Irresponsible

[Begin Rant]

Ok, so I'm not all huge on "save the planet and nature before saving humans" and I'm not sure about the reliability of the video above, but I do believe America especially has been irresponsible and terribly wasteful in the past and this video gives an inkling of the consequences of our actions.  Like, you don't know how annoyed I am at Americans being wasteful.  We are indeed commanded by God to be stewards of this earth and we're acting  like spoiled brats who don't care except that we get what we want.

[End Rant]

Oh tomorrow are the presidential elections, people, so go vote!  Don't waste the freedom you have in this country!

Mizzoria~

Canine Love

Hey - it's Friday, which means you all can spend 15 minutes to watch a touching Youtube video on a couple canines, several felines, an ursine, leporidine, and phasianidine, right?  Yeah, I made up those last 2 words but they relate to the taxonomy of rabbits and pheasants...



And that is why I like dogs better than I do cats...

Anybody else get annoyed that the mother/father (I can't tell) didn't so much as nod her/his head at Benji as a sign of gratitude!?  Frustrating and saddening that Benji had made so many sacrifices for those kits and then had to just leave like that.  I'm positive one of those little guys started tearing up when that happened.

Mizzoria~

Rocks + Water = Splashes

Back in May, our family had a roadtrip up to Maine and while visiting the Acadia National Park, we stopped at some cove on a chilly, cloudy day to throw rocks into the water.  And of course with the chunky rocks of Maine, we got some great splashes.

Here's a link to some photos I took: [Rock + Water Maine Album]

And here are a few:

This is a pre-splash shot.

Mizzoria~

DC and Driving

So - last week Tuesday, we went on a day-trip to D.C. after deciding to do so on Monday.  We are quite the extemporary family ...

Anyways, DC is about a 4 hour drive from our home (it took us about 5 hours, due to notorious traffic) so the day start at 5:30am getting up and prepping for the trip to leave at 6:30am.

Here are some pics from the day:

Pretty waterfalls at the Roosevelt Memorial

A quote by Roosevelt that I really like.

More pretty waterfalls...

Some neat etchings on a column

Another great quote...

Stone etchings on a wall

This one is amazingly done.  The original bronze sculpting was probably the size of my fist.

More waterfall...

This one is so true!  And it doesn't apply to only human resources but also any natural resources.

Sorry for the bad quality of this one, but it's another great quote.

This one was at the Martin Luther Memorial.

Abraham Lincoln Memorial

The Reflecting Pool which they finally remodeled!  Sadly, there was still construction fluff at the bottom.

As you can see, it was a very cloudy day, but we were just thankful that it wasn't pouring.

There were these ridiculous ducks constantly "ducking" into the water head first.

That would be me and my Dad in the lower left.

More duck...

I think my Jsis took this.

Sooooo many Canadian Geese.  I believe there were about 100 geese there.

Some fancy sword at the Aerospace Museum (weird place to display it, right?)

Capitol Hill

Prettiful flowers at the Botanical Garden

These flowers are so long and thick.

No clue what that is.

CACAO BEANS!!!!!

A neat setup in front of the Botanical Gardens.  What I really wanted to take a picture will be later zoomed in.

CAMARO!!!!!!

Pineapple

Papaya

We ended up leaving at 6:30pm and coming home at about 11pm. I got to drive the 9pm-11pm shift, which I pretty much begged for, since I get to drive the long highway section when there are almost no people and I get my quiet, introverted thinking time while everyone snoozes in the back in [*cough*almost*cough*] total silence.  One can either reminisce through the day's events or ponder the wonders of the God or just communicate with God asking Him questions and whatnot.

When do you like to drive and why?

Mizzoria~