Tar Sands Destruction

Canada is a beautiful country, with stunning scenery and some of the most spectacular trees I have ever had the pleasure to see.

I visited Canada last September…here I am in Ontario, not far from North Bay.

Canada is, at present, extracting oil from Tar Sands, oil that will be piped into the US via the Keystone XL Pipeline.

It breaks my heart to think that any part of this extraordinarily beautiful country should be sacrificed to the greed of those who (would happily) see Mother Earth so destroyed.

I have posted a link to some basic info about this…

What are Tar Sands?

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Today has been disturbingly hot.

I don’t tolerate this extreme of heat well, so most of my chores were done this morning, very early and this evening as the day cools into night.

All that we do on this small, sacred, little planet is all connected, all the good and all the bad.

As a gardener and tender of the Earth, I can state quite categorically, that the weather systems are more extreme and unpredictable.

Cause and effect…we are having an effect for sure!

As I boil the kettle on the rocket stove, fired with dried willow left over from basket making, I remember Canada.

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The Rocket stove…