It's Really Spring!!!

Well it really is Spring. We have had showers, and gusty winds and even some thunder.
And even though the sun is trying to shine it is down right chilly outside. And of course because the fruit blossoms are all earlier than usual, we should probably get a frost tonight and there goes a good fruit crop. The weather in other places in the US seems to be out of the ordinary. When we talked to Cindy, in Texas, on Easter, she said there was no church because the roads were closed due to snow. Now mind you central Texas closes the roads for what seems like a couple of snowflakes, so there may not have been much by standards of those of us in the plains or Rocky Mountains. And friends, Bob and Pam in Maine had a white Easter as well. It seems Mother Nature is experiencing some technical difficulties.

Personally, I don't believe the current weather patterns have anything to do with global warming. Personally, I'm not even totally sure I believe in global warming. I mean we have only been keeping records on weather conditions for 100-150 years, and the earth has been around considerably longer, so can we really know whether or not the world is warming to the point of extinction or if it just just part of a regular cycle. The trouble with the human mind is it has the human time frame. If for instance, temperature cycles run for thousands of years it would be impossible for us to know if this was global warming or not. Advances have been made in science and the abilities to calculate the mysteries of the universe keep getting better all time, however these in reality are still somewhat unknowns, theories, educated guesses. Despite rumors to the contrary, science is not exact, and that came from my chemistry professor.

I believe global warming is both fact and fiction. I do think our world is burning too much fossil fuel, cutting down too many trees and taking up too much green space. I think the population, in its hugeness, is creating atmospheric temperature increases. How could it not? Just think about a few children in one room, bouncing off the walls and the energy they create in doing so. Energy is heat and those hyperactive kids produce plenty of it. Now take that thought and multiply it by billions..... thus a rise in the earth's atmospheric temperature. I know that was pretty simplistic, but why complicate it.

I also believe Al Gore has put forth some good information, and has done so to make an impact in our way of thinking. Society needs a jolt of some kind. We are too un-resourceful, too wasteful, and too complacent. We have life too good and easy. We don't have to really work hard for anything and we don't care. The humanity that cares about these things and the humanity that could care less are not equitable in quantity.

The fact is we don't take care of our planet as good as we should or could. I am guilty as is everyone. I waste water doing dishes, laundry, gardening and the like.
I drive down to the grocery store when I could walk. I make multiple trips in my car instead of doing several errand s once a week. I let plants die because I don't get them replanted. I don't recycle everything I can and I don't buy only recycled products. But I do try to do better. I love blue skies and green meadows. I thank Heavenly Father for every green valley.

The thing is weather is unpredictable, deal with it the best we can. I grew up with a father who watched the TV forecasts, listened to the radio when TV wasn't an option, but always relied on his own instincts and previous experiences with natural signs. But he was always wise enough to know whatever the weather was doing at any given moment it would probably change, even drastically, in the next moment. But at the same time, I hope we all start paying more attention, teaching our children to pay more attention and impressing others to pay more attention to what we do to and how we treat our world.

April is "Earth Month," so to speak. "Earth Day" and various associated similar days during the month started in the late 1960's, the time of hippies and the "love and peace" generation. Our world, our society needs all the love and peace it can get right now in the present. Treating our home, our world, our terestrial(sp) gift with more peace and love is something everyone needs to work harder at. I am going to make a bigger effort. Are you?