Spiritual and Inspirational Sunday

Have a very blessed Sunday

Freaky Fun Friday - TGIF Let's Just Have Fun - Big Foot

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Being a young child in the 70's I of course knew about the Patterson Video.  I heard about much after the time that the actual event occurred, but just the same it sparked my interest.  I remember that most people felt it was a hoax but even at a young age I always like to believe there are still many mysteries in our natural world that we have no logical explanations for.  I loved the stories of Loch Ness Monster, UFOs and Big Foot and I still do.  Of course I could be just as skeptical as anyone else since I am a pretty linear and logical thinker, but I have a tiny bit of Artist running through my veins and that creative, flamboyant side screams out from its depths, "Why Not?" 

I think life is much more fun if we do believe in unexplained thing, leave some mystery to life and don't take things so serious.  Besides I was once told by a great professor (of religion) and pastor that God has a sense of humor; I could picture Him giving us a glimpse of Big Foot once and a while, laughing to Himself saying "that will keep them busy for a minute."   So with that being said there has been another Big Foot sighting in Idaho, What fun?  Some kids apparently caught on camera a large shadowy figure running into the woods and afterwards ran toward where the creature was seen and took pictures of the foot prints.  Am I a little skeptical about the foot print? Yes but the video is a little curious.  Who knows but it is still fun to think it may be out there.  Click here to see the actual news report on the possible Big Foot Sighting

I had the pleasure of also going to Happy Camp California where they have strongly capitalized on the Patterson sighting.  Unfortunately for the small town it is hours away from any other large towns or cities so I don't think that sighting will ever be able to really draw anyone other than Big Foot hunters and  a few people that have quirky hobbies, like myself, and thinks it is fun to visit place they see on TV in person.  It would never be enough to get the town hopping, but maybe the citizens like it that way.  The area is beautiful and the Klamath River along with its smaller tributary rivers and creeks is still wild and covers a vast area.  You could truly get lost if you were not careful and the area is a little dangerous but I am very glad I had a chance to see it.

So my Freaky Fun Friday theme is going to continue with a tribute to Big Foot Etsy Style and I hope that many of you still find it fun to think about the mysteries right around us.  Life gets very boring without those little unknowns.

Spiritual and Inspirational Sunday - May 6, 2012

Just want to say first - Happy National Postcard Week!  It starts today and I hope that my fellow postcard enthusiasts get many many postcards this week.

Often common everyday things can have deep meaning to someone without any real logic behind it.  I am a very strange mix; I have a degree in math and science and can be very logical but the other side of me firmly believes in God and miracles.  I also firmly believe that God did not create a boring orb for us to mundanely walk on but He created a mysterious planet for us, if we just start looking at things from different perspectives.  Most of us have had many "odd" things happen some good and maybe some bad but they all come down to a simple fact that there are no logical explanations for them.  I love a good mystery and think that maybe that has made it easier for me to hang in there when the times get rough vs other people who do give up.  I want to know how the story ends and part of the fun of any mystery is to read a chapter and sit back and try to figure out what just happened.

Mourning Doves are a very common bird in most areas of the US and often like to be around people; this would be the logical side of my brain working.  My mystery loving side doesn't care if that make sense I prefer this story: Growing up my Grandmother Lily had a passion for birds that she shared and nurtured it in me.  I still absolutely love birds; from the sweet little sparrow to the crazy and loud California Blue Jay.   Her favorite birds were Mourning Doves, she told me a lot about them and why she liked them.  I was quite small when she died so I don't remember everything but that they represented peace and they are like people and mate for life. 

Over the years and several moves I have noticed that my Mourning Doves travel with me.  It doesn't matter if it is an apartment with no yard or a town house with a yard they are there.   In fact when I first moved to Fresno (the first time I have ever lived away from Wisconsin) there was a family that built a nest above our patio light.  They laid eggs and I was able to watch their off-spring grow and eventually leave for their own future.  Although they are common I have always felt that they show up right at moments when I need them. 

When my Grandfather died this winter I was very crushed; I had not seen him for a long time and I couldn't go back to the Midwest for the funeral.  On that day four Mourning Doves sat on the rail by my home and stayed their all day.  I would like to believe it was my grandparents (all of them now passed on) there to comfort me and remind me that they are at peace.

Whenever I see the Mourning Doves I feel that they are my little angels; there to remind me that I am watched over, to comfort me and to remind me that my grandparents loved me.  Maybe it's silly but then how do we know they are not? I know that if Grandma Lily had a chance to choose what form she came to visit me in, it would be her favorite bird, the Mourning Doves.

May you have a peaceful and blessed Sunday and don't stop looking for the mystery.