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Eating healthily and keeping and staying fit are all goals which we need to aspire towards achieving. As we look around us during the closing weeks of Autumn/Fall, we see ample signs of various species of Fauna and Flora observing these basic rules. We look at the deciduous trees and vegetation and we can observe them shedding their leaves, as they prepare themselves for what might or might not be an arduous winter. Not having to struggle to extract nourishment from their environments, which are sometimes precarious, to keep both their branches and leaves alive, they shed their leaves. Having evolved the ability to grow new ones in the Spring, when all things, as it were, will spring forth anew, as if in a floral orchestral symphony. And what of the animals, which have evolved the technique of hibernating? The bears, the foxes, the badgers, hedgehogs, squirrel, et al? Yes, we can watch them eating with a new urgency, and otherwise preparing their hibernational homes for Winter

This is a close up view of aspects of our garden in mid-November. Do take a look and, if you are inclined to, enjoy or be contemplated by anything which draws your attention.

Honour and Respect to men who stand up and remain forthright in their support of their women, in good times and in difficult times. Honour and Respect for to men who are not hesitant or reluctant in demonstrating their loyalty to their women, and who do not slight them in order to gain the valueless 'respect' of their macho friends. Honour and Respect to men who are not afraid to acknowledge the virtues of their women, of all virtuous women. Honour and Respect to all men who do not taken their women, or any women for granted. Honour and Respect to all men who value their women, for whom they are and not just for the benefits they, their women, bestow upon them. Honour and Respect to all men who, when traditions, culture, religion and social mores subject their women to grievous oppression, are courageous enough to protect them with it, as much as they can, and not unthinkingly accept it as a matter of, it is the way it is, or as it is the will of Allah. Honou

At different time of the year there are different fauna and flora doing different things. This squirrel, probably the one which has given birth to a litter in the summer, is visiting the garden more frequently, all part of its preparation for the coming Winter months. Please take a look and see what delight and contemplative pleasure you might find.

Honour and Respect  to all women who stand by their men, and do so in hard and very hard times, as well as the good times. Honour and Respect  to all women who, in their knowledge and experience of being their men's women, do not often falter in their continuing support of their men, when the wheels suddenly fall of their lives or their lives crashed into a wall which suddenly appear from out of nowhere. Honour and Respect  to the women who, because they believe that their men are worthy of their love and admiration, remain steadfast in their support of their men, when, even if momentarily, their lives seem  to fall of a cliff and into an ever descending void. Honour and Respect  to the women who continue to believe in their men, because they have never known them to have abused the trust they have in them or betray the values they believe they espouse and have been living up to. Honour and Respect  to the women who, through the strength of their love and devotion to t

But let us get back to base, as the essence of this post is that of whether we are blaming the 'elites', be they the political, economic or industrial elites, all of which, at some point merge, as Donald Trump has just vividly demonstrated, by securing the Presidency of the USA. Yes, the elites have given us a thing or concept called 'democracy', which they now use to legitimise their political authority  over the proletarians. In the economic sphere, the elites have given us this personified thing or concept  called ' the free market' and 'capitalism', which they now use to determine the economic and sentimental value of all that we use in our living. Like the poor, we will probably always have the elite with us, probably because the elites emanate from us, the proletarians, and are of us. It is to be like the elites which we, the proletarians, aspire, and not to remain in the ranks of the proletarians or the working classes.  You will

This is a a video which tells of what has been and what is to come for these floral beauties, as, having done their work to add joy and beauty to the world, they now confront their demise, atleast for this year, with still admirable resilience. And so we, I , will silently express my appreciation to them for having made my life that much richer and filled with the simply pleasures of watching and enjoying them. Adios, my beauties, until next year! Please take a look and enjoy some quiet contemplation.