A Texas city girl in a small New England town …
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Knitted Cashmere
All cozy in cashmere on those crisp, cool Fall days. Knitted cashmere is a fresh, yet soft, silky scent with warm suede, neroli, and lily of the valley woven with warm patchouli, chestnut, and white woods.
Top: Lemon, Neroli, Lily of the Valley
Mid: Warm Suede, Patchouli, Chestnut
Base: Vanilla, Birch Wood, Tonka Bean
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Chewbacca had a limp on his right hind leg for the past weeks. First, we thought he reinjured himself. Usually, it heals on its own. But this time, it didn’t get any better. I was waiting for Kevin to come back from Europe before we went to the veterinarian. At the veterinarian, we got the diagnosis that Chewbacca had a tumor in his crotch/leg area. It was so big that there was no way to remove it. There was some nerve damage in the leg, and he frequently did his business outside the litterbox.
After the veterinarian specialist explained all the options, including cancer treatments, I called it. I love Chewbacca so much that I didn’t want him to suffer any longer than it was necessary. He was my favorite companion, because he was the closest to me when I was sick. He deserved the best. And relieving him from the pain was the humane thing to do. I feel such a deep void in my heart. We are all sad about his passing.
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Arbor Day celebrates planting and nurturing trees, and all the ways trees enrich our lives and stabilize the environment. Historians trace Arbor Day’s origins back to the fifth century when Swiss villagers gathered to plant oak trees. Adults turned the event into a festival, and children were given treats as a reward for their help planting trees.
Arbor Day first appeared in the United States in 1872. J. Sterling Morton is credited with guiding this country’s first Arbor Day resolution through the Nebraska Legislature that year. Residents of the Great Plains recognized how much trees could do for them, and they enthusiastically embraced Morton’s vision.
President Theodore Roosevelt was a strong supporter of Arbor Day. Early in the 20th century, it became clear that the nation’s forests were being exhausted by cut-out-and-get-out timber harvesting. The science of forest management was emerging, and the government was moving to suppress wildfires and plant trees. Roosevelt sent a letter to the children of the United States in which he wrote, “A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.”
In Texas, Arbor Day first appeared in Temple on Feb. 22, 1889. W. Goodrich Jones led the citizens of Temple in a mass meeting to call for a tree-planting campaign along the city’s streets. One year later, the first statewide observance of Arbor Day was held in Austin. Through the efforts of Sen. George Tyler of Belton, Feb. 22 was designated by law as Arbor Day to encourage planting trees in the state.
After the original Texas Arbor Day law expired, the state continued to observe Arbor Day by proclamation of the governor, usually on George Washington’s birthday. In 1949, the Texas Legislature adopted a resolution designating the third Friday in January as Texas Arbor Day.
In 1989, the Legislature passed a resolution moving Texas Arbor Day to the last Friday in April to align with the traditionally observed national Arbor Day. Today, the official Texas Arbor Day is held on the first Friday in November. Still, thanks to the state’s diversity, Arbor Day can be celebrated in Texas communities at any time during the fall and winter planting season.
:https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2022/10/arbor-day
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Under The Harvest Moon 