What do you think about when someone mentions "rights"? Is the first thing that crosses your mind something like "abortion rights", or "voting rights"? Or is it something like "unalienable rights", which is a phrase from the Declaration of Independence? What does "unalienable" even mean? First of all, here are some definitions of "rights" from …
Continue reading On this Independence Day weekend, let’s talk about Rights
This past weekend, my husband and I took a stroll in the Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary, a little oasis of nature directly across a busy street from the huge factory where he used to work. We came upon a tree that had fallen over completely, its base and roots perpendicular to the ground. In the lower …
I have a bit of a problem with today's topic. It sounds to me a bit like "earth worship". I have always appreciated how God put us on the most beautiful planet known in the Universe. I appreciate how wonderful our planet is, and the fact that we humans are at the top of the …
This week, I want to start with a design in Nature that is ubiquitous, among things animate and inanimate. When the Original Designer finds a scheme that is simple, elegant, and effective, He tends to employ that design across species and materials. That Original Design is "branching". This is the scheme used in the …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #174: Shapes and Designs
I never take our wonderful world for granted. Wherever I go, I pay close attention to my surroundings, on my own level, and above and below me. That is why, today, I am linking to another of my own posts, here at Calling-All-RushBabes. Check out "I've looked at clouds from both sides now", below. Just …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #153: Wonderful World (in two posts)
The Stripes and Checks in my suburban backyard are a bit smaller and less-exotic than Tina's zebras; but they are also less dangerous, and I can get closer to them to take their pictures. And I sure don't have to go most of the way around the world to see them! They show up now …
Continue reading Lens-artists Photo Challenge #132-Striped and Checked
Can you watch this, and not know that Nature is more powerful than you are? This is a source of the inexpensive hydro-electric power that we in the Pacific Northwest rely on. That river flows day and night, summer and winter, with no interruptions. Flow is heavier when fed by Spring runoff when mountain snow …
On my dashboard, the back-end of Calling-all-RushBabes today there is a link that says "Celebrate Pride Month with WordPress". Needless to say, I won't be clicking on that particular link! For some reason, I can't imagine anyone being proud of being a pervert (homosexual); essentially a mistake of nature. And no, the homosexual lobby will …
Continue reading Sorry, I just could not let this go…Celebrating Perverts Month…
When I took this picture of the forward passenger deck of the Washington State Ferry Puyallup, the lines just drew me in. Curved lines, straight lines, against the horizon line in the distance. And then there are the lines created in the sky by Nature-clouds which you would normally think of as curved line up …
Continue reading Photo Challenge: Lines, by Man and by Nature
This building was originally built in the twelfth century, in England. The Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. Much of it has weathered away, with the help of the local people, who often used the fallen stones for new buildings. But even the ruins are beautiful. This spectacular example of Nature's Creation, weathered, is Bryce Canyon …
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