The Tao of Worm Farming

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Tiphereth One With The Sun My Art

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My Dream That Wasn't a Dream

I did this art to always remember the day 20 years ago now the sun came through my window shown on my face through my eyes through my whole body. I saw it in golden geometrical patterns and rays. It literally saved my life after having an experience like death amazed to be still alive when I woke up I saw this. I saw a real light inside and out together harmonized as one as the center of our being we were a portal a wormhole. Who knows where it all could go/be everything is intelligent life.

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Whoot for Fridays :)

A Visit From The Neighborhood Hawk

2016-01-21T15:01:00.002-05:00

From out my window, I can see him or the local crows. They love the huge pine out there, the tallest vantage point around.

I knew he was there but couldn't see him until I looked at my photos, he blends so well with the colors of winter

Update On All Our Babies All Grown Up Now

2015-09-20T18:07:00.002-04:00

REED

JEAN

MING JEAN BILLY

SHMOO

BOBBY

Santa Hat Camouflage

2013-12-16T20:16:00.000-05:00

Billy & Ming Babies :) All Still In Our Forever Home Here With Us :)

2012-08-02T15:56:00.001-04:00

UPDATE: 2015

For the curious and the animal activists ( which I happen to be one myself ) I'll say we are not breeders nor had any intent to sell these cuties, Our first plan was to keep our Billy genes in the family by breeding our own future pets and to adopt two of the litter out to other families and keep the rest but did decide to keep them all with us . For those who think of not getting their cats fixed I'll also say it's not a good idea unless you are crazy cat loving freaks like us and have the time , money and patience to give them all a spoiled happy forever home. They are very hard to find good homes for , the shelters are already packed and unfortunately if they are not perfectly trained and clean there are people who won't tolerate that and will get rid of them to who knows where . They are messy , very expensive especially for the recommended vet products and food we pay over $100 a month just for these guys just for food alone not including vet bills and shots. They are noisy ( at night mostly when people are trying to sleep ), and rarely take no for an answer when it comes to keeping the furniture in one piece, having them declawed is out of the question ! :D But to me they are worth it ! I love them with all my heart and soul screw the furniture and any other pricey luxury I can't afford any more .

SHMOO (girl)

JR ( He's the most like his Dad )

REED

JEAN SHMOO

BOBBY

WILLOW
Born with Spina Bifida almost didn't make but had her tail amputated where an opening was and so far so good :) She is very sweet and has a very big purr a real tough cookie ! :) .
UPDATE 2015 : Willow is still with us with no other troubles from her spina bifida.

Mings Babies

2012-05-20T18:57:00.002-04:00

:) what a beautiful happy face Ming has with her new babies born just a couple days after mothers day .

Two Peas in a Pod - Cats Intuition

2012-04-07T08:56:00.000-04:00

Billy and Ming have been nothing but happy since they found each other . Billy copies Ming and Ming copies Billy . The saying "copy cat" doesn't come from nothing :) A kind of empathetic entrainment , cats intuition mixed with learning from example :) These two are joy together even with their occational cat spats.

This is an awesome message about intuition

Coincidence ? 11 11 11 - Synchronicity

2011-11-11T12:46:00.001-05:00

A fun day for sure lots of the lovely number 11 to ponder over. Can't get enough. There is a beautiful flock of little birds dancing all around my house swaying to the beat. Reminding me of how connected we all are to nature and each other :)'Coincidence' is the story of my life and what a day to celebrate it.

Catching the bug of synchronicity

Cute Frog The Forest Is Filled With Them !

2011-08-18T17:09:00.002-04:00

There were just tons of these guys down at the forest today. I think it's an American Toad not sure cute little fella and easy to catch. I let them all go again :) Also found an abundance of leopard frogs down there which is nice. Won't be long though it'll be all gone. The Kitchener construction trucks just keep getting deeper and deeper into it. There is so much life in this little patch of forest in the middle of the city even deer and blue herring are still squishing themselves in there. What a shame to see it all go. Yes wave goodbye little frog.

( I released this frog right after taking this picture , I never take animals out of the wild. )

I think this is an endangered species. Too bad they couldn't have taken a better look at the present nature before they put all those big expensive houses in there. Ah well, all the broken glass, needles and foaming toxic sludge in the creek killing all the crayfish was not a good place for animals anyway. There was a ferret or weasel-like critter as well and a muskrat den. Twice now my son has spotted and taken pics of a fox.And there is a population of red-tailed hawks as well. Down Blazer road. I know not too far off by the Grand river there is or was an endangered newt with an orange belly a long time ago he was rescued and put on the list.

WHOOOOT !!! I just quit smoking :)))))

2011-04-05T23:31:00.003-04:00

I can't believe how good it feels to clean some serious pollution out of my life . I've been spending so much time watching natural disasters one after the other smoking my brains out in stress and tears paralyzed sometimes by the horrors on the news and realized a microcosm of this reflection . There's been an oil spill in my lungs every cigarette I smoke like a radioactive leak seeping into the future of my life . The only real power I have in this world is here and now in my own life and body quitting smoking seemed like a way to be the change I want to see in the world .

These are a couple of cards out of an old card game called The Illuminati Card Game . Some people believe some of the cards have ended up being prophetic since they came out years before some of the events they depict that actually happened. After hearing that I picked out a few good cards I would like to see happen and wolla ! So far so good . Works for me anyway hee hee :)

Earth Hour Don't Forget To Switch Off :)

2011-03-24T15:37:00.005-04:00

Transformation Complete

2011-02-18T21:19:00.003-05:00

Dancing and jumping for joy! A first moth hatched tonight :)) I watched as it slowly nudged it's head through the cocoon and emerged pumping up its wings and spreading them elegantly before my eyes. How beautiful :) How fitting the recent solar flare melting an arctic-like snowscape outside, everything is melted and the sun was shining so bright what a day!

Seeing Myself Through Billy's Eye

2011-02-06T14:09:00.002-05:00

Silkworms And Synchronized Change

2011-01-26T09:40:00.002-05:00

Snapped this today 3 different molting silkworms all at different ages living in the same container synchronizing themselves to each other to molt at the same time .

Whites Tree Frog Changing Colour

2010-11-03T09:40:00.003-04:00

Just an interesting observation I made this morning with one of my tree frogs . This one is usually hiding a nice surprise to see him when I put on his light . Neat how temperature and light effect his colour . At night he matches his tree and during the day he matches the leaves on them he actually gets even more green than in my picture he changed so fast these pics are taken right in a row . The two that I have also seem to like the sound of my sons voice usually at night after the light goes out and they hear him speaking they blast out long and synchronized croaks responding to him . An amazing sound :) What a great smile eh? hee hee :))

My Flower Bloomed

2010-11-02T13:28:00.003-04:00

What a cool plant brought this home a couple days ago it was only buds nice to watch it bloom before my eyes . Sure didn't take long by the next day already after putting it in the sun it started . Nice :)

Chicken Soup For The Soul - Billy Style

2010-10-27T13:58:00.037-04:00

Note these are actual links to interesting information not ad links thanks :)

Recently changing over to non gmo and organic foods . Just after one week of taking some junk out of my diet is a huge difference in stress levels . Should of done this sooner .A couple of weeks ago I ran out of sugar and ended up having to put honey and organic maple syrup in my coffee wholey cow ! I never realized how much non organic sugar was stressing me and making me feel sick . I wasn't happy about spending 10 bucks on milk though geeze ! I read that grass fed cows fermented stuff like butter cheese and natto made from soy beans , produce a vitamin that helps to decalcify the pineal gland when mixed with A and D . Homeade butter here I come :)) . Billy and I had sushi for supper last night yum ! A little light ( and I don't mean diet ) meditation on the fridge does wonders !

https://vimeo.com/162436969

White Mice

2010-10-15T19:37:00.002-04:00

Brought this little cutie home today :)

All Done

2010-09-24T13:10:00.002-04:00

Time to put the eggs in the fridge and wait for 3 months maybe have some hatch lings by Christmas

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Silkmoth Eggs ( Bombyx Mori )

2010-09-12T15:45:00.001-04:00

Some of the eggs she laid yesterday still not sure if they are fertile or not yet . They feel like brail on the paper I wonder if they say anything :) She did make this nice little flower though good job Tinkerbell :)

Well Hello Handsome :)

2010-09-11T09:40:00.010-04:00

This male hatched last night 2 in the morning just as Tinkerbell had decided she wasn't going to wait anymore and started laying infertile eggs . I wanted to place them together to get the ball rolling but he didn't like that idea and had an "accident" as I tried to pick him up can't blame him for being nervous :) so I turned off the light and let nature do it's thing thinking his little antani would pick up her sent a mile away and frantically flutter over to her .
This morning I looked he was still perched in his spot and she had been busy laying over 100 little golden infertile eggs . I picked her up and put her with him and immediately they finally found each other .
I never realized how over domesticated these critters are and how much intervention is needed to raise them .I am assuming this is part of the reason for the "virus" they have and why it has been so hard getting these guys to spin .
Hopefully I will be able to diversify them and blend my eggs with eggs from another line . Tried to get some from the states but Canada has a new biological import law . Need a permit that takes over 4 years to get just for some silkworm eggs . Canada has also put the white mulberry tree on the invasive species list being that the Asian version of our red mulberry does genetic swapping and takes out our native tree . I've seen some mulberries that are a beautiful blend of both .
Come on it's nature to migrate survival of the fittest just because a human brought the tree here doesn't mean it's not still a way of nature .I myself wouldn't be here if it wasn't for migration . My great great grandmother was an Iroquois Indian who met up with a handsome French man yes I am a descendant of a Pocahontis in the flesh : ) Can you tell ?.I am a beautiful blend of many cultures as the years have gone by .I've ended up with Native French German British and my son now holds some Russian .
Not saying that there aren't issues with threats of Eco systems being totally destroyed due to invasive species like the African clawed dwarf frog with its other frog killing fungus but this is not the case in all situations fine picking discernment instead of blanket solutions is more work and time but worth the effort .

It's a GIRL :)) Silkmoth

2010-09-10T08:50:00.010-04:00

My first moth hatched this morning while I was asleep . I am ecstatic I wasn't sure if any of them would hatch since I had such a hard time raising these guys . Not an easy task breeding sick silkworms I started out with 80 and ended up with only 33 cocoons but hey I'm pleased as punch . Yesterday I found out I had the timing wrong its not 3 weeks after spinning that they emerge its only about two .I put her down back with the other cocoons . It was easy to tell which ones around her are male their cocoons were wobbling all over the place picking up on her pheromones . Come on boys time to come out and join the party :)

Hey Look ! I caught a fairy ! hee hee I'll have to call

her Tinker Bell now of course wow she is really reflective .