The Places We Go

"Baby. You’re going to find yourself in dark places. You decide if that dark place is a burial or a planting." - Dorothy Mae Adams-Streeter, mother of Mayor Eric Adams

Moms sometimes do know what to say, as appears to be the case for the New York City Mayor who quoted his mother's advice in youth that he took to heart. There are times when our very existence seems to hang in the balance like the stones on a log.

Penelope found balancing an umbrella at the tip of her toes is bliss. Literally and figuratively, balance is what helps keep the universe, and all of us in it, afloat.

Someone or perhaps many people put a lot of effort into stabilizing these stones.

The burrowed knot in the beach log looked like a bird's nest and the stones like eggs.

I guessed the pet on the road got a lot of love from his owners and was not as sad as he looked. I fell for his sagging solemn charms and took many pictures.  

The dog watched me carefully ... completely unconcerned but perhaps a bit curious. 
  

I left him on the path and passed a cozy home tucked into a wooded area.  

If I were a child thinking the world was safe and friendly, I might run up the stairs, knock on the door and say, "Please let me in! I want to peek inside. Can we visit? And is this a magical place where trees secretly talk to one another?" (see answer below)

 

Turns out trees do speak a secret language. Learn what they say in the video below.

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Still the kid I used to be

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The Devil I Know

Pieces of passersby conversations are like puffs of cloud in midair I can snatch. Global woes are interspersed with happier talk where life is pleasant, for the most part, with the coming of spring. Dog walkers stroll the seaside while they can. No pets will be allowed on Crescent Beach Park pathways from May 15 to September 15. 

Local wildlife such as this ruler of the skies (above) are welcome year round.  

Flowers are blooming. All seems right with the world when reliable perennials return.

Rain washed daffodils are cloaked in a buttery bright glow.

The statue I walk by regularly on my way to the beach is a handsome devil and completely harmless, unlike the real-life version currently doing tremendous harm to Ukraine and causing troubling ripple effects throughout much of our world.  

There is no escaping Ukraine in the news but I did hear a brief item about the climate in eastern Antarctica which experienced weather 50 to 90 degrees above normal. This mammoth rise in temperate apparently shocked even the scientists. 

Closer to home, I am hoping that the record breaking hot summer in British Columbia last year does not repeat itself. More information about the heat dome effect is HERE. 

Although it can seem like early days, the predicted hotter future is well underway.   

Explore more at SKYWATCH FRIDAY and see Saturday's Critters.

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.