Beautiful images! What is that flower the butterfly and bumble bee are enjoying? The red vine it grows on is interesting.
As a child, when we came across a bumble bee in a Rose of Sharon blossom, we would cup the flower and carefully close it. Then we would pluck it, and carry the bee around, holding the flower to our ears to hear it's loud hum. Poor creature, we weren't meaning to be cruel. We would drop the flower and run, and he would come buzzing out.
Great shots, Dee. Thanks. I've got to get out that way one of these days!
Thanks, Dan. I believe they are some type of wild morning glory. I’ve read that the seeds of many species of morning glory contain ergot alkaloids, a hallucinogen. And, can produce a similar effect to LSD when taken in the hundreds. Unfortunately, for those who like to chemically alter their state of mind, the seeds that are found in many gardening stores are often coated with some chemical agent to retard spoilage, which can cause neurological damage in humans.
The progress of social justice is slow and measured. Its growth depends on an increasing number of us becoming aware of the truth and consequences of our actions.
I believe that it is morally wrong to allow our wanton desires to interfere with the basic needs and interests of other sentient beings.
I believe the physical and psychological abuse – confinement, social deprivation, mutilation, genetic and reproductive manipulation, and profit exploitation – imposed by us on other animals is morally wrong.
I believe the suggestion that the exploitation of other sentient beings by humans can be achieved without cruelty, violence, or injustice is false and misleading.
As an advocate for all life, committed to compassion and justice, I refuse to take part in the exploitation of other sentient beings or to collaborate with those caught up in such injustice.
I pledge to do my best to live a life that conveys a clear, sincere and uncompromised message that is free of resentment, fear, exploitation, anger, cynicism, and manipulation.
Furthermore, I pledge to continue to support a broad range of nonviolent initiatives and programs that will hopefully one day eliminate the needless pain and suffering we inflict upon all the many wonderful creatures with whom we share this planet.
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Beautiful images! What is that flower the butterfly and bumble bee are enjoying? The red vine it grows on is interesting.
As a child, when we came across a bumble bee in a Rose of Sharon blossom, we would cup the flower and carefully close it. Then we would pluck it, and carry the bee around, holding the flower to our ears to hear it's loud hum. Poor creature, we weren't meaning to be cruel. We would drop the flower and run, and he would come buzzing out.
Great shots, Dee. Thanks. I've got to get out that way one of these days!
Thanks, Dan. I believe they are some type of wild morning glory. I’ve read that the seeds of many species of morning glory contain ergot alkaloids, a hallucinogen. And, can produce a similar effect to LSD when taken in the hundreds. Unfortunately, for those who like to chemically alter their state of mind, the seeds that are found in many gardening stores are often coated with some chemical agent to retard spoilage, which can cause neurological damage in humans.
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