For the LOVE of BOOKS

And where is blue?

Books 

Can bring so much joy...

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Joy indeed!

King from What Do you Do with an Idea?

Love these expressive eyes they remind me of ...

Misty's and then, 

Oh! I forgot to include an "O"! I bet finding XO, Ox: A Love Story confused me ;)

 

  "Shel Silverstein's first poetry collection" was Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies

  

Very likely I will look this book UP next weekend :) ^^ and check it out to read

 

"Yellow and Purple hold hands. They beam at each other with bright velvet faces..."

Zagarenski's Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors

...ish by Peter H. Reynolds

And Ramon lived ishfully ever after.. 

Anytime. Anything. Anywhere. [Ramon loved to draw.]

"Crumpled gallery" on his sisters' wall

"Dedicated to Doug Kornfeld, my art teacher who dared me to draw for myself and find my voice."

Enjoying this book so much!

"Filled his journals... Felt light and energized... Thinking ish-ly allowed his ideas to Flow Freely."

Gallery. Crumpled Gallery on his sister's wall

"His ish art inspired ish writing. He wasn't sure if he was writing poems, be he knew they were poem-ish."

"I was watching you draw," she said.

Journal "ish" drawings

Kept trying to make his drawings look "right," but...

Laughter haunted Ramon...

"Many months and many crumpled sheets of paper... Marisol, his sister, was watching him"

Now I am inspired to create an alphabet-ish post that may not be "perfect"

"Once again drew freely..."

 

"Quickly springing out. Without worry."

"Ramon once again drew and drew the world around him... And Ramon lived ishfully ever after"

Simply Savoring...

"They do look ... ish," he said.

Up the hall and into her room [Marisol ran]

Vase-ish 
"Without Worry."

Yes, I do think I will end and publish this without a specific 

Z ??? or z-ish? Perhaps the author/illustrator has something to add?

July 13, 2021 - recap

Alaskan sunset  thank you, Cindy

Bob and Kerry's Sunday Funday gathering. Bates Park first cartwheel of 7/13/21

Cards, Coffee, Cartwheels, and this Cupcake

 thank you, Lori :)

Doyles before the finally get to travel to see their kids again

Enjoyed another amazing morning with John, Mom, Karen, Ava, and Ashlyn

Family, Friends, Facebook wishes, Flowers, and Fruit tart

Got in a few walks with Misty, some time with Logan, and a little nap in the

 thank you, June

 from my first best friend, TQ

Jacquelyn and John[alyn] - then and now -  how similar  - and we weren't even trying 

  
Ken and Karen

Lawlapalooza 2021

Mom, of course, and many Messages of love

 thank you, John Joseph

Ocean House breakfast for BOTH John's birthday and mine :)

Photosensitizing: molecules can be activated by light ... can damage cell structures from microorganisms or from diseased mammalian cells leading to cell death source

Queen Anne's Lace    

Reading children's books this week has been such a joy

"Scantilty-clad gardeners have been burned." ~ Heather :) from a discussion about this plant 

on Facebook

Thank you EVERYONE!!

Unbelievable outpouring of love 

"Venus Kisses Mars" ~ a message from StarTracker app at 5:15 am :)

What I was reading   blog post here

 thank you, Alison

Yes! this cracked me up, and yes, there were some cartwheels, given, received and eXecuted ;)

Zest for life can be eXpressed in many ways :)

Wishtree by Katerine Applegate

 

"And the laughter! Always and forever, laughter." p. 34

"Another sproutday," I said. "I still feel like a sapling." p.38

Bongo: "Corvids don't give a flying tail feather about height." p.39

"Corvids" is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies. Bongo says she's too classy for a label as common as "crow." p.39

Dioecious: separate male and female trees p. 17-18

"Evidence that trees have far more interesting lives than you sometimes give us credit for... "

"For a tree, communication is just as complicated and miraculous as it is for humans." p. 21

"Grace in acceptance." p. 30

"Hallows happen for many reasons...Hallows offer protection from the elements. A secure spot to sleep and to stash your belongings. They're a safe place. Hallows are proof that something bad can become something good with enough time and care and hope." p. 25

"In a mysterious dance of sunlight and sugar, water and wind and soil, we build Invisible bridges to connect to the world." p. 21

"I'm not just a tree, by the way. I'm a home. A community." p. 23

"It's a great gift indeed to love who you are." p. 41

"I wanted to drink in the stars." p. 181 "I wanted my roots to...

Journey farther, my branches to reach higher." p.74

Katherine Applegate, author 

"Lots of other trees, like me, are called "monoecious." That's just a fancy way of saying that on the same plant you'll find separate male and female flowers." p.18

"Making others feel safe is a fine way to spend your days." p. 26 "Morning was budding..." p. 38

"Nature is tricky. And people are... well, sorry, but most of you aren't that observant." p. 21

"Nature also adores a good secret." p.22

"Oceans of Oxygen for people to breath." p. 80 "Optimistic buttinsky." p. 86

Puzzling out magic

"Quiet contemplation about life and love and what it all meant." p. 182

Quercus rubra 

Red oaks are one of the most common trees in North America. p. 5

Samar has the look of someone who has seen too much. Someone who wants the world to quiet itself." p.27

"There was plenty of sun for all of us, and we never wanted for water." p. 134

"Trees are the strong silent type...

Unless we're not." p. 86

"Visited regularly by the skunk kits who lived underneath the front porch of a nearby house." p. 26

We grow as we must grow, as our seeds decided long ago." p. 39 and p. 80

eXcept that this time, something changed." p.55

"You don't look a day over a hundred and fifty." p. 38

Zen-like quality of the illustrations by Charles Santoso

 except, of course, that one word on p. 51...

The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins, Illustrated by Jill McElmurry

"American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect closely associated with San Diego, California, and known as the "Mother of Balboa Park." source "After graduation, Kate took a job in Southern California." ~ The Tree Lady 

Balboa Park: read more here

Desert town : San Diego 

   "Especially trees."

"From elms and oaks to eucalyptus and palms, by the turn of the century, young trees from Kate's nursery were growing in every part of San Diego."

"Giant umbrellas that sheltered her and the animals, birds, and plants that lived in the forest."

"History of San Diego's Landscape" video here

"It was the 1860s , and girls from Kate's side of town weren't supposed to get their hands dirty. But Kate did."

     photo by Bidgee

 Kate Sessions Tree (The Mother of Balboa Park)" click here for great little (90secs) video 

"Liked studying wind and rain, muscles and bones, plants and trees."

""Mother of Balboa Park"

"Not everyone feels at home in the woods. But Kate did."

Katherine Olivia "Kate" Sessions was born in San Francisco, California, (November 8, 1857) and educated in Oakland. At the age of six, she moved with her family to a farm next to Lake Merritt. She attended the University of California, Berkeley in 1881 with a degree in natural science... source

"... Plants. In 1885, she Purchased a nursery; within a few years she was the owner of a flower shop as well as growing fields and nurseries in Coronado, Pacific Beach, and Mission Hills." source

Read aloud for us by "Miss Kelly" click here

The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

     

"Unearth the true story of green-thumbed pioneer and activist Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego grow from a dry desert town into a lush, leafy city known for its gorgeous parks and gardens." Goodreads :)

Volunteers helped plant thousands of trees for the 1915 Exposition

"With Kate's love for the Woods, she thought San Diego needed trees more than anything else. "

"1915 EXPO CENTENNIAL.. Kate Sessions..." webpage and video (min4-9) here

Zinger ;) One Kate Olivia Sessions' favorite sayings: “A 50¢ tree should be planted in a $5 hole.”