Rare White Non-Albino Buffalo

Picture from KDFW Fox 4 Dallas-Ft Worth

There is nothing more sacred to the Native Americans, than the rare non-albino white buffalo.  Only 1 out of every 10 million is born a rare non-albino white buffalo.  Last year, on May 12, 2011, a baby non-albino white buffalo was born and being raised on a Lakota Buffalo Ranch near Greenville, Texas.  This buffalo was honored and given the name of Lightning Medicine Cloud. 

Arby Little Soldier, owner of The Lakota Buffalo Ranch where Lightning Medicine Cloud was located, came home from being out of town to a horrific scene.  The sacred baby calf was killed and skinned.  The very next day, Lightning Medicine Cloud’s mother was also found dead.

Lightning Medicine Cloud was not just a beautiful non-albino white buffalo.  He was a sacred symbol of hope to all Indian nations.  “In Lakota spirituality, our survival as people depends on believing in and heeding the white buffalo’s sacred message, which urges us to live the understanding that all living being are linked and interdependent.” -- Melanie J Martin

Why would anyone take the life of a symbol of spirituality? Why weren’t Native spiritual values honored? 

This is a terrible, hateful crime; a spiritual injustice.  This should never happen, I pray for justice to be served. God Bless our Native Americans.

Martin, Melanie J. “The White Buffalo: A Living Prophecy in Western Pennsylvania.”  May 4, 2012. <http://www.nativevillage.org/Inspiration-/white_buffalo%20a%20living%20prophecy.htm

Yard Work - Tool - Pots - Thank You Kymber :-)

4:45 AM was the start to a busy day, and it’s not even over yet.  I decided the property needed mowing before it turned into a jungle.  The grass has been growing crazy with all the rain we’ve had.  It took me most of the morning to get the grass cut (boy did I get my exercise).  Then I pulled out my grass whip and whipped around the entire house, all the fencing, and driveway and around areas I couldn’t reach with the lawn mower.  Since Bulldog Man was at work and hadn’t been feeling well lately dealing with migraines, I decided I would tackle this pile of tree branches we cut a while back. The branches needed moving from west side of the house to the far end of the property for removal.  We’ve been making several big piles of branches, trees and debris in one area of the property that’s never really used, for removal at a later date.  I gently pulled (making sure there were no snakes, spiders and scorpions) each large branch and placed them in the wheelbarrow, a mile high and a mile long (exaggerated a bit). Now, I know the branches won’t fit in the wheelbarrow because of the size; I just needed something to help me move (drag) them.  As I rolled the wheelbarrow across the property the branches were moving to the right, then the left, then forward courtesy of the Oklahoma winds.  I did this four times, back and forth. There is nothing funnier then fighting moving branches and steering a wheelbarrow at the same time.  I must have looked like a crazy woman; thank God no one was around to see me. 

When Bulldog man came home he was feeling a little better, and decided to help me pull out the remaining Bibb lettuce and plant some Kale in its place.  We used a new hoe we had bought at the Farmer’s Market to pullout roots and straighten up the garden box before planting the Kale seeds.  The hoe was made by the Oklahoma State University’s Coop Extension, and is made out of tractor blades that were extremely sharp.  Bulldog Man bought the hoe for me and I was happy to have it to add to my garden tool collection and I was also happy to support the university.

Removing remaining Bibb Lettuce



This hoe is extremely sharp



We put together this bird netting to prevent the birds from eating all the plants in pots.  I have more pots to add under the netting but wanted to take a picture to post on the blog.

Now here’s my special plant I picked up today.  It’s special because a sweet friend of mine, Kymber, suggested I make some sage tea (2 -3 leaves of fresh sage, bruise the leaves with fingers or spoon and pour boiling hot water, let steep for 5 minutes and drink)  to help me sleep and deal with some of my hormone symptoms. I’ve been drinking this tea for over a week, and I see a big difference.  My plans for this sage plant is to transplant it in a pot, and place it next to my back door for quick and easy access when I need leaves for my tea each night.



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