The view outside my door, at my friend's Northwest home.
The bear is strength and health. Always found at the base of totem poles, the bear represents the fulfillment of bodily needs and that the flesh is the house of the spirit. It signifies vitality and courage. The bear is always respected and treated as a high ranking guest.
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Hope you had a great time. A lot going on at my place. I'm on the road myself right now.
The Bear is a strong Spirit. I have some stories to tell about the Bear and a physical ,visit to my house and a spiritual visit into my dreams.
Glad you're home.
Peace to All.
Very cool!
I can appreciate the spiritual connection that Native Americans have to nature. It's something we "civilized" white folk could have learned from when we first encountered them.
Great totem. A fine image of the northwest.
Sorry the weather was so crummy for your visit up here. I love the native art here, esp. the totem poles. I hope you got to see Mt. Rainier; it was visible off and on.
What else did you do and see up here?
Welcome back annie. When i look out of my door i see a painted wall opposite with a bad painting of a mountain scene. Nothing as cool as a totem pole. We do have some flowers in an urn thing further up but that is about as close to nature as it gets outside here.
joe~your road trip sounds amazing and most cathartic. i look forward to hearing about it. i like the bear. i read that it also applies to motherhood and caring for the earth.
t&a~our ancestors idea of honoring the native people was to give them smallpox-infected blankets! why? because we've always spread "democracy"-wherever we invade!
robin~my friends husband showed me this as soon as i got there, and told me the story of it's acquisition as well. it's a northwest symbol, for sure.
jojo~on the contrary! i was impressed with the weather, for mid-november. i have been visiting my friend up there since 1990, and there have been much stormier stays. she lives about an hour north of the city, and when we went into seattle on saturday, we avoided rain the whole day. in fact, there was some sun for a bit, and it was gorgeous. we had lunch at the pink door on ballard and walked around all over, as usual.
i also went with her to her classroom on my 1st day there, and spent the whole day watching her me
a 5th grade teacher. she's done that almost 20 years now, and does it so well. that was fun, believe it or not. we walked whenever we could, and had dim sum in mill creek on sunday. since i've been up there many times, i have done a lot of the tourist stuff... we were going to go up to bellingham on monday, but the insane winds made us think twice. they have a great place, with mountain views, so i did see ranier a few times. a really great trip, with a fantastic friend. we've been pals for 30 years this year!
lucy~i'd still love to see what you see, across the sea. some day i hope to fulfill my anglophile wishes!
Beautiful photo...someday I will venture that way!
Welcome home, you were missed!
alan
welcome back, annie. what a lovely view outside your door.
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