A better showing in the Moth Trap
today after a dry, still and balmy night produced about 40 Macro
(larger) Moths including one new species added to the Property List*.
LIME-SPECK PUG
PEBBLE PROMINENT
ROSY RUSTIC*
Likely indicating a healthy population here.
4 EAR MOTHS
All else in the trap today was this rather attractive FLY.
Sooner or later I must decide some direction for the next phase of my
life, but things are all too comfortable here with little sign of anyone
wanting rid of me. Perhaps if the 18:00 daily arrival of a pint of
Adnams Broadside along with a bowl of Kettles Crisps, followed by
dinner, which always includes 'home grown' vegetables, accompanied by a
decent Burgundy, Claret or New World 'red' were to dry up then some
incentive may be found!
A
step in that direction was mustering those few things on my now short
list of possessions, things I would find impossible to dispose of. Under
that heading come a number of Native North American (Indians) trophies
which have either been given or purchased during my travels to all 50
States of the USA. None are purported to be authentic 19th century
relics, but all hold a story or two in the acquiring. The 'white fluffy
thing' is a MANDALA, the Sanskrit word for circle, a type of Sacred
Shield which introduces us to the great circle that we find in
life, as well as the universe. For some this circle is sacred, for others it
signifies creation and our journey, for others this Great Mandala is used for
healing. The Great Mandala is found everywhere on the planet, throughout
various cultures, bringing for its people a great sense of peace and
understanding. Native American mandalas are no less than any other, found
across the country in every tribe.
More
ancient than the world renowned Tibetan mandala, one such Native
American
mandala comes from the Shaman. Within the centre of the mandala is the
healing
power of the circle. Black Elk found the sacred healing within the
balance of
the four directional points of the circle, referring to the mandala as a
Sacred Hoop. This can be seen, for instance, in the medicine wheel of
the various tribal cultures. The 'sporting' Bow and Arrow was purchased
from Sarah Passing Cloud of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe while staying in
Rapid City on my way to
MOUNT RUSHMORE
Washington, Jefferson, T Roosevelt and Lincoln.
and the CRAZY HORSE MONUMENT
Some idea of scale can be obtained by looking at the
'heavy plant' just below the chalk outline of the 'horses head'.
Some say the monument will never see completion!
Oh they of little faith.
CRAZY HORSE
1840 - 1877
In Lakota Tȟašúŋke Witkó in Standard Lakota Orthography
literally "His-Horse-Is-Crazy" or "His-Horse-Is-Spirited"; was a
Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota Tribe.
So there would be no confusion as to the boundaries of the
'OGLALA LAKOTA' HOMELANDS
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