Click the image twice (separate clicks; not double click) to see the image in full screen.

I made this mandala from two images, one of fall leaves, the other of a jack-o-lantern.

It reminded me of a bat right away, and if you click the image until it enlarges full screen, you can actually see many bat shapes… There’s so much in full view in life, but when we choose not to see it, that is when it becomes hidden.

When you make a digital mandala from a photograph, you choose which part of the photograph will make the kaleidoscope image of your mandala. You can choose to zoom in so much so that no one can tell what you created the image from, or you can zoom out and include much of the picture, so that it is easy to tell what the image is of.

I enjoy doing both, and today I want to make a design with the leaf and the body of the caterpillar and still show that it was a caterpillar.

I did not know there were little yellow aphids all over the milkweed until I took the photo and uploaded it. I decided to leave them in the mandala as well. Some might see them as nasty little bugs, but look at the mandala; there is so much beauty in life that we choose not too see…

There’s so many things hidden too…

Look for the hidden caterpillar heads that are created from the image itself; there are eight large ones (*hint look at the diamond and the square)

click the image for a larger view, then do it again for an even larger view!

Here’s the photo I took:

How to Feed and Raise a Baby Bird
Have you found a wild baby bird?
http://www.squidoo.com/feedababybird

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How to Tell if Your Chicken Eggs are Fertile
How do I know if my chickens are laying fertile eggs?
http://www.squidoo.com/fertilechickeneggs

If you’ve found a baby bird and want to take care of it:

1. Note that you should call your local wildlife rehab center, as they are trained in these matters.

2. That in some cases, depending on the species of the bird, it is illegal to have them in your possession; live or dead.

3. You can become a wildlife rehab person; just contact your City Hall and they may be able to refer you.

4. Read my in depth article on how to take care of a baby bird at eHow.com, click here, for “How to Feed and Raise a Baby Bird”.

5. Lastly, for a handy manual, visit this website.

In some ways it is obvious, in some ways it is not. Seek center for there is much hidden, and in all ways, it is always beautiful.

Please see this in my art gallery:
Reflective in All Ways

You can find the details on snopes: click here

Here’s the email I got:

Oklahoma law
passed, 37 to 9, had a few liberals in the mix, an
amendment to place the
Ten
Commandments on the front
entrance to the state capitol.

The feds in D.C., along with the
ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is
a conservative state, based on Christian
values…!

Guess what……….
Oklahoma
did it anyway.

Oklahoma
recently passed a law in the state
to incarcerate
all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they
came from unless they
want to get a green card and become an American
citizen.
They all scattered. Hope we
didn’t send any of them to your state. This was
against the advice of the Federal Government, and the
ACLU, they said
it would be a mistake.

Guess what……….
Oklahoma
did it anyway.

Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples
from any and all
illegals to the Oklahoma
database, for criminal investigative
purposes.
Pelosi said it was
unconstitutional.

Guess what………
Oklahoma
did it anyway.

Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring
Oklahoma as a
Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government
directives.
Joining Texas
, Montana and
Utah as the only
states to do so. More states are likely to follow:
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi,
Florida.
Save your confederate
money, it appears the
South is about to rise up once again.

The federal Government has made bold steps to take away
our guns. Oklahoma,
a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state
have the right to
bear arms and transport them in their
vehicles.
I’m sure that was a setback for the criminals (and
Obamaites). Liberals didn’t like
it — But
..

Guess what……….
Oklahoma
did it anyway.

By the way, Obama does not like
any of this.

Guess what….who
cares… Oklahoma
is doing it anyway.

However it circulates as this is ‘an actual message’ from a school answering system; that all the faculty and students ‘voted on’.

It will state various schools; the one I received said it was from Queensland Australia, but upon listening to the ‘recording’ the announcer has no Australian accent, nor does she answer with the name of any school.


Click here to hear the Supposed School Recording



Click here to read the story at snopes


EMAIL STARTS SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California , was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Congressman Harry Reid’s great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.

For full details, visit this page on Snopes.com (click here).

Don’t believe everything you read, whether it comes from Congressman or your Mama!

This one has always been a good one for me and I thought I’d share it with you for your birthday!

I Love You Dad.

…and you too mom; you’re the one that made me so thoughtful of others (when I remember…) —giggles!