Here and Now...What's Happening?

[amandapoet]

Thanks for the deluge of kitty eye candy--- and puppy love--- gotta love the momentary humorous distractions.

Nat.Lee thanks for sharing the butterfly experience. I have several recent encounters with butterflies lingering in my path.

Having a much better day today--- so far

[ulli]

Told my shrink today that I would not be seeing her after the end of this month.
She was ok about it.

Of course my son thinks that only his mother would solicit the services of a psycho therapist
because she wanted to give someone's career a kick start.
Ultimate proof of my craziness....hehe....

But one more good thing came out of it...
my therapist is now wide awake.

[ulli]

Today Neptune is square my natal Chiron. Since I'm totally into this idea of moss gardening
I expected there to be some sort of a connection.
So I googled Neptune square Chiron, and this is what came up:
(Quite true, except I'm not abusing any substances)

Neptune square Chiron
There is a dilemma in your makeup having to do with two needs that seem to be in conflict.
One is the need to face and address your deepest wounding,
and reclaim your natural spirit power and wholeness.
This may take you on a journey of initiation into holistic healing methods
and unusual or shamanic experiences.
The other need is to avoid or escape the dark side of life and focus on more ethereal realities.

The sensitivity of Neptune is very uncomfortable with the harshness of this world,
and wants to stay focused on the spiritual and idealistic aspects of experience.
Though this path is often artistic, gentle and compassionate,
it tends to result in feeling helpless and/or victimized, which is likely the crux of your wounding.

Therefore, continued avoidance could lead to substance abuse or other destructive forms of escapism.
You may be faced with some very difficult choices until you realize that the two are not mutually exclusive;
they are both about spiritual opening and expansion.

Tuning in to Neptune sensitivity can be a great asset on the journey of initiation and healing,
and Chiron will guide you into understanding that can heal, empower and strengthen you.

More Neptune transits are explained here: http://members.wizzards.net/~magyan/...e_Aspects.html

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

I found this interesting synchronicity today. I just read that Janet Napolitano is stepping down to become the University of California president. Kudos for her, that's a fantastic job:

Napolitano Stepping Down as Homeland Security Chief
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/us..._20130712&_r=0

"Janet Napolitano, who has served as President Obama’s secretary of homeland security since the beginning of his administration, is stepping down to become president of the University of California university system, administration officials said Friday."

Yesterday I read John Rappaport's article on Ed Snowden, and remembered this line in the article:

Matrix: Who is Edward Snowden?

http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/20...dward-snowden/

"To keep those relationships on track, you only need to hide your peccadillos from embarrassing exposure. The hooker in DC, the bank account in Panama, the influence you used to move a sizable donation to a university where you intend to teach when you retire."

By way of a disclaimer, I am in no way suggesting that this is the case. That would be terribly unfounded. I am just pointing out a synchronicity that I came across while reading various media.

[CD7]

Heres some more kitty candy...Don't u want to just eat them!! Emmm! There two years old now and i still want to eat them--with kisses

[donk]

this dude perked up after about 20-30 seconds of me wondering if I had to scrape a dead varmint off my deck, he was laying with his head down not moving, until of course the camera comes out:



It was a relief to see him alive, but I wish I captured a shot before he put his head up, I never seen a sun-bathing squirrel before then (it was HOT that day)...

And, as promised, the other pic of my new little dude, now called Yahtzee, as it is his favorite game to play with the fam (the girls weren't down with a boy cat named Lily...my second choice, Liono, was shot down, and they thought I was joking when I suggested Snowball II, but they liked my suggestion when he was throwing the dice around with us):

[dan33]

Ha, haa, Playdo. "Pecadillos", very funny. Little Sins. I guess the word is used in "centro américa".

"I would liked to be a great saint, but I wanted much moore to be a great sinner".

Posted by Playdo of Ataraxas (here)
"To keep those relationships on track, you only need to hide your peccadillos from embarrassing exposure. The hooker in DC, the bank account in Panama, [B]the influence you used to move a sizable donation to a university where you intend to teach when you retire[/]

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Posted by dan33 (here)
Ha, haa, Playdo. "Pecadillos", very funny. Little Sins. I guess the word is used in "centro américa".

"I would liked to be a great saint, but I wanted much moore to be a great sinner".

Posted by Playdo of Ataraxas (here)
"To keep those relationships on track, you only need to hide your peccadillos from embarrassing exposure. The hooker in DC, the bank account in Panama, [B]the influence you used to move a sizable donation to a university where you intend to teach when you retire[/]

Yea, that is a great word, Dan, peccadillos. What do you get when you cross an armadillo with a woodpecker? A Peckerdillo. Ha! That quote you posted sounds kind of like St. Augustine: "Da mihi castitatem et continentiam sed noli modo/Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."

[ulli]

Made the retaining wall last week, and started planting herbs.

[bel]

Posted by ulli (here)
Made the retaining wall last week, and started planting herbs.

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Nice work Ulli! I just got my veggies/herbs up and going too.. Anastasia style!

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by ulli (here)
psycho therapist

Is this a typo, a Freudian slip, or intended humor? :~)

Dennis

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Posted by ulli (here)
Made the retaining wall last week, and started planting herbs.

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Love this. I love stuff made from river-rocks.

Dennis

[ulli]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
psycho therapist

Is this a typo, a Freudian slip, or intended humor? :~)

Dennis

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Posted by ulli (here)
Made the retaining wall last week, and started planting herbs.

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Love this. I love stuff made from river-rocks.

Dennis

Haha..I could have written "Psycho, the rapist" as well.
Anyway, best to call them shrinks.
This one shrunk my head to the size of a pin head.
But she got a good dose of conspiracy therapy from me.

[Calz]

Homeless again ... wish I could dance ...

I'd share what a sh!tty week and last few days have been ... but it appears I am simply a homeless, insulted and humilitated villager with nowhere left.

How much does dance lessons cost again???

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOyF4hR5GoE

[Calz]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
psycho therapist

Is this a typo, a Freudian slip, or intended humor? :~)

Dennis

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Posted by ulli (here)
Made the retaining wall last week, and started planting herbs.

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Love this. I love stuff made from river-rocks.

Dennis

Haha..I could have written "Psycho, the rapist" as well.
Anyway, best to call them shrinks.
This one shrunk my head to the size of a pin head.
But she got a good dose of conspiracy therapy from me.

Ouch ... happy you are here to tell the tale.

[onawah]

What's this? Our Calz homeless?
Not a chance...Looking Glass Land is a place where you can always hang your hat, if I have anything to say about it...

Posted by Calz (here)
Homeless again ... wish I could dance ...

I'd share what a sh!tty week and last few days have been ... but it appears I am simply a homeless, insulted and humilitated villager with nowhere left.

How much does dance lessons cost again???

[Calz]

yes it appears I have been driven (for remarkably unknown reasons) underground ...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4

[lookbeyond]

Posted by Calz (here)
yes it appears I have been driven (for remarkably unknown reasons) underground ...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4

Never!! Keep on keeping on

[ulli]

Posted by Calz (here)
Homeless again ... wish I could dance ...

I'd share what a sh!tty week and last few days have been ... but it appears I am simply a homeless, insulted and humilitated villager with nowhere left.

How much does dance lessons cost again???

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qOyF4hR5GoE

There is no such thing as a homeless Villager.
As a matter of fact, there are some empty cottages right now,
go and look, then pick and choose.
And even though we have some new faces...hello bel, and welcome,
some of the earlier crowd have moved overseas.

So what's going on with you? Pluto squaring your Libra cluster and Uranus opposing it?
And now another square from sun, Mars, etc in Cancer?
I can see your dilemma there. Villagers can come to the rescue.
You WILL be fine.

[1inMany]

Mornin' friends,

Calz, my brain can't decide if you mean something happened irl or on pa...or something else entirely. A sh!tty week? I'm so sorry. I sincerely hope you feel the love here, and that you always have a home in the Village...

Much Love,

[ulli]

Here I am, gardening some more. Surrounded by singing birds, playful cats and dozens of orchids (husband's project),
while weeding and transplanting and sowing.
The weather is pretty perfect at the moment...sunny mornings, and rain in the afternoons.
So the soil never needs additional watering.

The only bad news is that what we thought was a spring in the slope where we once had a waterfall, turned out to be a broken mains higher up on the mountain.
The cave which was carved out by years of rain water pouring down the slope is now dry enough to turn into a cozy beer corner.



The above was taken yesterday. My young helper is planting.


This one shows the "cave" (taken a few minutes ago)