Twenty-one Doves & A Flock In Flight

T-shirts that keep it together...Peace, People, Planet Earth.

Just a Little Mind Bender:
On a 24 hour time clock, from the formation of Earth at 0:00:00 midnight, humans appeared 11:58:43 before the following midnight. 1 minute and 17 seconds before the following midnight!

We have existed for only 77 seconds! Can we keep it together and thrive, not just survive, and make it to 78 seconds?

But if you don't believe this, that's cool too, of course!
Just a laugh and something to think about...

My Designs:
They were inspired and developed from ideas and visions coming to me from I know not where or how.

Just a few words about my copyright protected designs. In addition to copyright protecting them, I initialed them in the bottom left corner. I'm not even at the mom and pop level printing house. It's just me. T-shirt designs get ripped off. And before it's discovered, it's often too late. The damage is done and it's a major hassle clearing the mess up. And, yes, the initials can easily be deleted by the con-artist, but It's just a way of putting them on notice to what they're doing, in that final moment of deleting the initials. Maybe making them think about it. Also, they'll maybe realize there might be a practical reason for the initials. As in these designs might be copyright protected. (If they hadn't read this). My initials mean my labor of Love too...

NOTE: In the photos, the initials are virtually unnoticeable except on the two black and white designs. I reduced their size from about 6mm to about 3mm, therefore they'II be printed at 3mm. (The two color designs are 3mm). But they're still at the 6mm size in the photos, here. On certain colors and in certain lighting, the 3mm initials might be ever so slightly noticeable. But they most likely will be easily overlooked by the attention being drawn to the design.

Twenty-one Doves & A Flock In Flight
I arbitrarily stopped adding doves. It just turned out to be twenty-one doves. Out of curiosity I searched any significance of the number twenty-one. Less fascinating things than the number ten. Except for one thing. From "The # FACT SITE": 21 grams is the physical weight of the soul, according to the physician Duncan MacDougal. He calculated this by measuring the body weight of 6 patients before and after their deaths. If you're into numerology you have to really wonder about this one! But here are some interesting facts about doves:

 1) Doves reside on every continent except Antarctica.

2) Doves are a member of the Columbidae bird family  (pigeons too), which includes 300 species.                                                                                                                                                                       

3) Origin of the dove and olive branch is from the Bible.                                                            

4) Dove's spiritual meaning, sign of peace, hope, and new beginnings.                              

5) The dove's most universal symbols are love, peace, harmony.                                               

6) Doves were/are revered in the Inca culture, Buddhism, ancient Greece and Rome, ancient Mesopotamia.

7) Doves are revered by native American cultures. Seen as the sacred messengers between humans and the spiritual world. They are seen as representing peace, purity, love.                   

8) Doves breed with different doves during breeding season, but mate for life with one companion bird.                                                                                                                           

9) Doves recognize the entire English alphabet letter by letter.                                                

10) Black doves are associated with death and mourning. However, they are also associated with reincarnation. So they are also viewed as a sign of optimism and rebirth. So black doves are a worldly and varied symbol and can represent various things depending on the situation.

Doves are gentle and compassionate and it is said they help access our spiritual power and knowledge, to connect to our higher selves. Protectors, guides, and teachers. How ever we might understand them, let it just be said: Fly onward doves, fly on!

From The Gildan Website:
Strong recognition and collaboration globally-Over the years, Gildan has been recognized by many organizations for its strong social, environmental, and governance (ESG) practices and we have built partnerships to help enhance our knowledge and expertise.

(Note: As I become more familiar with this whole operational/technical world of POD, I will look into offering the Stanley/Stella STTU755 organically grown ringspun cotton T-shirt).

Gildan G500 5.3-ounce T-shirts:
5.3-ounce, 100% cotton. 99/1 cotton/poly (Ash)
90/10 cotton/poly (Sport Grey)
Heavyweight classic unisex tee
Taped neck and shoulders; Tearaway label
Made with sustainably & fairly grown USA cotton
Print Method: DIGISOFT&trade

DIGISOFT®-From their website:
Engineered to outperform DTG [direct-to-garment] & DTF [direct-to-film], DIGISOFT® delivers consistent high-quality prints that are more vibrant and durable than any other POD printing method.
DIGISOFT®

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