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Younger Longer!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.comBlogger409125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-43777448313664982012012-08-12T20:02:00.001-07:002012-08-12T20:02:21.079-07:00Olympics 2012Watching the Olympics from London has been great. I will be posting some of my favorite pictures...Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-55918551381704769252012-07-16T22:07:00.000-07:002012-07-16T22:19:52.857-07:00Solar X Flares<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our sun shot out a CME (coronal mass ejection) or solar X flare, as you can see in the measurement graph. NASA also took spectacular pictures of the flare leaving the sun, check them out at NASA.gov "Over the July 14-15, 2012 weekend and through the early morning of July 16, Earth experienced what's called a geomagnetic storm, which happens when the magnetic bubble around Earth, the magnetosphere, quickly changes shape and size in response to incoming energy from the sun. In this case that energy came from a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with a July 12 X-class flare. Geomagnetic storms can create aurora visible at lower latitudes than usual, and aurora were spotted in the US as far south as Missouri and Arkansas."<br />
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<br />Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-59947812128140916532012-07-13T22:27:00.002-07:002012-07-13T22:27:43.180-07:00Friday the 13thToday is Friday the 13th again! Happy Day! How did your day go? See previous blogs for other Friday the 13th info (see below in labels) This is a very lucky year, as we have 3 Friday the 13th's, all 13 weeks apart!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-74381066460800376572012-07-04T21:54:00.000-07:002012-07-04T21:54:57.858-07:00Happy Independence Day<br />
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The concert was great! A Benefit concert for the fire victims to rebuild! It really showed community pride in our city of Colorado Springs! A good way to celebrate the 4th of July! (without fireworks)<br />
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Authorities evacuated more neighborhoods Wednesday as firefighters tried to slow a wildfire that roared down foothills and razed residential areas in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Waldo Canyon Fire had engulfed 15,517 acres and was only 5% contained. <br />
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Solstice 2012 is here, the longest day of the year! In England, the most celebrated time is now, when many Druids, and modern groups gather at Stonehenge to watch the rising of the sun over the stone monument as it lines up with the outer heel stone. It has been a sacred time for the ancient Celtic people for millenia. It has also been named Midsummer, and tonight is the midsummer's night dream! Your dream will come true- what you intend manifests for you (and me)!<br />
Molly Hall of about.com writes "Now is the time for ripening of what was set in motion at Spring Equinox, going with the solar rhythm of <a href="http://astrology.about.com/b/2012/03/18/spring-equinox-new-year.htm" zt="1/1UH">seasonal intention setting.</a> Friends in the Southern Hemisphere experience June solstice as the longest night, for soulful reflection on life's work and legacy."<br />
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New Moon in Gemini is a double dose of Gemini, but it seems only fitting that this would be, since Gemini is the twins, and must have 2 of everything! This Gemini moon is a second dose (after the Solar eclipse/Gemini New Moon on May 21st). Time to do something new during this new moon, some call this a blue new moon, since it is the second one in Gemini in this Lunar Cycle. 2nd chance?Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-992331933785363202012-06-12T21:18:00.001-07:002012-06-28T21:17:32.432-07:006-12-12Numerology of this date, 6-12-12 is =12 (or 3, when broken down) Interesting number play, & only 6 months to 12-12-12!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-75265685359251242012-06-07T21:02:00.000-07:002012-06-28T21:24:24.285-07:00Venus Transit Effects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Did you see the Venus Transit of the Sun? A very rare occurrence that won't be repeated in our lifetime- next one is 2117! This one could be seen from Colorado just before sunset, some of the pictures are spectacular! A different type of eclipse, with small, petite venus in front of and crossing the gigantic sun- female symbology crossing male symbology into a new era...Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-63345974657211250102012-06-05T21:43:00.001-07:002012-06-07T20:48:30.025-07:00Venus Transit of the Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tonight is the Venus Transit of the Sun~ visible here in the USA at sunset!<br />
Venus Transit 2012 in Pictures from Space.com<br />
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Today, which is 2 weeks from the last eclipse, is another eclipse. Eclipses travel in pairs, first on the New Moon, is the Solar Eclpse, which we saw on May 20, then on the Full Moon, is the Lunar Eclipse. Both times are great for Intentions & Manifesting! The energy is sometimes hard to handle, but handle it we must, rather than the energy getting the best of us. Usually eclipses are lucky, but sometimes difficult, nonetheless.Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-2094787253494084142012-05-20T11:24:00.001-07:002012-05-20T22:44:57.715-07:00New Moon Solar EclipseThis is the rare May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse with the Pleiades on a Mayan Day of No Shadows that opens a two week eclipse window ending with the partial Lunar Eclipse on June 4 followed the next day by the June 5 Venus Transit over the Sun (visible in the western United States and Hawaii) a special event that will not happen again for 105 years!<br />
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This is an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/solar-eclipse-ring-of-fire-may-20_n_1514770.html" target="_hplink">annular solar eclipse</a>, when the moon and sun align today, creating a "ring of fire" around the moon because of the sun being the larger size, also called ring of fire because it is literally in the pacific ring of fire area. Astronomers say that today's (May 20) solar eclipse will be the best the United States has seen since 1992. "The moon is going to cover 80 or 90 percent of the sun for all of the middle and western United States," Dr. Douglas Duncan, Director of Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado, Boulder <a href="http://casa.colorado.edu/~dduncan/wp/?page_id=261" target="_hplink">said in a video about the event on his blog</a>. Colorado is not in direct alignment with this celestial event, as best views are in Northern California, Nevada, Southern Utah, Northern Arizona and New Mexico, still, Colorado's southwest corner should get a pretty good view, <a href="http://www.eclipsetours.com/upcoming-tours/2012-tours/61-2/" target="_hplink">take a look at this map for the solar eclipse's path over the United States</a> or this NASA built <a href="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012May20Agoogle.html" target="_hplink">map showing the path of the annular solar eclipse</a> and where it is viewable across the globe.<br />
(Great time for Intending at The Intenders Of The Highest Good Circle tonight!) Happy Intending!<br />
It will still be stunning to see in the rest of Colorado. Here is today's Eclipse/Intending schedule:<br />
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6:23 p.m.: Eclipse begins (Intending begins)</div>
7:30 p.m.: Maximum eclipse (Intending maxed)<br />
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An Alignment of Our Earth, the Moon, the Sun, and beyond the Milky Way in the center of the Galaxy, The Pleiades occurs today on May 20, 2012<br />
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life. ~ Sophocles<br />
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There is only one mother for any of us, as we can only have one, make her your favorite ~ Laurie L. Grant<br />
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Mother Earth loves us back on Mother's Day ~Laurie L. Grant<br />
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The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. ~Theodore Hesburgh<br />
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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ~ Abraham Lincoln<br />
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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~ Abraham Lincoln<br />
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That best academy, a mother’s knee. Heaven on Earth at mother’s feet. ~James Russell Lowell<br />
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. ~ George Eliot<br />
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. ~ Barbara Kingsolver<br />
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Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~ Erich Fromm<br />
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~William Makepeace Thackeray<br />
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb<br />
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - Jewish Proverb<br />
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A young boy said to his mother, 'How old were you when I was born?' His mother replied, '23.' 'Wow, that's a lot of time we missed spending together.'<br />
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"M" is for the million things she gave me,<br />
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"O" means only that she's growing old,<br />
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"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,<br />
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"H" is for her heart of purest gold;<br />
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"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,<br />
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"R" means right, and right she'll always be,<br />
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Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"<br />
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A person that means the world to me.<br />
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<u>Supermoon 2012</u> <u><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/supermoon-lights-up-sky-slideshow/-supermoon-lights-up-photo-1336277316.htmlore">http://news.yahoo.com/photos/supermoon-lights-up-sky-slideshow/-supermoon-lights-up-photo-1336277316.htmlore</a> Photos</u> AP - May 6, 2012<br />
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<strong><u>St George's Day</u></strong><br />
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St George's Day is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. St George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303. For Eastern Orthodox Churches who use the Julian calendar, 23 April corresponds to 6 May on the Gregorian calendar.<br />
As Easter often falls close to St George's Day, the church celebration of the feast may be moved from 23 April. In 2011 and 2014, the Anglican and Catholic calendars celebrate St George's Day on the first Monday after Easter Week (2 May and 28 April, respectively). Similarly, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of the feast moves accordingly to the first Monday after Easter or, as it is else called, to the Monday of Bright Week.<br />
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Countries that celebrate St George's Day include England, Canada, Catalonia, Croatia, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Macedonia. Cities include Moscow in Russia, Genova in Italy, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Beirut in Lebanon, Qormi and Victoria in Malta and many others. It is also celebrated in the old Crown of Aragon in Spain—Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Majorca<br />
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Supermoon Saturday is here! Today is 5-5-5 as well in numerology dates. The full moon is in Perigee, which is the closest time of alignment to the earth. Tonight's <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47305718/ns/technology_and_science-space/" itxtbad="1" itxtnodeid="228" jquery16307695528998447334="82">"supermoon"</a> is the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, due to the fact that the moon is near the closest point in its orbital path around Earth. Richard Nolle of Astropro.com coined the name of Supermoon in 1979, and used these moons to predict natural disasters of all types, not just from rising tides. He says that SuperMoons are noteworthy for their close association with extreme tidal forces working in what astrologers of old used to call the sublunary world: the atmosphere, crust and oceans of our home planet - including ourselves, of course. From extreme coastal tides to severe storms to powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the entire natural world surges and spasms under the sway of the SuperMoon alignment - within three days either way of the exact syzygy, as a general rule. SuperMoon solar eclipses tend to have a wider sphere of impact, extending roughly a week before and after the actual event. And other lunar extremes (of declination, for example) can extend the geocosmic stress window by a day or two here and there in any case.Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-62827391870044363232012-05-04T21:30:00.000-07:002012-05-05T20:27:28.884-07:00May the Fourth be with You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, being the 4th of May, is also known as Star Wars Day! We can remember all the great Star Wars movies and tell everyone we meet today "May the Fourth be with You" as we make a light saber gesture! I have seen all the Star Wars movies several, if not numerous times- even the newest 3D version! Love them all! We are now living the storyline of Star Wars- even some recent political speeches have excerpts of the lines from these movies. Don't worry, as the legend goes- truth always triumphs over evil.Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-60402247311700303152012-04-13T21:55:00.003-07:002012-05-04T21:18:16.900-07:00Friday the 13th & THE Number 13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15I706xukWHyfFMT0P5p_Dqgy2mtL0KiEWHrP_ivfRrEd8YeDaojNjsdDpJvOymz-tGnbku3Hc4FpbjPzuGZT3WtqaYemFmdpFF-1j_q_3YJXc_7NjpnOImpc77BQ5amGqnQp0e6gkSc/s1600/usflag13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731116177846094098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15I706xukWHyfFMT0P5p_Dqgy2mtL0KiEWHrP_ivfRrEd8YeDaojNjsdDpJvOymz-tGnbku3Hc4FpbjPzuGZT3WtqaYemFmdpFF-1j_q_3YJXc_7NjpnOImpc77BQ5amGqnQp0e6gkSc/s400/usflag13.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /></a><br />
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13 is the original number of colonies that formed the United States. The original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">flag</a> had 13 stars, one for each state. New stars have since been added whenever a new state joins the union, but the idea of adding stripes for new states was soon dropped, so the American flag to this day has 13 horizontal stripes: 6 white ones and 7 red ones. But the number 13 always became a number related to our country's symbols. <br />
The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States" title="Great Seal of the United States">Great Seal</a> is one perfect example, as there have been 13:<br />
Stripes on the Seal's emblem<br />
Leaves on the olive branch (as well as thirteen olives)<br />
Arrows in the other grip<br />
Characters making up the dictum, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Pluribus_Unum" title="E Pluribus Unum">E Pluribus Unum</a><br />
Characters making up the dictum, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annuit_c%C5%93ptis" title="Annuit cœptis">Annuit cœptis</a>"<br />
Breast coverts on the bird<br />
Layers of bricks in the truncated pyramid<br />
The number of guns in a gun <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute" title="Salute">salute</a> to U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps Major Generals, and Navy and Coast Guard Rear Admirals Upper Half.<br />
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This year, 2012, we have 3 Friday the 13th days, spaced 13 weeks apart! Truth is always stranger than fiction! Happy Friday 13th!</div>Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-40083906908974869832012-04-08T21:57:00.002-07:002012-04-08T22:03:51.346-07:00Happy EasterHappy Easter to all today! The full pink moon is really making an awesome background in the sky for this holy weekend- Passover, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday (also Holy Thursday, and Easter Monday). All the flowers seem to be pink at this time of year as well and the pastels of the colored eggs reflect the pink hue. It all says spring is here, Christ is risen and all is well with the world.Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-21415651515217407962012-03-27T21:04:00.011-07:002012-04-13T22:17:51.918-07:00Leonardo's Earthshine Moon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_vRHNt7CfB2NUHYXh1meZ-UNM_ViEFDS_a7wEILmCmPceHI6mfpoQsXC64hbwbOLYV_1ys1cKEPMJ7_9lcvsauRBGzLeXbk6DMrt3blLtmg4HBPFsfHDrzVCJMlycAO61UHnD7csoGU/s1600/leodavinci.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 462px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 438px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724794984119422722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_vRHNt7CfB2NUHYXh1meZ-UNM_ViEFDS_a7wEILmCmPceHI6mfpoQsXC64hbwbOLYV_1ys1cKEPMJ7_9lcvsauRBGzLeXbk6DMrt3blLtmg4HBPFsfHDrzVCJMlycAO61UHnD7csoGU/s400/leodavinci.gif" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3eoE2r7dx0HchKvU4bpxKFoP9z9CUCC6CStj9hgonsSqPJmgbeJAQrMaQPNycUVCL8JobcF6GG5Bmi-8wt_WrNgTQCOb1K8kHZNMixA_nzkUx15K8U1W8RrhQkZbwETSoFD2SiV2mQs/s1600/Earthshinecrescentmoon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 307px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724794179271884690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3eoE2r7dx0HchKvU4bpxKFoP9z9CUCC6CStj9hgonsSqPJmgbeJAQrMaQPNycUVCL8JobcF6GG5Bmi-8wt_WrNgTQCOb1K8kHZNMixA_nzkUx15K8U1W8RrhQkZbwETSoFD2SiV2mQs/s400/Earthshinecrescentmoon.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020419.html">Also known as</a> the Moon's ashen glow, <a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/12apr_earthshine.htm">Earthshine is</a> Earthlight illuminating the Moon's night side. Taken on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz">Nowruz</a>, the March 20 equinox, from Esfahan, Iran, planet Earth, this telescopic image captures strong Earthshine from an <a href="http://earthsky.org/moon-phases/waning-crescent">old Moon</a>. The darker earthlit disk is in the arms of a bright sunlit crescent. But the <a href="http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=399&vbody=301&month=3&day=20&year=2012&hour=00&minute=00&rfov=45&fovmul=-1&bfov=30&brite=1&showsc=1&showac=1">view from the Moon</a> would have been enchanting too. When the Moon appears in Earth's sky as a slender crescent, a dazzlingly bright, nearly full Earth would be seen <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010713.html">from the lunar surface</a>. The Earth's brightness due to reflected sunlight is known to be strongly influenced by cloud cover. Still, a description of Earthshine, in terms of sunlight reflected by Earth's oceans in turn illuminating the Moon's dark surface, was written 500 years ago by <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/codex/2A2r.html">Leonardo da Vinci</a>. He used backward or mirror writing to document his discoveries to keep most of them secret, but his drawings are exquisite, as everyone can see!</div></div>Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-11222604173707423532012-03-22T22:02:00.004-07:002012-03-25T12:37:53.594-07:00New Moon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWehOZk3haoBmvyR_sKAE9wEyZDDZAac4rrTjlubQnXtrIt4nQYGAP-Y6ilNm25syUHD_40nkBxdy3NMVtI7f-EEMD4ZXZW4TNHpb3uKyoOQsBz8vot9EjD8xEk5PrEOsKhjMn4Js-ew/s1600/newmoonaries.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 365px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723921181945698274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDWehOZk3haoBmvyR_sKAE9wEyZDDZAac4rrTjlubQnXtrIt4nQYGAP-Y6ilNm25syUHD_40nkBxdy3NMVtI7f-EEMD4ZXZW4TNHpb3uKyoOQsBz8vot9EjD8xEk5PrEOsKhjMn4Js-ew/s400/newmoonaries.jpg" /></a><br />New Moon, New Beginnings, New Intentions, New Life, New Actions! This new moon is in Aries (The Ram)and is known for moving forward! Some of this energy is tempered by Mercury in Retrograde, however, so it will be reasonable moving ahead for now, until April 4, when Mercury moves out of Retrograde- then, as the new moon grows into first quarter, it's full steam ahead! Time for Springing into our fertile future, the seeds of our intentions are now sprouting seedlings and rising toward the sun in growth of manifesting & becoming!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-64785034332518407122012-03-19T21:42:00.004-07:002012-03-19T21:56:51.603-07:00Spring Equinox & New Moon IntentionsAt Intenders of the Highest Good Circle last night, we made our intentions for the upcoming spring season, mentioning that the spring equinox (Tues) & new moon (Thurs) are the best times for intentions to seed. This post from Molly Hall, astrologer reflects our thoughts precisely! Intend & Enjoy!<br /><br />There's a nature bursting forth atmosphere this week, starting with Spring Equinox, marked by Sun into first sign Aries. It's the astrological new year!<br />Looking at the solar calendar, the Spring Equinox, when day and night are equal, is one of the four big turning points of the year. The rhythm of the seasons are a chance to seed and develop your most longed-for intentions. <br /><br />Seasonal Intention Setting:<br />•Spring Equinox (March 19) is the time of conception, to put forth intentions that are most meaningful and desired.<br />•At Summer Solstice (June 20), what's in development is ripened and brought to tangible form.<br />•Autumnal Equinox (September 22) begins a time of refining, streamlining, weighing what's taking shape.<br />•Winter Solstice (December 21) takes us into restful musing on how to share what's been created, as a legacy and contribution to the whole.<br />It's a momentous time for any on-the-ball intention setters out there. But if it's snuck up on you, like it has for me, this entire week of the darkening Moon is for super alert soul searching. The Aries New Moon is Thursday, and the three days after, extend the intention-setting window. My philosophy is better not to set intentions, if they're a rush job. Take time to choose goals that are achievable and are rooted in your overall sense of life purpose.<br />Of course, a big part of experiencing the New Moon mystique is surrender and being receptive to something to emerge out of the dark. If you're overwhelmed, or don't have definite intentions, resting and tuning inward is always a wise approach. Happy Spring Equinox and New Moon to you all!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-91393772090367938952012-03-17T22:00:00.005-07:002012-03-17T22:43:01.742-07:00Happy St Patrick's Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6UT3PMLKQmdm8GmZ-BatyK3TOZepDGGWAjHqXY01qAVKobtUir1JZQl8WI7dJwfPidbqxS_Y0QSJ-aEefQctBYnQpfrD_NJ_UHnE1Iz20ozIMkdTNACKsZB3krSYZPOsfdgG0I_zFDo/s1600/potofgold.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6UT3PMLKQmdm8GmZ-BatyK3TOZepDGGWAjHqXY01qAVKobtUir1JZQl8WI7dJwfPidbqxS_Y0QSJ-aEefQctBYnQpfrD_NJ_UHnE1Iz20ozIMkdTNACKsZB3krSYZPOsfdgG0I_zFDo/s400/potofgold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721108303046085362" /></a><br />Green is Good today! St Patrick is the old Saint who banned the snakes (serpents) from the Emerald Isle. It is said that Ireland has no more snakes, but how can an entire island have not one snake? I don't believe it. I think that the serpent is a symbol for health, healing and wise ones who are the healers. The Celts, who are the original Irish were very advanced healers- their books of medicine still have not been translated, their language is so ancient! <br />St Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland, but the Irish (Celts) were already in the Holy Land, prior to this. St Patrick's Day is a special bridge transforming winter into spring, so green, whether it is a green snake, the Emerald Isle, the green of spring or the green-colored glow of healing is good! It's all good!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-84555579905758422672012-03-08T18:01:00.003-08:002012-03-17T22:36:07.889-07:00International Women's DayInternational Women's Day is today, also known as Lady Day (which I like better). The whole month of March is Women's Month, now known as Women's History Month (Shouldn't it be Herstory Month?) I like to recognize and celebrate this day and month by honoring the great women in my life! The men are supposed to honor us, as women, but we can't always wait for that, can we? <br /><br />This is from internationalwomensday.com<br /><br />The tradition sees men honoring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.<br /><br />The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are STILL not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.<br /><br />However, great improvements have been made. We do have women astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.<br /><br />Annually on March 8, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatrical performances, fashion parades and more.<br /><br />Many global corporations have also started to more actively support IWD by running their own internal events and through supporting external ones. For example, on March 8 search engine and media giant Google some years even changes its logo on its global search pages. Year after year IWD is certainly increasing in status. The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Women's History Month'.<br /><br />So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your part to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.<br /><br /><br />About this internationalwomensday.com websiteLaurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936842575321787404.post-39292787546905272772012-02-29T23:35:00.002-08:002012-02-29T23:38:21.949-08:00Happy Leap day 2012Leaplings are leaping for joy today! it is every 4 years that they can celebrate their birthday!Laurie Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119776108836861819noreply@blogger.com0