I realized I had an opportunity to take that photo while I waited for the doctor!

This is my favorite of the pictures I took. I used the Loma filter on the Pic Shop Lite app to come up with this version. (Be sure to keep scrolling down after looking at the first photo!) Continue reading “Bastet’s Pixelventures: Spontaneous” →

We Need the Bees!

Two years ago a friend gave me a bee balm plant. Last year had quite a few blooms. This year it has taken off. At this point it is 64 inches tall and is full of blooms!

Bee balm is known to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. It is also considered edible and medicinal.

While I have been delighted by the number of blooms on my plant, I have also felt distressed by how few bees there are both in the bee balm and in my garden as a whole. I’m also concerned that essentially all the bees are bumblebees. There are almost no honey bees despite the fact that I have neighbors three houses down who have honey bee hives. It has never been this bad before.

As you probably know the bees are disappearing all over the world. They are getting sick and dying. Continue reading “We Need the Bees!” →