I once entered a post in which I spoke of the many talents all of us possess. I titled that post “Artistic Talent”. This post is a follow up to that post, and I was very pleased to see that someone in our fair city possessed the same passion  for the hidden talents of our graffiti artists as I do.

As I have said before I do not condone graffiti in anyway, shape or form. Graffiti is destructive to property, makes our town look slummy, and cost many dollars to repair any damages inflicted. Graffiti is also punishable by law, and is not condoned by the public, nor by the police force.

The Momentum

These words can only describe the drive these younger members of the artistic community possess. I see such poetry in their lines, and curves. Like a falling water fall or a rushing stream. There is much beauty in their designs, and many stories are told in their form.

Talent

There is a deep found passion that graffiti artists possess. A passion in their expression of their art. A perfection that many of us possess as well. We tend not to express ourselves on other peoples properties, but on canvas, paper, or whatever other kinds of material you may choose to use.

Passion

Whatever the design that has been created in the mind, will find it’s way onto a canvas of some kind. The city has supplied this canvas.

Perfection

There are so many talented artists out there in this large world of ours that have yet to be discovered. Our local skate board park was one of the “OKAY” places given to let our younger population showcase their talents. Our city need look further into a way to give these artists a permanent place to show off their talents. An event with a prize system of some sort, and an area in which to do this.

Expressive Colour

There were so many pieces of fantastic artwork created at the skateboard park that I cannot show them all in this post. I will make my next post a tribute to these talented graffiti artists, with more of their creations.

“Create on.”

Playful Passion

Enjoy!!!!

Five Points

Water front

A place to keep cool. Our Water Front

Geese at play. Our water Front

Lazy day! Reading while laying in the cool grass.

Waiting for dinner.

Have a very good day.  And keep cool.

Find the tiny fly?

Mushrooms

Ants are amazing. They can move just about anything.

A table for two.

Soothing flowing water.

I hope you have enjoyed these photographs.

I am going to post some of my photos to share with everyone.

I hope you enjoy these photos.

Milligan's Pond visitors

Wilber

Simba

Lucky

A pause for thought

Table for Two.

“Enjoy.”

Hope

“What about OUR water sources?”

Save the marshes

The rescue will be great and is growing every day.

If that is not enough I come across a site  that have petitions that need signing to stop oil drilling in Alaska.  (You can go to therainforestsite.com and scroll down to find various petitions. )   “Really!!!”   Are you kidding.  Is this the only part of this planet that needs to be destroyed  by man.

Wise up… We only have one planet.  Stop the insanity.  Stand up and be counted let the Oil Companies know it is time to stop being greedy.

Save our planet before it is too late.

Furry little worm like critters are setting up house all over the land in any tree, bush, or plant around. These are not handsome critters, and have a reputation for destroying the plants they invade.

Tent Caterpillars

Getting rid of them can be a regular job for the gardener, and home owner.

To keep with the green planet theme I would like to give you my solution to getting them under control.  I make a potion of very hot water, and dish soap.  Not too much dish soap we don’t want to give them a bubble bath.

Yuk Yuk Yuk

Opening the nest is the first thing to do.   To open the nest  take a very ” long” stick and open the pod.  This  action can bring on a  freaky feeling, as the worms wiggle around as they are subjected to the warm air.

It is now time to pour the hot water solution over the exposed critters.  ”Be careful not to burn yourself with the hot water. ”  The soap, along with the hot water will kill them off.

If you have a sprayer you can load it up with this solution and spray the plants.  Make the water luke warm at this point.  The dish soap puts a coating on the plant and will kill the chewing bugs.

I use one drop of dish soap in my house plants to control house plant pests. It may seem strange, but it works well.

We are in charge of this worlds vegetation, so our future generations can enjoy them.

Pass on your little green solutions to those younger than you.

” The planet depends on US.”

Trees that bloom

Trees of green

Trees of winter

In times before ours, forests covered the lands. Vegetation  ran ramped, covering the ground with colors of greens, blues, yellows, whites of ever tone, and various other colors.  The beauty of land was wild, and untamed. The rivers, streams, and lakes were teaming with all kinds of aquatic creatures. Life in this time was hard, dangerous, but yet rewarding. The air our forefathers took into their lungs each day was purely heaven. There were nothing but the aromas of nature, and the smell of dinner cooking from time to time.

The doctor came to you if needed. People took care of  medical treatments with herbs from their gardens, and the land. The barks of trees were used to make brews to cure the medical ailment. The forests gave many products that made living better. Trees in these forests not only purify the air, keeping it clear of dirt, and harmful pollution. Trees gave lumber for building homes, furniture, dishes,and the creation of transportation vehicles.

Timber became a demand, as towns grew larger, and larger. The forests started to dwindle under the demand.

As time moved on the demand for lumber caused clear cutting. Taking away the very plants that held the soil together, and very importantly took away shade features, and the best air purifier this land has know. With out the trees our lands were scorched by the sun, blown by the winds, leaving the land barren. What have we done to prevent this devastation?  Clear cutting still exists, destroying the lands  many groups defend, but often are unable to gain the ground needed to save the trees. What is wrong with the population, we have other man made products to build homes with. We have all heard about going green which is a great step to save the planet.  How about giving  nature chance to change the planet?

When a home is built the land is cleared of all green. The trees are removed unless specified by the builder, and purchaser. And what do the builders do, they leave the ravished land for the owner to develop, and add the trees. The cities plant a tree on the city owned boulevard. One tree, what does that do for purifying our air? Very little. I think that all builders should be responsible for planting a tree or two on each site, leaving this world with a step in the green direction.

Let’s change the things we can, and plant a tree to give this land life, and beauty again.

“So, when you are resting under a shade tree, think about the things that tree gives you for free.”

The sun brings us warmth. It helps our food to grow, the plants to thrive, and helps the smiles on our face seem brighter. The moon brings us darkness, a chance for all to rest, and rejuvenate . The  moon brings  the changing tides of the seas in an ever changing cycle of life.

Our planet called; “Earth.”

With out it we would not be. Just endless vibrations floating lazily in space. For a place so vital  to our existence we treat this planet with little respect. For far too many centuries to count. We have tossed  our waste to the wind, and where  it lands has never seemed to be our bother. Such a fragile state this planet has become.

Oh; we have taken note of some of the changes we must adapt in order to save this world. But, not all of us have taken heed to the warnings of those who see what most of us cannot. Can we not hear the warnings given by this planet.

The rumbling of volcanoes as ash chokes the life from all around it. The shaking of the ground beneath our feet. The explosions of man made off shore  oil rigs that fall into the seas, leaving nothing but an uncontrollable slick of dark crude oil , heading for the very land we live on.  Covering our helpless wild life in toxic covers of death.

The train that  falls of the track too close to home of sleeping people unaware as to what has just happened. “Run from your home, the spill is of a dangerous nature, and you are at risk”.

The waves of an angry sea that bridge the walls that are deemed safe enough to save lives. Many people lost, and many more unaccounted for. The sea has taken them away, or the earth has swallowed them up. A snow storm where none has ever been seen before,  a drought that scorches the earth, destroying the food we need to survive.

The lakes, ponds, and streams left barren. You can hear gasping of a water creature breaking the silence of the once rolling brook.

Are these not signs that we should see, and pay attention to?  What the heck is wrong with us? What will we leave our future generations to come?

No clean cool streams, and lakes. A cool drink of life sustaining waters would be gone. What would we leave but a shattered planet no longer capable of sustaining life.

Is this what you want? ” Not Me.”  I want to leave a planet full of life for others to share.  Let’s pull together and make a difference and make this planet shine.

“Because we don’t own this planet, we just rent it.”

The sun so bright.

Eyes squinting endlessly as you try to block the rays with your hand. Spring is the season of wonder, and beauty.

"Spring"

A time of renewal. The fresh new blades of green grass raise their heads from their long winter sleep. The blooms of flowers peek their heads from the cool earth, with a blaze of many colors to brighten our world.  People emerge from their dwellings, after a long winters captivity. Windows are flung open to let the stale air escape, and the fresh air enter.

The long awaited end to winter has come. Spring is here!!!

Born in spring, on wabbly legs a baby animal clings closely to it`s mother.  A sign of a new life.

A tiny sign of life.

All the signs of spring dazzle our senses.

Or is it all just a smoke screen, or joke played by Mother Nature.

We become so captured by the thought of our new found freedoms, we forget the this is early spring,  not a merge into summer.

We wake the next day to the sight of  frost on the tops of homes. The scattering of snow that covers the blades,and blooms.“ NO!“

It`s not April Fools. What is going on? Have we been fooled again? ” YES”

We still brave the cool crisp mornings, in the hopes that spring will be here to stay.

Walk by the half frozen lake.

” Have faith it will.”

Some of  us can build the most amazing items, that leave the common individual envious of their talent. There are those that can take a plain piece of wood, and carve it into something that many people would pay a large fee to obtain. “That one of a kind item many people search for endlessly.” Some can take a cake, and make it into a jaw dropping masterpiece. Some can sculpt a piece of art that would be able to find it’s way to a display at an  Art Museum. We all have talents, be it singing, dancing, writing, discovering, listening to others, finding solutions, helping others, even the smallest of us have talents.

I wish to take some time to talk about the talents of the young people who mark places in our cities with “graffiti”.  I don’t mean those who deface our mail boxes, bus stops, and menial items like that.

I wish to talk about the talents of those individuals with raw, amazing talent.  At least I  see a lot of talent in the lines, symbols, and the time they spend to create their art. I am not condoning the defacing of public, and private property. I know this is a practice which breaks the law, and is down right disrespectful of others right to have a beautiful place to live.

I wish that there was some way to give these young people a place to showcase their talents, so that those who find wonder in their talents, can enjoy their art without them defacing property. An “event” would be a good way to enable this display of their talents.  We have the local skate board park that has been decorated with, as we call graffiti. The young people who hang there find the decor just fine for their taste. Which I would say needs more displays, and refreshing. Why not use their raw talents?

I suspect that the gang influence is evident in the lines, and symbols used. We have always had this gang influence in our lives  present, and past, and in our past history. “These young people have talents that are amazing.”  We all need an avenue in which to display their talents to others, and their “canvasses” are not the most legal way to do this. I wish to put forth a suggestion, that a wall, or walls of aged building be used to allow these young people a legal place to display their talents.

Simple, but creative

Colour & depth

Raw Talent

The gang influence, and nudity must be left out of the theme displayed there. ” No drugs, or alcohol allowed”. These are minimal boundaries, which could be expanded upon, but not so much as to restrict their talent.  A theme could be determined in advance. The preparation of the wall must be done by the artists that will participate. Local businesses could sponsor the funding for the products needed to hold this event, as the artistic communty has no problem finding sponsors for other artistic ventures all the time. The city hall along with the sponsors could adapt a prize of some sort for the artists that particapate.

Why not give these young people a chance to legally display their talents. I think eventually the majority of the city would find the wonder in the talents these young people posses.

These young people are a very talented part of our society,  even if they have the rebel edge, as many of us had when we were young. We need to give them the chance to have a canvas to express their artistic talents on, in a legal way.

“Our youth is our future.”

Not an exceptable canvasAlso an unexceptable canvas