EF~DisneyNature Movie Series #3 - Snow Leopards
Mail Deadline: Jul 31, 2017
COMMON NAME: Snow Leopard
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Panthera uncia
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Carnivores
SIZE: 4 to 5 ft; tail, 36 in
WEIGHT: 60 to 120 lbs
Illegal poaching continues to threaten the world’s ever dwindling population of snow leopards. But, at the Snow Leopard Trust in Kyrgyzstan, a group of conservationists is collaborating with local communities to yield big results.
Hi Yvonne!! I'm loving being part of the groups. Digging into the word is a beautiful thing. :)
2.What gentleness means to you.
Humility and thankfulness toward God, and polite, restrained behavior toward others. This does not imply meekness. t takes a strong person to be truly gentle. Gentleness also means giving up the right to judge what is best for ourselves and others. God is not as concerned with our comfort as He is concerned with our spiritual growth, and He knows how to grow us far better than we do. We must accept His judgment on people and issues. We tend to think it is gentle to go easy on people and try to justify actions that God has called sin. Or to let someone continue in sin without speaking the truth. Jesus gave us the perfect picture of gentleness: “See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey†(Matthew 21:5), and now He offers us His gentleness as a gift. If we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, we will be filled with fruit of gentleness.
3.A scripture on gentleness.
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Philippians 4:5 | NIV
4.How the scripture applies to your life.
Christians must allow the light of God to shine through us to show others His grace, mercy, gentle spirit and loving ways. If we wrap ourselves in his truths, and allow Him to guide our steps, his glory, tenderness and gentleness will be evident and we can share His love with others. I have to remind myself daily (moment to moment some days) to curb my will and embrace His.
as defined in the Bible: An expression of compassion, seen in God’s dealings with the frail and weak, and expected of believers in their dealings with others.
Dictionary definition:
the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered.
softness of action or effect; lightness.
What does gentleness mean to me?
As it says above, to be a gentle person you must also be a strong person. You must be kind and careful to others especially people who might be frightened for whatever reason. They need to gain your trust and that in itself means that you must have the strength to convince them to trust you. When you show Jesus's love, gentleness and kindness anything's possible.
The gentleness of a Christian:
It is learned.
It is godly.
God expects it.
It isn't easy.
Sometimes it comes with great difficulty and through special circumstances.
Kinds of gentleness:
A gentle spirit acknowledges the truth of what is being felt and how to respond to it.
Gentle people make and embrace the time and space between something happening and when to respond to it.
A gentle spirit is acknowledging and allowingyourself to care about things.
A gentle spirit will find reasons that ignite a positive motivation.
Gentle spirits embrace their ability to choose instead of reacting.
Cultivating empathy and an understanding that the world doesn't revolve around their perception of reality is a habit of the gentle spirit.
Gentle spirited people observe the world. They observe themselves, other people and situations they experience. The more control you have, the more space you have to choose to be gentle.
Meaning of scripture to me:
My gentleness is always evident to all. I live my life always being compassionate to others. I show kindness whenever possible even in the worst of situations. Even when someone does something to make me angry I try my best to respond in the kindest possible way.
I hope you were encouraged by my comments. I pray that your life is also filled with gentleness. God Bless You!
Swap: BL ~ Butterfly Color Series #2 (Yellow) Hello! I've chosen 3 butterflies, Sleepy Orange, Orange-barred Sulphur, Two-tailed Swallowtail.
Sleepy Orange - Upperside of wings orange in both sexes; orange-yellow form rare. Forewing with small black cell spot. Male with sharply defined black borders on outer and costal margins; female borders not so well-defined. In winter form, underside of hindwing is brick red, brown, or tan; in summer form it is orange-yellow.
Orange-barred Sulphur - Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The two forms of the female, one off-white and the other yellow-orange, are much larger than the male. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken, angled black smudges. Outer half of hindwing of yellow form is red-orange.
Two-tailed Swallowtail - This large yellow and black striped butterfly is truly a gift from nature. It has two tails and beautiful blue markings scaling across the hind wings. This butterfly is lovely and graceful, yet it is so rarely enjoyed up close and personal. In 2001, the Two-tailed Swallowtail made its way into history; it officially became the State Butterfly of Arizona.
Junonia almana, the peacock pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings.
Eurema nicippe, the sleepy orange, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is also found in the West Indies, Costa Rica and Belize.
Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World.
Phoebis argante has a wingspan of about 54–67 millimetres (2.1–2.6 in). The uppersides of the male's wings are bright orange with a thin black or dark brown border on forewings. The hindwings are slightly paler and have two small whitish spots in the middle. The basic colour of the females vary from white to yellow, with dark borders.
Sleepy Orange - Upperside of wings orange in both sexes; orange-yellow form rare. Forewing with small black cell spot. Male with sharply defined black borders on outer and costal margins; female borders not so well-defined. In winter form, underside of hindwing is brick red, brown, or tan; in summer form it is orange-yellow.
Orange-barred Sulphur - Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The two forms of the female, one off-white and the other yellow-orange, are much larger than the male. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken, angled black smudges. Outer half of hindwing of yellow form is red-orange.
Two-tailed Swallowtail - This large yellow and black striped butterfly is truly a gift from nature. It has two tails and beautiful blue markings scaling across the hind wings. This butterfly is lovely and graceful, yet it is so rarely enjoyed up close and personal. In 2001, the Two-tailed Swallowtail made its way into history; it officially became the State Butterfly of Arizona.
I hope you like the yellow butterflies that I have chosen for you!
First, I have chosen for the the "Two-tailed Swallowtail".
The two-tailed swallowtail is a large swallowtail of western North America, one of several species that have yellow wings with black tiger striping. Each hind wing has several blue markings (top and bottom). Like other striped swallowtails, it has a small orange eyespot near the lower angle of each hind wing; the eyespots can fool predators into attacking the rear of the butterfly instead of the head, giving the butterfly a chance to escape. Its appearance is similar to the western, and eastern tiger swallowtails, but has narrower black stripes and usually two tails on each hind wing (rather than only one). Most two-tails have a black "slit pupil" in the orange eyespot on each hind wing, never present in western tiger. It is also usually larger than similar swallowtails within its range, although some eastern tiger swallowtails are as big as any two-tailed. The wingspan ranges from 3 to 6.5 inches (7.6 to 16.5 cm), making it the largest swallowtail in western North America. As is the case with most swallowtails, females are larger and more brightly colored than males, having more blue and orange markings on the hind wings. It does not tend to hybridize with related species as do the western, eastern, and Canadian tiger swallowtails.
The butterfly can be seen from Guatemala, through Mexico, the western United States to southern Canada in southern British Columbia, Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. It typically lives near streams and in moist valleys but also in canyons and cities at lower elevations.
Host plants include: chokecherry, bitter cherry, Arizona rosewood, single-leaf ash, hop tree, and Arizona sycamore. In California it mostly uses California hop tree. Elsewhere in the West, it often uses green ash planted along city streets (in California, city habitats are usually occupied by western tiger swallowtails rather than two-tailed.
The two-tailed swallowtail is the state butterfly of Arizona.
The second butterfly that I will be sharing with you is the "Sleepy Orange".
The sleepy orange is a bright orange butterfly with the upper side of the wings having wide black borders. The forewing coastal margin has a small, narrow black spot. Some people[who?] think that the sleepy orange got its name from the black spot that looks like a closed eye; others say that the sleepy orange is a misnomer because, when disturbed, the butterfly has a very rapid flight. The underside of the wings varies seasonally: summer forms are bright yellow with brick-red markings, while winter forms are browner and more heavily marked. It has a wingspan of 1 3â„8–2 1â„4 inches (35-57 mm).
The sleepy orange may be found in or around old fields, roadsides, woods edges, swamps, wet meadows, open woodlands, margins of ponds, waterways, and valleys.
The third butterfly that I've chosen for you is the "Orange-barred Sulphur".
Phoebis philea, the orange-barred sulphur, is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean.
The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm. There are two to three generations per year in Florida and one in the northern part of the range with adults on wing from mid to late summer. The species habitat is in tropical scrub, gardens, fields, and forest edges. The species eats nectar from red-colored plants.
The larvae feed on Cassia species.
The final butterfly that I have chosen for you is the "Anise Swallowtail".
Papilio zelicaon, the anise swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America. Both the upper and lower sides of its wings are black, but the upper wing has a broad yellow stripe across it, which gives the butterfly an overall yellow appearance. There are striking blue spots on the rear edge of the rear wing, and the characteristic tails of the swallowtails. Its wingspan is 52–80 mm. Its body is somewhat shorter than the rather similar western tiger swallowtail, with which its range overlaps; it also lacks the black stripes, converging toward the tail, of the latter. There is a somewhat darker subspecies, P. z. nitra, which is rare throughout the range, though somewhat more often found at lower elevations.
The anise swallowtail has a wingspan ranging from 52 to 80 mm (2.0 to 3.1 in). Wings are mostly yellow, with black bands along the edges of both the forewings and hind wings. Distinguished from tiger swallowtail butterflies by being smaller in size and lacking the vertical black striping patterns. There are yellowish-orange to red eyespots near the tails of each wing, each containing a black pupil. The body is predominantly black, with yellow stripes running laterally along the abdomen.
The anise swallowtail is a butterfly of fairly open country, and is most likely to be seen on bare hills or mountains, in fields or at the roadside. It is often seen in towns, in gardens or vacant lots.
The usual range of the anise swallowtail extends from British Columbia and North Dakota at its northern extreme, south to the Baja California Peninsula and other parts of Mexico. It is occasionally reported from the southeastern United States, but its normal range does not extend east of New Mexico. In all the more northerly parts of the range, the chrysalis hibernates.
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EF~DisneyNature Movie Series #3 - Snow Leopards Mail Deadline: Jul 31, 2017
COMMON NAME: Snow Leopard
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Panthera uncia
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Carnivores
SIZE: 4 to 5 ft; tail, 36 in
WEIGHT: 60 to 120 lbs
Illegal poaching continues to threaten the world’s ever dwindling population of snow leopards. But, at the Snow Leopard Trust in Kyrgyzstan, a group of conservationists is collaborating with local communities to yield big results.
CSG ~ Fruit of the Spirit, #7 Gentleness
Hi Yvonne!! I'm loving being part of the groups. Digging into the word is a beautiful thing. :)
2.What gentleness means to you.
Humility and thankfulness toward God, and polite, restrained behavior toward others. This does not imply meekness. t takes a strong person to be truly gentle. Gentleness also means giving up the right to judge what is best for ourselves and others. God is not as concerned with our comfort as He is concerned with our spiritual growth, and He knows how to grow us far better than we do. We must accept His judgment on people and issues. We tend to think it is gentle to go easy on people and try to justify actions that God has called sin. Or to let someone continue in sin without speaking the truth. Jesus gave us the perfect picture of gentleness: “See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey†(Matthew 21:5), and now He offers us His gentleness as a gift. If we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, we will be filled with fruit of gentleness.
3.A scripture on gentleness.
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 | NIV
4.How the scripture applies to your life.
Christians must allow the light of God to shine through us to show others His grace, mercy, gentle spirit and loving ways. If we wrap ourselves in his truths, and allow Him to guide our steps, his glory, tenderness and gentleness will be evident and we can share His love with others. I have to remind myself daily (moment to moment some days) to curb my will and embrace His.
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CSG ~ Fruit of the Spirit, #7 Gentleness
Gentleness
as defined in the Bible: An expression of compassion, seen in God’s dealings with the frail and weak, and expected of believers in their dealings with others.
Dictionary definition:
the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered.
softness of action or effect; lightness.
What does gentleness mean to me?
As it says above, to be a gentle person you must also be a strong person. You must be kind and careful to others especially people who might be frightened for whatever reason. They need to gain your trust and that in itself means that you must have the strength to convince them to trust you. When you show Jesus's love, gentleness and kindness anything's possible.
The gentleness of a Christian:
Kinds of gentleness:
A gentle spirit acknowledges the truth of what is being felt and how to respond to it.
Gentle people make and embrace the time and space between something happening and when to respond to it.
A gentle spirit is acknowledging and allowingyourself to care about things.
A gentle spirit will find reasons that ignite a positive motivation.
Gentle spirits embrace their ability to choose instead of reacting.
Cultivating empathy and an understanding that the world doesn't revolve around their perception of reality is a habit of the gentle spirit.
Gentle spirited people observe the world. They observe themselves, other people and situations they experience. The more control you have, the more space you have to choose to be gentle.
Meaning of scripture to me:
My gentleness is always evident to all. I live my life always being compassionate to others. I show kindness whenever possible even in the worst of situations. Even when someone does something to make me angry I try my best to respond in the kindest possible way.
I hope you were encouraged by my comments. I pray that your life is also filled with gentleness. God Bless You!
Blessings,
Yvonne
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Swap: BL ~ Butterfly Color Series #2 (Yellow) Hello! I've chosen 3 butterflies, Sleepy Orange, Orange-barred Sulphur, Two-tailed Swallowtail.
Sleepy Orange - Upperside of wings orange in both sexes; orange-yellow form rare. Forewing with small black cell spot. Male with sharply defined black borders on outer and costal margins; female borders not so well-defined. In winter form, underside of hindwing is brick red, brown, or tan; in summer form it is orange-yellow.
Orange-barred Sulphur - Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The two forms of the female, one off-white and the other yellow-orange, are much larger than the male. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken, angled black smudges. Outer half of hindwing of yellow form is red-orange.
Two-tailed Swallowtail - This large yellow and black striped butterfly is truly a gift from nature. It has two tails and beautiful blue markings scaling across the hind wings. This butterfly is lovely and graceful, yet it is so rarely enjoyed up close and personal. In 2001, the Two-tailed Swallowtail made its way into history; it officially became the State Butterfly of Arizona.
BL ~ Butterfly Color Series #2 (Yellow)
Hope you like the butterflies I picked for you!
Junonia almana, the peacock pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings.
Eurema nicippe, the sleepy orange, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is also found in the West Indies, Costa Rica and Belize.
Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World.
Phoebis argante has a wingspan of about 54–67 millimetres (2.1–2.6 in). The uppersides of the male's wings are bright orange with a thin black or dark brown border on forewings. The hindwings are slightly paler and have two small whitish spots in the middle. The basic colour of the females vary from white to yellow, with dark borders.
Sleepy Orange - Upperside of wings orange in both sexes; orange-yellow form rare. Forewing with small black cell spot. Male with sharply defined black borders on outer and costal margins; female borders not so well-defined. In winter form, underside of hindwing is brick red, brown, or tan; in summer form it is orange-yellow.
Orange-barred Sulphur - Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The two forms of the female, one off-white and the other yellow-orange, are much larger than the male. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken, angled black smudges. Outer half of hindwing of yellow form is red-orange.
Two-tailed Swallowtail - This large yellow and black striped butterfly is truly a gift from nature. It has two tails and beautiful blue markings scaling across the hind wings. This butterfly is lovely and graceful, yet it is so rarely enjoyed up close and personal. In 2001, the Two-tailed Swallowtail made its way into history; it officially became the State Butterfly of Arizona.
EF~DisneyNature Movie Series #3 - Snow Leopards
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Blessings,
Yvonne
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BL ~ Butterfly Color Series #2 (Yellow)
I hope you like the yellow butterflies that I have chosen for you!
First, I have chosen for the the "Two-tailed Swallowtail".
The two-tailed swallowtail is a large swallowtail of western North America, one of several species that have yellow wings with black tiger striping. Each hind wing has several blue markings (top and bottom). Like other striped swallowtails, it has a small orange eyespot near the lower angle of each hind wing; the eyespots can fool predators into attacking the rear of the butterfly instead of the head, giving the butterfly a chance to escape. Its appearance is similar to the western, and eastern tiger swallowtails, but has narrower black stripes and usually two tails on each hind wing (rather than only one). Most two-tails have a black "slit pupil" in the orange eyespot on each hind wing, never present in western tiger. It is also usually larger than similar swallowtails within its range, although some eastern tiger swallowtails are as big as any two-tailed. The wingspan ranges from 3 to 6.5 inches (7.6 to 16.5 cm), making it the largest swallowtail in western North America. As is the case with most swallowtails, females are larger and more brightly colored than males, having more blue and orange markings on the hind wings. It does not tend to hybridize with related species as do the western, eastern, and Canadian tiger swallowtails.
The butterfly can be seen from Guatemala, through Mexico, the western United States to southern Canada in southern British Columbia, Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. It typically lives near streams and in moist valleys but also in canyons and cities at lower elevations.
Host plants include: chokecherry, bitter cherry, Arizona rosewood, single-leaf ash, hop tree, and Arizona sycamore. In California it mostly uses California hop tree. Elsewhere in the West, it often uses green ash planted along city streets (in California, city habitats are usually occupied by western tiger swallowtails rather than two-tailed.
The two-tailed swallowtail is the state butterfly of Arizona.
The second butterfly that I will be sharing with you is the "Sleepy Orange".
The sleepy orange is a bright orange butterfly with the upper side of the wings having wide black borders. The forewing coastal margin has a small, narrow black spot. Some people[who?] think that the sleepy orange got its name from the black spot that looks like a closed eye; others say that the sleepy orange is a misnomer because, when disturbed, the butterfly has a very rapid flight. The underside of the wings varies seasonally: summer forms are bright yellow with brick-red markings, while winter forms are browner and more heavily marked. It has a wingspan of 1 3â„8–2 1â„4 inches (35-57 mm).
The sleepy orange may be found in or around old fields, roadsides, woods edges, swamps, wet meadows, open woodlands, margins of ponds, waterways, and valleys.
The third butterfly that I've chosen for you is the "Orange-barred Sulphur".
Phoebis philea, the orange-barred sulphur, is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean.
The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm. There are two to three generations per year in Florida and one in the northern part of the range with adults on wing from mid to late summer. The species habitat is in tropical scrub, gardens, fields, and forest edges. The species eats nectar from red-colored plants.
The larvae feed on Cassia species.
The final butterfly that I have chosen for you is the "Anise Swallowtail".
Papilio zelicaon, the anise swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America. Both the upper and lower sides of its wings are black, but the upper wing has a broad yellow stripe across it, which gives the butterfly an overall yellow appearance. There are striking blue spots on the rear edge of the rear wing, and the characteristic tails of the swallowtails. Its wingspan is 52–80 mm. Its body is somewhat shorter than the rather similar western tiger swallowtail, with which its range overlaps; it also lacks the black stripes, converging toward the tail, of the latter. There is a somewhat darker subspecies, P. z. nitra, which is rare throughout the range, though somewhat more often found at lower elevations.
The anise swallowtail has a wingspan ranging from 52 to 80 mm (2.0 to 3.1 in). Wings are mostly yellow, with black bands along the edges of both the forewings and hind wings. Distinguished from tiger swallowtail butterflies by being smaller in size and lacking the vertical black striping patterns. There are yellowish-orange to red eyespots near the tails of each wing, each containing a black pupil. The body is predominantly black, with yellow stripes running laterally along the abdomen.
The anise swallowtail is a butterfly of fairly open country, and is most likely to be seen on bare hills or mountains, in fields or at the roadside. It is often seen in towns, in gardens or vacant lots.
The usual range of the anise swallowtail extends from British Columbia and North Dakota at its northern extreme, south to the Baja California Peninsula and other parts of Mexico. It is occasionally reported from the southeastern United States, but its normal range does not extend east of New Mexico. In all the more northerly parts of the range, the chrysalis hibernates.
Blessings,
Yvonne