If you have ever wanted to make the perfect star to wish upon, here is an easy origami star to make...a fun rainy day project and simple to do.  Take a regular sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper, (1) fold it in half and then again (2) to make a guide for future folds.  Flatten out the second fold leaving only a crease.

To start the star, begin with the first 1/2 page fold and then (3) fold that down to the guide made by the second fold (now flattened out).  

After you have that fold made (4) fold the big triangle at the bottom up. (5) fold it together taco style to make a big "ice cream cone".  The last step (6) is to cut from the outside folded edge diagonally to make a small triangle.  When you unfold the small triangle it magically becomes a perfect star with all the points exactly alike as shown above.  If you don't cut at the right place it won't make a perfect star at the end (I didn't the first time).  Look at the instruction photos carefully and try again.  When it works, it makes a beautiful star.  

After about a week I received the lab results and Nunzi had a effective glyphosate level of 35.7 ppb (ng/mL.) more than twice the average of other samples received by the lab.  I was appalled and I called the laboratory to find out more about glyphosate and cancer.  I was told that glyphosate, because of vast agricultural and landscape spraying, is everywhere.  I knew that I had to research further.  What I found made me sick and mad.

Many crops and food products for both animals and people are heavily contaminated. There is a list online of common and popular animal and human foods known to have glyphosate contamination.  Our large commercial farms, particularly with GMO crops, are being sprayed with Roundup® because it is the easiest weed killer.  It is now  leaching into our food, our water and our environment.  Looking at the list of dog foods, Nunzi did not eat any of the dog foods listed so that took me back to the spraying of the environment where we live.  I discovered that our neighborhood HOA had contracted with a landscape maintenance company that was spraying Roundup® on a regular basis.  It stays in the soil for a very long time and toxins are generally metabolized more slowly in animals, the fetus, small children and the elderly.  Our community has all of those mentioned.  I have demanded that the HOA discontinue the practice of using Roundup®.  Many countries throughout the world and communities across the U.S. have already done so and it is time to join them.

What am I doing for Nunzi?  Our naturopathic vet has him on an immune building diet of supplements and a specially made food for dogs with cancer.  We are treating his tumor with laser "zapping" and.working hard to outrace and stop the cancer... and we are giving him lots of love.  He seems to feel fine and loves his food with all the supplements mixed in it.  Please keep him and other such glyphosate affected animals in your thoughts; be aware of the dangers of Roundup®; research the foods contaminated and try to avoid them; eat organic when you can and join me in trying to rid us of this horrible chemical.

​Photographed above is our yard sign as a Certified Wildlife Habitat for an organically fertilized garden that is safe for animals and birds.  There is an alternative to Roundup® readily available.