as June ends...

Altar for July

BLACKBERRY BASIL SALAD


Compassion, Commitment, Contentment 
Daily Discipline
FaithFully Focused
Garden of Growth
Here's to my Health
Infinite magnificence!
Japanese food made from fermented soybeans, Nattō, may be an acquired taste because of its powerful smell, strong flavor, and slimy texture
K2 to be exact :) 
"Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise- then you will discover the fullness of your life." ~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
"Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience finds in nature the correspondences through which we may know our boundless selves." ~ Kathleen Raine
"Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion." ~ Lorraine Anderson
"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live in every experience, painful, or joyous, to live in gratitude for every moment, to live abundantly." ~ Dorothy Thompson
Passiflora "Inspiration"? I think so, but I'll have to double check
Quiet the mind...
Rafi
Space abs!!
"To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul." ~ Simone Weil
Uunctuous: Abundant in organic materials; soft and rich: unctuous soil.
Vishen on "Vision"
https://www.facebook.com/mindvalleyacademy/photos/a.724337620944586.1073741828.719853864726295/944093142302365/?type=1&theater
Whole new dimension of JOY awaits!

Friday, Sat, Sun - End of June already - wow


Be kind
Count your blessings - like Cucumber and pineapple gazpacho - Contentment
Dream
Express thanks - Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue
Forgive
Ginkgo fruit - seed is edible
Imagine more
Just heard on Parks and Recreation AND growing in our garden...
Kiwano (Horned melon) 
Lemon cucumber - fun!
"Never stop looking, for what's not there." ~ Monte Wildhorn The Magic of Belle Isle
Open your mind and your heart
"Play" by Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts 
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. – Neil Gaiman


Rafi - five month old - adorable


"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision... write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can." ~ Neil Gaiman
Urushiol is an oily organic allergen found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae (e.g., poison ivy) and also in mangos - and ginkgo fruit!
Voice Vision...

Xeriscape (ˈzi(ə)rəˌskāp,ˈzerə-) a style of landscape design requiring little or no irrigation or other maintenance, used in arid regions.

#loveislove
Zest Bakery, Stonington CT

Mid-year course correction...

Blackberries right from the Bush
Cucumbers from the vine
Discipline with joy!
Expect miracles
Hang a Hammock, Harvest Happiness
Ice cream for lunch - not the best idea, but! through
Joy-filled discipline, I've bounced back quickly
Keep asking better questions
"Look at every path closely...then ask yourself one question: Does this path have a heart?" ~ Carlos Castaneda
Meditation Miracles
Nature Nurtures
Podcast #123 - Peter Sage on Passion, Purpose, and Panache
Quark is soft, fresh cheese, that has a similar creamy texture to sour cream and a mild tangy taste.
Rope in the Restlessness
Spiritual Silence, Scent of Datura, Sound of cicadas. Smile out loud.
Taste of warm blackberry fresh from the vine the Tug of Misty's leash as we Take our sunrise and sunset visits to the garden.
U-turn? perhaps.


Wild thing! Gumby style!!
Yeah! Yoga Gumby!!



Blending flashback with exponential growth

Priscilla Humphrey, thank you!!
"Amazing tree image: Are you rooted and grounded today?" ~ Jane S. Ashley
Be Barefoot
Connect to the energy of the earth
Datura at our community garden

"Each blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow'." ~ The Talmud
Feel the tingle beneath your Feet.
Go outside - Giving Garden tours makes me 
Happy - plus there are Hugs! and Hammocks. Harvest Happiness
Invest in Ice cream
June Joys 
Keep coming...
Love this video - six years ago this week...

Nature Nurtures
Open heart with no resistance
Pray Prosperously
Quintessence: the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
Rope in the Restlessness - quiet the mind
Spiritual Silence
"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~ Anais Nin
Water... ahhhh....
eXpect miracles

Back to JOYner... focusing on health... and expressing gratitude for John

Abecedarium : an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabeta almost always listed in order
Billionaire - new definition: "He or she who will will positively affect the lives of a billion people"
"Captains of Spaceship Earth" Collaboration between Jason Silva and Leonardo Dalessandri
"Down-to-earth attitude that can captivate the rest of us after we've set our eyes on you."
 Everyone that knows you is amazed by you!
Friendship that has been so helpful these last 9 years
Genuine affection that is easily recognizable and highly commendable.
"He or she who will will positively affect the lives of a billion people" - worth repeating

Kincheloe, John, last day at MC - this will be my 13th post with "Kincheloe" as my "K" word :)

"My Religion is Kindness: The core of all spiritual and humanistic paths" by Tara Brach Ph.D.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/finding-true-refuge/201506/my-religion-is-kindness

"New Adventures and Time to Pursue Them!"
Oxalates - I just recently saw them on my garden gloves
Prune juice has lots of iron - yum ;)
Quest - step 31 of Stuart Wilde's Infinite Self: 33 Steps to Reclaiming Your Inner Power
Realistic attitude about the value of living life, and Remembering who I am. Return...
Silent power is real energy


Unique style and a certain air of mystery
Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts, this is your best yet!!
https://www.facebook.com/129861503698507/photos/a.136885982996059.20482.129861503698507/1025747347443247/?type=1&theater

 thanks for sharing this one, Carmen :)
“Your body is not only yours—your body belongs to your ancestors, your parents, and future generations. We can eat with care, knowing we are the caretakers of our bodies, rather than their owners.” – Thich Nhat Hanh 
https://www.facebook.com/theZenMama/photos/a.447240194427.237062.173730509427/10153916421244428/?type=1&theater

June 9, 2015 thru June 13, 2015

https://www.facebook.com/BuddhaGroove/photos/a.329715940653.343699.105192115653/10155627685505654/?type=1&theater

Drs. Vitarbo, Grimes and Martinson


Great picture, Guys! miss you xoxoxo
HOW cool ARE these three??
https://www.braindecoder.com/genetic-root-creativity-and-psychosis-1190440237.html

https://www.facebook.com/jcraulstonarboretum/photos/a.328534326152.190654.233232226152/10153343231056153/?type=1&theater
http://kanki.com/locations/north-raleigh

"LOVE STAR" sushi : spicy tuna, avocado, lobster salad and soy wrap
Moved Myself back to my Joyner office
Now I can relax into some kind of 
Orderly? summer routine??

Quoin : an exterior angle of a wall or other piece of masonry.
Refocus, Rejuvenate, Reading:
Son of a Witch, Slowly, very Slowly. So much else to do this time of year, including rest

"Umbrella Lane"
Vitality returning to my body - yea! lots of 
Water is essential for me and "my" plants :)
"eXquisite freedom of the uneXpected" ~ Deepak's definition of spontaneity
Yoga for Your Eyes: Natural Vision Improvement Exercises by Meir Schneider

Blending June 5, 2013 with where I am this week June 5, 2015

"And so, she decided to start living the life she'd imagined..."
Combining a blog post I began almost a week ago, with one from exactly 2 years ago
Dhumavati: Crone Goddess of Disappointment and Letting go Chapter 9 of Awakening Shakti
http://www.stevemcswain.com/lifes-greatest-discovery-the-joy-of-oneness/#sthash.emYPiqbU.dpuf

"Giving up what no longer works" Mark Nepo's May 29th entry in The Book of Awakening
"Hillel the Elder, one of the most important figures in Jewish history," [wikipedia] said:
"If I am not for myself who is for me? And being for my own self, what am 'I'? And if not now, when?" qtd in Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening

 Ken and Meghan's (Bunk and Pip) trip was 5 years ago this week!
 "Love, friendship, and nature's beauty are priceless gifts we share in abundance." ~ Alexandra Stoddard 
Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening "No matter how we turn or are turned, the magnificence follows..."
"Our mind of love may be buried deep under many layers of forgetfulness and suffering." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Quietly taking my time with each post, now that I am hovering at 1000...

Saturday, May 30, 2015: Clean up, Catch up, wake up and water!
“To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

"Village People" as in "Good morning Village People" by Yellow House Coffeehouse

https://instagram.com/p/3SWmC-Bq5y/

"the eXception! A vision of something more!!" ~ Jason Silva