Panda's First Smile
PandaPig's First Smile!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Tina Turner-Simply the best (official video) - YouTube
Tina Turner-Simply the best (official video) - YouTube
^^^^^^^^^^^
SO we're havin' a sick day? So what?
TINA IS THE BEST AND THIS IS WHAT
LIVING FEELS LIKE, even if it's stuck
inside...so what?
(and we love that horse!)
Back in her rocker days, mom heard Tina LIVE
with Ike sing "Proud Mary" and OMG!
We love women who inspire. She Buddhist,
spiritual, an "elder" to us, and reminds us that
life is what we make of it, so let's make it
SIMPLY THE BEST!
love you all...
^^^^^^^^^^^
SO we're havin' a sick day? So what?
TINA IS THE BEST AND THIS IS WHAT
LIVING FEELS LIKE, even if it's stuck
inside...so what?
(and we love that horse!)
Back in her rocker days, mom heard Tina LIVE
with Ike sing "Proud Mary" and OMG!
We love women who inspire. She Buddhist,
spiritual, an "elder" to us, and reminds us that
life is what we make of it, so let's make it
SIMPLY THE BEST!
love you all...
www.whatcomlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/05/Catalog12-NoAdsSCREEN.pdf
www.whatcomlandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/05/Catalog12-NoAdsSCREEN.pdf
Gosh, just discovered that we donated art to this amazing organization as part of the ARTISANS
community. Was in hospital or out at time so benefactress ARTISANS co-ordinator created a package of guinea pig cards for us which were auctioned off to support buying up the last remaining wild areas not developed by greedy...well, that's getting off subject (not really.)
Yeah for guinea pigs, YOU HELP SAVE THE PLANET, or at least this little corner of it we call HOME! (Calvin continues to be our best-selling card with MacNutPie coming in a close second, although the BigMac is number one in England, appearing on a variety of fund-raising products sold by Guinea Pig Magazine...)
They are so popular the Gallery informed me today that they are giving me even more space for cards AND magnets of them greet visitors entering ARTISANS...
We love our new babies (even if Bhindi is secretly an elephant) but must confess that card-making time (and it will be this week) remains a wound of grief, looking into their eyes -
So, we focus on watermelon, lots of wheeky lap-time, runabouts, popcorning, and when it is
absolutely necessary during a cardmaking worktime, curling up into the fetal position to grieve.
We just go with it...what else can a lover do besides cherish what was and be grateful for what is.
Gosh, just discovered that we donated art to this amazing organization as part of the ARTISANS
community. Was in hospital or out at time so benefactress ARTISANS co-ordinator created a package of guinea pig cards for us which were auctioned off to support buying up the last remaining wild areas not developed by greedy...well, that's getting off subject (not really.)
Yeah for guinea pigs, YOU HELP SAVE THE PLANET, or at least this little corner of it we call HOME! (Calvin continues to be our best-selling card with MacNutPie coming in a close second, although the BigMac is number one in England, appearing on a variety of fund-raising products sold by Guinea Pig Magazine...)
They are so popular the Gallery informed me today that they are giving me even more space for cards AND magnets of them greet visitors entering ARTISANS...
We love our new babies (even if Bhindi is secretly an elephant) but must confess that card-making time (and it will be this week) remains a wound of grief, looking into their eyes -
So, we focus on watermelon, lots of wheeky lap-time, runabouts, popcorning, and when it is
absolutely necessary during a cardmaking worktime, curling up into the fetal position to grieve.
We just go with it...what else can a lover do besides cherish what was and be grateful for what is.
FROM INGRID IN BAVARIA...SPRING!
Thank you, Ingrid...OH PLEASE
give Lucky and His happy harem
of meeris plenty of scritchy-scratchies
and
tender, sweet kisses for us!
We can hardly wait to open
your emails and see your new photographs,
visiting your home in Bavaria
and your family still in Salzburg!
Wishing you a warm and
WONDROUS VACATION
from the Tribe here who hope you
will be kind enough to send us
sweetly fragranced, honeyed
high-mountain air...
and the freedom to ROAM!
give Lucky and His happy harem
of meeris plenty of scritchy-scratchies
and
tender, sweet kisses for us!
We can hardly wait to open
your emails and see your new photographs,
visiting your home in Bavaria
and your family still in Salzburg!
Wishing you a warm and
WONDROUS VACATION
from the Tribe here who hope you
will be kind enough to send us
sweetly fragranced, honeyed
high-mountain air...
and the freedom to ROAM!
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, My Beloved Spiritual Master
Dear Friends, 'tis me, Chana here to
share with you my Secret of Secrets...
At the beginning of 2001, I learned
meditation from Sant Rajinder Singh,
who has written many books and continually
travels throughout the world to promote peace.
This Guinea Pig Sanctuary was actually
inspired by one of the ethical virtues he has
given us to practice, known as "Seva" in India,
also translated as "selfless service" and this has
introduced more friendships, love, and joy into
my life (and heartbreak) than anything I have
ever known.
Friends who have known me for many years
have (not jokingly) asked me to thank him for them!
Since beginning the Sanctuary and now writing for the
spiritual section of the Times of India online and possibly
in print, it has become clear that beyond any
differences we appear to have, LOVE and giving
selflessly brings more joy and peace, more
HAPPY-DANCING than all the stars in the heavens
and even poor, disabled souls can experience profound
inner happiness shared amongst like-spirited friends.
Which is all of you who read this blog.
Which is all of you who have been there for me
through some of the roughest months of my entire
life beginning on New Year's Day, 2012.
I wanted to express my personal gratitude and
profound appreciation for each and every one
of you while also acknowledging that the Source of
anything good from me (that doesn't sound like a sailor
cursing!) is inspired by my Spiritual Mentor and Friend.
While we each march to the beat of our own drummers,
my drum is the sweetness you see in my Beloved Teacher
and it is through His Grace that I am learning how to love.
And through yours.
I know so many of you cringe at the mushy stuff but
we are still learning to adjust to many losses in our lives
while celebrating our expanding global family of friends,
both human and guinea pig and all sorts in between,
above and below.
What I mean to say is that today I got out of bed and the
sun was shining and I went to a Magic Garden then drove
to an overlook across Bellingham Bay at the San Juan
Islands glistening in that rarest of the rare SUN and
felt like the luckiest girl in the world.
This is my teacher. You, my friends, are my teachers.
Please keep up the good work!
One day I will stopcursing expressing myself
passionately like a sailor and use only kind, sweet words.
(ya, sure, y'betcha!)
The sun came out.
But not just on the outside.
It rose from the inside, too.
For the first time in 2012.
How much do I love you all?!
(in the silence you will know.)
Yours,
Chana
&
1SkatrPie
MODS RULE
(just GOOGLE it!)
You Live In My Heart,
and the hearts of
YumYum,
VinnyGuinea,
Bhindi,
and precious baby
PeterPeanut...
And those we tragically lost
here at the Sanctuary at the
beginning of this year
and years past.
*****
THIS BEING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...
TO ALL VETERANS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE SERVED US AND PAID
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF YOUR LIVES
FOR OUR FREEDOM:
WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
share with you my Secret of Secrets...
At the beginning of 2001, I learned
meditation from Sant Rajinder Singh,
who has written many books and continually
travels throughout the world to promote peace.
This Guinea Pig Sanctuary was actually
inspired by one of the ethical virtues he has
given us to practice, known as "Seva" in India,
also translated as "selfless service" and this has
introduced more friendships, love, and joy into
my life (and heartbreak) than anything I have
ever known.
Friends who have known me for many years
have (not jokingly) asked me to thank him for them!
Since beginning the Sanctuary and now writing for the
spiritual section of the Times of India online and possibly
in print, it has become clear that beyond any
differences we appear to have, LOVE and giving
selflessly brings more joy and peace, more
HAPPY-DANCING than all the stars in the heavens
and even poor, disabled souls can experience profound
inner happiness shared amongst like-spirited friends.
Which is all of you who read this blog.
Which is all of you who have been there for me
through some of the roughest months of my entire
life beginning on New Year's Day, 2012.
I wanted to express my personal gratitude and
profound appreciation for each and every one
of you while also acknowledging that the Source of
anything good from me (that doesn't sound like a sailor
cursing!) is inspired by my Spiritual Mentor and Friend.
While we each march to the beat of our own drummers,
my drum is the sweetness you see in my Beloved Teacher
and it is through His Grace that I am learning how to love.
And through yours.
I know so many of you cringe at the mushy stuff but
we are still learning to adjust to many losses in our lives
while celebrating our expanding global family of friends,
both human and guinea pig and all sorts in between,
above and below.
What I mean to say is that today I got out of bed and the
sun was shining and I went to a Magic Garden then drove
to an overlook across Bellingham Bay at the San Juan
Islands glistening in that rarest of the rare SUN and
felt like the luckiest girl in the world.
This is my teacher. You, my friends, are my teachers.
Please keep up the good work!
One day I will stop
passionately like a sailor and use only kind, sweet words.
(ya, sure, y'betcha!)
The sun came out.
But not just on the outside.
It rose from the inside, too.
For the first time in 2012.
How much do I love you all?!
(in the silence you will know.)
Yours,
Chana
&
1SkatrPie
MODS RULE
(just GOOGLE it!)
You Live In My Heart,
and the hearts of
YumYum,
VinnyGuinea,
Bhindi,
and precious baby
PeterPeanut...
And those we tragically lost
here at the Sanctuary at the
beginning of this year
and years past.
*****
THIS BEING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...
TO ALL VETERANS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE SERVED US AND PAID
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF YOUR LIVES
FOR OUR FREEDOM:
WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE
AND YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
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