"Winter Wonder...huh?"

Mama gnome rubbed her hands together and pulled her pointy hat down to cover her ears.

'Tis another blustery evening here at the Arctic thought Mama gnome.

She worried she might have to trek over five miles to find the last remaining edible shrubs.

Mama gnome donned on her boots, thick coat and a ten foot long scarf.

She gripped the doorknob and yanked the door open prepared for the worst Arctic wind blast.

"Here we go...here we go out to a wonderful winter wonder....huh?"

Wonder...land?

It was land, barren earth, more like it.

For the snow was gone, the ice melted.

The Arctic sea ice was gone.

Mama gnome described a scenario which may not be far fetched.

According to this post, on December 14,2009 former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Danish ice scientist Dorthe Dahl Jensen presented a startling prediction about the future of the Arctic Sea Ice.

"New computer modeling suggests the Arctic Ocean may be nearly ice-free in the summertime as early as 2014."

2014...that's five earth years from now, thought Mama gnome.

Young gnomelets will still be young gnomelets, yet the Arctic Sea Ice in the summer of 2014 will be virtually gone.

What would happen to all the arctic animals who rely on the presence of ice to hunt for food and for their survival?

Mama gnome wished it would be just as easy for them to dine at a fancy restaurant like these polar bears in the video.


video from: MiracleEntertainment

Mama gnome thought humor would be appropriate otherwise she would be pulling her hair out.

But it is not a laughing matter...global warming.

Did you find Mama gnome's poem for global warming funny? Exactly.

What will we have have without polar ice caps and Arctic sea ice?

When ice melts you get water.

That would be tons of water.

Oceans of rising sea levels.

Mama gnome doesn't want to go there...

Please keep up our winter spirits, help fight global warming and Go Green.

(c) Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog

I Warm You Globally...Let Me Count The Ways....

Mama gnome loves to read poetry sometimes.

And one of her favorite poems is, "How Do I love thee? Let Me Count the Ways" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Mama gnome thought in honor of the ongoing COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference,

she presents a poem showing the severity and gravity of not love...but of Global Warming.


"How Do I Globally Warm You? Let Me Count The Ways..."

I globally warm you to the depths of your oceans and the heights of your atmosphere

My carbon dioxide parts per million can reach, when feeling out of breath

For I sought to end the being of fresh air and ideal blue skies.

I globally warm you for every mile the humans drive

Most earnestly in their clunkers and SUV's.

I warm you copiously, as men dig for more oil

I warm you hideously as men mountain cut and burn more coal.

I warm you with the oil slicks that cover ocean waters

I warm you even more with each melting ice sheet

In my old global warming ways and with your petroleum companies' faith

I globally warm your Earth with greenhouse emissions

I seem to gain every day---

I globally warm you with every tree, coal and fossil fuels you continue to burn- and, if You choose...

I shall globally warm your Earth better after death.


No it's not supposed to be a lovely poem. It's horrific. Just like Global Warming.

Here is a picture taken by NASA dated 2007 showing the amount of Arctic Sea Ice that has been lost because of Global Warming.


NASA, http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17800


Please show how many ways you love Earth and let us count the ways...

Go Green.

(c)2009 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog