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Blue bottle tree

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Blue and white ornaments

Blue Crab at goldfish pond

Blue tree ornaments

Blue crab basket

Factory Point-Savannah Georgia

Sitting on the banks of the Moon River, the bottle tree is traditional in the Gullah culture of the Southeast coast of the USA.  It is said that attractive blue bottles lure in evil spirits during the night and trap them.  As the sun rises the trapped spirits disappears forever taking with then bad luck, bad dreams and any spells that may have been placed on one.

And for many others “blue” is a favorite color for decorating and ornaments because of its calming effect.

Good wishes for peace 🙂

July Squares

Sadly, over the past few weeks, the bodies of six of these otherwise seemingly healthy whales were found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence – an area where they’re afforded less protection because they haven’t been sighted there as often until recent years. Following the discoveries, scientists quickly launched an effort to figure out what happened to them and finally announced some of their findings.…