Wednesday's Wisdom:To All Jack-O-Lanterns — STAY IN THE SHADE!

For a brief time, in bygone years here on Blogger, I ran a series called Wednesday's Wisdom, and today Wednesday, October nineteenth, I am launching it again. I was prompted to do this by one of the Jack-O-Lanterns who made his annual pre-Halloween visit to my rooftop garden in NYC. He can be seen (in the first two pictures atop this entry) sunbathing as he soaks up the sun's rays while sitting on a table in my rooftop garden. And as you can see, he spent too many hours working on his tan, for his head caved in from the sun's heat. We've had record breaking temperatures in NYC these past few days and my Jack-O-Lantern did not realize how the heat affected his head! Therefore, he asked me to post content warning his comrades to stay in the shade when visiting gardens!

Tuesday's Truths WK 14: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

'"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent," is a quote that's attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, whose statue in NYC's Riverside Park can be seen in the photo atop this entry. Cam, my female cardinal (and co-author) references this quotation in her book, Words In Our Beak, Volume One.

Since today is the anniversary of ER's appearance on "What's My Line?," and also, since Tuesday is a day reserved for special truisms on my blog, I thought it would be a good time to reinforce ER's wisdom, and remind you, dear reader, that "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." 

ADDENDUM FALL 2018: 

The non-hardcover version (or versions)  of Volume One within the Words In Our Beak book series that are mentioned in this entry may only remain available for a limited time, but hardcover versions of Volume One, Two and Three can now be found wherever books are sold. Please click here to go to my blog post that provides details as to where you can get these books.

MY BOOK SERIES

Additionally, I have rendered some images from these books into other formats and they are available via Fine Art America (FAA). Some of my other photographs (Black & White Collection, Kaleidoscopic Images and the famous Mandarin duck who visited NYC) can also be found on my FAA pages.

Not a "MUMMY's Boy"

The mummy pictured in the first image is one you might recognize from my my entries re Halloween in bygone years. He has been visiting me for about five or six years now, and this year his child joined him. The little boy can be seen in the second image. He insists that the reason he has not been with him before is that he is NOT A "MUMMY's Boy!'

Halloween Decor in my Garden + in my Hood

In two weeks it will be Halloween and in honor of the holiday, Juan V helped me do a bit of decorating in my urban garden that is on a rooftop in NYC. Some of the decorations he placed can be seen in the pictures that is atop this entry. The image features pumpkins dangling from my Continus Coggygria AKA Smoke Bush (seen in the left hand portion of the image). This picture also shows a partial view of pumpkin lights climbing on a trellis that is the “playground” for my climbing white roses.

Today's the Feast Day of Saint Teresa of Ávila

Today's the Feast Day of Saint Teresa of Ávila, In bygone years, I've written about her here on Blogger. In one of my entries, I described how her perception of prayer relates to my tending to my urban garden.

I invite you to refer to either (or both) of my posts re her as a way of learning more about this saint on her feast day. (Please note, the image atop today's entry is from a page that has more information about this saint's life.)

Tuesday's Truths WK 13: How The Bald Eagle Became America's National Bird AND Other Cool Facts!

Hello and welcome to week thirteen of Tuesday's Truths. The photo of a Bald Eagle atop this entry was taken yesterday at The Raptor Trust, a bird rehab facility in New Jersey. As you may know, dear reader, I initially learned of The Raptor Trust's existence from The Wild Bird Fund, the only bird rehab center in NYC. I made my first trip to their facility last Friday and posted this fact on Blogger on Sunday, October 9th, where I introduced Pearl, an American Robin, who is classified as "partial-Albino" by The Raptor Trust, as evidenced in the photos below.

In any event, within the aforementioned blog post, I promised that I would write about the other birds that I saw there. But I  didn't know that I would have the opportunity to return to The Raptor Trust today with a friend who wanted to give our mutual buddy (who has been recovering from an illness for a long time) an opportunity to have a day trip.

I only took a few photos yesteday as I haven't had the chance to use the ones I took this past Friday! But the photo of Pearl (directly above, as well as the image atop this entry, and the two directly below were taken yesterday.

I had hoped to get better images of the Bald Eagles who are permanent residents at the facility as I knew my intention was to post information re how the Bald Eagle became America's national bird.