'A Beautiful Blackbird' Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot

'A Beautiful Blackbird' Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot: 'A Beautiful Blackbird'

Hefner Park - 3/24/17

Pictures by Pat
Patty Cake Greetings From The Heart
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Oklahoma Brain Tumor Foundation donations needed for uninsured /under-insured children with brain tumors & cancer - Donate at: www.OKBTF.org

To all of my Fellow Blogger Friends & Family

2016 Year-End Donations for the Oklahoma Brain Tumor Foundation are needed.

(This is the real reason for the season)

Donate at www.OKBTF.org

No donation is too small.

Let's help Nancy and the OKBTF impact more lives before year-end.

Let's bring more smiles to the beautiful young faces with your tax deductible donation.

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The Oklahoma Brain Tumor Foundation 501(c)3 has been providing help and hope for thousands of Oklahoma families for the last 16 years. 

As we enter our 17th year we are excited to continue making a difference in the lives of brain tumor and child cancer families across the state.  Every penny you give, stays right here in Oklahoma to support Oklahoma families. 

This year has been especially difficult for the organization. State budget cuts to mental health services and a struggling economy has resulted in a 40% reduction in revenue.  We need your support more than ever!

The OKBTF is the only licensed nonprofit outpatient mental health provider that focuses on meeting the needs of cancer patients through counseling, case management, support service programs and support groups designed to address family’s individual needs.  These services are provided completely at no out-of-pocket costs to the families we serve.  We need your help to continue providing these no-cost services and support.

We respectfully request an investment in our programs and services that support uninsured and under-insured Oklahomans with brain tumors and children with cancer.

As we approach the season of gratitude, please consider investing in the Oklahoma Brain Tumor Foundation.  Someone’s life will be changed by your generosity. 

   

Sincerely,

Nancy Miller

Founder and President

Www.okbtf.org

African Mud Bath for Ugandan Buffalo Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot

African Mud Bath for Ugandan Buffalo Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot: Water Buffalo cooling off with a Beauty Bath of Mud at Paraa Lodge in Northern Uganda.

Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder :)

Lechwe Deer @Paraa Lodge Uganda Africa Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot

Lechwe Deer @Paraa Lodge Uganda Africa Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot: Wonder if the deer here are looking at us------ as we are looking at them?

Camel through the eye of a lens.... Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot

Camel through the eye of a lens.... Photo by Patricia (PattyCake) Smith — National Geographic Your Shot: Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God
Matthew 19:24

This is the purity and innocence of Africa untouched by man.

The First True Soldier...Native American Photo by Patricia Smith — National Geographic Your Shot

The First True Soldier...Native American Photo by Patricia Smith — National Geographic Your Shot: HONORING OUR VETERANS - STAND DOWN 2016

HONORING OUR VETERANS - STAND DOWN 2016

You can read the story that I wrote in its entirety on the front cover page in the November 15th Veterans Tribute edition of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune newspaper. (continued on page 8)

Link to story:
https://www.c-a-tribes.org/sites/www.c-a-tribes.org/files/Nov.%2015%2C%202016_0.pdf

50,000 plus homeless veterans today are sleeping on the American streets every night according to the Department of Veteran Affairs.  Native Americans whose members form 1.7% of the US active duty forces are twice as large as their 0.8% US population.  Of that 1.7% Native American soldiers --- 26% of these veterans are homeless and poor.

America is the greatest nation in the world.  We live in the land of the free and the home of the brave.  Who are the brave? They are the proud men and women that are in the armed services that keep us safe and protect us from the known and unknown terrors of the world.  They are the men and women that are enlisted in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, National Guard and Coast Guard.  They are our family members---- our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and children.  We are able to go about our daily lives and live in this land of the free because of these brave men and women that protect us here in the United States and abroad in over 100 countries.

The 2016 Inter-Tribal Veterans Stand Down was held at the Cox Convention Center November 4, 2016.

The Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribe sponsored the Inter-Tribal Veterans Stand Down event. Stand Down is a nationwide event for the homeless. Stand Down is unique in that it is for all Military Veterans. No one was turned down for any service.

Pictures from this event can be found at:  http://pattycakegreetings.smugmug.com/Cheyenne-and-Arapaho-2016

THANK YOU VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVITUDE....SEMPER FI !

SkyDance - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Photo by Patricia Smith — National Geographic Your Shot

SkyDance - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Photo by Patricia Smith — National Geographic Your Shot: SkyDance Pedestrian Bridge above Interstate 40 in downtown Oklahoma City has become one of the city's most unique landmarks.

The design is inspired by the 'sky dance' of the scissor-tailed flycatcher, Oklahoma's state bird.

Just caught a fast glimpse / pic as I was travelling underneath it tonight!!...

Will have to come back and catch it in its full color changes real soon!! 3

Taken with Nikon D7100