Cactus Cat

Cactus Cat
 This is about a creature from the folklore of the lumberjacks of the

forest in the U.S. It is especially seen in the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Cactus Cat was described  as having fur that looks like a hedgehog or even that of a porcupine. His spines that are all over his body consist to his his ears to some areas the spines may be particularly long and spiky protuberances of sharp bone and are similarly armored on his tail too. Which is branched out in many different directions. 

The Cactus Cat had a taste for the fermented juice of the Cactus in desert. At night it is known to slash their trunks which makes the juice of the cactus flow from several at once. The Cactus Cat will

then return to the cactus juice that they slash after it has fermentation has occurred. When they drink the juice and do so quickly these Cactus Cats will become intoxicated with this juice after which humans heard their wild shrieks and cries throughout the night. This magical Creature belongs to a group of beings affectionately know as the Fearsome Critters... 

/Wendy

Last Summer Baby birds in my backyard-2013

Last Summer baby birds in my backyard - 2013

Last summer I noticed two small brown & white birds hanging

around my garden. I wondered what the commotion was all about,

when I watch the tiny birds dart back and forth from the big trees to my hanging basket of Ivy. 
I was curious what could be in my basket of Ivy because it was very thick but, in the basket center it was empty. I decided to have a peek. So when the birds were away, which was tricky. I got our stool with my camera of course and slowly moved up toward the hanging basket. Then I carefully moved some of the Ivy so I could see if anything was there ?

I was pleasantly surprised... 
I found 2 tiny eggs [bluest white] in a very well built nest. It was quite round and deep too. I took a few quick pictures before the mom and dad birds came back. And when they did they were very upset with me being so close to their nest and babies. I discovered later from my mom and two dear friends Paula and Cynthia that they were Northern Rough-wing Swallows. 
I watch them for a few days and the nest. The next time I took a

peek at the tiny woven and intertwine nest, I saw three tiny...tiny...baby birds and two eggs [couldn't get a picture of that one!] plus two very protective Northern Swallows parents making lots of noise with bugs in their beaks. 

I waited a few more days to a week after that to find all five baby birds had hatched.They were very cute, but very difficult to get pictures at this point. The two parent birds were always around. At least one was there protecting while the other was getting insects.

But there were moments when they were both would go out and that is how I was able to give you these amazing images.

The only thing was my Ivy that I've had for almost 7years
wasn't getting any water in the hot summer days and was dying. 
I didn't like that part of this

whole journey with the Northern Swallow birds. 
They did get bigger and bigger all five of the baby birds. It was 

amazing how they all fit in that tiny nest. The last picture was 
the last time I saw all five of the baby birds together. 

I did see one or two learning to fly on the grass with one of the parents. 
It was a fun experience. But after that I made sure they couldn't

make another nest in my Ivy basket again, so I could get the water it needed. to get it back to its beauty that it was. 

The two adult Shallow Birds did hang around for a few weeks and

they did make one more nest in my Fusia hanging.
It was at the edge of the circular basket and it was very deep. It two had five baby birds as I remembered and that was the end of my summer experience of the Northern Rough winged Swallow birds. 

They were fun, but I love Rosy  the hummingbird. 


I hope you enjoyed The Story!
Love you All my dear Friends & Followers!
Your Wendy-ooo)

Here's the one of the baby's all grown-up!

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Phoenix

The phoenix has been written about many times over this I do

know...But since it is such a fabulous bird in the Ancient legends,

Middle East and may have its origins in the Egyptian Bennu Bird, I thought I would add the Grand and Powerful Bird to my Collection of Magick Creatures. 
I found in my research on the Phoenix it is also can be spelled, "Fenix." It is described I found in a few different  ways depending on what country you maybe to be in. For the Greeks, the Phoenix is described as looking somewhat like a pheasant in the shape, but larger than an eagle. Its plumage is mostly a

reddish - purple color. The Phoenix being purple with gold around its neck too. 
Other accounts of the Grand Phoenix appearances say that it was purple and gold, red and Blue. This magnificent bird was said to be very rare, that no two birds of its kind would be alive at the same time.

It is said that the Phoenix the very first phoenix ~ came to us in the year 485-425B.C from a Greek writer Herodotus who related that as one bird died after 500 years of life, another would take it to the temple of the sun at Heliopolis for burial. I've have always found the Phoenix to be very fascinating. I hope

this history of the Phoenix is for you my Readers too! In continuing to the history of the Phoenix there were many other versions of the  origins of the Grand Bird;
1) Ovid and Pliny in 43BC - AD77 believed that the living Phoenix

constructed a nest of spices, upon which it incinerated itself. 
From this the new re-birth phoenix emerges from the sorted maggot, when they finally developed to the progeny the bird took form from the ashes of the former bird in the nest to Heliopolis. 
2) An even later version of the birth death and re-birth of the Phoenix states that it will construct its nest of spices and sang to the

sun god who filled the nest with fire. Which consuming the bird. From the ashes a entirely mature adult Phoenix emerges from the ashes taking the ashes of the altar at Heliopolis. 

The final version that I could find were actually 2- The Phoenix was adopted into the symbolism of the resurrection of Christ - A

symbol of immortality. The Phoenix was also well established in the ecclesiastical repertoire and commentaries were made by Tacitus in AD 100 and Aelian AD 200. These all had now achieved a vastly stronger and larger Phoenix - Vast in size and much more luxurious in his coloring together with an estimated much longer life span  more than four solar years combined . Of course this is all different opinions ~ of the Grandest bird ever born in my opinion.

You the Readers of my blog have to decide your own opinion on what you think about this subject and the Phoenix. I hope that Ihave given you enough to think about it. And again I thank you all for reading my blog and coming tovisited all of you all over the world Wendy..   
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Ningyo Japanese Mermaid~
In the Japanese folklore they are called the Mermaid - Ningyo.

Unlike the European and Westerns who call them Mermaids. They are also a different kinda of creature in Japaneses culture compared to the European and Western Culture  too. In Japan the Ningyo is depicted as being an enormous fish but, with the head of a beautiful woman. Plus she is benevolent and very protective towards humans. They warn humans against misfortune on land and in the oceans and seas. They do not entice them into danger like her occidental counterparts. Note: These different folklore's are all up to a matter of opinion. I've just written the different cultures, myths, legends and folklore of the different counties. 

The Traditional Mermaids are often seen sitting on rocks on the

edge of the ocean seashore. They are usually singing and enticing curious sailors to come closer to the dangerous rocks near the oceans shores. It is this singing that allies them to the sirens, luring sailors to their doom. Even the ancient accounts as well as the more modern ones, the appearance of these creatures will conjunction with misfortune and disaster.
Although there are a few regions - Scotland, Wales and Cornwall in

England where the Mermaid has been kind and benevolent towards humans when they have rescue humans from the oceans and give humans their great knowledge in herbal cures for fatal sickness, others have given humans rich gifts in gemstones and warned them of terrible storms that are coming. 
It is also been heard of that a few of these Mermaids will marry a human. Their children will often have webbed feet and fingers. Yet these marriages never last very long. The mermaid usually will return to their watery world of the sea, where their men are called mermen. 

There are some stories during the medieval period in Europe that considered the mermaid to be an  agent of the devil and a symbol of deceit, but I don't believe in that at  myself personally so I am not going to go further on that subject.
I have found that there is a rich history and tradition in folktales, songs and culture around the world with the Mermaid-
These places are such as;
The Bonito Maidens of the Solomon islands
The Saivo-Neita and Havfrue of Scandinavia
The Nakinneito of Finland
The Nakinein of Estonia
The Imanja & Jamaina from Brazil 
The Margygr of Greenland 
Ningyo of Japan.
I hope you Enjoy the legend of the Ningyo Japanese Mermaid
Love you all my dear Friends and Followers! Your Wendy!
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It was an Early November 4 an I happened to be looking out my sliding glass window when I heard my Rosy [My Red-throat

a hummingbird that I've had living on my porch for the last 6years] making lots of sounds. I was amazed at what I was, so I just had to share with you all my readers. I  have had my Rosy a male Red-Throat hummingbird live on my porch for the last 6years and has been quite territorial over my porch area. I never knew how much until today! When I looked outside my partly opened sliding glass door. When I looked outside, it was amazing to watch these two males ~ I'm guessing Male Red-throat's another like Rosy flying around in ways know other birds could ever do and at the same time making this sound like they were talking to each other in their own language. This is my guess. That my Rosy is telling the other male to take a hike or else!  It lasted about almost 3mins between the two tiny hummers. They would dive bomb up and down very fast within and 1/2 inch I would guess between them. Although it could be even closer. Dive bombing with each at the sidewalk then all the way up to the feeders -facing each other with their beaks almost touching. Still moving their tiny wings very fast, it was as if they were having a heated argument about who was the boss of the porch area - food, and the female hummingbird that I saw in the tree close by watching all of this. It was so amazing to see these tiny birds still in flight yet moving very fast at the same time - beak to beak making this sound that only these types of hummers can make. They kept at it in front of the feeder for at least a 1min. Then after that, they kept up all over the porch area zooming fast speed to the right to the left to the sidewalk then up to the feeders then they would stay stationary for a bit and like talk again ~ Like who is going to be the boss or king of the porch! They even looked like they were fighting with each other, I have never seen such a thing but then again it is the survival of the animal kingdom. I couldn't even tell which one was my Rosy. 
They even looked like they were fighting with each other. I have never seen such a thing but, then again I stayed and watched till they finished because I was concerned if one of the hummers might get hurt. But thankfully after watching them from inside my apt. It seemed that the hummers were coming to an end to their I guess conquest for the porch. 
I watched one quickly fly away for now - And the other flew to a branch that was quite close to the porch. I opened the sliding glass door slowly so I could get a better look, but didn't want to open the door for he might fly away. He was calm but his feathers were quite buff out and he seemed to be breathing very hard. But he had his domain back. 
And it's been like that ever since. I have since found out my friend that it was, in fact, my  Rosy that did win the battle. We have since then had many chats. I hope that you all enjoy my Monday morning and I hope you're all have a lovely day and enjoy life and the nature around you.  

Wendy ~ Rosy





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WENDY





 

Pai Lung White Dragon

PAI LUNG White Dragon~

For all you who love Dragons.....

And for my Love for the DRAGON....

In this post I will go over the legendary Dragon Pai Lung.  In the traditions and legends of China where this Dragon origins began; Pai Lung is also known as the White Dragon - was also an Dragon King notable for being the only known White Dragon at the time. 
The Legend tells how a young girl anwers her door of their home one night to an old man, requesting shelter from a very violent thunder storm. When the older gentleman is found gone the next morning, the young was found to be pregnant. Her family figured it could only have been the older gentleman the other night requesting shelter-Being that it was in anicient times her family was outraged at what had happened to the young girl and ejected her from the family home. 
When the 'Child' was born it appeared to be no more a ball of white flesh, which the family threw into the water that was near them. The young girl had fainted from the terror and she never recovered consciousness on that faithful day. 
But the people of her town revered her as the mother of 

Pai Lung. So when the young maiden died, she was buried with honor and her grave became a shrine. Pai Lung  The White Dragon had a temple dedicated on Mount Yang Suchow in Kiangsu, where a tablet records of the legend of the White Dragon - Pai Lung still lay....
For my love  of the DRAGON!
Wendy

The Raitaro - The Buddhist Dragon

The Raitaro- The Buddhist Dragon
This is another post of my Love for the Dragon...
The Raitaro is a Dragon named in the Buddhist traditions and legends of Japan. The legend tells how a poor farmer named Bimbo desperately prayed to Buddha for rain to save his crop. Soon the rains came and during the height of the storm he found a tiny child. Bimbo carefully took the child home; no parents could be located, she he decided to adopt the tiny child and he and his wife called the baby Raitaro- Which means "Thunder Child". 
Years later after helping Bimbo the farmer whenever needed rain or other help with his fields, Bimbo became quite well off and was well provided for over the many years after taking in the small child in the thunder storm who was full grown how. It was then that Raitaro decided to move on and thank the now older couple for rescuing him and taking care of him all these years. After that their son Raitaro departed, but before he left they saw him  change 
into a magnificent White Dragon....
I hope you Enjoyed another legend about my Love for the
DRAGON!
Wendy