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This will be my last weekly post in this sereis. I need to concentrate on other things. I will offer an occasional piece in this vein, and I will animate some of them.
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Have a blessed Easter, evryone.

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This is another calenduala star illustrating the quote from Nietzsche. I was surprised to see this attributed to him. Perhaps I need to revisit him.

Mongoose Versus Cobra

I have read about a mongoose being able to kill a cobra, but I have never seen it in action. This is an interesting video.

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I subscribe to the Quote of the Day, and this was posted a few months ago. One thing I like about it is that it makes me look up the people I don't know. Melody Beattie has written a lot about codependency, and coined the term.
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I created this calendula star for my next animation project.

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This is a line from Amanda Mcbroom's beautiful song The Rose. I am always in awe of the lyrics to this song. This is my first attempt at creating a rainbow flower star.

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I wrote this Irish blessing for bicyclists to go with my 2010 bike mandala.

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Leading up to St Patrick's Day, I offer another Irish blessing. Have a blessed week.

Animal Friends Video

I like the announcer's commentary at the end. It seems that animals often put us to shame.

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I have paired this quote from Socrates with a new hedgehog cactus star.

Tibetan Mountains Video

This is awe inspiring. It will make you feel small. What a wonderful planet we live on.

Preview of Interview with Rick Hanson

This is a short interview with Rick Hanson, who wrote the Buddha's Brain. The central them is that our brains exhibit neural plasticity. New science is showing that our brains are not unalterably hard wired. We can change the wiring in our brain. Dr Hanson has some very good videos on You Tube.

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I have started a new department on Zazzle for St Patrick's Day. This is one of 5 Irish blessings included in the collection.

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This week, I have combined two kinds of flowers to create the star. This is a combination of yellow prickly pear and cholla cacti. Forgiveness and patience are two of life's toughest,but most rewarding challenges.
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Have a good week!

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I use yellow prickly pear stars and mandala to illustrate this Arthur Young quote. Have a good week.

Animal Friendship with Hound & Orangutan

Animal Friendships

Dr Mercola posted this today on his health site. Darwin gave us a slanted picture of evolution. By design, this world is a lot more about cooperation than competition. It is our belief that life has to be a struggle that makes it so.

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This is my yellow prickly pear cactus array with a Norman Vincent Peale quote. I am a big fan of Peale's Power of Postive Thinking.

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How about a ring of cheer to start the new year?

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Back in March of 2010, I posted a Ring of Joy made with a rainbow mandala. I call this a Ring of Peace and it is made with yellow prickly pear cactus flowers. Occasionally, I will be adding to these to make a ring series.

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This is a star element that went into my new saguaro cactus array. It is made with photos of the saguaro flowers. I like this quote of the Buddha. Have a good week.

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I've been listening Folk Alley out of Kent State, and they played a song by Pierce Pettis called: God Believes in You. What an encouraging thought. His lyrics are great as well.

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Here is today's illustrated thought of the week. Have a good week. Next year, I plan to do a series of Christmas carols this way.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This was posted by Dr Mercola.

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This is my new barrel cactus array along with an inspirational quote fom WB Yeats. Have a good week.

Zazzle Teaming Up With North Pole Productions

Zazzle and Santa Claus Partner to Make Custom Gifts for Christmas
Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:05 AM PST
On the eve of Christmas we’re pleased to announce our partnership with Santa to supply custom gifts for Christmas! Below is our official press statement.
In a groundbreaking new deal, Zazzle, the world’s leading platform for quality custom products, and Santa Claus, the world’s foremost gift giver and CEO of Christmas, today announced that the Zazzle custom products factory in San Jose, California will serve as an official “Auxiliary Santa’s Workshop” throughout the 2010 Christmas season. All requests for custom gifts sent to the North Pole this year will be rerouted to Zazzle’s factory, where the custom gifts will be made by Zazzle employees. The arrangement marks the first time in history that Santa’s Workshop has diverted a portion of its volume to a partner company for fulfillment.
The deal is expected to fill a major hole in Santa’s Christmas operations. Santa’s main factory in the North Pole was designed several hundred years ago to manufacture mass quantities of popular gifts. But in recent years, more and more children send letters to Santa requesting custom gifts which cannot be manufactured by Santa’s traditional Elfish workforce without causing major disruptions to efficiency. Zazzle, however, has made it their mission to offer all of the world’s custom products on their platform, and their unique focus since 2005 has been to make extremely high quality custom gifts for children and adults all over the world.
Santa also took a tour of our production facility, which we recorded for all those non-believers out there (Santa is real!).