"An Enchanted Garden"

Upon my visit to the St. Paul Conservatory, I came upon a beautiful garden of autumn plants and  floweres and nearby there was a sign titled "Enchanted Gardens' with these words scribed the most delicate of creatures, the butterfly. Beyond the garden, there was much more and many more beautiful flowers as you can see.


Like flying flowers-
Like delicate structures of stained glass
Beauty takes wings in the butterfly
With their their stunning colors
and graceful presence.

Butterflies add a magical touch to the landscape.

Endeaour flies over Tucson!

 

 

Today was the final flight of space shuttle Endeavour on its way from Texas to a retirement home at the California Institute of Science in Los Angeles where it will placed on permanent display. 

 

What was really exciting was that this flight flew right over my home at 11:15 AM this morning. There for my eyes to behold was the Endeavour atop a modified 747 transport plane right, so close, and and not so far from my rooftop. What a sight and what an experience! 

 

Thursday's flyover of Tucson, gave NASA a chance to honor former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords legacy as a longtime advocate for American human spaceflight. Her husband, Mark Kelly, now retired, was the last person to command an Endeavour mission. 

The Photo above is Gabby leading the Pledge of Allegiance at the recent 2012 Democratic Convention.

 

The couple recently moved back to Tucson from Houston, where Giffords was recovering from serious injuries she suffered in a 2011 attack in which a gunman killed six people and wounded Giffords and 12 others.

Autumn is around the corner!

Today, I spent time filling up the hummingbird feeders, decorating the front and placing my favorite scarcrows around the yard, and as you can see they are a friendly group. My grandchildren just love them!

"What's Bloom'n in Tucson-Month of August"

Tohono Chul Park is located in northwest Tucson and their mission is to enrich people's lives by connecting them with the works of nature and native art and culture of the Sonoran Desert region and aspiring wise stewardship of the natural world. Here are some of the flowers that will be blooming this month, the month of August.

Songs by Raffi

Raffi Cavoukian   

Millions know Raffi for his work as a children’s entertainer whose string of gold and platinum-selling recordings in North America includes his classic “Baby Beluga” song with its beloved melody and lyrics. But a very interesting piece of Raffi’s story is not as well known: Raffi’s pioneering commitment to honouring children and setting up the Centre for Child Honoring based on nine important principles, Respectful Love, Diversity, Caring Community, Emotional Intelligence, Nonviolence, Safe Environments, Sustainability, and Ethical Commerce. For more information on the foundation, please visit www.childhonouring.org 


By clicking the links below, you will here some of Raffi's beautiful children's music. The first is Baby Beluga, the second about a watermelon down by the sea, BananaPhone, and the fourth, a rendition of "This little Light of mine, I'm going to let it Shine."


http://youtu.be/YjUYAom5i4c

http://youtu.be/H2lg_HJXPAE

http://youtu.be/wky5H1xC6-I

http://youtu.be/fQ6--wUdvuw