ok, where oh where has October gone???

It's the end of October already? Really?? How did this happen? One busy day after another, I suppose... Yesterday and today certainly have NOT been exceptions...



Ace Hardware on the list of places to go, but! they do not fix Sears Craftsman lawnmowers :(
Botanist - one who studies plants
Coffee and journal at Starbucks
Dendrologist: biologist who studies trees and other woody plants
Elizabeth helped me move furniture - yay!
Facial
Groceries
Horticulture: The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Joy-o-licious
Kooky fun Holdenween parade and party
Latte
Marta Stewart's chewy chocolate ginger cookies
Now I am so pooped I can finally Nap...
Or "flop"
Pumpkin Patch
Quality time with my kid
Riding lesson
Sprinkled with Joy
Thank you, God, for a gorgeous day and "Terra" ->
Unbelievably cold this morning, but warmed up
Very nicely
Weekend Warrior
Xpand Xplore Xperience
Yoga
Zzzzzzz

Making A Difference

Always give more than what's expected
Believe
Create memories
Delight customers
Emphathetic
Foster greatness
Great service comes from the...
Heart
Ideas

Kinesthetic learning
Momma Jackie
Non-verbal communication
Ode to Customer Service
Personal signature
Quacking ducks
Raving fans
Simple truths of Service
Think outside thebox
Use your Unique gifts
Visualize greatness
Wonderfil spirit of service
Xtra mile
You make a difference every

Zest and enthusiasm

Tranquil Tuesday:

Act As if...
Behave
Calm, Content and Confident
Discover peace
Experience moments of peace
Feeling futlie
Guess all we can do is try
Having some success
Imagine serenity
Juggle, just...
Keep swimming
Learn
Mindfulness
Nice
Open
Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh spreads message to Washington
Quieting the wants
Rest
Serene
Thich Nhat Hanh - Vietnamese teacher
Understanding
Vanquish anxiety
Willingness
Xanax :)
Yoga
Zen

Marvelous Monday Morning

Amazing Awareness
Big smiles

Caroline

Devotion
Enjoy every, every, every thing
Fantastic

Generous Spirit

Huge Happy Hugs
Invigorated
Joyous and Jubliant
Kindness
Loving the Love
Misty turns 3 today

Nature Nurtures Nicely

Overjoyed

"Poignant Proposition" ~ FV :)
Sun Shining on my Sycamore tree

Target for Misty's Wubba, and a new "baby" for her Birthday :)

Unconditional commitment, Unstinting devotion, & Unreserved enthusiasm
Vibrant
Wholeheartedly
Xtraordinary
Youth
Ziziphus jujuba courtesy of Dr. Janice Swab :) :) :)

Sunday sayings....

Antoinette is Affable :)
Baking
Cummings said:

"I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees,
and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is YES!

Defiant

"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree." ~ Emily Bronte
Family photos on Kelsey's blog
Gilda Radner used to say: "It's Always Something"

Halloween Chopped
Intense
Juxtaposition
Kimberly would say today is "Flippin' Gorgeous!"
Long, long, long walk with Misty
"Miracles made Manifest"
Now? Nap?
Other people's blogs
Pleasantly Pooped
Quiche made with cranberry silton cheese
Reading?
Sue's Simple Costume for Humphrey is Sweet
Tenacious
"Untapped potential"
Weeded, trimmed, and photographed... see:

The Grace of an early Saturday morning...

"I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning, to which all the housemates bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by corruption and groans.

Come out of the azure. Love the day."

Grace, Beauty, and Caprice

Build this golden portal;

Graceful women, chosen men

Dazzle every mortal:

Their sweet and lofty countenance

His enchanting food;

He need not go to them, their forms

Beset his solitude.

He looketh seldom in their face,

His eyes explore the ground,

The green grass is a looking-glass

Whereon their traits are found.

Little he says to them,

So dances his heart in his breast,

Their tranquil mien bereaveth him

Of wit, of words, of rest.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Priorities: Puddles and Presence

This morning, shortly after 7am - well, ok, 7:15, but it should have been 7, as is often the case, we were running a little late, so when my Mom called at 7:01 and we were still gathering everything to walk out the door, I couldn't pick up and decided I'd wait to call her back until after I'd dropped Elizabeth off at school. In reality, I was already not with her, because... on THIS morning, I forgot to go THROUGH the puddle, which I almost always do, because I know Elizabeth likes it when I do because less than a week ago she said "pretty" and I smiled and was happy I'd driven slightly to the right to purposefully drive THROUGH the puddle. You see, these things DO matter. They matter to us, and that's all that matter, but I forgot, so... I decided to remember to pull up this quote I used to have attached to my visor in my car. I "used to" because I used to have CD on one side, held in place by a carrier with elastic that went around the visor and there on the side the I saw when I put it down to block the sun was my reminder:

"If you do not give right attention to the one you love, it is a kind of killing.

When you are in the car together, if you are lost in your thoughts,

assuming you already know everything about her, she will slowly die."
Thich Nhat Hanh

Misty, for Elizabeth

"[Her] eyes are pools in which one

would be content, on any summer afternoon,

to swim away through the door of the world.

Then, love and its blessing. Then: heaven."

~ Mary Oliver

Reminders

Auschwitz concentration camp is established near the Polish city Oswiecim. (1940)
Birkenau (p. 28)
Capsaicin: is the active component of chili peppers (Mythbusters)
Dr. Mengele (p. 31)
Elie Wiesel: born in Sighet, Transylvania, then and now part of Romania. (9/30/1928)
"Flames that consumed my Faith Forever"
Glacial wind (p. 36)
Hasidic melodies (p. 45)
Immense conflagration (p.21)
Juliek (p. 95)
Kristallnacht: night of crystal, also known as the night of broken glass. (1938)
Lucidity (p. 36)
Majestic sanctity of Jerusalem (p. 50)
Night
Oblivion (p. 36)

Palentine (p. 50)

Quarantine (p. 48)

Radiant

Sages (p. 31)

Tzipora

Untenable (p. 56)

Veritable monsters (p. 44)

"We were Withered trees in the heart of the desert" (p. 37)

Yom Kipper: The Day of Atonement

Zionist (p. 50)

Ode to Jessica Willson Kelly

Yes, "Willson" with 2 "l"s - No, Kelly with 1 "e" :)

When a dear friend moves far away...what do you do?

We said our goodbyes, although we know, of course, we will see each other again

In two years...

Think about how quickly the last 2 years have evaporated

Remember the smiles, tears, growth, experiences, confidences

She has been my tutor, my mentor, and my secret keeper

A dose of reality, a source of inspiration and of strength

Honest feedback without judgement or admonishment

No fear

Love

Friendship

Our friendship survived when she graduated 3 semesters before I did.

That was the only time I thought maybe I wouldn't make it without her, and that we might not stay in touch. hahahahaha

We've since shared 2 more graduations - mine from Meredith, and her UNC, Law school
My divorce, her marriage, birth, baptism, and growth of Liam
Elizabeth's transition from elementary school, through middle school and now high school!!

How could I NOT dedicate at least one ABC list to my dear friend Jess??

Awesome Actor

Beautiful Babe

Creative Cook

Darling Daughter

Encouraging Editor

Fantastic Friend

Generous Giver

Huge Heart

Intelligent Inspireror

Jovial Jessie

Knowledgeable Knockout

Loving Lady

Marvelous Mom

Now New European

Overwhelmed Ode Observer

Positively Passionate Person

Queen of this new Quest

Rare, Reassuring, Realistic Romantic

Sensational Singer

Terrific Tutor

Ultimately Unique

Vivacious

Wonderful Wife

Xceptionally Xquiste

Youthful YOU!

Zealous over Zeke

Sunday sunrise

Alchemist, as in Full Metal Alchemist - new favorite show. Watched together
Bacon for Breakfast, again
"Chuffed to bits" - the British guy on Extreme Makeover said it :)
Deviant
"Endlessly beautiful and fascinating" - JCRaulston regarding growing up in Great Plains
Fluorescent pink was how you described the sunrise when you woke this am

Gorgeous

Human transmutation

Imagination

Joy of Horticultural Deviance: Chapter Twenty-Two

Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens

Law of Equivalent exchange

Musings...

Night by Elie Wiesel

Osmanthus: Is this what is so beautifully fragrant at Meredith right now??

Plant Lust List - August 1996 p. 286

Quiet...

Rest...

Seckle pear

Transmutation circle

"Uniqueness - lust!" JCR p. 204

Vitex trifolia - aka chaste tree. p. 284 I trimmed this today :)

Winry - character in Full Metal Alchemist; Weigela - a fav of mine

Xanthorhiza simplicissima is the only woody member of plant family Ranunculaceae.

Yay! You went with me to take Misty for a walk!!
Zenobia, Honeycups (Zenobia pulverulenta).

Satisfying Saturday

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~ e. e. cummings

utumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger... Maugham, W. Somerset

hild-like enjoyment

Dendrology: the science and study of wooded plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas).

Enthusiastic Exploration

Family

Giggling

Holy Hunger

Infinite Imagination; Impetuosity:

Jump-start

Kim Trip co-author of The Year in Tress

Lushest of roses

Maroon-colored calycanthus

Nurture

O hushed October morning mild...

Poise

Q

Rejuvenate

Shan't

Trim over grown privet

Understanding

Video

Warm Waffles

X

Yes!

Z

Fantabulous Friday

Ask for what you need - Awareness
Books
Call Cornerstone
Dystopian fiction is the opposite: creation of a nightmare world, or dystopia
Ego: sense of self, separate from others
Fluffernutter
Gardening
How to ... from this old house: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,1631909,00.html
Intimation: a delicate and indirect communication
Jeans... I need to find some
Kara called need to help...
Lee with ...
Martyr False Self 'nuf said

Nurtured via Nature

Out with the weeds

Pruning Privets

Quiet day ... mostly

Rejunvination
Sherrill Steen
Timecards

Understanding

Video help for making passion fruit concentrate too :)
Winsome: generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence...

Xystarch: ancient Greek officer in charge of gymnastic exercises

Yes

Zig, Zag, Zoom...

Chlorophyll in His Veins

Chlorophyll in His Veins is a book by Bobby Ward that is teaching me lots of new things, not just new words and plant names, but also a great deal about a man I have come to admire greatly. I am also extremely grateFULL for his life's contribution and the arboretum that now bears his name.

Astonishment
Beautiful!! as opposed to awfully pretty :)
Contagious spirit
Devoid of self interest
Encouragement; Exemplifies the nature of a mentor
Fun
Grounded in reality
Hummingbird...flies in spite of all... we keep going
Idiosyncrasies
Japanese maple
Keeper of passable paths
Life was not meant to be permanent
Magic
Nobility
Open, honest, and humble
Passion for Plant
Quite wonderful
Refreshing... to have a friend...
Sensing Scrutiny
Tacit: expressed or carried on without words or speech
Umstead Act: prohibits NC government agencies from competing with the private commercial activities of NC citizens
Very different approaces to life
Wayne Winterrowd & Joe Eck co-wrote: Our Life in Gardens
eXuberance
Yin-Yang balance
Zeal as in "infectious Zeal" & "evangelistic Zeal"

Monday Meanderings and More

Alive, Alert, Awake enthusiastic

Brisk early morning walk at the JC Raulston Arboretum

Clearly it is taking my longer to Create

Deep steep - ahhhh lavender and chamomile body butter in the am

Elizabeth needs to find out what the '0' grades are and e-mail her teachers

Fiercely, as in "kiss me too fiercely/ hold me too tight..."

Genuine

Happy, Healthy and whole

Intuition

Journal

Kind
Learning how to be Lazy

Muhly grass

Necessary

Open

Perfectionism vs. Peace

Quick wit - as Elizabeth has an amazing sense of humor :)

"Release one leaf at the break of day..." Robert Frost

Season of abundance begins

Take Time To Touch

Upon completing the Universe, the Great Creator pronounced it...

Very good... not "perfect" :)

Woadwaxen: an ornamental Eurasian shrub whose flowers yield a yellow dye

formerly used with woad to make a permanent green dye.

Xeme: fork-tailed gull

Yoga tonight - Tuesday :)

'Zing' is not something I want to feel while in the chair at the dentist :( - Monday

Saturday Sunshine

Apples in my omelet

Beguile us in the way you know
Cary High School Spirit week outfits

Drama Club meeting on a Saturday morning? ok!

"Earth with out ART is just eh"

Finished reading Anthem - wow!

Great book

Hippie looks good on you 

I vs. we vs. EGO

Jazzed Jewel tones

Kinda wish...

Let October seduce you

Morning Messages Make My day...

Now is the only moment we have

Omelet

Passionate Purple

Quintessential tourist

"Rustic palate of dazzling beauty"

Sweetest Surprises

TyeDye T-shirt Time

Ummmmm....

Very chilly at the play

Words that begin with....X,Y, and Z are not as plentiful :) but thanks to Antoinette...
Xenodocheionology : the lore of hotels and inns
"Your lists are always so much fun!" ~ Antoinette
"Zamia is a species of plant not likely to be found on campus."