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Have you hugged your water today?
Yesterday, we observed the International Day of Forests, and I posted some lovely photos of forests to show my appreciation of nature’s beauty.
Today is World Water Day. And while I am posting photos of beautiful water scenes, I want to acknowledge that today is not so much about appreciation as it is about preservation and protection and working to make clean water available for the survival of life on this planet.
This morning as my coffee was percolating – well, dripping – I was running the water in my kitchen sink, waiting for it to turn hot so I could fill my mug to warm it up before pouring my first cup of coffee for the day. I was thinking about what a waste of water this was and thinking about places in the world that are experiencing major droughts right now. But there was a disconnect between watching the clean water swoosh down my drain and finding any way to help those lacking such luxury.
This was before I read that it was World Water Day today. That was before I realized that issues surrounding clean and available water are so much more complex.
The theme for 2017’s World Water Day is “wastewater,” but I’m not going to post photos of that. I worked for a short while at a wastewater treatment plant, and believe me, it’s not pretty.
The World Water Day website states that:
“Globally, over 80% of the wastewater generated by society flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused.”
You can check out this fact sheet for additional deplorable statistics, and for the good news of how that can be turned around.
Food for thought today. Or water for thought, I guess.
Have you hugged your forest today?
It’s International Day of Forests today. Here are some of my favorite forested areas. Enjoy:
Lacamas Lake, Camas, WA
Cathedral Tree Trail, Astoria, OR
Mill Creek, WSU campus, Vancouver, WA
Ochoco National Forest, Central Oregon
fogged in
foggy morning thoughts
I hope that as the day clears
my mind follows suit
Wordless Wednesday 3/15/17
in the name of winter
grey sky pushes down
rain-pocked total immersion
baptism for spring
The Daily Post daily prompt: Immerse
not too swift
snail murmuration
slight delayed reaction time
slow motion ballet
The Daily Post daily prompt: Murmuration
hour lost
daylight savings time
man-made construct that dares to
play with dimension
Just Because I Can
Three Things Thursday is hosted at NerdintheBrain.com. Simple: List three things that make your life awesome.
Easy one today: Pets, Birthdays and Three-year-olds.
Today is my dog Chules’ third birthday. I don’t have time to write a lengthy post today extolling all his many charms, so I’ll just post a couple of photos. I’ve already posted them on my Facebook page, on the American Eskimo Dog Lovers FB page, and now — just because I can — I’ll share them here as well.
We’ll just count this as Chules’ fifteen minutes of fame.
And speaking of three-year-olds, here’s my favorite one:
Wish No More
it's a puzzle how the picture comes together one piece at a time
I used to have a lot of wishes.
I wished to be independently wealthy, to be a published author or a renowned artist (or both!). I wished for perfect health, for spiritual enlightenment. I wished for a simple life, free from stressors and from having to compromise my values for the sake of “getting along” or being a “team player.”
And a lot of my wishes have come true, maybe not in the ways I imagined, but in ways that have left me pretty satisfied with how my life looks today. And those wishes that didn’t come true… the funny thing is, I don’t really wish for them anymore.
My life falls into place one piece at a time. Like a puzzle. I don’t know where the next piece will come from, or what it will look like, or where it will fit. Often I don’t even recognize that some experience is a part of the puzzle. I try to trust the process. I don’t always succeed, but I try.
Beyond myself, I have fears for the future of humanity and of the Earth. But no amount of wishing will help that. Determination, action, self-discipline, clarity of values, patience, education, hope, selflessness… perhaps my wish is that we all develop those traits which will help us piece together a saner, sustainable future.
Let’s piece together peace. Together.
Peace.
The Daily Post photo challenge: Wish
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