Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tosteberga Hamn


We felt like driving over to TOSTEBERGA HAMN today,
after a hardworking day. :))


The first bird that ran in front of my lens was this Pheasant,
he really wanted to be on my blog! :))





I wish I could post a "package" here for everyone to pick up and open at home, so you could smell the fragance of all the wild flowers on the coast, as well as the scent of the ocean!





The geese didn't wait for me to get a close up shot, but this nice looking bird introduced his offspring to us...
Kiebitz (in german) or Lapwing (english) ... or is it Peewit? Or both?




Isn't that a cutie?!!!




I love thistles! (Midas loves to eat them! )




Those icelandic horses enjoy the fresh air, but not the bugs and gnats...







On the way home we saw a stunning sunset and THIS!!!
This firemouth on the sky looks almost like the outlines of the United States, doesn't it?!!
Somehow...






I will post more pictures of that trip soon.
Good night everyone!

♥

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Independence








HAPPY 4th OF JULY !!!


4th of July is the day that the US are celebrating independence.



Every human being on this planet wishes for independence, right?!

Every human being deserves to be independent, right?!

Many human beings have fought for their independence in the past,
as individuals or as a collective.

Many human beings fight for their independence right now.

Don't we all fight for independence every day of our lives?

From the day we are born?

Everyone needs independence, everyone deserves independence!

Independence from OTHERS, "their" opinions, boundaries, "their" social and political values, often "their" money.

BUT I don't want to speak of money, of materialistic independence.



I want to speak about SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE.



This kind of independence has always been feared the most, hasn't it.

...By political leaders, religious leaders,

everyone that wanted to be superior to another.



What IS spiritual independence?



What DOES spiritual independence MEAN

for us as an individual and to the collective?



Spiritual independence is the freedom to find out who you are and be who you are.


Spiritual independence for me as an individual means to have my own oppinions about life and everything else.
Spiritual independence means that I grant the same to everyone else on this planet, that I am free of the need to judge others.

Spiritual independence also means TO BE FREE OF (my) EGO.

And that to me is the biggest challenge in life.
That is what I am "not fighting for" but striving for every day.


SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE
for the COLLECTIVE
STARTS
in the individual.

It could mean peace,
freedom for everyone,
enough food for everyone
and a possibility to heal and preserve our beautiful planet
for those who will wander this world after us.








HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO

ALL OF YOU!!!


♥ ♥ ♥






Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Rain and Colorado, Eagles, Horse and Mule ...





It is still raining...
Well, it has been dry yesterday afternoon and looking out of the window now, I regret that I didn't take the boys for a ride yesterday.
Today it is really nasty outside.
The wind blows the raindrops right into your face... Bäh!
I hope it clears up a little this afternoon, only for an hour or so.
The horses could need a short change of scenery.


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COLORADO 2006






Our longtime friends MJ and Mr. T (+ all their animals) had just moved to Colorado.
So it was time for a visit!
Well, I had also signed up for a equine massage class that fall, up in Fort Collins...
And so I got to visit MJ, Mr. T, Polly, Rhettly and Maggie before class started in September! After class had finished late October, Hasi flew into Denver as well, and we went back to Mancos for a second visit.



MJ took me for a ride in or near the Mancos State Park, it was so nice!





I got to put my new equine massage skills to work on Polly...




and Rhettly, my dear old friend!





But the most exciting day was, when MJ took us to look for the Bald Eagles in the area...
We were so excited, a huge wish was close to be fulfilled...


Hasi on the look-out...




There they were...!!!



We saw close to 15 Bald Eagles that day.
One remarkable memory!


:))