Mother Nature

Ellen DeGeneres told her followers, ‘We need to be nicer to Mother Nature’ as she stood by a roaring creek, swollen by recent rains, at her Montecito property on Monday.

There were improvisations, installations, adaptations and novel collaborations among musicians and artists and media, with Mother Nature ever in the picture.

“It wasn’t that we weren’t prepared, ... we can’t stop Mother Nature from burning up the pump.”

Or you could get the snicker out of your system and get real about the fact that a lot of the lotions and potions used to make us feel good down there aren’t exactly doing the same for Mother Nature.

Say goodbye to disposable plastic utensils and picnic while also respecting Mother Nature.