Camels and Signs

 

There are two of my blogging friends in different parts of the world and they have both had camels on their posts recently!  Camels? Yes, camels!  Debra from Edmonton, Canada showed us her amazing drawing of a camel. (She Who Seeks). Please go and look at it just here!

Patricia from Australia told us that she was in Dubai and purchased some bejeweled camel figures. She added them to her Nativity Scene for Christmas.  (Red Cardinal) You may see Patricia's camels  just here.

Okay, TWO camel posts, that is enough of a sign for me! Is it possible that even camels remind you of a song, Kay? You know it!

Ralph McTell is a very, very good guitarist/singer/songwriter. When his children were young, he made a FANTASTIC collection of songs. "Alphabet Zoo".  He wrote a song for each letter of the alphabet and had an animal for each letter. (He did 27 songs.  The letter "N" got two of them "Nellie, the Newt" and "Nigel, the Nightingale". You know your life is better for knowing that.)

Hope you love this genius song as much as I do!  If you notice, the background sounds like the kind of music that you could hear in the Middle East. Not that I have ever been there but hey, I have seen "The Ten Commandments" and since most of my knowledge is from films, it is enough for me to be impressed. Anyway, the thought of a very small camel bringing the Three Wise Men with their gifts, is such a lovely way to show children that even the smallest can do great things. 

Signs! Do you believe in signs? This reminds me of two movies. The first one is "Thunderheart" from 1992. It was directed by one of my favorite directors, Michael Apted. (I have written about him before!) Graham Greene, the actor who died last year, has a great role in this film.  (Graham Greene is a well beloved Native Canadian but he portrays a native American in this movie.) He tells the main character, "You had a SIGN!".  Now, you will just have to see the movie to know what this is about! The second film is even more obvious; it is the movie "Signs"!  It is from 2002 and was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It is an interesting movie, scary but thoughtful also. Oh, and there are some good bits of humor in it too! "It felt wrong not to swing", is a line that my son and I quote to each other sometimes!

Now, I have never seen a camel but here is a photo of a cat, posing on a rock for Richard.  I hope this creature will be okay in the coming ice storm that is predicted for this area.  They are opening warming stations for all the homeless people also. It is scary to think of being outside in the temps they are telling us will happen. We will have several days that will not be above freezing, which is very cold for Georgia. Hope everyone is careful and takes the right precautions for dealing with the weather.

Wherever you are in this world, this is the sign that you should carry warmth to all!  My quote on my calendar today says, "If peace be in the heart, the wildest winter storm is full of solemn beauty."  (C.F. Richardson).