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The moon is beautiful tonight.

The artist’s artwork is above this captured pillar. Nice shadow work, anyone?

Can we say it’s time to quit smoking yet?

Go find a flower and close your eyes, think a nice thought to hug her.

In Alabama for Earth Day, this is what we found, on private land...harvested Cleavers, now where is the local honey and blender for a clearing smoothie?

Feeling like getting out the house and celebrating with your lovelight?

Lasers 4 Lovers (the LiteZilla, a giant Lite-Brite) is a happening in the Rocket City great for most ages and going on now!
Date & Time: Fri Feb 16 2024 @ 4:30PM; Sat Feb 17 2024 @ 10PM
Location: Campus No. 805, Clinton Avenue W, Huntsville, AL, USA

More details in the comment section below.

"All became dissolved in Light–
United within one joyous Love."

Here's to having a happy new year for your 2024...Tonight is the Wolf Moon we see it at its fullness now as this year's first full moon. Shining brightly, encouraging each of us to carry on with agility and grace. Happy Wolf Moon.

Tonight is the last Full Moon of 2023, it is called the Cold Moon and will be visible until Thursday. Traditionally the full moon is a time to release and make way for what will come to be. This is a perfect time to start your goodbyes to this two-thousand and twenty-three year of our Lord. Be Well.

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:5)

From all of us at Lamplighting, hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

If you have received your trees in the mail, go ahead and plant your trees instead of storing them.

The process is called "Heeling In" your trees. If you live in a cold climate that will surely freeze soon, then doing the following steps in 5 Gallon buckets will work too.

Step 1) Unpack your trees, remove all packing materials, carefully untangle the roots, and soak the roots in water 3 to 6 hours — do not allow the roots to dry out.

Step 2) With a shovel, dig an angled trench in the ground, preferably in the shade that will accommodate your trees. Save the soil. Lay your trees side by side with the roots of your trees in the trench and the trunk extending up the angled side of the trench.

Step 3) Fill the trench with the saved soil, covering the roots but leaving the trunk uncovered. Water generously and keep moist until you are ready to plant.

To a better winter solstice. Peace on earth, and good will toward those with a beating heart. Dear Lord, please keep those souls safe that we have lost from Here this year of our good Lord —2023

It is the light in the lantern which shows you the path, not the lantern. –Yogi musings

Captured in the photo here is the intelligence of a female cardinal.

Happy Friday.

"O' let my lamp at midnight hour
Be seen in some high lonely tower,
Where I may oft outwatch the Bear..."
–John Milton's "Il Penseroso"

Did you know coconut milk has a higher saturated fat content than almond milk?

If you are getting body ready for the upcoming holiday feasts, maybe unsweetened almond milk is your better go-to, non-dairy milk (provided you do not have a nut allergy in the house).

Need an outing for the Holiday? Take the pets, take the kids, drive through a wonderful scene in celebration of Christmas and winter.

You are not alone....featured in this post are beautiful flowers of the Appalachian Mountains: rhododendron (fuchsia), laurel (pink), and yarrow (white) – helps stop a bloody nose.

She dances in a rose in this adaptation of "a girl wearing a flower IV" – To your safe and upmost merriment on this All Hallow's Eve.

Some begonia and the not mullein, not lamb's ear, like wormwood but surely an ornamental. ;) Happy Friday.

A weedy wildflower fit for a queen, shown here is Queen Anne's Lace variety, not to be mistaken for any other flower by the way of a centrally located black beauty mark.

The "Ring of Fire" eclipse will be at full capacity at 11:50 AM in Austin, TX, at 12:05 PM in Muscle Shoals and at 1:10 PM in Atlanta. This are approximate times of the maximum effect for viewing the eclipse. With this annular eclipse, use eye protection to view it as looking directly at our bright star, the sun, can damage your eyes (even with the beautiful moon blocking it today). Be Well.

Mushrooms in a cold brew coffee? No, this isn't going to help you the way you think it might. Medicinal mushrooms have to be processed with fire. The salamander energy gives rise to the breaking down of the chitin. Away with the chitin and hello to your body system being able to process the nutrients offered by a mushroom, culinary or medicinal. Mushrooms are just too fibrous to not cook.

"Do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" (James and John in the book of Luke 9:54)

As for the mushrooms, 30 minutes of heat before eating it.

A dash of turmeric root powder in today's salad, hiking (even virtually) is hard work.

Some good ol' ragweed

Fruit of the mountain

Not certain this tree but its leaves created a lovely shade.

Did a little traveling and found paper mulberry in an unexpected place.

Have you been worried about feeding your pup only human food but havent found a way to break this (could be) harmful habit? This brand of pupfood is dehydrated so you only have to prepare what your pooch will eat in one sitting. If you live in a humid climate then be sure to store in an air-tight container, and as best for any food item (for human or pet) store out of the sunlight.

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I am looking for a reliable source for these pads. If you know of one, please let me know. Maybe these guys who have medical equipment for delivery?

The trails maybe are cooler today but hydrate enough for the coming week. Tiredness and grumpiness can be signs your body isnt getting enough water. Remember to filter or treat your drinking water even if from a seemingly clean water source, if it's outdoors so are the creatures that also drink from it.