Author and philosopher Ayn Rand first said the above aphorism, A is A. Her meaning is that a Thing is a Thing, in reality, and easily observable. The Reality in question today is: There are Two Sexes. Male and Female. Nature's God designed Humans this way, in order that they could combine and perpetuate the …
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On the way out for dinner this evening, I was able to capture two photos that I would have missed were it not for my trusty iPhone in my purse. The first one was taken at a stop light, when I looked across the street, I saw the flowering trees. Roll down window, whip out …
I got lucky, having been born in April, just when the flowers are blooming, temperatures are slowly warming, and the chorus frogs are in full voice in the pond across the street. Our backyard is starting to look more like a garden and less like a bare field. The birds are back at our feeders, …
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Today's challenge is a "You pick it", and being that it's April 4th, I decided to make my post about April. April is the first full month of Spring, and the lengthening days bring out so much new growth in all the plants around us, you can't help but notice. For me, the most important …
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A couple of days ago, I needed to drop off an envelope at a local business. Instead of getting in my car and driving there, I decided to walk the 0.6 miles there and back. It was early evening, and the sun was still bright. I walked out the back of our complex, past three …
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have a varied terrain, ranging from the high Cascade Mountains splitting the state North to South; and lowlands in the West, going down to the Pacific Ocean. Today, there are signs of Spring from both places. First, The North Cascades Highway (Highway 20) runs from the small city of …
Last night, Hubby and I went out to dinner at one of our favorite place. When we got there, we discovered that there would be a 40-minute wait. So we took a walk around the parking lot, where we discovered a road behind the restaurant that we hadn't known existed. We found a creek running …
Nature designed the world geometrically. We just build on that natural geometry. However, Nature doesn't use very many absolutely straight lines, so one way to spot a man-made structure is to check for straight lines. Just a few weeks ago, on one of our day trips up to the Skagit Valley, I happened upon a …
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My readers will have seen my previous posts on trips to Uwajimaya, our local Asian grocery store. On previous trips, I just took photos of the vegetables, which the store arranges meticulously so they are very photogenic. Just today, my husband needed to restock his Udon noodles, so I went along to get a change …
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Take a look at what happened last night in Iceland. A volcano that had been dormant for about 6,000 years erupted, lighting up the night sky near the Iceland Capital of Reykjavik. Isn't this beautiful? It demonstrates the raw power of Nature. Maybe it thought that the humans were just getting too complacent, blaming the …
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