Extinct Critter Makes A Spooky Comeback

World peace, perfect health, no poverty anywhere or extreme weather ... sometimes it seems our ideals are suspended in space like leaves dangling from an invisible thread, spinning in circles until a snap happens and goals become dashed or less clear. The gates of more minds need to open on a global level and ladders to higher priorities scaled for a carbon-free future. United Nations current statements about looming extinction whisked me away on a breezy day into flights of fancy and an old nursery rhyme: Like a leaf or a feather in the windy, windy, weather we will whirl around and twirl around and all fall down together. (See the extinct critter come back below.)

 

I took this last photo in 2014 of a dinosaur statue placed amid the flowers and shrubbery at a nursery.

This long extinct critter (some say evolved into birds) bears a striking resemblance to the one featured in the United Nations video posted below. If you have a minute, take a look.

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And as if this weren't scary enough, Halloween arrived with its ghosts and goblins!

Beneath The Pillowy Blue

"What is unknown until you do it is that there is this pillow, this soft blue. Look at the beauty of that colour - it’s so thin and you’re through it in an instant." - W. Shatner 

Barely audible amid the gleeful chatter of his younger fellow travelers, 90-year old Star Trek star, William Shatner, was rife with emotion and teary-eyed when he returned from his first true encounter with outer space. Seeing Earth pale and vulnerable in the distance, floating in an inky black well, was clearly impactful. He saw the planet's thin covering hovering, like the flimsy substance over an eyeball, absorbing harmful ultraviolet light. Varying from some nine and 18 miles above us, this ozone layer is a necessity for life. Poking through the protective "lens" with human inventions likely does it no good yet first-hand visual reports such as Shatner's provide remarkable awareness and empathy for the globe. Although no view compares to Earth in space, here are the autumn scenes I found recently on the ground beneath the "pillowy" blue.

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Still the kid I used to be

Visit Postcards From Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C. to view more West Coast scenes.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.

Keep Calm & Go Fishing

“People often think they are going fishing but in reality they are seeking something that fulfills their life and their dreams.” - Henry David Thoreau

Cast out in a sea of stars, Earth is an imperiled spaceship where storms, earthquakes and irrupting volcanoes traumatize, from time to time, the passengers onboard who never can be fully at ease. Fortunately, more peaceful wonders soothe the troubled human psyche. With vivid imaginations at the helm, we explore the corridors of enchantment fishing in calm waters, petting puppies, replicating and imagining seahorses drifting in cloudy skies or building stone inuksuk for passersby. Crescent Beach is a dot on the map of recent sightings I caught when fishing with my camera.

Explore more at OUR WORLD and see Saturday's Critters.

Still the kid I used to be

Visit Postcards From Penelope Puddle and Penelope Puddlisms: BC Life Is A Whale Of A Ride to view more West Coast scenes.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.