Let the People say AMEN!

Bonus while I was taking a pic of a rainbow yesterday....

America needs accountability....

My daughter's current employer issued this statement regarding the mask mandate. Thank you, L'Etoile

We have decided to continue requiring masks to ensure our employees and all those who visit are taken into consideration and protected. We hope everyone understands and respects our decision. We are excited for all the new dishes, desserts, and individuals that will be joining us in house this summer!

#danecounty #madisonwi #madisonwisconsin #visitmadison #letoile #thankyou #thankyoumadison #dineinmadison #masks #vaccinatemadison



(Love the “underrepresented” inclusion)

Telling the bees....I've never heard of this.

Telling the bees...
“There was a time when almost every rural British family who kept bees followed a strange tradition.

“Whenever there was a death in the family, someone had to go out to the hives and tell the bees of the terrible loss that had befallen the family.

“Failing to do so often resulted in further losses such as the bees leaving the hive, or not producing enough honey or even dying.

“Traditionally, the bees were kept abreast of not only deaths but all important family matters including births, marriages, and long absence due to journeys. If the bees were not told, all sorts of calamities were thought to happen. This peculiar custom is known as “telling the bees”.

“The practice of telling the bees may have its origins in Celtic mythology that held that bees were the link between our world and the spirit world. So if you had any message that you wished to pass to someone who was dead, all you had to do was tell the bees and they would pass along the message.

“The typical way to tell the bees was for the head of the household, or “goodwife of the house” to go out to the hives, knock gently to get the attention of the bees, and then softly murmur in a doleful tune the solemn news.

“Little rhymes developed over the centuries specific to a particular region. In Nottinghamshire, the wife of the dead was heard singing quietly in front of the hive,

“The master's dead, but don't you go; Your mistress will be a good mistress to you.”

“In Germany, a similar couplet was heard,

“Little bee, our lord is dead; Leave me not in my distress”.

“But the relationship between bees and humans goes beyond superstition. It’s a fact, that bees help humans survive. 70 of the top 100 crop species that feed 90% of the human population rely on bees for pollination.

“Without them, these plants would cease to exist and with it all animals that eat those plants. This can have a cascading effect that would ripple catastrophically up the food chain.

“Losing a beehive is much worse than losing a supply of honey. The consequences are life threatening.

“The act of telling the bees emphasizes this deep connection humans share with the insect.”

~ Excerpt from https://www.amusingplanet.com/.../the-adorable-custom-of...



Art: The Bee Friend, a painting by Hans Thoma (1839–1924)

As John Lennon would say....

"Imagine there's no countries,
it isn't hard to do.
Nothing to kill or die for
and no religion, too.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll join us
and the world will live as one."

~ John Lennon

Not 100% sure this is true but if it is, it's profound!

Udderly true...

COWS DON’T GIVE MILK

A father used to say to his children when they were young: —When you all reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life. One day when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father replied that he was going to tell him, but that he should not reveal it to his brothers.

—The secret of life is this: The cow does not give milk. "What are you saying?" Asked the boy incredulously. —As you hear it, son: The cow does not give milk, you have to milk it. You have to get up at 4 in the morning, go to the field, walk through the corral full of manure, tie the tail, hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket and do the work yourself.
That is the secret of life, the cow does not give milk. You milk her or you don't get milk. There is this generation that thinks that cows GIVE milk. That things are automatic and free: their mentality is that if "I wish, I ask..... I obtain."

"They have been accustomed to get whatever they want the easy way...But no, life is not a matter of wishing, asking and obtaining. The things that one receives are the effort of what one does. Happiness is the result of effort. Lack of effort creates frustration."

So, share with your children from a young age the secret of life, so they don't grow up with the mentality that the government, their parents, or their cute little faces is going to give them everything they need in life.

Remember 👇👇
"Cows don't give milk; you have to work for it."

~Author Unknown

When you find yourself in an art museum....

My new crayons came today.....