Dear Reader:
While researching a completely different topic yesterday… the fabric of our lives…I suddenly found this title picture popping up depicting a stone hashtag. Dating back to the Stone Age in a cave in South Africa … there was a cross-hatched pattern drawn on a stone… with a red ochre crayon.
It dates back 73,000 years ago and proves that early Homo Sapiens in S. Africa could make graphical designs in various media using a diversity of techniques.
Even more important… this discovery shows just how rich and complex human behavior had already developed during this time.
The Stone Age? I picture hairy creatures with clubs trying to bring down wooly mammoths… not artists coloring on stones and creating color tools to accomplish this. Looks more like the Flintstones version of Stone Age history.
Wow! From the very beginning… early man had a completely different mindset … even despite surviving life and death situations daily and a life expectancy of only 25 to 30 years. Homo Sapiens were already developing a ” culture” that included communication, relationships, and art.
Let’s face it… man is special but along with this Divine gift… shouldn’t we be doing a better job as stewards of this beautiful blue planet we call home?
*** Anne and her sister Jane are seeing this upclose and personal as they snorkeled to see one of the most beautiful under water reefs in the world on their trip outside Honduras… only to be disappointed by how unhealthy the second largest reef in the world looks…due to man’s water pollution.
So until tomorrow…
Today is my favorite day… Winnie the Pooh
I had a God Wink yesterday while reading one of my favorite quotes from Mark Twain
” The two most important days of your life are the day you were born… and the day you found out why. ”
Suddenly I had another Third addition …(a third most important day in our lives) … and the day you realize that the secret to having it all.. is knowing that you already do.”
Amen.
The garden is transitioning nicely into Fall…
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John Turner
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Becky Dingle
Good morning Mrs. Dingle! All I could possibly add to today’s writing is one of the most important things to happen to me was accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior! And having My Earthly Mother and Father come to see me Baptized. My Father being a man that never cried, a WWII and Korean War, Veteran, he had tears in his eyes when he hugged me after the Baptismal service. He said to me Son to day is the most important day of your life! I can say is from that day my outlook on life has taken an about face and I have learned more about life since that day than you can imagine. Another very important day in my lifer took place 40 years ago, when my first born Jessica Johnson Freeman was born. You see I had practiced and anticipated her birth for months prior to her birth, but nothing can quite prepare you for what happens. I saw the miracle of life seeing my Daughter born this very day 40 years ago. To witness your own flesh and blood come into this world was incredible! I know now why my Baptism brought tears into my Fathers eyes, he saw me born as well! So there are days in one’s life that are important and life changing that you will remember until the very moment the Lord takes you home. And I am sure I’ll remember these days for all eternity.
I think you are right Johnny… those special days in our lives are special in our own personal lives… gifts from our Creator!
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