Just posting a song to help you catch your second wind.. (also, pretty little time elapse video of the DC cherry blossoms) Hope you ENJOY!!

Think Happy Thoughts....always
(Earth Wind & Fire ~ ' Fantasy ')

Unfortunately I don't have the embed for the cherry blossom video, however, here is the link from the Washington Post of the time elapse video of the cherry blossoms blooming. Indeed it is something to bring a smile to you face regardless of ... well, ... perhaps just regardless...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/webcams/cherryblossomtime2006.htm

FOOD FOR THOUGHT for EARTH DAY ~ EARTH WEEK

In homage to Earth Week / Earth Day I’m posting some food for thought about our living planet. Surely everyone has noticed the new types of super storms, significant temperature fluctuations, earth quakes and volcanoes throughout the globe. Significant events which are casually mentioned along with traffic tie ups and a commercial for a buffet restaurant. Perhaps the state of the economy, terrorism and such provide the distractions we need to keep us blind folded. It seems we have become indifferent to change. I was a bit surprised that a near miss by an asteroid, passing closer to us than the moon is, back at the beginning of April was mentioned just in passing. Many don’t even know the cosmic event occurred. It as though we take so much for granted that we simply choose not to think about how fragile we and the living earth really are and how volatile the universe is. Perhaps it’s within that realization that we discover gratitude and inspiration. However, it appears that it’s the subtleties in nature in which we find the most incidence of change. Those things that give us a bit of a knee-jerk reaction of ‘ Now that can’t be good..’ … Bumble Bees who seem a bit larger than in previous years. Incidences of lack of symmetry in flora. Changes in soil, increase of clover. A bit of food for thought, what do you imagine the chain reaction will be to recent occurrences such as the lizards and crops that froze and died in Florida during their record low cold snap. I’m located in Connecticut and recently we experienced record highs. Summer highs in the 90s followed by frost warnings. “Now that can’t be good.” Up until the high temps the spring peepers were happy-go-lucky singing their Spring song, since then they’ve been silent. Ahh , poor lil’ spring peepers. It brings to mind an image along the lines of the end of the Wizard Of Oz when a bucket of water is thrown upon the Evil Witch. “ Help Us… We’re Melting.. “ Now that can’t be good. I will be posting photos of oddedities I’ve noticed. If you have any photos you would like to share please forward them to me . If you’d like I can add a watermark and will credit you in the photo post. You still have ownership of you photo. I would absolutely love to see someone submit a photo of the frozen lizards frozen in the streets of Florida back when they experienced the record lows. It’s really not funny, perhaps a bit of a morbid obsession, but I must see those lizard pops. The chain reaction in nature just can’t be good. It happened, occurrences keep happening and it seems as though we are failing to give thoughts to the chain reaction that each event sets off. Ah , it brings to mind Newton’s Third Law of Motion. “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That’s what this post is about, taking a moment to think about cues from nature that are all around us everyday. Subtle changes in nature in an age of digital photography. Of course this is something that will be branched out into a separate blog since it doesn’t mesh with this blog’s mission. If you have any photos to contribute please email them to me for posting on the new nature blog. I would greatly appreciate it.

Perhaps it's all a matter of creating a Harmony between Science & Nature

(here’s are some cool links to check out: www.newscientist.com , www.spaceweather.com )

Good Morning & Have a Great Day (posting a bit of 'funny' to start your day)

Well, indeed this wasn't the video I went looking for. However, this surely will start your day with a smile. (yeah, there's better ways to start your day with a smile, but... .. hmm) Anywho... I'm not sure quite why but I just find this video absolutely hilarious. Though, the New Zealand backdrop is quite nice...(Gosh - imagine what those poor sheep were thinking..) Enjoy!

Happy-Go-Lucky Quotes to start your day. Perhaps you aren't feeling very happy go lucky, however, even if your life is immersed in a lot of crap......

...one constant always remains. The purpose of life, that which brings meaning to all things, "to Love and to be Loved" (or so it is said, or so it would seem) . It is with such things that all other things possible and the electricity to rise above any storms which may rear their ugly heads upon your horizons.
Have a Fabulous Day chock full o' many bright blessings and happy surprises...Enjoy!
"We Live in a beautiful world, one that is shimmering with romance. It's all around you, rich, lovely, and exciting." - Thomas Kinkade

"Love is the river of life in the world." - Henry Ward Beecher

"Your Faith is what you Believe, not what you know." - JJohn Lancaster Spalding

Every day is a new begining, a new opportunity to move forward, Keep on moving .. Keep on Rolling..roll with the changes..

Here's a good driving song to get you pumped for your day. Get you in the rhythm, the groove, to energize your day. Driving song indeed, .. if you're driving then what the heck are you doing looking down at this, eh? Look at the road will ya...) Have a Dandy Day... Enjoy!

Hope, Faith & Something To Believe In...

Happiness can’t exist in the absence of HOPE. Once hope is lost FAITH ends up fading along with it. So how can one carry on when in a hopeless situation but with the will to do more than merely survive? We always are faced with two directions: lay down and die or stand up and fight. Therein lies the predicament when you know it's an impossible fight. Know that it is possible to trek forward on false hope and it’s ok to question your faith from time to time. By believing in false hope you will eventually discover something true BELIEVE in and with it you’ll find your faith is restored.