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May 7, 2026

Needle felted with sheep’s wool that I sourced from shepherds in the area, back in the days when felting was not a common craft / art form in this area…. I found one shepherd who shared my passion, she is the one who had dyed the roving…. that I used for skin tones. I still have my needles and I keep a stash of roving “in case” … I get “the urge”… felting is a relaxing form of expression .. and it helps me keep in touch with “nature”. I would drive the back roads looking for sheep.. Drive up to strangers wanting to know about their charges.. how often they sheared, what did they do with the wool….

I walked the pastures, enjoyed the sheep dogs that herded the sheep, met wonderful grounded souls.. who loved the animals and the earth as much as I did.. I pray and thank the Universe regularly for the life I have been blessed with.

Its not about the quantity of friends one has, it is the quality of the friendships…. in this I am also blessed,

PL Precept #10 Love yourself and others.

Thank you dear reader for sharing time with me today. Near or Far I appreciate and have love in my heart for each and everyone of you

PL Precept # 2 To live is to express One’s Self

Oyashikiri

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Wednesday

May 6, 2026

Pl Precept #15 All is a mirror

Oyashikiri

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Tuesday

May 5, 2026

Hey…. I’m gonna make you smile…. wanna share my rock? I’m from NZ, and you?

Every day, we have the opportunity to expand friendships, or discover something new. But.. ..do we?

PL Precept # 20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter

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photos.Shirley in NZ

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Monday

May 4, 2026

A special tool box

Rubber band – to remind you how wonderful a hug is, to give or receive

Tissue – to remind you to dry someone’s tears, perhaps your own, so you can see the tears of others.

Button – To remind you to “button your lips” to keep from saying mean things about others or talking when its not appreciated.

Toothpicks – to remind you to “pick” out the good qualities of everyone including you.

Band-aid – to remind you of healing hurt feelings, either yours or someone else’s.

Candy kiss – to remind you that everyone needs a nice treat occassionally.

Gold thread – to remind you that everyone needs a nice treat occasionally.

Eraser – to re mind you that everyone makes mistakes sometimes and that’s all right.

Lifesaver candy – to remind you to think of me as your lifesaver, whenever you need to talk, feel free to come to me.

Mint – to remind you that you are worth a Mint to me!

Oyashikiri

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Sunday

May 3, 2026

Find a peaceful quiet spot… and enjoy the day…

Make time for YOU

PL Precept #10 Love yourself and others.

Oyashikiri

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Time.1

May 2, 2026

Hello this is a picture taken in NZ the other day, it is going into fall there.

I’m waking up here to a spring day… here in Eastern Canada.

Same week .. same world, but in very different parts of the planet.

Shirl went for her walk at home in NZ and I had my stroll here in Canada.

Isn’t life grand… Think about it, Eliza is starting to share her photos of her spring flowers ..(excellent moments of shared beauty) she is in the States…

We are so lucky/blessed that the technology we have today, allows us to experience “visual” gifts that before .. we would have had to wait days, weeks, even a month, for our friend to take a picture, have it developed, then get it ready to post… Once posted that letter would take days, weeks to travel to your mailbox.

There is much we have to be thankful, let’s remember to give thanks…

Appreciate your friendships… they are part of your personal treasure chest.

We are all here today… we may not be tomorrow.. This is life..

PL Precept # 1 Life is Art

Every day is a new beginning. A new canvas

Oyashikiri

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time

May 1, 2026

Time moves on – nothing really stands still

Think about it, even when you stop physically moving, and you sit down… your internal organs, your heart, the blood racing through your veins… It is constantly humming along…. your breathing will slow down, your whole essence of Being will slow and calm..

Let’s not even bring up your gray cells, that intangible “thing” science has called our brain … it doesn’t consider the word time..

We simply are... we seem to accept that our computers, cell phones, iPads.. need recharging, need extra storage, Pause reflect.. our bodies/minds need attention and care… When was the last time you did a personal update? clear your cache? get rid of obsolete unused and no longer required items/thoughts?

Oyashikiri

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Thursday

April 30, 2026

Thru the mist of early morning… with the distant sound of the world waking around me… I stood and waited. Would today be the day? I felt a deep sigh escape unbidden from somewhere within me… I had to focus on the tension between my shoulders…. manually letting my shoulders drop into a more relaxed pose.

I had come to meditate and pray… I thought a friend would join me… but I saw no one at the gate… the prayer bell would ring soon… slowly I turned back into the quiet and serene ambience of the inner room. Sandalwood incense floated lazily into the still morning air.

As I bent my head and brought my hands together in silent prayer, I felt the gentle embrace of a warm breeze brush casually past my silent form… This moment was mine… In closing my eyes and saying yes to the silent beating of my heart… I acknowledged the greatest gift in life, is to live in faith… to believe that what will be will be.

Every day is a new beginning a gift from the Universe… the gentle flutter of my heart is steady and pure… in Letting Go.. I am renewed.

Oyashikiri

PL Precept #21 Live in Perfect Liberty

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Wednesday

April 29, 2026

Never judge a book by its cover… or think you can “know” someone or something, by just glancing… three friends on a walk, see the same tree stump, not one .. will see and take in the same stump in the same way.

The only thing that is constant in life… is change.

Oyashikiri

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mardi

April 28, 2026

There is something captivating about seeing the trees shake off the winter pallor and begin their transformation — soon tiny buds will adorn the waking branches… you can feel the anticipation in the cool crisp morning air.

PL Precept # 8 Live as the Sun