A Happy New Year To All

     New Year's is always a day filled with mixed emotions for me. Anybody else feel like that? 2011 had it's high notes and some low ones as well. I miss those who are no longer with me. I treasure those who are here and i hope it shows. I truly love life and all that it brings, even when times are tough. i always learn something and become stronger and hope fully wiser from each experience.

     So cheers to the old and the new, i wish health and happiness to all. May your resolutions be simple and  make the world a better a place for a t least one person.

Protect the Whooping Crane

JUST 4 DAYS LEFT in the public comment period to urge the Obama Administration to keep the dirty Keystone XL pipeline out of endangered whooping crane habitat! Speak up today: http://bit.ly/o2F3Tx

Protect Whooping Cranes from Dirty Oil

online.nwf.org

Tar sands oil threatens the lives of America's Whooping Cranes and many more cherished wildlife. Tell the Obama Administration to refuse dirty oil companies the access to build a tar sands oil pipeline through America's heartland.

Thoughts for the Day

     Today I am thinking about Fall and all the season brings. Halloween costumes, warm foods like soup and muffins and preparing the outdoor pets for winter.
     Halloween costumes are in the works, one son would like to be "scarecrow" from Spiderman and some bats have been ordered through the new Etsy site Lifeseasoning! A Halloween party is also being discussed.................
     The weather is supposed to be more like summer this weekend but I am still craving muffins and soup. I will have pumpkin muffins and other treats at my Tastefully Simple open house on Saturday so stop by if your in the neighborhood!
     The outdoor pets, being rabbits, need some new hutches and a better location. The 4H club is supposed to be building hutches at the enxt meeting so hopefully that will get me started in a positive direction. It seems like a daunting task and I am determined to break it down into managable steps and see it through. Any volunteers out there?

     Lately I have been very conscious about food and making it healthier. Probably because I joined committee to promote National Food Day. If you havent heard of it just google food day and check out all info and events. It's all about eating healthy, teaching our kids to eat healthy, learning where our food comes from and supporting local farms and food pantries.
     Future posts will include meals I am preparing and trying to makeover for a healthy and tasty result.

Fracking

Is your water flamable? It may be someday!

 

Ask Your Members of Congress to Support the FRAC-Act!

Companies that are threatening our drinking water with hydraulic fracturing can't be held accountable under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and they don't have to disclose the nearly 600 chemicals that they are injecting into the ground. The FRAC Act will fix this.
Sign the petition below to ask your representative to protect your drinking water by passing the FRAC Act (S. 587 and H.R. 1084).

Petition to Congress:
As a constituent, I urge you to support the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act (FRAC Act) of 2011 (H.R. 1084 and S. 587).

It has become clear that hydraulic fracturing can threaten our drinking water, our health, and our livelihoods.

The FRAC Act would lift the exemption from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act granted to hydraulic fracturing in 2005. In addition, it would require oil and gas mining companies to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

In order to protect our drinking water, our farms, and our health from the the dangers that can be brought on by fracking, I urge you to pass the FRAC Act.

Sincerely,

Butterfly Garden

Wild life garden in your yard

Make Your Yard A Wildlife Oasis

Bring your yard or garden to life this year by planting the shrubs, flowers and trees that wildlife find irresistible.
Take our Garden Wildlife Quiz to learn what plants attract the most birds, butterflies and other critters

Turtle Saves

Anyone who really knows me, also knows how much I care about wildlife including frogs, toads and turtles. So yes, I am one of those people who stops to let them or help them cross the road. So far this year my turtle saves are four. I think they were all painted turtles, but I wil do some research and find out.

There is one turtle - I think it is the same one - that crosses Denton Lake Road on a regular basis. Next time I see it, I will mark it to be sure ( no harm will come to the turtle )