Words...



I learned a new word earlier this week.... OBSTREPEROUS
1.) marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness 2.) stubbornly resistant to control


And here is one I learned when I was about 5 years old. While listening to this album repeatedly: Mary Poppins: You know, you *can* say it backwards, which is "docious-ali-expi-istic-fragil-cali-rupus" - but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?
Bert: Indubitably! in other words, far too evident to be doubted :)


Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuous: a nonsense word meaning fantastic

New week... new words... and some old favs :)

Sometimes I get so busy I don't allow myself the luxury of real reading time. These words I noticed in Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time There Was You June, 2011,

 some more recently (August 2016), and some of them I've enjoyed for years.
Azure
Bittersweetness (p. 38)
Complementary color of orange is azure.
deleteriously affect the heart and body (p. 64 Heart Revelations Aug '16)
exuded exuberance
facetious (p. 50) - I love seeing this word in print, not sure why, I just do :)
grace
happiness
invigorated
jeez
k
lacrimal essence (Steven Universe, Aug '16)
multifarious (p.41)
n
off-kilter
plump (as in raspberries! yum!!) puddled on her plate... p.40
Qiana (p. xiii)
retsina
squiggle
turquoise
unfurling
vastly (p.19)
w
xie, xie (p.40 - Thank you in Chinese)
yurt (p.5)
zaftig (p.15)

Growth



The Talmud tells us that "Each blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow'." So do we. ~ Sarah BanBreathnach

Half Health Day

Since I am feeling only half way healthy, I am taking a half-health-day....

French Onion soup for lunch and an episode of Franklin & Bash. Did a google search as my reminder to water the oakleaf 'snowflake' hydrangea between library and Joyner tomorrow first thing in the am :)



"All Oakleaf hydrangea blooms open white. Many of the oakleaf hydrangeas have blooms that turn pink as they age. The pink blooms above have past their prime and are taking on shades of pink. Note that the bloom on the left ('Snowflake') has "double" florets ("hose in hose"). 'Snowflake' is the only oakleaf with "double" blooms, and they last longer than any other oakleaf hydrangea. "

Monday the 13th


“The globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) is a perennial thistle of the Cynara genus originating in Southern Europe around the Mediterranean. It grows to 4.6–6.6 ft tall, with arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves 20–32 in long. The flowers develop in a large head from an edible bud about 3–6 in diameter with numerous triangular scales; the individual florets are purple. The edible portion of the buds consists primarily of the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts and the base, known as the "heart"; the mass of immature florets in the center of the bud is called the "choke" or beard. These are inedible in older larger flowers.” Wikipedia




My to do list - the ABC way...

Attitude adjustment
Breakfast
Converse with Jess :)
Dig up some Maiden grass
Eat breakfast
Fill pool with water
Grocery shopping
H
Inflate pool
J
K
Laundry
Mow lawn
N
Plant lavender
Q
Rest, read, relax
S
Trim along the fence
U
V
Walk Misty
X
Y
Z

Fairy Love


There are all kinds of fairies... and I get to BE them, just by being me!! :)


cookie fairy, rose fairy, fruit fairy

plum fairy, fun fairy, Mama Jackie fairy

fire fly fairy and today... Lavender fairy ...

Sometimes I even get to be rain fairy :)

June 7, 2011 "Late Spring ABCs" June 7, 2015

Originally published June 7, 2011...four years later, a good time to pause, reflect, and be grateful for all that is, all that was, and all that ever will be. Amen. Some of the same words from 2011, but some new ones too, and all new photos:

Allium: 

Big Blue Hydrangea in the Joyner Bed : 
Catalpa : 

Dark lavender from the community garden : 
Euphorbia corollata 'Carolina Snow' : 
Friends in the garden : 

Geranium in the Joyner bed : 
Honeysuckle: 
Iridescent Iris : 
John Kincheloe launching his congratulatory balloon before heading off to new adventures

Kalmia laifolia "Mountain Laurel" 
Lovely Lavender : 

Magnificent Magnolia : 

New day dawns at the Three Sisters Community Garden

Oak leaf Hydrangea:

Pretty Pink and Purple Poppy :
Quiet place to
Rest, Read and Relax
Salvia (specifically, Hummingbird Salvia:
Torch lily : 
Updating lists can be so Uplifting
Verbena bonariensis : 
Weeding time can be Woven into the meditative process quite nicely
Xanthorrhoeaceae family (Bulbine Bulbose) in library pot


Yarrow :

Zinnias budding: