September Facts

SEPTEMBER:

-has nine letters.

-is the ninth month.

-Labor Day is always the first Monday of September.

-Grandparents Day is always the first Sunday after Labor Day.

-11th is now called Patriots Day in memory of the ones we lost and those who have fought because of the terrorist attacks.

-23rd is the first day of autumn. The leaves start their yearly fall color change from greens to reds, golds and rusts.

-birthstone is Sapphire. Usually blue sapphire though it is available in pink, yellow, green, and lilac. A nice alternative birthstone for September is the lapis lazuli, a beautiful opaque blue stone usually styled into a cabochon.

-1, 1939 is the start of World War II and September 2, 1945 is the official end of the war.

Another Angel Trumpet Tree view.

The first time I saw one in full bloom was at Biltmore House in Ashville, NC. It was beautiful, trained into an umbrella shape.

The photo can be clicked on for a larger view.

Singing in the Rain

Finally, the heat is out of the triple digits and into the high doubles. It's also hurricane season which means rain and my Angel Trumpet Tree is lovin' it!

Cobblestone lined River Street in
Savannah, Georgia.

Pigeons walk everywhere people walk, including in the road. Pedestrians shoo them out of harm's way.

The riverfront is always docked with the yachts of world travelers and the dumpy yet tough tug boats are kept busy keeping the huge transport ships in line.

Even if Global Warming is Not an Urgent Threat

I still think it is a good thing to take care of what I have. There is nothing to lose by being pro-actively grateful. I will be a good steward of Gods Green Earth aka elle's Green Earth and all of it's motivating bounty.

I will not waste water.
I will not litter.
I will plant trees and shrubs and flowers beneficial to my area.
I will recycle more often.
I will try to remember to use my cloth bags for shopping.


to be continued....
...I will turn the TV off before I fall asleep.

A Day at the Lake

A day on the lake is better than a day anywhere else.

The Beautiful Day

The Lake of Dreams

The Vulture That Ate the Turtle

The beauty of the lake pictures at the bottom of this blog are forever etched in my memory.
So are the pictures I took of the vulture up on the bank eating a turtle.

We were riding around enjoying the day and suddenly the scent of death was strong in the air. Slowly we came around the corner of the next cove and we saw them. One upright and alive, one on it's back going through the ultimate vulnerability. I was enthralled in a grisly sort of way.

The food chain on display and I have a camera.

The comparison is surreal. The beauty of the picture below was taken not 100 yards away from the vulture and the turtle.

Click on photos for larger images.

The World Will Keep Spinning Until it Stops

I used to worry about gravity. I could imagine it breaking or malfunctioning for just a moment like the lights flickering off and back on quickly. Just long enough to create chaos (or a rapture...jk).

I decided to stop worrying about gravity. Now I worry about meteors and comet garbage and black holes.

I grew up being told that the black holes are like giant vacum cleaners, get too close and it is all over.

Maybe the black holes are the vultures of outer space. They clean up the place.