What does a Patch mean to me?

This Australian link describes the sort of Patch I refer to, although this thread is by no means limited to this form.
http://www.amlrnrm.sa.gov.au/BoardPrograms/OurPatchCatchmentCare.aspx

Re: What does a Patch mean to me?

Our online “patch” here at Gaia means a lot to me,
as I know it does for all our members.
Today there has been a “rumble” in our patch and I have
done what I can to try and repair that.
I hope our friends can see the love we all share and
pray for peace amongst us all.

Ours is a Peaceful Patch and I hope we can keep it that way?

Sandy

Re: Turn your lights off for Earth Hour !

Earth Hour tonight -visit the link for all the info -http://www.earthhour.org/home/

I am looking forward to seeing my patch in darkness tonight -
and I hope you all will participate, in your own patches-
or little corners of the World!

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It has begun !
from Twitter-
“Earth Hour has begun in the Chatham Islands!!!! The first place in the world. Woohooo””

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Earth Hour has started in New Zealand.

Re:Earth Hour Reports.

Earth Hour has been a huge success, World-Wide.
The following link shows the Australian report on last nights events.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25257191-5009760,00.html

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Did a couple of hours of candlelight last night, looked up and down the road, think there were less lights on, but over here the event wasn't made public.  (to my knowledge)  I received an email from a friend about it, they had heard off someone else, but they hadn't heard anything through the media.  Maybe next year we can make a bigger impact.

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Sorry to hear that Tai -I thought it had been bigger, over there?
I shall have to have another look on the site at the reports from different Countries?
But, as you say -next year, hopefully there will be a MUCH bigger impact!

Re:Earth Hour Reports.

This is the report from Great Britain….


many of London’s illuminated landmarks such as Nelson’s Column, the Coca Cola signs in Piccadilly Circus, the National Gallery, National Theatre, Hayward Gallery, V&A museum, GLA buildings, and the revolving London Eye will be dimming for the hour. Latest hot sign-up is the Number 2 laser at the Greenwich Observatory…
elsewhere in England, it’ll be lights out at Manchester’s Big Wheel and the Evening News Arena; the Sage, Gateshead, the Tyne and Gateshead Millennium Bridges; Brighton Pier; the Spinnaker Tower, Gun Wharf Quays and Royal Armouries in Portsmouth; and the Triangle, Britannia Hotel, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges in Birmingham; and the SS Great Britain in Bristol
in Wales, Caerphilly and Cardiff Castles will switch their lights off, as will the Millennium Stadium
in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Rail Bridge will be plunged into darkness

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It's good about the cities getting into the swing of things, must take longer to filter down into the small villages and towns.  The cities are the major users of electricity so it makes sense that they save power - thought they may have switched the street lights off at least for an hour. 

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Yes, I guess it does take longer to filter down to the small villages
and towns -hopefully next year there will be more awareness throughout
the entire Country.
The Cities, are of course the major users of power, so glad they did
participate.
But when I saw footage of the lights being turned back on, I could
not help but wonder WHY it is necessary to use so much in the first place?
I am sure the “neons' of the World could reduce their wattage greatly
on an everyday basis.
Just HOW much of it is really necessary?

Re:A new patch/place -

Hi from Newcastle, Australia -where I am visiting a great new patch/city!
It is so lovely hear -mostly because some of my family are now living here-
but also because it truly is a city/beach place!
The ocean, the beaches, the fishing boats, the wharves -the whole
atomosphere of a city next to the coast- is just wonderful.
The people are friendly -and don't have that harrassed city look on their faces-
they are smiling -they can go for a walk a bike ride a swim or go fishing,
at the end of their day!
I love it here :)

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Sounds like a good patch Sandy (:0)  The ocean and beach sounds great, good for chilling out….

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Yes, it sure is -though wouldn't you know it -Winter has just “appeared” !
The weather has turned cooler and we had rain today.
But of course, that is “Murphy's Law” for you!
I knew before I came down here, that there was a good chance our
last flush of summer would disappear!

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Spring, here has come in bouts, disappeared, reappeared, disappeared, think it's here to stay this time, been taking pics in the garden this afternoon.  Thought I'd take my chair into the front porch and take photos of the garden from the  porch, the sun went in and it started to get a bit chilly!  next door's cat got in then and ran upstairs and made itself comfortable, so went up and removed it from the white duvet, he's black and his fur moults everywhere!  I keep telling him it's “my patch”, but he insists it's his, ah well we are feeding him at present 'cos him mum's away (:0)

image “smile please!”

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picture taken from my front porch, it's thundering in England today, lightening, very hot and sticky in the night….

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Very nice -it doesn't look like you are built out at all Tai-
are you in the City or the Country?
Seems strange to think of you with that sort of weather -
though I guess you are coming into Summer over there?

We had our first rain free day today -and the temperature
was 30 degrees -so we are still a bit of a way off Winter -lol

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it's blossom time here, so it's quite typical to get heavy rain, glad I got some pictures of the blossoms on Monday.  We live on the edge of a town, so have access to countryside and town, so it's a good balance.  Summer will arrive in a couple of months here.  It gets to 30 in the summer, sometimes a little higher, went really chilly after tea last night - gaia is taking ages to post today, really slow…

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Oh the blossom's are simply beautiful !!
And lucky, lucky you -sounds like the perfect spot and the best
of both world's!

Yes, Gaia is sure slow tonight -but it has been the same in other
places on the internet all day-
don't know WHAT is going on ???

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I wish I knew, maybe it's the atmospheric pressure/weather conditions - something a bit weird happened last night, and Dave (drum teacher) noticed it at the same time, he thought he heard something - a noise - as I experienced a sensation in my ears, like there was a pressure exchange between the ears, but he heard it as a sound..
The blossoms will be a bit worse for wear today and the bees will be in bed (:0)

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Well -that was a bit of a weird sensation -and it could be due to
atomospheric pressure?

It is still happening all over the net- glitches and freezes everywhere!
Everyone is complaing -but Gaia seems to be fine for me today.

Re: What does a Patch mean to me?

thought I would stop in and say hi sandy! and everyone else too!

well… as you get cooler, we get hotter and hotter… been in the 90s and no ac.
and since I have been sleeping mostly days, it feels like hotter!
but right now have the doors open and the air is cool outside at nite, 60s.
altho tonite either something new is blooming or the barometer is moving down, i have been sneezing all day and evening! my sinuses are throbbing and I am ready to cut my nose off… no not really, just kidding! about cutting my nose off… ;)
but too stuffed to think to blog … and play time is over… I did 3 more paintings this morning… and not feeling the creativity tonite with stuffy head…
just wanted to say hi and hope everyone is having a fun weekend!
I want to go to michigan this summer and see some friends, but it has not felt like it will happen… but I will add a photo of it here… to help my visualizations…
peacelovelight, margo

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Hi margo

such beautiful woodland, love woodland walks.  Lots of pollen here, the blossoms are fading with the rain now though.  Temperatures a little cool here, but the sun is shining today.  Would love to see your pictures, do you post them on Gaia.  How's the stuffy head today…
Tai

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Hi Margo -so lovely to see your post here ;)
I hope your sinus has cleared and wish you all the best with
your aspirations to visit Michigan and visit your friends.
As Tai has said -such a beautiful woodland photo!

Todaywas overcast here and we can feel the coolness entering
the air- the evenings are chillier as we approach winter,
but the day temps are around 26 degrees still, so quite pleasant.

Strange how we use different temperature gauges still -
I get a little confused now!

Re: What does a Patch mean to me?

What does my patch mean to me? I must have done something right. Here's a picture of Karen's and my patch on Christmas Day 2008, our dream come true in the shadow of Mt. Hood, Oregon.

All of my working years, I dreamed of retiring to the tall timber.  After finding myself at midlife, I found the perfect mate for me. Everything kept getting  and better. Karen and I retired and lived in our RV for nine years, finally landing here, a paradise to spend our remaining years.

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that looks like a delightful patch!

I'm in the suburbs of Montreal, which has been a great place for the kids to grow up. When I need to “get away”, I can go to the riverside (Montreal is an island in the St Lawrence river, so the riverside is not far) and walk around. It's so peaceful there. 

Love,

Nicole

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Hi Nicole, what a perfect “get away” location….

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How beautiful, inlink -I am so happy that you and you're Karen
have found each other and you're own “piece of paradise”
:)

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Nature's God has given us a beautiful planet. America's Northwest has an abundance of unspeakably beautiful patches. Karen and I were so privileged to have been allowed to leisurely visit nature’s magnificence. After spending years in the asphalt jungle working in stressful jobs, it made a huge difference in our outlook. For us, taking to the road in our RV was the way to go. Here’s a million dollar view taken out of the rear picture window of our Fifth Wheel at Waterfowl Lake in Alberta, Canada between Banff and Jasper.

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One of Karen's and my patches was on the Rogue River at Shady Cove, Oregon. We remained parked there in our RV five years. Here's a picture of how the Rogue looked from our site.

We went to a local restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner. The owner of the restaurant, a multi-millionaire, visited with us. He talked some time about his exciting life. Besides his palace in Shady Cove, he owned homes in San Francisco and Seattle. I told him we lived in our RV full time. He wondered if it wasn’t a bit crowded. “Not at all,” said I. “I wouldn’t trade our lives. Home is wherever we are.” With that remark, he left us to visit with other guests.

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We covered a lot of territory during our 9 years on wheels. Our road south ended at the southern tip of Texas, at Brownsville.  In this picture, you are looking at the Gulf of Mexico. Nice of them to put a stop sign there.

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Texas is my home state. One of my daughters lives in Austin, Texas. We spent 6 months in our home on wheels in Austin. Texas isn't much for scenery, except for springtime in Hill Country west of Austin.  Here's a picture of Karen in a field of bluebonnets.

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I lived and worked in Dallas, Texas.  I think about 1960 I rented a large tent and took my then wife and three girls on a campting trip to Transfer Park out of Durango, Colorado.  I yearned to some day retire to the Durango area and live in the mountains.

In 1999, the first summer of our RV life, Karen and I visited Transfer Park.  When I was there with my girls, there was only an Indian tepee and pack animals there.  The Indian took people up Burnt Timber trail to see the remains of gold mines.  The name Transfer Park came from when equipment and supplies for the gold mines was transferred from wagons to pack animals. Now there is is National Forest Campground there.  The picture is of Karen on Burnt Timber Trail.

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Grand Canyon is one of the 7 wonders of the world.  The picture is of me sitting at the North Rim of Grand Canyon.

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Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park, America’s first national park, is located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. During our second year of RV life, besides seeing grizzly bears, buffalo, and elk, we saw Old Faithful (in the picture) and other extraordinary examples of the earth’s molten interior close to the surface.

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This awesome picture was taken from Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, Montana, the scariest and most spectacular road we took in our 9 years on wheels.

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You have some wonderful pictures inlink, that you for sharing them here with us.  It has been a dream of mine to have a tourer and explore in a few years time and take lots of pictures of beautiful scenery just as you have done.

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This land is your land
This land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood forests
To the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for  you and me.

From the asphalt jungle, Karen and I are witnesses to the magesty of nature's God. From Psalm 23:
 
The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.

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Tree's majesty opens up inside of me
Space filled with love
Wonder and enchantment blaze their trail
Space filled with love

Thanks for your tree picture and beautiful words inlink

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“The tree's majesty opens up inside of me” reminds me of a story my missionary cousin told me. He brought Christianity to jungle people in what was the Belgium Congo.

On a return visit, my cousin discovered a problem in the way the church elders interpreted Christianity. There was this old woman in the village who refused to give up her tree, where she insisted God lived. The elders cut down her tree and she died of a broken heart.

No matter how or where we see God, my cousin pointed out to me, God is everywhere. I agree. There is a sacred “patch” in each of us. I found mine without the doctrines and dogmas, but to each his own.

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Crater Lake was formed by a cataclysmic eruption 6,000 years ago. My sanctuary was America’s crown jewel, Crater Lake, Oregon, from 2001 to 2007. We lived near the lake.. We camped at the lake for the night. Thunder resonated through the mountains. A shower sent us to bed early. I awakened before dawn. As it grew lighter, the forest taking on color and depth, the stars disappearing and the sky turning blue, the sun lighting the tips of the trees,


Yet the timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness,
And knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.
And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds
of that moment which scattered the stars into space
(Kalil Gibran),
the resilience of my moment in harmony with nature, if we could all know nature’s beauty, surely we could live together in peace.

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That's a beautiful quote inlink and yet another beautiful picture of Karen.  We live in beauty in our hearts and this reflects the beauty all around us.
You are giving us an excellent picture with your words and a good feel of the places you have experienced.  Thank you  

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It is gratifying to know that I can cause others to feel my experiences in nature. The “patches” we feel, according to Einstein, can be reduced to vibrations. We feel good vibes. We feel music, which reduces to vibrations. When I play my keyboard, I feel the music. My dog doesn’t show me that she appreciates or understands my music. Our human depth of understanding is far greater than other life forms. For the sake of our survival, it is essential that we increase our depth of understanding.

Physicists are now near to putting CERN’s LHC (Large Hadron Collider) into operation, hoping that it will reveal to them the makeup of the universe nanoseconds after its beginning, hopefully that they can know the how and why of everything that is.

We are, individually, colonies of cells, molecules, atoms, and subatomic particles, with minds potentially in control of billions of lesser lives within our makeup. Knowing the how and why of everything could greatly enhance my control over my being. I might never need to see a doctor. Why would I need a religion? There would be no need for government entitlements. By knowing the how and why of everything, my mind would hold the key to every situation and act accordingly.

I can imagine that the establishment would not want us to know the how and why of everything. Low and behold, I now receive the news that in the past few weeks there has been a marked increase in the number cybercriminal attacks on CERN. Coupled with the fact that government is hiding the hard evidence of extraterrestrial entities, and they are everywhere, including over off-limits military bases, and government is powerless to stop them, it must be terrible to be in charge and out of control of the situation.

 Peace is just around the corner. It is a step forward if people feel some of my experiences.  Actually, my life is more exciting now than it was when I was living on wheels. My intuition tells me that in our minds we are at the threshold of a quantum leap forward. We’ve about to become members of the galactic community.

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May you're intuition be corect, inlink and our Conscious Awareness
is about to take a quantum leap.

I shall just “hover” in the shadows for a moment -waiting-as I always do.
I find paths and begin linking them, only to be pushed away and having
to alter direction yet again.
But never fear, I will not leave the path -for I have already begun climbing
the ladder -now as long as no-one pushes me off again!!

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I ran across this picture in my travel pictures that brings out a quite pleasant feeling in me. I made it my computer sceen background scene.

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I'm feeling the changes inside and yes I believe we are on the verge if not already experiencing “the beauty” and the peace.  I was out in the car on Monday and I saw some very large red poppies - they were catching the light perfectly and I was wishing my camera battery wasn't still on charge…you have indeed given us a gift with this picture of red poppies, forest and a beautiful home in the clearing…I can almost smell the woodsmoke and feel the fresh air….
I've only seen a little on TV in England about the CERN project..

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