Our waters sustain our lives.

 Think of where each stream and river empties into the oceans. Then think of all the ones in the world.

  Here OPEN CULTURE offers an article and maps with ALL the world's water drainage!

Here's the one of US rivers.

I have been a member of a network looking at a local watershed drainage basin. Swannanoa Watershed Action Network (SWAN) has some great ideas, like using the Doughnut Economics' regenerative model for various area workshops.

One member (Carlos Espinosa) has been working on a neighborhood at the very highest area of drainage just below the Eastern Continental Divide in Ridgecrest NC, in his organization "Cool Rivers Forever"  Here's the link to his ongoing project there.

Flat Creek flows from Montreat down to the Swannanoa River.

Use the search space to find more of my posts here about the environment, water, SWAN, the Doughnut Economics model by Kate Raworth, and the Climate Conversation Group.

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And a wonderful Banyan tree that survived the fires in Lahaina Hawaii last August...Photo by Mary Foster, current leaf growth.

I ate Sunday lunch at the Coach House with friends, and enjoyed seeing a shark graced with an elf cap, above their Christmas tree!

My favorite walking spot, around Lake Tomahawk, where various families raise their children.

Sometimes there doesn't appear to be any wildlife around the lake.

But while doing chair yoga yesterday, I saw a big bird with a white head land in the top of a pine tree. So I sort of snuck over through the seniors doing the foot stretches to take a phone photo of it, if possible. I could see it's big white head held above the branch it was sitting on, Of course I wanted to think Bald Eagle, but I said I'd settle for an Osprey (though neither are known to be in this area). However, there is a local Great Blue Heron that fishes in these waters...so I'm guessing that's who he was. 

I never lost sight of his white head, on the top branch that's sticking out parallel to the ground. I admit I've never seen a Great Blue fly to a tree and perch, so maybe this was my opportunity.

Sharing with Saturday Critters.

Today's quote:

We cannot have a healed society, we cannot have change, we cannot have justice, if we do not reclaim and repair the human spirit.

ANGEL KYODO WILLIAMS