NIMBY (Not In My Backyard)

Donkey Girl is fortunate to have a screened-in back porch this year (mosquitoes love to bite me). Last night was a great night for sitting out there and reading under the fans. There was breeze, birds were out, the new plantings looked healthy. It was GREAT!

I got to thinking ...what if the oil spill were happening in the field out back of my house? What if the oil were slowly creeping toward my house, my new porch and all those plants? What would happen if my dog wanted to play in the yard? If the oil got in my house?

It made me really sad to think about the birds that coated with oil and piling up dead under our feeder. I'd feel awful- so much beauty gone under a shiny sheen of oil. And what if I had no money, no way to clean it up? That's what is happening to the people and animals in the gulf area.

My daughter sent a link to me that you should try-http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ You'll see how much of our area would be covered by the spill. (And actually it doesn't really show the whole thing, because so much of the oil is under the surface of the water...and the oil keeps gushing).

We've got to change how we live. It is that simple. ~DG