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Abortion is still legal in Arizona. But confusion and fear abound | Arizona | The Guardian

The US supreme court decision ending the federal right to abortion has led to legal chaos and a de facto ban for many
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/15/arizona-abortion-laws-ban-access

Situational Ethics On Full Display! | Ospreyshire’s Realm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRy3sP2-u0U These same people who were cheerleading the FBI not too long ago are now suddenly wanting that organization to be defunded just because Trump’s Mar-A-Lago abode got raided. I’m not surprised. These are also the same bigots who were screaming “back the blue” whenever there is a police brutality case (the George Floyd protests…
— Read on ospreyshire.wordpress.com/2022/08/15/situational-ethics-on-full-display/

Sunny Side Up

The Twisting Tail

I want to be like a sunflower; so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight

Unknown

In light of
optimism
darkness
seems dim


Hay(na)ku: rest sunny child

dusk
head bowed
praying for dawn


Young sunflowers track the sun, a process known as heliotropism. Sunflowers have circadian rhythms, which promote this behaviour. A young sunflower’s face follows the sun from sunrise to sunset every day and repeats the cycle until maturity.


Fib: in-te-ger-sun

seeds
grow
numbered
their pattern
a sequenced design
where mathematics forms flowers


The sunflower seeds' pattern obeys the Fibonacci sequence.


It’s face
Big as mine
Turns to watch
Standing tall
Above me
Just waiting
For me to look away


Being afraid of the sunflower is called Helianthophobia.


Towering over rooftops
In the little town of Kaarst
Is a solitary sunflower
With a very long shadow to cast



As confirmed by Guinness…

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