On a Sunday walk to the pond I encountered late blooming beds of yellow sorrel, the short stemmed kind, not the sprawling version on my patio. Small brown butterflies all over it
On the way home there was a group of young golfers, pretty good driving, from the sound of things. They looked maybe nine or ten years old, with some talent there.
On the third day of visualizing, I'm noting that each session has new and different scenes and events, but wild animals being friendly seem to recur. No beavers eating cabbage though.
I'm about to study the heat pump information and make a decision, so I think I'll need all the above.
Happy day everyone, find something that helps. There's probably something, sez Ted and Big Ursy
While acknowledging the hard, sad, also true things
I didn't know beavers even ate cabbage.
ReplyDeleteMe neither.
DeleteI wonder who conducted the cabbage-eating beaver study and why! Probably a PhD candidate.
ReplyDeleteFunded by the Cabbage Growers Council probably.
DeleteI think I’ll get some cabbage and go look for a Eurasian beaver. Did someone actually pay for a study?!?
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know how they measured 17% stress reduction. Either the Beaver Preservation Society or the Cabbage Growers may have funded it.
DeleteI never imagined beavers eating cabbage. And yes, I can guess it is relaxing.
ReplyDeleteHave you had a second quote for your heat pump? That is what you are supposed to do. Generally I/we never did. I think I am paying above average for the installation of new unit, but we've used the company three times in the thirty years and there isn't drama. They know what they are doing and do it well. I'm prepared to pay a bit more for that.
No, I'm going with the small company I trust, who installed the original heat pump after several other companies turned out not to have the technical ability. It may be more expensive possibly, but they've done good work for me. And when you call, you get real people and answers.
DeleteNot having seen a beaver, eat cabbage, my life now feels suddenly incomplete.
ReplyDeleteYes, so empty. Who knew what we were missing.
DeleteWhile serious decisions need to be conducted, it's always a good idea to find something stress reducing to consider.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's easy to feel too stressed to find help with it!
DeleteI have also recently seen a meme about how watching chickens drink water can reduce stress. I can attest to the truth of this.
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe that. Just watching chickens trotting about purposefully like our local ones, is so grounding in some way.
DeleteA powerful cartoon. Beavers eating cabbage. I'll get right on it!
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonderful cartoon. Worth a Pulitzer.
DeleteYou never know what ideas you might find in here, now it's beavers and cabbage.
It's so interesting that visualization meditation works best for you, with an artist's eye, and following-one's-breath meditation works best for me with shall we say an 'unpracticed' (and perhaps nonexistent) eye.
ReplyDeleteIn whatever manner it takes, stress reduction sounds like a good plan about now. Glad you have a small reliable company to work with on the heat pump, though OUCH on the cost.
Now that your temperatures are moderating, it's great to see you taking daily walks again. Go Hippolyta!
Chris from Boise
I remember that visualizing isn't your strongest point. I don't get far with observing my breathing. Diff strokes.
DeleteJust curious. Was that a guided meditation?
ReplyDeleteI think watching all kinds of critters or just being out in nature (like your walks) reduces stress. I wonder how they measured stress in that study? Blood pressure, heart rate? So precise at 17%--lol!
Perfect cartoon.
If you're referring to the hall of doors, I think it was originally a guided meditation. Now it's freeform!
DeleteI suppose they measured vital signs, but I was also amused at how exact the percentage was.
The cartoon says it better than anything I've seen or read.
Maybe I need to find a hungry beaver.
ReplyDeleteYes, there may be a run on them.
DeleteThat last image of the children. It’s heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteYes a beaver eating cabbage is a much better thing to see and think about
Yes, I thought we would need some relief from the cartoon. But it says everything.
DeleteFirst editorial cartoon I've seen so far commenting on the shootings.
ReplyDeleteIt says everything.
DeleteWhat are the odds of ever watching a beaver eat cabbage (and would they, even if they could).
ReplyDeleteI suspect you're wise to go with a proven company for the heat pump installation. At least you have some idea of what you're getting.
The beaver was tucking into the cabbage on video. The picture is a still from the YouTube video. Pretty cute to watch.
DeleteIf the paper information about the heat pump ever arrives, I'll be glad to get on with it.