tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53728933818842114312024-01-24T05:17:01.652-08:00Michele "Mikala" Ross - ArtistI travel, paint, photograph, philosophize and sometimes its just plain rambling. I also sell my watercolors and oil paintings, both originals and prints. The philosophy is free. Just a note; all text and images on this site are copyrighted and should not be used without my permission. Just ask, I love to chat. Thanks for visiting. michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-20345198721338636032024-01-01T10:36:00.000-08:002024-01-01T10:36:08.583-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year everyone!! Let’s all have a great 2024!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Happy New Year! - bonne année! - Feliz Ano Novo! - Feliz año nuevo! - 新年快乐! - Szczęśliwego - Nowego Roku! - Boldog új évet! - Gelukkig nieuwjaar! - La Mulţi Ani! - İyi seneler! - Gott Nytt År! - Buon anno! - Onnellista uutta vuotta! - Godt nytt år! - Štastný nový rok - Sretna Nova godina! - Ευτυχισμένος ο καινούργιος χ......ρόνος - Godt nytår! - Feliĉan novjaron! - Srečno novo leto - Feliç Any Nou! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM4At3m4Qbl_84p3mdqfLLFsCWTQY0dCLLhMeiA_W9aohyK5m13bdrMHVtxZYLOdj_trNF4rtmMJn6SRdbSgNrkUErFdIQJoAZ8_inIYTHT4PYSMyVvtwORzTWiChZnjlZWWP4uyhUCoglELcUF0981MD3pC1A2Lk6QSyooSAJ7hX2QzFeR0f6BvePBZGO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img alt="" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1440" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM4At3m4Qbl_84p3mdqfLLFsCWTQY0dCLLhMeiA_W9aohyK5m13bdrMHVtxZYLOdj_trNF4rtmMJn6SRdbSgNrkUErFdIQJoAZ8_inIYTHT4PYSMyVvtwORzTWiChZnjlZWWP4uyhUCoglELcUF0981MD3pC1A2Lk6QSyooSAJ7hX2QzFeR0f6BvePBZGO=w384-h252" width="384" /></a></div><br /><p></p>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-44923327016041391922023-10-02T21:43:00.001-07:002023-10-02T21:43:23.968-07:00Red Breasted Nuthatch 1 October 2023<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ahjeguv3qrc?si=ZAK7c47rREzuMJNg" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-56748206196901843142023-10-02T21:40:00.001-07:002023-10-02T21:40:40.491-07:00Red Breasted Nuthatch 1 Oct 2023<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hg3KzKkwrus/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Hg3KzKkwrus?si=cFS4-H7mwxcLojeM" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-90662145946691711292023-08-27T16:58:00.000-07:002023-08-27T16:58:14.280-07:00Young Coopers Hawk Aug 25 2023<div>Loved having this handsome young raptor visit our yard. </div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Nie_zB2hCH4?si=ybXwRUMKMlE6AdYE" width="480"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-78399207918212969592023-05-28T16:59:00.001-07:002023-05-28T16:59:31.439-07:00Juvenile Male hooded oriole April 27th<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4VIg7N5fT18/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/4VIg7N5fT18" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-84341274786175761182023-05-28T16:54:00.001-07:002023-05-28T16:54:12.517-07:00Black headed grosbeak May 4th<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Bx-ZCeyoAQ4" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-58033861275205365282023-05-28T16:43:00.002-07:002023-05-28T16:43:30.152-07:00Michele "Mikala" Ross - Artist: Memorial Day- An Ode to Warriors<a href="https://michelerossartist.blogspot.com/2016/05/memorial-day-2016-ode-to-warriors.html?spref=bl">Michele "Mikala" Ross - Artist: Memorial Day- An Ode to Warriors</a>: Artwork by Michele A Ross ©2016 AN ODE TO WARRIORS.. Note: I wrote this in 2009 for Memorial Day and it received national syndicat...michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-9139404350455923622023-05-28T16:43:00.001-07:002023-05-28T16:43:11.899-07:00Hummingbirds at the birdbath May 26th #3<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-PCppQzb75Q" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-92230684304442231432023-05-28T16:40:00.001-07:002023-05-28T16:40:53.403-07:00Hummingbirds at the birdbath May 26th #2<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/6WSsM-1-KLw" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-91738216430826368742023-05-28T16:38:00.001-07:002023-05-28T16:38:57.969-07:00Hummingbirds at the birdbath May 26th #1<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/bHziY-BOM9s" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-58579348718770277772023-03-16T13:05:00.001-07:002023-03-16T13:05:31.632-07:00Neil Oliver ‘MASS DISTRACTION!’<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/J-FSW5-NiZs" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-45873599638450530962023-01-25T22:33:00.001-08:002023-01-25T22:33:34.461-08:00A flicker at the pool Jan 15th, 2023<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-8JwnTfVCNs" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-22454045823095832082023-01-25T22:27:00.001-08:002023-01-25T22:27:17.026-08:00Sharp Shinned Hawk in the yard Dec 31, 2022<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/JnTp7qhixfo" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-4213363198413514422023-01-25T22:19:00.001-08:002023-01-25T22:19:39.646-08:00Sharp Shinned Hawk Dec 14, 2023<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gkg8MKYwQSo/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/gkg8MKYwQSo" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-48503994678733499842023-01-25T22:00:00.001-08:002023-01-25T22:00:42.613-08:00A male Anna's hummingbird up close Jan 25th 2023<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/bqVQG3g4NBA" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-40287616667620159692023-01-25T21:55:00.002-08:002023-01-25T21:55:40.055-08:00American Robin on the back wall Jan 25th, 2023<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/wCRCUlwA3AQ" width="480"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-52299698636247847612022-12-05T10:23:00.001-08:002022-12-05T10:23:46.952-08:00A Beautiful Sky this morning, Dec 5th 2022<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">Its been awhile since I posted to this blog, so I thought I'd share this beautiful sunrise color we had this morning. Enjoy!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaMkD1_JR8hW45YAy6MqUJKfv-Df3SU7XS2N3iJxidyzynpFy99ga6fl7XDBOyFg1vGoM1MYG4liGwQBMCXeB-dsXNfqp4brmBDhrnje0P0ruPNEPAlcISklWQn8YwXxAqamGkLH44tw9uBZgzOi7dSwrw8RHxvMh9APn7kxhBUcgp0nXRKcM0u3QI2Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaMkD1_JR8hW45YAy6MqUJKfv-Df3SU7XS2N3iJxidyzynpFy99ga6fl7XDBOyFg1vGoM1MYG4liGwQBMCXeB-dsXNfqp4brmBDhrnje0P0ruPNEPAlcISklWQn8YwXxAqamGkLH44tw9uBZgzOi7dSwrw8RHxvMh9APn7kxhBUcgp0nXRKcM0u3QI2Q=w480-h360" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="396" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pv25aoFnfIg" width="476" youtube-src-id="Pv25aoFnfIg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="402" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ucwc2yX9qYo" width="484" youtube-src-id="ucwc2yX9qYo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy your day and have a great week! - Michele</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-47626844720038241302022-10-07T10:36:00.001-07:002022-10-07T10:36:52.987-07:00Neil Oliver - '...digital enslavement is coming...'<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hh2rOYxOkIE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Hh2rOYxOkIE" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-25249513019551921992022-07-04T22:35:00.001-07:002022-07-04T22:35:22.473-07:00Just one more from the front yard tonight 🇺🇸💥🎆🇺🇸💥🎆🇺🇸<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fwMWjCY28jE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fwMWjCY28jE" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-62677508992013873242022-07-04T22:32:00.001-07:002022-07-04T22:32:09.815-07:004th of July Fireworks from our back yard 2022<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/k-3v4cOinEk" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-25609648848969075572022-07-03T13:59:00.001-07:002022-07-03T13:59:33.677-07:00"God Bless America" - Pia Toscano - The American Rodeo - AT&T Stadium 3/...<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/WfL4yHjN1P0" frameborder="0"></iframe>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-2201473028724736662022-07-03T12:53:00.000-07:002022-07-03T12:53:50.803-07:00HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY USA<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Independence Day!! Every person of US citizenship should read this <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript" target="_blank">document</a> again (or for the first time)- and if you're not a citizen </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but here enjoying our country, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">you should read <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript" target="_blank">it</a> too!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGta3IVxaaCY1raemMFTChV3ruuwvJrzMSc5ouwkD1anR2u1zhg3a8dnDSXg0jOTNOv9HsLvS7Ku3D3xinTsQQe3CIFI8ka3gAKnKFU9vV4UEMgKJz0rr45eylWTbfe4rOYCl7v8uNAtrlhn8tMuVnUepiGcIdL5dC0NZGkAIjkcQpoa3v_gKkyTHS-w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1242" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGta3IVxaaCY1raemMFTChV3ruuwvJrzMSc5ouwkD1anR2u1zhg3a8dnDSXg0jOTNOv9HsLvS7Ku3D3xinTsQQe3CIFI8ka3gAKnKFU9vV4UEMgKJz0rr45eylWTbfe4rOYCl7v8uNAtrlhn8tMuVnUepiGcIdL5dC0NZGkAIjkcQpoa3v_gKkyTHS-w=w505-h516" width="505" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here's the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript" target="_blank">document</a> that represents the birth of our Nation. <br />Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><i>In Congress, July 4, 1776.</i><br /><i>The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, <br />When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.<br />We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.<br />He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.<br />He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.<br />He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.<br />He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.<br />He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.<br />He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.<br />He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.<br />He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.<br />He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.<br />He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.<br />He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.<br />He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.<br />He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:<br />For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:<br />For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:<br />For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:<br />For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:<br />For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:<br />For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences<br />For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:<br />For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:<br />For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.<br />He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.<br />He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.<br />He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.<br />He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.<br />He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.<br />In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.<br />Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.<br />We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfNmjMKrYdxrEqS94rofKwG82HnG5aBY4s8dIt1ng3ghtfQ4kY5W7p643mEZqxNgXmYbFEBuyi_ADsrW6cDaEMudpxDchZ0l4DNVjR8MYuflkoNbQ64-3lyZqB4zS-Pq_IOKLKhH_kjpC9fG0epBiZbUlIXlSpLh6dw1oXaM8FpMWGdITzapE9yvLeiw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="630" height="631" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfNmjMKrYdxrEqS94rofKwG82HnG5aBY4s8dIt1ng3ghtfQ4kY5W7p643mEZqxNgXmYbFEBuyi_ADsrW6cDaEMudpxDchZ0l4DNVjR8MYuflkoNbQ64-3lyZqB4zS-Pq_IOKLKhH_kjpC9fG0epBiZbUlIXlSpLh6dw1oXaM8FpMWGdITzapE9yvLeiw=w531-h631" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgghZWzJAKhT9bHNi24YkLU8txy89pZsTxC45yHJi-JMVTIImzSbmGlUay4U3GgaV148KYYlN_VyQirPyMlFK_BR_tcUqlO9KCjL9vVXAXOVakcEey6aDty4UjRyM7nG2G2jWxoYgRLc9n8DYOVLT16-qHrQrC7qP_tn2TCrCwj26JJvvE5antEw1JXkQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1241" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgghZWzJAKhT9bHNi24YkLU8txy89pZsTxC45yHJi-JMVTIImzSbmGlUay4U3GgaV148KYYlN_VyQirPyMlFK_BR_tcUqlO9KCjL9vVXAXOVakcEey6aDty4UjRyM7nG2G2jWxoYgRLc9n8DYOVLT16-qHrQrC7qP_tn2TCrCwj26JJvvE5antEw1JXkQ=w529-h510" width="529" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB-xC6k41MpkczR1N5qXcMBfekVudbJg6sTiR9O9pra0R76RHkwD2HcjughTKltlDjvxHACUymiklZv1nZTHoqysM9jHWVNCPALyIZI46Y9smRQE9BQqPsGJMOkGR_Q296ll_7t6Fp38g9Yy2GiPB_KsbvIqTUIfeoiSEUZnqN2p_OlRueoJSftOayFA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1790" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB-xC6k41MpkczR1N5qXcMBfekVudbJg6sTiR9O9pra0R76RHkwD2HcjughTKltlDjvxHACUymiklZv1nZTHoqysM9jHWVNCPALyIZI46Y9smRQE9BQqPsGJMOkGR_Q296ll_7t6Fp38g9Yy2GiPB_KsbvIqTUIfeoiSEUZnqN2p_OlRueoJSftOayFA" width="336" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-10830865813932032172022-04-16T17:08:00.000-07:002022-04-16T17:08:31.998-07:00Happy Easter! To those celebrating , Have a Blessed Holiday<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> For those of us in the west, Easter Sunday is April 17th this year. For those in Orthodox faiths it is April 24th. Have a beautiful holiday celebration.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioFtqGU6qLXRWJ9VB8P2bgiTulGqjev_M19RHA6hu74RJqbvojzW0-rs68IRuSW2L_H1C8rc7X0eFO7AFY0jic5UYzwqKQnrakQ8yErZSwJz5HWViv6cqazJ-vxU0nS5K_ckNJfJDTNrscnY3OFVXr826HGS-Dr8noajwmAX9SyfCbkcDSoTL5btKqJg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioFtqGU6qLXRWJ9VB8P2bgiTulGqjev_M19RHA6hu74RJqbvojzW0-rs68IRuSW2L_H1C8rc7X0eFO7AFY0jic5UYzwqKQnrakQ8yErZSwJz5HWViv6cqazJ-vxU0nS5K_ckNJfJDTNrscnY3OFVXr826HGS-Dr8noajwmAX9SyfCbkcDSoTL5btKqJg=w390-h390" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Luke 24: 6 – 7 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The children of Abraham</div><div style="text-align: center;">In 2022 Passover, Ramadan, and Easter all fall in April, a coincidence that happens only about every 33 years- Be Blessed in your chosen celebrations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Passover (April 15–23)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Easter (April 17)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ramadan (April 2–May 1)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkayRB0SZSE5No1OwiRQemBRB0KQzLQ0khvIj9QH9tzTu3_9GWScEGFbnF0bs2PiLqQomyr1hhvzzjxpad9HHmMPIuLNybZnBAtZ8V6TcTtzEo1P7upf1iKJGi2XBrY-bzsRN1iNs6_SxBS8plmsanr1STSa965q_CkVaj3So-dXozDv_Tk_OIi1xgGg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1220" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkayRB0SZSE5No1OwiRQemBRB0KQzLQ0khvIj9QH9tzTu3_9GWScEGFbnF0bs2PiLqQomyr1hhvzzjxpad9HHmMPIuLNybZnBAtZ8V6TcTtzEo1P7upf1iKJGi2XBrY-bzsRN1iNs6_SxBS8plmsanr1STSa965q_CkVaj3So-dXozDv_Tk_OIi1xgGg=w484-h234" width="484" /></a></div><br />I also believe in <a href="https://www.thewaytohappiness.org/thewaytohappiness/precepts/respect-the-religious-beliefs-of-others.html" target="_blank">respecting the religious beliefs of others</a> as long as their actions are those of goodwill toward their fellow man. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thewaytohappiness.org/thewaytohappiness/precepts/respect-the-religious-beliefs-of-others.html" target="_blank">The Way to Happiness</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And A Prayer for Freedom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by L. Ron Hubbard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May the author of the universe enable all men to reach an understanding of their spiritual nature.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May awareness and understanding of life expand, so that all may come to know the author of the universe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And may others also reach this understanding which brings Total Freedom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At this time, we think of those whose liberty is threatened; of those who have suffered imprisonment for their beliefs; of those who are enslaved or martyred, and for all those who are brutalized, trapped or attacked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We pray that human rights will be preserved so that all people may believe and worship freely, so that freedom will once again be seen in our land.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Freedom from war, and poverty, and want; freedom to be; freedom to do and freedom to have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Freedom to use and understand Man’s potential—a potential that is God-given and Godlike.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And freedom to achieve that understanding and awareness that is Total Freedom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May God let it be so.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-24280513810573231692022-02-18T12:06:00.001-08:002022-02-18T12:06:43.757-08:00Michele on the Issues: Summaries of the Book, "The Real Anthony Fauci"<a href="https://micheleontheissues.blogspot.com/2022/02/summaries-of-book-real-anthony-fauci.html?spref=bl">Michele on the Issues: Summaries of the Book, "The Real Anthony Fauci"</a>: I have a friend who is a researcher on the subject of Pharma and the Drug industries. She recently finished reading this well researched boo...michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372893381884211431.post-35509904816239051652022-01-30T11:23:00.001-08:002022-01-30T11:24:12.033-08:00Good Morning Jan 30th, 2022- Thanks for the Birthday Wishes, and other News. . <span style="font-size: medium;">Jan 30th-Good morning. I stepped out front to greet the sun and spied a hawk in a distant tree one street over. I went out back to fill the bird feeders and a flock of starlings stopped in the mulberry tree. As I was walking back, a flicker flew over and landed on one of the palms and quickly tucked behind out of view. I heard the wispy calls of a warbler in the olive tree pecking at the ripe olives and scolding me to move away from its favorite drinking spot. Then at last I saw a hummingbird feasting on the newly opened blue elf yucca blooms just as I’d hoped they would. The air is a chilly 40f, and the coffee is steamy hot. The little birds are starting to arrive now, the white crowns are back in larger numbers, and busily attacking the suet cakes. I’m watching them now through the window and I can see at least 6 of them. I had some lovely birthday talks by phone with family yesterday and other things. A nice weekend so far, made even more special by the hundreds of Birthday wishes from all of you here on Facebook and Instagram. What a delight! </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Sunday my friends! -Michele</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAueBe3Wqlsjc_vVxtodcyqnbVUtoJ6v-Ns6eXqnUDOwG0PUOIluU9g4infcS743SsoTLbfefmKMNQaVcj6-Hw8IOxdLWWuanR8bD-TrV7ZyxLTOyG7OKnTknRTMvsIgxYlFbFrzPsrVGgbhkuPxel90-jqHbCSbSC6kVaKJNkG8lgOKKuAzdgcd1o-g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1866" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAueBe3Wqlsjc_vVxtodcyqnbVUtoJ6v-Ns6eXqnUDOwG0PUOIluU9g4infcS743SsoTLbfefmKMNQaVcj6-Hw8IOxdLWWuanR8bD-TrV7ZyxLTOyG7OKnTknRTMvsIgxYlFbFrzPsrVGgbhkuPxel90-jqHbCSbSC6kVaKJNkG8lgOKKuAzdgcd1o-g=w492-h539" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI3doHLRQB8OiyLiFUIxsyZF4zuASoYR5mOJ5jxWhOQNAE9hjQOPwto4IrYvtQF19VIcIzU9IXaPsua0AiB4aqokgC7MKsjiIU64EtqyWlTz23W_expcIWOSO3yKXmiQpF1lie1NG_pn3P5ZEXwoCrVG-XSFMO2JFDdpsLxKw-vMHCesG_7cZYM4jJgg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI3doHLRQB8OiyLiFUIxsyZF4zuASoYR5mOJ5jxWhOQNAE9hjQOPwto4IrYvtQF19VIcIzU9IXaPsua0AiB4aqokgC7MKsjiIU64EtqyWlTz23W_expcIWOSO3yKXmiQpF1lie1NG_pn3P5ZEXwoCrVG-XSFMO2JFDdpsLxKw-vMHCesG_7cZYM4jJgg=w483-h363" width="483" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jan 28- I started early</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My first birthday was in Thailand, the country where my family</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">lived at the time and where I was born. So, since it is already</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jan 29 in Thailand, its my birthday already! Yes, this photo was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">from a "few" years ago. Thanks for all the good wishes so far,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and Happy Birthday to me!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9PKAuiPEwfy91xblbWmKCq17Lz7Ykl47CwVRkoA7OpHIiCdM3xJ54DEohAB_DU3n9zxuJVqrvf_nJNJbZhJ8n5jRHP-t3Q4A8Sv1ezzdmeeh0Ek83AymzOdKyeHKctqA_gJti42ZXzZ2mLHGj-nhZdKKUtNTviVP7_fhjy1GlozV5_zRfAs2ZldRE_A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="285" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9PKAuiPEwfy91xblbWmKCq17Lz7Ykl47CwVRkoA7OpHIiCdM3xJ54DEohAB_DU3n9zxuJVqrvf_nJNJbZhJ8n5jRHP-t3Q4A8Sv1ezzdmeeh0Ek83AymzOdKyeHKctqA_gJti42ZXzZ2mLHGj-nhZdKKUtNTviVP7_fhjy1GlozV5_zRfAs2ZldRE_A=w449-h492" width="449" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jan 30 - Well once again, I'm completely bowled over </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by the many hundreds of birthday greetings </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I received in the last day or so. To everyone who took the time </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of your busy schedule to wish me Happy Birthday,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> thank you so much. You are all so wonderful & I truly appreciate it. </span><img src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="font-size: large;" /><img src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/t98/1/16/1f49e.png" style="font-size: large;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggrTNxPZqFTfCU_uwbN1I5k66Owj8GWpF5fTNuROkLXr-PLOlB4qcnf2Za6Euwo-QCs58c9sEP7JtKL5aONBuSGQYUklhmoJxRE_8khnQFkqLvGQZEk9glGkJ89VqEMjlVkCj8bpgbLgdZs0K9kKo0PdFF8SwG14DriP0eyAcXa-Ge_fhrvDsTWdlO-Q" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggrTNxPZqFTfCU_uwbN1I5k66Owj8GWpF5fTNuROkLXr-PLOlB4qcnf2Za6Euwo-QCs58c9sEP7JtKL5aONBuSGQYUklhmoJxRE_8khnQFkqLvGQZEk9glGkJ89VqEMjlVkCj8bpgbLgdZs0K9kKo0PdFF8SwG14DriP0eyAcXa-Ge_fhrvDsTWdlO-Q=w474-h474" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Mom and I -Richmond, CA 1994. She was gone 5 years later</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was a birthday present for my mom,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> since her birthday is Jan 31st, just two days after mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I was a late baby, her last one that she had at the age of 42.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> I lost her when I was only 40. She was a wonderful mother, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I miss her a lot. - Happy Birthday Mommy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtfHho2LPPZrl-efnWZdWxYT0W4BuNMgxEtpV7xyMAQi3VRFgYewtaTUupCkKnOhvSJ6lTOJ_pZgZ_BYZxTADedn8oBFlV-bLR_EkbnlTYoa1SfDPy6tn4Ja8BeSQconuJ4Dgg9vImIACdOEnVc2fxNDbZfvQdB0Svt3ZtumJNqjvBuETmZcgNtzNFJA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="604" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtfHho2LPPZrl-efnWZdWxYT0W4BuNMgxEtpV7xyMAQi3VRFgYewtaTUupCkKnOhvSJ6lTOJ_pZgZ_BYZxTADedn8oBFlV-bLR_EkbnlTYoa1SfDPy6tn4Ja8BeSQconuJ4Dgg9vImIACdOEnVc2fxNDbZfvQdB0Svt3ZtumJNqjvBuETmZcgNtzNFJA=w497-h470" width="497" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My mom and I in Thailand when I was a newborn. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM8gxjJbIi9lxKD6YyBrZ9dWpqx8dKsUdXVdLdAV5x_Pdtor8Gb8ALC3Wt8mJoz6I8osm85IpAJj_Z-83OhuiHwbFpQqpbMfyI-5NKDbrd3etbjRRQzYQYRIoMXTxDkM-SyhBVM8zmjQHr37T04UEMmMVjtZsztXReUMT_ODH9kS5CsO-X73ZMRRk_tA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="400" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM8gxjJbIi9lxKD6YyBrZ9dWpqx8dKsUdXVdLdAV5x_Pdtor8Gb8ALC3Wt8mJoz6I8osm85IpAJj_Z-83OhuiHwbFpQqpbMfyI-5NKDbrd3etbjRRQzYQYRIoMXTxDkM-SyhBVM8zmjQHr37T04UEMmMVjtZsztXReUMT_ODH9kS5CsO-X73ZMRRk_tA=w365-h444" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of things were happening in the world yesterday on my birthday that I found very inspiring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First this image of the NYC police officers turning out for the memorial of two of their fallen brethren. I support the police dept. There are unethical police of course, but I have spoken with many local police dept officers in my charity work, and find the vast majority of them to be hard working and courageous. God Bless them for being there. God bless the thin blue line. </div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikiX5qMTSa6yL5YFfr0fTof9xXcI3NMLQh-cgG-GlcDwRqXB9IiOcdl7oB-XWP84i6Pvr5hbarcdw9YFRdMzKfeUDNzp4huEttcnehwj_qCCHGyS1-EC8jMtBk9USqxnX4cchK-qokV8PwYodbHpruE83WiM2u1K5fK5X5pB-lDAzdFwA_Xwt5LcDZ4Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCHhM7duFYHJwAIGVg5EJWGBQSzka2vdTEdWCtukwTVeq7D1WkMMN8RNFQKZ3TBLfilhgzZfjtbx74iZYJKQ-fsN8czxK3ZFdlyX2MWXMHZWQcX3r-MtQ0CQYWNyaGgP06h6_3jZlajTWXG-fvsZWd88wLpVGJX7CU79cjOyIAGkUECjY7GBs5JYnHGg=w543-h362" width="543" /></div><br /></a>And the other thing I found so inspiring is our neighbors to the North, in Canada, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">showing up by the tens of thousands in their freezing temperatures in their </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">capitol of Ottawa to support the truckers who were on strike to protest the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">vaccine mandates. Both pro-vax and antivax people protesting mandates </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and supporting one another's right to personal bodily sovereignty and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the right to medical choice. It was a truly beautiful thing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJbMgw4rycMBBZCPNP5IdI-fHpw8_HCOJ6EdkdtDaIiLfPcwC0wv6fwiI5u81SBOjLsFWbnfvuI8gNcYH3Ouz2Er5QPZoF3__SXxIqXuBbtwuQlmREviXgBOE0l5LQsFLNmYs-65bpSagAs43fSiorzwU1HikWjSEDR9W16j83HMQRI3Y4rSQ2zlQm6Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJbMgw4rycMBBZCPNP5IdI-fHpw8_HCOJ6EdkdtDaIiLfPcwC0wv6fwiI5u81SBOjLsFWbnfvuI8gNcYH3Ouz2Er5QPZoF3__SXxIqXuBbtwuQlmREviXgBOE0l5LQsFLNmYs-65bpSagAs43fSiorzwU1HikWjSEDR9W16j83HMQRI3Y4rSQ2zlQm6Q=w536-h301" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPl9pQ_zLTfG1Yjbfu-we2rKSYuo8JHwFd1sRmp0gu_r1tuVDQRGGo00Q7yvE43KYxTRpm1kSyLd492-ch047g0qnqZwDmHIklMoXjVYBzUq-PA9rjVx5hdTF0EnXe-3aw7e1TJSPKujxERI0QNaFlNFzbYRkluRAODvoeh3-pxbPevAP7qRVQOVC3bQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPl9pQ_zLTfG1Yjbfu-we2rKSYuo8JHwFd1sRmp0gu_r1tuVDQRGGo00Q7yvE43KYxTRpm1kSyLd492-ch047g0qnqZwDmHIklMoXjVYBzUq-PA9rjVx5hdTF0EnXe-3aw7e1TJSPKujxERI0QNaFlNFzbYRkluRAODvoeh3-pxbPevAP7qRVQOVC3bQ=w536-h302" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjELTCRmbjeUmZpXx0nD26v4ieNYabcUwC1csE6ZepVxtZ1L2qoE_gyWM4AnIO5VsN1c8VzcUpVV_Z_FkKUp28I28-vzrQJxyhNko50fAn4xI78JbA49t-gCZQzoKB85fuCxbcddHRLZ_0QpoLumF6PKf3zG8WKP-JRzdEbmRnF29a7BwSlZp-ZgxR90A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjELTCRmbjeUmZpXx0nD26v4ieNYabcUwC1csE6ZepVxtZ1L2qoE_gyWM4AnIO5VsN1c8VzcUpVV_Z_FkKUp28I28-vzrQJxyhNko50fAn4xI78JbA49t-gCZQzoKB85fuCxbcddHRLZ_0QpoLumF6PKf3zG8WKP-JRzdEbmRnF29a7BwSlZp-ZgxR90A=w537-h303" width="537" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I dearly love those who will openly show their support of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Freedom, Liberty, and Human Rights. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful thing indeed. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>michelerossartisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442714564390024576noreply@blogger.com0