Category Archives: earth

Earth’s Wild Heart/Earth Day 2016

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Monica

On their return trip to Earth from the Moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts photographed Earth as a crescent.  NASA original image data dated on or about July 20, 1969Vegetation as seen by Suomi NPP Satellite/credit NASA/NOAA Images crafted from a year’s worth … Continue reading →

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Dying for Java

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Monica

Keurig cups make a pretty chain circling the globe ten times, and again Drink your fill, enjoy your brew, marine mammals just have more to chew Don’t think twice ‘cause soon we’ll find We’re all made of plastic – the … Continue reading →

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Jewels of the Queen Mother/Earth Day 2015

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Monica

Public domain photos courtesy of National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Jewels of the Queen Mother Brilliant beyond Cartier’s imagining fitting crown for a queenly brow jeweled geometry of shape and pattern sprinkled with diamonds sown with platinum … Continue reading →

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Elusive and Unmistakeable…

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Monica

Goldfinch!     It must be spring!

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Essence of Approaching Rain – Sniff!

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Monica

The Smell of Approaching Rain! Australian scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas identified and named the smell of rain approaching: they called it “petrichor … the unique odor which can be regarded as an ‘ichor’ or ‘tenuous essence’ derived … Continue reading →

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Mars and Venus Conjoin

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Monica

This is not about: “She’s from Venus; he’s from … an alternate universe?” This is about two real planets in conjunction. Public domain images courtesy of Jay Hilgert Named after Roman gods who, at least in theory, controlled the solar … Continue reading →

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Sweet New Year Wishes

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Monica

To my special and talented fellow bloggers, wishes for a sweet 2015, with fine foodclear skies   treasures large and small free flight an open road wild vistastime with loved onesand a happy heart

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Oh, You Planet Earth!/Earth Day 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Monica

Member of the Family Call me mother, call me father call me source of life and strength call me sister, call me brother call me only home and hearth call me garden of paradise call me member of the family … Continue reading →

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Fly-By or…?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Monica

Fly-By (or) Mars at 38,000 Feet? Red soil channels of indeterminate origin obscure signs of intelligent life

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Hawaii

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Monica

Brain Waves  Sweet scents of fecund foliage weave sinuous patterns soft-shaded aroma snakes gracefully into the ancient brain

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