Monday Murals -- "Fun Keeps You Young"

I'm taking part today in 

Monday Murals hosted by Sami.

This colourful community mural is painted

on a wall in the main lobby of the

North Edmonton Seniors Association (NESA),

one of the places I go to attend art lessons

and other classes/activities for seniors.

This mural forms the basis for NESA's logo --

There are half a dozen seniors recreation centres in

various Edmonton neighbourhoods, designed to promote

health, wellness, community, and fun activities

for our city's diverse populations as we age.

[Photo #1 © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026;

Image #2 from the NESA website]

Sunday Selections # 787 -- Colour of the Month: Sea Green

For today's Sunday Selections,

a blog hop party of photography challenges

hosted by River of Drifting Through Life --

I'm fulfilling the Colour of the Month prompt

provided by Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings.

This month's colour is Sea Green.

Well, I turned my place upside down,

but I could only find ONE item

with this distinctive shade of green --

1. Green Tara

The Tibetan Buddhist bodhisattva Tara is an

ancient deity of compassion, healing and regeneration.

Tara ("Star") manifests herself in 21 forms,

each of which is a different colour.

In the 21st century, Green Tara has become a powerful symbol

of environmentalist concern and activism for the Earth

because of her colour, which has brought her widespread

new recognition and popularity.

My Green Tara is a small, meticulously hand-painted

canvas mask from Tibet. She is richly adorned in

an elaborate headdress, necklace and earrings.

Like all bodhisattvas and buddhas, her earlobes are

extremely elongated as evidence of her

innumerable reincarnations in this world.

I got my Green Tara about 20 years ago in

an Edmonton spirituality store.

[Photo © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023]

The OTHER Side of Buddhism

And hey, c'mon now, we ALL know

who the truly enlightened ones are . . . .

More Insane Fuckery

Oh, "MAY" be hazardous????

Finally, another use for all

our leftover covid masks!

But actually, here is a better perspective . . . .

And what about those pesky NATO allies?

But at least the space program

is up and running again to

take our minds off things . . . .

It's Been Much Too Highbrow Around Here Lately, So . . .

Across the Universe

["and the stars look very different today..."

art by ateazure]

Everyone is very excited about the Artemis II

space mission currently flying around the moon!

So it's time again to consider the vastness

of the universe and our relationship to it!

Okay, that's all I need to hear!

Knights, Cats, and Foul Beasts

"M’lord be it gay if I doth touch lance tips with Ser Gawain?"

Yeah! Some dragons or maybe a Foul Beast! . . . oh oh, nevermind.

Here's a brave knight fighting a modern Foul Beast . . .

may he (or she or they) have better luck!

[Photo by Len and Mae Sander © 2026;

used by gracious permission of Mae's Food Blog]