They filled in the ravine our home backed up on where I had played as a child, to build more houses. Then we moved to a home on the edge of a small forest that was protected.
As Joni Mitchell wrote and sang: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
Don't know if can view this, Buzz … it's Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"
And the sign says, "Long haired freaky people need not apply" So I put my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why? He said, "You look like a fine outstanding young man, I think you'll do" So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that! Huh! Me, working for you!", oh
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind "Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
And the sign says, "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight" So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house "Hey! What gives you the right? To put up a fence and keep me out, or to keep mother nature in? If God was here, he'd tell it to your face, man, you're some kind of sinner"
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind "Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
Oh, say now mister, can't you read? You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat You can't watch, no, you can't eat, you ain't supposed to be here
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And the sign says, "You got to have a membership card to get inside", uh
And the sign says, "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray" But then they passed around a plate at the end of it all And I didn't have a penny to pay So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own fuckin' sign I said, "Thank you Lord, for thinking 'bout me I'm alive and doing fine", oh
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind "Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind "Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
{Yes! Some old song, called "Signs Signs" I wish we did write Read more at
I went back to Ohio But my city was gone There was no train station There was no downtown South Howard had disappeared All my favorite places My city had been pulled down Reduced to parking spaces A, o, way to go Ohio
Well I went back to Ohio But my family was gone I stood on the back porch There was nobody home I was stunned and amazed My childhood memories Slowly swirled past Like the wind through the trees A, o, oh way to go Ohio
I went back to Ohio But my pretty countryside Had been paved down the middle By a government that had no pride The farms of Ohio Had been replaced by shopping malls And Muzak filled the air From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls Said, a, o, oh way to go Ohio
The Thunderbird is the symbol of the Anishinaabe people, the Thunderbirds sole purpose is to protect Mother Earth
Considered the most powerful of all Mantious (spirits) it is only second to Kitchi-Manitou, the Creator, or as we know it, ''The Great Mystery".
Thunderbirds
Of all the Manitou's who presided over the destinies and affairs of humankind, none was more revered for its potency and preeminence than the thunderbird. Many manitous were once men and women, but the thunderbirds had always been manitous, from the beginning of time, dwelling in the mountains and serving Mother Earth behind clouds that they themselves generated.
The manitous and totems of Mother Earth, the thunderbirds were created by Kitchi-Manitou to tend to Mother Earth's health and well-being, to give her drink when she is thristy, to cleanse her form and her garments when she needs refreshments, to keep fertile and fruitful, and to stoke fires to regenerate the forests. From early spring to late fall, the thunderbirds were vigilant in tending to Mother Earth, and in winter, they rested.'
The Anishinaabe people believed that the thunderbirds looked like and were kin to the eagles, and that eagles might be thunderbirds in disguise, passing from the heights and ascending into the sky until they are seen no more. Thunderbirds were being of mystery and power and good. Yet they were to be feared.
Days before the thunderbirds began their preparations to cleanse Mother Earth, the owls and other night birds warned one another that the thunderbirds were stirring and that they were about to open the floodgates and let loose fire bolts, and they urged one another to take shelter.
And as the thunderbirds stoked the fires in their forges, great dark clouds billowed, and small birds and animals took shelter just before the floodgates were opened and the flaming arrows were unleashed. The thunderbirds were indifferent to animals or humans.
Most men and women had nothing but the highest respect for thunderbirds, but there were a few who longed to go to the thunderbirds', to set eyes on these manitous, and trusted that the thunderbirds would not be too offended by their trespassing. Perhaps some believed that they could enter the manitou's domain, as they could infiltrate an enemy's camp, and leave unnoticed.
Those who dared intrude on the sanctuary of the thunderbirds never came back to their to their families and homes. They were destroyed.
Though men and women could not enter the world of thunderbirds, these manitous occasionally came down from their sanctuary disguised as human beings.
When the Anishinaubaek gave thanks to the Earth, they reflected on the land and the waters, the forests and the fields, the mountains and the valleys, the winds and colors, and all their animal cotenants on the Earth. Mother Earth in all her forms and conditions was what the celebrants meant when they offered the second whiff of tobacco incense. It was the Earth in its entirety, not just a portion of it, that men and women considered when they thought of Mother Earth.
This is why the thunderbirds protected Mother Earth, and everything else was of no importance to them. Mother Earth, was the womb from which we all came, and for her to be harmed was not something that the thunderbirds could accept. For if MotherEarth, in all her splendor, was harmed, then all of mankind, birds, animals, fish, insects and all other living creatures could not longer survive.
We have harmed Mother Earth over the centuries, and we still do. Perhaps it is time for the thunderbirds to direct their anger and power at us, the unthinking humans that are on a path to destory our mother.
… or a pipeline, or wind farms in proximity to residential areas … or anywhere the marketplace is God.
Really lovely pic. I have to find the one I wanted to get from you. Is it up on your link?
I think this is the one … but I don't take money from friends … see what options are available but don't order anything.
Yup! That's the one! I just love it!
They filled in the ravine our home backed up on where I had played as a child, to build more houses. Then we moved to a home on the edge of a small forest that was protected.
As Joni Mitchell wrote and sang: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
Don't know if can view this, Buzz … it's Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi"
And the sign says, "Long haired freaky people need not apply"
So I put my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why?
He said, "You look like a fine outstanding young man, I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said "Imagine that! Huh! Me, working for you!", oh
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs
Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind
"Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
And the sign says, "Anybody caught trespassing will be shot on sight"
So I jumped the fence and I yelled at the house
"Hey! What gives you the right?
To put up a fence and keep me out, or to keep mother nature in?
If God was here, he'd tell it to your face, man, you're some kind of sinner"
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs
Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind
"Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
Oh, say now mister, can't you read?
You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't watch, no, you can't eat, you ain't supposed to be here
image:
And the sign says, "You got to have a membership card to get inside", uh
And the sign says, "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray"
But then they passed around a plate at the end of it all
And I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own fuckin' sign
I said, "Thank you Lord, for thinking 'bout me I'm alive and doing fine", oh
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs
Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind
"Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs
Fuckin' up the scenery, breakin' my mind
"Do this, don't do that", can't you read the sign?
{Yes! Some old song, called "Signs Signs"
I wish we did write
Read more at
It's okay, Art, I know all of Joni's early songs quite well. In fact, Joni and I knew each other quite well.
Oh do tell Buzz!
BTW I think Mac's point is that it's about time we put our natural resources first.
And here is my contribution to the song list....
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
South Howard had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
A, o, way to go Ohio
But my family was gone
I stood on the back porch
There was nobody home
I was stunned and amazed
My childhood memories
Slowly swirled past
Like the wind through the trees
A, o, oh way to go Ohio
But my pretty countryside
Had been paved down the middle
By a government that had no pride
The farms of Ohio
Had been replaced by shopping malls
And Muzak filled the air
From Seneca to Cuyahoga falls
Said, a, o, oh way to go Ohio
The Thunderbird is the symbol of the Anishinaabe people, the Thunderbirds sole purpose is to protect Mother Earth
Considered the most powerful of all Mantious (spirits) it is only second to Kitchi-Manitou, the Creator, or as we know it, ''The Great Mystery".
Thunderbirds
Of all the Manitou's who presided over the destinies and affairs of humankind, none was more revered for its potency and preeminence than the thunderbird. Many manitous were once men and women, but the thunderbirds had always been manitous, from the beginning of time, dwelling in the mountains and serving Mother Earth behind clouds that they themselves generated.
The manitous and totems of Mother Earth, the thunderbirds were created by Kitchi-Manitou to tend to Mother Earth's health and well-being, to give her drink when she is thristy, to cleanse her form and her garments when she needs refreshments, to keep fertile and fruitful, and to stoke fires to regenerate the forests. From early spring to late fall, the thunderbirds were vigilant in tending to Mother Earth, and in winter, they rested.'
The Anishinaabe people believed that the thunderbirds looked like and were kin to the eagles, and that eagles might be thunderbirds in disguise, passing from the heights and ascending into the sky until they are seen no more. Thunderbirds were being of mystery and power and good. Yet they were to be feared.
Days before the thunderbirds began their preparations to cleanse Mother Earth, the owls and other night birds warned one another that the thunderbirds were stirring and that they were about to open the floodgates and let loose fire bolts, and they urged one another to take shelter.
And as the thunderbirds stoked the fires in their forges, great dark clouds billowed, and small birds and animals took shelter just before the floodgates were opened and the flaming arrows were unleashed. The thunderbirds were indifferent to animals or humans.
Most men and women had nothing but the highest respect for thunderbirds, but there were a few who longed to go to the thunderbirds', to set eyes on these manitous, and trusted that the thunderbirds would not be too offended by their trespassing. Perhaps some believed that they could enter the manitou's domain, as they could infiltrate an enemy's camp, and leave unnoticed.
Those who dared intrude on the sanctuary of the thunderbirds never came back to their to their families and homes. They were destroyed.
Though men and women could not enter the world of thunderbirds, these manitous occasionally came down from their sanctuary disguised as human beings.
When the Anishinaubaek gave thanks to the Earth, they reflected on the land and the waters, the forests and the fields, the mountains and the valleys, the winds and colors, and all their animal cotenants on the Earth. Mother Earth in all her forms and conditions was what the celebrants meant when they offered the second whiff of tobacco incense. It was the Earth in its entirety, not just a portion of it, that men and women considered when they thought of Mother Earth.
This is why the thunderbirds protected Mother Earth, and everything else was of no importance to them. Mother Earth, was the womb from which we all came, and for her to be harmed was not something that the thunderbirds could accept. For if MotherEarth, in all her splendor, was harmed, then all of mankind, birds, animals, fish, insects and all other living creatures could not longer survive.
We have harmed Mother Earth over the centuries, and we still do. Perhaps it is time for the thunderbirds to direct their anger and power at us, the unthinking humans that are on a path to destory our mother.
Good night … will post at least one new pic tomorrow.