tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80163530492634857622024-02-07T05:52:47.681-08:00Today's Positive ThoughtsIn Today's world maintaining positive upbeat thoughts is always a challenge- this is a place to find uplifting thoughts and pictures.Elise Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08657785234869089663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016353049263485762.post-44463457131092668442016-07-26T11:10:00.003-07:002016-07-26T11:10:44.517-07:00The Hummingbirds Are Back!<b>Please note this is a re-posting of an older blog, but I was watching the beautiful hummingbirds play around in the trees and above our porch and I couldn't resist. Aren't they amazing?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every year arrival of Summer is announced by a zinging noise going rapidly by your head and you know the hummingbirds have arrived. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This always puts me in motion looking to see if we have the hummingbird feeder out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then I create some sugar water for the new arrivals (a sugar water mixture- 4 parts water to one part sugar cooked together till the sugar melts and then cooled). To keep it fresh this sugar mixture should be replaced every 4 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Apparently the little mini-birds will create a route when they arrive of the available flowers and feeders and you need to get on their radar sort-of-speak in order to insure you have them all summer long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They have to constantly feed & fly in order to keep their high metabolism fed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to Starsmore Discovery Center Hummingbird Garden- A Haven For Hummers in Colorado Springs</span>:<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"As is typical with birds, the males have the most distinctive colors. The body is green and white with tawny wings and a characteristic rose gorget or throat patch, which flashes with an iridescent sparkle when it catches the sun. The female is more muted, mainly green and white without the showy gorget." </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.frontrangeliving.com/outdoors/Hummingbirds.htm" target="_blank">STARSMORE DISCOVERY CENTER</a> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They also say the difference between male and female is the male makes a trilling sound with his wings as he flies, the female is silent.<span id="goog_189759861"></span><span id="goog_189759862"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Audubon Society describes them:</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Few animals are as charismatic as hummingbirds. A heart that can beat 1,260 times per minute and wings that can circle 200 times per second enable this aerialist to hover, spin, duck, and dive."</span><a href="http://birds.audubon.org/explore-world-hummingbirds" style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma, arial, 'helvetica neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Audubon</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "tahoma" , "arial" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">For more information on hummingbirds see the Audubon Society article:</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="http://mag.audubon.org/articles/birds/hummingbirds-see-red" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hummingbirds See </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Red</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.6px;"> And watch a short podcast on them: </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/video-full-episode/5475/" style="line-height: 19.6px;" target="_blank">Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air</a><span style="line-height: 19.6px;">. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Colorado there are four different types of hummingbirds and again according to The Starsmore Discovery Center Hummingbird Garden: </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">"</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763;">There are over 300 species of hummers, four of which are found in the park. The Broad-tailed hummingbird shows up first, about mid-April. The Black-chinned hummingbird - the rarest of the four in this area - and the Calliope follow, from the end of May to mid-June. Last to arrive is the Rufous, which turns up in early July."</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.frontrangeliving.com/outdoors/Hummingbirds.htm" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">Starsmore Discovery Center</a> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think I noticed the Rufous a few weeks ago- it seems larger and a bit more aggressive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One imposter to hummingbirds here in Colorado is the Sphinx Moth or Hummingbird Moth:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But he has 6 legs, not 2 like the hummingbird and instead of a beak, he has a flexible proboscis which he inserts into the flower. Also this little guy has two antennas. But he flies like a hummingbird, darting from flower to flower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I saw one when my porch got dark and suddenly this LARGE bug is darting into the flowers right next to me. I moved- in case he was clumsy- but he seemed intent on his dinner. <a href="http://feathertailedstories.blogspot.com/2013/08/not-hummingbird.html" target="_blank">Feather Tailed Stories</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.6px;">To hear a Hummingbird and a description of an Audubon project to protect Hummingbirds and report on your hummingbird activity to help them out! </span><a href="http://birdnote.org/show/hummingbirds-home" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 19.6px;" target="_blank">Hummingbirds At Home</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you want to see more hummingbirds and also help them build and create a Hummingbird garden. </span></div>
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Elise Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08657785234869089663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8016353049263485762.post-14361040137398940562016-06-07T12:38:00.000-07:002016-06-07T16:16:35.365-07:00Charities to Love and Give To I wanted to add a list of charities to give to inspire people to give in a world where there are so many needs. My knitting blog is hitting higher numbers daily and I just want it to mean more than just a tangle of yarn. Not all of us can give, so then pray, pray for the needs. For people far away. God hears- I believe that. But if you can give, give. Sometimes it's just not those who are in need that we give to, we give for our heart's sake.<br />
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Here's a list of charities I found on <a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/" target="_blank">Charity Navigator- Your Guide To Intelligent Giving</a>. They were rated high because of responsible use of their resources and the turn around in giving. This is a list of charities that caught my eye, but I don't pretend to really know them. I randomly choose charities to cover needs Nationally and Internationally, from books to Africa, our natural Earth, to disaster relief, medical help and helping the poor and hungry. Browse the list yourself in case something else would catch your eye. A blog about Breast Cancer charity quotes: "<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Charity Navigator, </span><a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #4353b1; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a nonprofit that evaluates charities</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">, says that smart givers “take the time to identify which causes are most important to their families and are specific about the change they want to affect.” ' <a href="https://after20yrs.com/2013/12/03/contributing-to-breast-cancer-charities/" target="_blank">After Twenty Years Cancer Research Blog</a></span><br />
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I encourage you to give to your local food bank which honestly I have had to access many times raising a larger family on a small income. Without other's generosity over the years there are times we would of been in dire straits. I heard a statistic yesterday that was staggering, %40 of America's usable food is wasted. When I'm worried about feeding my family, I wonder how different would it be if just my neighbors cleaned out their food shelves? We never buy in bulk and only for the day, so when life pinches, it gets tough, but we get through and many times because of a food bank.<br />
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I have been homeless twice. I know. Once it was the charity of this Catholic church (and being of Protestant upbringing that stretched my heart lots!) and two men who came to the State Park where we lived in an RV and worked that saved us. They would bring food, milk so my little one could have it, but also just so I could have my tea! That made me cry. Gas vouchers so my husband could work. The head ranger unknown to us at the time would drop off loads of firewood when we were just in a tent- 3 kids, 1 cat, one dog because a promised job evaporated. The same Head Ranger who I had made friends with offered me a job hosting and painting the Ranger's houses and office. My husband worked outside the State Park and also hosted and maintained the camp grounds. The Head Ranger moved us around for a year to different sites (when you were only allowed to stay for 3 months), before we had enough to go back home.<br />
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That year my oldest daughter went to the public school and hit the National Honor roll. From then on she went from being an average student to hitting top marks, just by working tremendously hard. She wrote her College Application Essay for Harvard and the Common Application titled "The Year I was Homeless" and got waitlisted at Harvard and several top colleges, but she choose Middlebury. She just graduated last week Magnum Cum Laude from Middlebury, a college rated one of the highest in the nation, and she attended the world's top University for last year- Oxford, for her Junior year abroad. Middlebury covered all expenses but a small loan. All of this BECAUSE we had hit bottom and were homeless for a year. A year of perspective. A year we wouldn't of survived without people's generosity and stepping out and helping. I'm thankful for the bottom hits in Life too!<br />
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Give if you can, pray. We are a world that needs each other and standing alone and not caring is not an option. We are not meant to stand alone. Give.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.nature.org/" target="_blank">Nature Conservancy | Protecting Nature, Preserving Life</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.seedsofpeace.org/" target="_blank">Seeds Of Peace</a></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">Also</span> </b>some food for thought. If you are a knitter and live in a cool climate knit some scarves to give out to the homeless in the winter. One skein of Lion's Homespun, a cheap acrylic that washes well is about $5 (use a coupon!) and knitting a garter stitch at about 20 stitches on size #8 - 10 needle (this is for the Bulky regular Homespun, not Super Bulky) gives you a nice, fast scarf. Don't think expensive wool, it's not an easy wash and it could be scratchy to some. Simple is OK. Also give just $5 dollars- enough for food, but maybe not enough for drugs or alcohol. I've seen some people who create a gift bag out of simple $1 store items. Give socks to homeless shelters- they are the most wanted of gifts. Sanitary napkins and tampons and diapers. Giving doesn't have to be complicated. Just give. PLEASE. A little bit of love can go a long way.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The shortlist was announced for the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"The Sony World Photography Awards is the world's biggest photography contest. This year, over 30,000 photos were entered from 186 countries."<span style="color: inherit; font-size: small; font-style: inherit; line-height: 44px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Here's a selection of some of them- </span><a href="https://alphauniverse.com/stories/sony-world-photography-awards--the-shortlist/" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.1;" target="_blank">Sony World Photography Awards:: The Shortlist</a><span style="line-height: 17.6px;">-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.36px;">The Sony World Photography Awards will be announced April 21st. You can see some of the chosen winners here- </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.36px;"> </span><a href="http://worldphoto.org/shortlist/open-and-youth-competition-winners-2016-sony-world-photography-awards/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.36px;" target="_blank">World Photography Organization</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.36px;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.36px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.1px; line-height: 19.36px; text-align: center;">© KimLee, In Ho, Winner, Korea, National Award, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.1px; line-height: 19.36px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #656565; font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.1px; line-height: 19.36px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.36px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are the top winning photographs from 60 countries, one each- <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sony-world-photography-awards-2016-best-pictures-60-countries-1549606" target="_blank">Sony World Photography Awards 2016: The best pictures from 60 countries</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the world today it is often hard to remain filled with good thoughts, but your thoughts can affect your mood and your life and the people around you. Making the constant effort to keep a positive attitude is a challenge, but worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Yet I do find ways to cheat- to keep a general hand on the general nature of events and as a former International Studies Major I am tempted to delve in more- but for me it is an emotional struggle. I eternalize all these tragedies and make them my own. I talk with someone and I'm wanting to say- aren't you aware there are suffering people? And sometimes I get a bit of an attitude thinking- how can they be so blithe and think only of.....golf, their next meal, what they're going to buy, a holiday??? It's beyond me actually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Anyway always striving for a balance I found getting email updates from The New York Times was a quick (unemotional update). But becoming a hermit Monk is always a temptation. I'm always asking: does my internal struggle over the pain of this world help anyone? So the former History Teacher in me tries to keep up- but more and more I retreat into peace. One day I'll find that balance- to know, yet not continually grieve, or accept not knowing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> So the other side of the coin is focusing on the positive. Knowing there are plenty of Happy situations out there- they just don't feed the media frenzy or the constant thirst among the population to be in the "Know" of all the (bad) things going on.</span><br />
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