Author: dbranbgp

OSPREY

BALD EAGLE

The sky provides an endless source of entertainment for us daily.

Sometimes it’s true beauty cannot be seen in normal speed. Watch as we speed up the sun setting through Texas storms and smoke from Mexico. Watch Mars streak through the sky as it sets shortly after the sun. Watch as the clouds form and disappear just as quickly.

The smoke from controlled burns drifts north from Mexico into the Texas skies.

Happy to be here on this earth. Rotating and revolving around, endlessly. With each spin and revolution causing shifts on the surface, creating artwork in the sky daily for us to appreciate.

“Wildflowers don’t grow haphazardly, as we are led to believe. They grow in fantastic patterns which are different to each of us you see.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

A starry sky is equally interesting to a scientist, a mystic, an ethics scholar, and a poet. Looking at the stars, each experiences something different, and each sees his own picture.

— Alija Izetbegovic

“The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“You all can go to hell, and I will go to Texas.”

— Davy Crockett

Newton B. Drury, NPS Director, 1940-1951:

“The American way of life consists of something that goes greatly beyond the mere obtaining of the necessities of existence. If it means anything, it means that America presents to its citizens an opportunity to grow mentally and spiritually, as well as physically. The National Park System and the work of the National Park Service constitute one of the Federal Government’s important contributions to that opportunity. Together they make it possible for all Americans–millions of them at first-hand–to enjoy unspoiled the great scenic places of the Nation…. The National Park System also provides, through areas that are significant in history and prehistory, a physical as well as spiritual linking of present-day Americans with the past of their country.”

Newton B. Drury, NPS Director, 1940-1951

“There is nothing so American as our national parks…. The fundamental idea behind the parks…is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The parks are the Nation’s pleasure grounds and the Nation’s restoring places…. The national parks…are an American idea; it is one thing we have that has not been imported.”

J. Horace McFarland, president, American Civic Assn., 1916

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Surfhampton is a place so unlike the rest of the world, it might as well be on the moon.

We are the ones responsible for ensuring the beach days of today extend to the times of tomorrow. We must find ways to live in harmony with mother nature and ensure our seas stay healthy and happy for years to come.

Why should we care about our oceans? Why should we turn our attention to protecting the sea? Why invest in ways to live alongside nature that is beneficial to both us and our natural counterparts?

Because they are there.

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was
asked why did he want to climb it. He said, “Because it is there.”

Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new
hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God’s blessing on the
most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.

We choose to go to the Moon speech by John F. Kennedy
September 12th 1962

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SURFHAMPTON IS BACK WITH THE ORIGINAL FAVORITES AND NEW DESIGNS

Before we go any further, we want to say thank you. Our original Surhampton Collection released in late 2020 has been our most successful line of products yet. That would not be possible without the support from our Friends and Family. For supporting our dreams and turning whatever this is, into a reality, we cannot say thank you enough.

We’ve brought the classics with a twist, products sourced from recycled and organic materials now have your favorite Surfhampton and High Tides back on the shelves.

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High Tides – Don’t Wait Til It’s Too Late

One of the most common questions we get here at the Big Green Project is “Why? What are you even doing?”

We are not really sure ….. yet.

To be fair, does anyone really know what they are supposed to be doing?

If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge
and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.

Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial
revolution, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this
generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a
part of it–we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the
planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but
by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of
mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding.

We choose to go to the Moon speech by John F. Kennedy
September 12th 1962

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What does it mean to be a super hero?

Sometimes it is just someone that does the right thing, consistently, for his friends, family and community.

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Hello, friend. God, that’s always been lame, hasn’t it?

Sorry I never came up with a better name for you. Then again, I don’t even have a name.

Just a guy trying to play God without permission. You told me once that this would be a black void, absolute nothingness.

Is that true?

This whole time, I thought changing the world was something you did, an act you performed, something you fought for.

I don’t know if that’s true anymore.

What if changing the world was just about being here, by showing up no matter how many times we get told we don’t belong, by staying true even when we’re shamed into being false, by believing in ourselves even when we’re told we’re too different?

And if we all held on to that, if we refuse to budge and fall in line, if we stood our ground for long enough, just maybe

The world can’t help but change around us.

Even though we’ll be gone, it’s like Mr. Robot said. We’ll always be a part of Elliot Alderson.

And we’ll be the best part, because we’re the part that always showed up.

We’re the part that stayed.

We’re the part that changed him.

And who wouldn’t be proud of that?

Series Finale of Mr. Robot, a show by Sam Esmail