Happy Halfway Through February! If you read last week’s post you know that I do not like the month of February. By now I am getting cabin fever and needing Spring badly.
I’m running behind today so this might be short depending on how my morning goes. Last week I talked about how I seem to be using YouTube often to learn new things. No tuition required! That has been continuing into this week as well. I have been studying how to install tile. I will let you know how that goes in a few weeks. Prayers requested.
Here is a little watercolor painting I did last week. It is actually a jungle illustration. I can show you the finished product in March.
What else have I done this week? Oh, I fixed one FABULOUS dinner with a honey sriracha sauce.
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have been leery of taking on Asian cooking since a seriously botched Chinese dish about a decade ago that my children still laugh about. It was so bad that we actually ate grilled cheese sandwiches instead.
Something that has been increasingly on my mind is the state of our planet Earth. I have no desire to get into the politics of the environment, and I am not a member of any environmental group, but my intuition is ringing loud and clear that we are very likely on the tipping point of saving or destroying ourselves. I believe the Earth will recover from our selfishness and arrogance, but we probably will not.
My kids have called me their “hippy momma” forever because I have always been the recycling, vegetarian, food-growing kind of gal. It just seems to be in my DNA to make my lifestyle as earth friendly as I reasonably can. Not to say I can’t do better. I am always looking for little tweaks to improve. So, starting next week I am just going to add to my posts ways to make small lifestyle adjustments or pass along some information that might be a light bulb moment for someone to take action toward healing our home.
We can pass laws and clamor for corporations and governments to do something to stop ruining our earth, water and air, but it will still come down to human beings taking responsibility for their actions each and every day to stop the destruction of ourselves. No more ignoring the signs of things to come. Poverty and suffering are only going to get worse if we don’t clean up the water, air and dirt. I have no control over wars starting or ending and am not even sure that the vote I cast in an election counts, but each little effort I undertake at least makes my tiny minuscule drop in the ocean one better drop.
Aren’t I just a ray of sunshine today? Oh, go out and hug a tree. You will both feel better.
Have a wonderful week!
Pencils, Paint & Paper 