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THIS IS MEANT TO BE FOLDED AS AN A4 SIZED CARD !! THE TYPE FACE ISNT UPSIDE DOWN WHEN IT IS FOLDED LIKE THAT !! YULE TIDE BLESSINGS ALL AND A PEACEFUL NEW YEAR LOVE AND HUGSS.... FROM PAM AND MY TRIBE OF MANY PAWS NERYS SAXON AND CELT

IT IS BEAUTIFUL CLEAR NIGHT AND THE MOON IN HER FIRST QUARTER WAS HOSTING VENUS IN HER GLORY !

I MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR THIS BEING MADE IN A. I WE WILL NEVER FORGET AS THE POPPY PETALS FELL TO THE SOUND OF THE BUGLER PLAYING THE LAST POST AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

COMFORT TO THE POWER OF 3 !!

THEY HAVENT MOVED ON YET THE FALSE SUNFLOWERS ARE FUELING THEM UP STILL PART OF ME KNOWS THAT VERY YEAR NOW ONWARD THAT THEY VISIT ME IS EXTRA . I PROMISED THEM I WOULD BE BACK WHEN I HAD MY STROKE. ITS NOW 6 YEARS AGO I HAVE KEPT MY PROMISE. I NEVER TAKE ANOTHER YEAR FOR GRANTED

TODAT THERE WERE AT LEAST 20 OF THESE STAINED GLASS ANGELS VISITORS HERE TODAY ! IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM AND IN PERFECT CONDITION TOO THE MIRATION OF THE MONARCHS IS ONE OF THE GREAT WONDERS OF NATURE. I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO HOST HEM FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME

TODAY THERE WERE ABOUT 6 MONARCHS HERE. IT GIVE ME A LIFT UP ITS BEEN HARD LATELY THESE PRECIOUS STAINED GLASS ANGELS LIFT ME UP AND THEY ARE ALL IN GOOD CONDITION ITS VITAL THEY FEED THE WAY BACK TO THE WINTERING FORESTS IN MEXICO IS GOING TO BE A ROUGH RIDE I SEND THEM ON HEIR WAY ON FAIR WINDS AND TO ALL OF MY DEAR FRIENDS HERE BE SAFE

I THINK THERE WERE 3 TODAY. THEY WERE NECTARING ON LANTANA AND THE FALSE SUNFLOWERS THERE WAS A BREEZE BLOWING HARD ENOUGH M TO SEE LET ALONE FREEZE FRAME !!

SHE ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON THE FIRST MONARCH BUTTERFLY OF THIS YEARS MIGRATION BACK TO THEIR WINTERING GROUNDS IN MEXICO SHE WAS NECTARING ON THE MASSES OF TINY FALSE SUNFLOWERS THAT GROW WILD IN MY TWO WILD ACRES

THE ANIMLS COME FOR WATER AND FOOD. E BOLES AND BIRD BATHES ARE FULL OF FRESH WATER WE ARE SCORCHING IN TEMPERATURS OF 96F --104F AND THAT IS WITHOUT THE HEAT INDEX MAKING IT FEEL EVEN HIGHER PHOTO TAKES IN THE EARLY HOURS OF PHOTOGRAPHY DAY 19TH AUGUST 2024

ONE OF THE CATS LOOKS ON !! JUST TWO OF THE RACOON BABIES !

THY ARE ONLY PHONE CAMERA PHOTOS BUT THE COLLAGE WILL JUST ABOUT HOLD UP ON FULL SCREEN ! I FIRST MET THE RACOON IN MY PREVIOUS PHOTO ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO ! I WASNT SHURE WHETHER SHE WAS A SHE OR A HE !! BUT I GUESSED AT A SHE !! BECAUSE SHE WAS HUGE AND I MEAN ENORMOUS !!! AT OUR RECENT MEETUPS SHE HAD SLIMMED DOWN A BIT.. AND TONIGHT !! SHE CAME WITH FOUR REASONS FOR HER PREVIOUS SIZE !! SHE CAME TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE HER 4 BABIES !! I WOULD GUESS THEM TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 MONTHS OLD NOW ! Y SHE HAS DONE THEM WELL ! AND I FELT A WARM FUZZY GLOW AS A SURROGATE RAND- MOTHER !

MY BUDDY ROCKY HE COMES SOME NIGHTS TO SHARE THE SUPPERS I PUT DOWN FOR THE CATS ! MR POSSUM COMES SOME NIGHTS TOO ! CATS RACCOONS POSSUMS ALL SHARE WELL ENOUGH !

THIS IS MY OWN WORK FROM PRE STROKE DAYS WHEN I COULD MAKE FREEDOM IS NOT FREE ALL WHO DIED ON THIS D- DAY ANNIVERSARY AND ALL THOSE EHO HAVE DIED SINCE THEY DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE FREE IN THIS TIME WHEN ONCE AGAIN THE WORLD IS FIGHTING TO HOLD ON TO OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOMS LET US TAKE UP THE TORCH HANDED TO US AND MARCH FORWARD TO DISCLAIM THE TYRANTS AND COWARDS HEADS HELD HIGH AND RECLAIM THE FREEDOM THAT HAS COST SO MANY THEIR LIVES LET US STAND FIRM AND SHOUT LOUDLY "NO MORE THE TYRANNY STOPS HERE AND NOW" FR IL S'AGIT DE MON PROPRE TRAVAIL, RÉALISÉ AVANT L'ACCIDENT VASCULAIRE CÉRÉBRAL, À L'ÉPOQUE OÙ J'ÉTAIS CAPABLE DE FAIRE DE LA PEINTURE. LA LIBERTÉ N'EST PAS GRATUITE TOUS CEUX QUI SONT MORTS EN CE JOUR ANNIVERSAIRE ET TOUS CEUX QUI SONT MORTS DEPUIS ILS SONT MORTS POUR QUE NOUS PUISSIONS VIVRE LIBRES EN CETTE PÉRIODE OÙ, UNE FOIS DE PLUS, LE MONDE SE BAT POUR PRÉSERVER NOTRE FRAGILE DÉMOCRATIE ET NOS LIBERTÉS REPRENONS LE FLAMBEAU QUI NOUS A ÉTÉ REMIS ET AVANÇONS POUR CHASSER LES TYRANS ET LES LÂCHES, LA TÊTE HAUTE, ET RECONQUÉRIR LA LIBERTÉ. LA TÊTE HAUTE ET RÉCLAMER LA LIBERTÉ QUI A COÛTÉ LA VIE À TANT DE PERSONNES RESTONS FERMES ET CRIONS HAUT ET FORT « LA TYRANNIE S'ARRÊTE ICI ET MAINTENANT ». DR DIES IST MEINE EIGENE ARBEIT AUS DER ZEIT VOR DEM SCHLAGANFALL, ALS ICH NOCH FREIHEIT IST NICHT FREI ALLE, DIE AN DIESEM JAHRESTAG DES TAGES GESTORBEN SIND UND ALL JENE, DIE SEITDEM GESTORBEN SIND SIE STARBEN, DAMIT WIR FREI LEBEN KÖNNEN IN DIESER ZEIT, IN DER DIE WELT WIEDER EINMAL DARUM KÄMPFT, UNSERE ZERBRECHLICHE DEMOKRATIE UND UNSERE FREIHEITEN ZU BEWAHREN LASST UNS DIE FACKEL AUFGREIFEN, DIE UNS ÜBERGEBEN WURDE, UND VORWÄRTS MARSCHIEREN, UM DIE TYRANNEN UND FEIGLINGE ZU ENTMACHTEN MIT ERHOBENEM HAUPT DIE FREIHEIT ZURÜCKFORDERN, DIE SO VIELEN DAS LEBEN GEKOSTET HAT LASST UNS FEST STEHEN UND LAUT SCHREIEN „SCHLUSS MIT DER TYRANNEI - HIER UND JETZT“ 2 minutes ago. Edited a moment ago.

ANOTHER PRETTY LADY IN A CRINOLINE DRESS PIC SATUADY AFTERNOON NOW ALL SMASHED IN TORNADIC STORMS AND MONSOON RAINS COMING AND WITH TORNADOS POPPING UP EVERYWHERE . RIGHT NOW AND THERE HAS IN 10 YEARS ONLY BEEN ONE PEACH IRIS FLOWER STEM BUT THIS YEAR THERE ARE 10 THIS WAS CERTAINLY AN IRIS YEAR TILL THESE STORMS

ONE OF THE FEW PLANTS THAT THE GOPHERS DON'T EAT OR STEAL !! THEY REMIND ME OF FINE LADIES IN CRINOLINE DRESSES !

THIS IS A CARD I MADE THE BUNNIES ARE MADE OF FELT ! EASTER BLESSINGS MY DEAR FRIENDS THE STROKE GREMLINS ARE MULTIPLYING ANY CAMERA WORK OR CRAFT WORK TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT