TOTALLY HYENA

Mt. Tabor is a magical place!! (at Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon)

Dear nature, i am super impressed.... (at Hoyt Arboretum - Portland, OR)

This burned out lil house had a message today.... 💜 (at Alberta District)

Listen closely for the birds chirping... (at Hoyt Arboretum - Portland, OR)

Visiting my little green friends... (at Alberta District)

Little bits o' nature... (at Washington Park)

Spring has sprung... (at Washington Park)

Into the woods... (at Washington Park)

Found the perfect spot under the budding tree in my backyard!! (at Alberta District)

Last scene of winter... (at Portland, Oregon)

The scene @wildshamanpdx gallery Grand Opening last night. #pdxart #turkishart #turkishartist #turkishstyle #turkishdesigners #turkishrug #designer (at Wild Shaman)

Back alley mossy goodness...

Amazing #bellydancing this evening!! #pdxnow #bellydance #coffee #friends #fun #violin #electricviolin (at Marino Adriatic Cafe)

The plant vibe in the house is so much higher now that they have found new homes!! #plants #design #nature #instnature #urbanjungle #homeinspiration #interior #plantjourney #succulents #botanical @pistilsnursery @digsportland @solabeeflowers (at Portland, Oregon)

All in a days work... indoor plants have found new homes!! #plants #design #blackandwhite #nature #instnature #urbanjungle #homeinspiration #interior (at Portland, Oregon)

Repotting my 🐍!!#Sansevieriatrifasciata #trifasciata #Sansevieria #Asparagaceae #snake plant, #mother-in-lawstonge #vipersbowstringhemp (at Portland, Oregon)

#Repost @ritual_botanica with @get_repost ・・・ This feels important to share. REPOST FROM @swoonhq “Twice this month I’ve heard someone say that it’s a good thing when people who are addicted to drugs overdose and die,to ‘Thin the herd and start over.’ as one man put it. If you share this view, there’s something I want to say to you. First, I think you don’t understand what addiction is. Addiction is caused by trauma and suffering.It’s about pain and not knowing how to live with or heal your pain. Almost all severely addicted people have a history of childhood trauma. Let me explain how this works.My mother was repeatedly raped as a child. In addition, her mother was emotionally abusive.So you have a little girl who is being brutally traumatized and who has no one to turn to for comfort. The compound effect of this was disfiguring for my mother’s nervous system.For the rest of her life, her heart rate, breathing and digestion all felt out of control.Her body, mind and emotions became an enemy. When my mother discovered heroin,she felt normal for the first time because PTSD rewires the nervous system into a constant state of terror and narcotics are a (destructive) short term fix for that terror.For some addicts the pain that drives them is less catastrophic,but the hook is always pain. When you say that addicts should die what you are saying is this:Children who have been abused, neglected, even raped, and who grew up with nervous systems scarred from suffering now deserve to disappear;to die as punishment for having been injured and not yet knowing how to heal. The inhumanity of this position is staggering.You may imagine your world safer without such injured people in it.I know first hand the grief that addicts cause,but adding inhumanity to suffering is not the answer. While the nervous systems of PTSD sufferers are often permanently altered,we’re developing better PTSD therapies all the time.We now have the opportunity to offer effective therapies to people who are scarred from trauma.The answer lies in healing, and in understanding human suffering. Although drugs are not the answer to pain,there is more to the reality of addiction.... Compassion revea