May Day to Mother's Day, 2016

Amphitheater

 Beautiful shot by Charlotte!!!

"Cultivating enough self awareness to trust in the expansiveness of your own light." ~ Flying Yogini

Day Tripping to Meredith Arboretum and Gardens at Meredith College 

Edible flowers : dandelions, nasturtium, pansy, and borage... oh my...

Fight Depression by ...

Growing a Good-Mood Garden

"How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise we all remain too frightened." Hafiz 

Inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.

Joy In Living: The Alkaline Way

Kiwi Avocado Salsa Verde Recipe from Love and Lemons blog

Mother's Day

Nutraceuticals : a food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.

Off for a walk/hike with my pup!

Popcicles made from Grapefruits and flowers

 thank you Kris!

Quite the place to BE

Remember when...

Sue's Humphrey Chronicle's Mother's Day card - apostrophes anyone? 

“The subtle energy of your food becomes your mind.” ~ The Uppanishads 

Umstead Park with Julie - yes!

Video: "Love Your Lymph"

Well, I guess I will finish this late

eXperience, eXpand and enJOY!!

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” ― Isaac Asimov 

Zest in life :)

As April ends... 2016 edition

Anodyne: anything that relieves distress or pain.

Dar Williams : "The beauty of the rain is how it falls, how it falls, how it falls..."

Every day can be EARTH day!!

Full of love and

Guidance of our deepest desires...

Heightens our Happiness potential" ~ Oprah

"Inner voice : an Intuition that speaks to us with the ultimate wisdom of the universe." ~ Oprah

Jessika Perkins planted this, her first tomato plant :) in nitrogen rich soil :)

Kumquats are now on the list of my favorite fruits :)

"License to dream, to experiment, to construct adventurous and delicious meals as a bulwark against a dreary, meager present...draw our chairs close to the hearth...exhortations to celebrate Life by eating well." ~ review of How to Cook a Wolf by M.K.Fisher

 Day 15 : Finding Flow : Deepak

Norma Rose garden Necessary maintenance

Overflowing with joy 

Punctuate the Positive. Promoting wellness every day.

Quest for Heroism :“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyone else, these pages must show.” ~ Charles Dickens' David Copperfield

Robin Sharma

Transpiration  is why I need to spend so much time watering right now: 

"Unadorned by worry or desire, Untainted by critical thought; the wonders of all that Is shines clear. I empty myself, of myself, into each moment. and just Be. I Am always this present essence; no-thing more, no-thing less. This bliss, behind every breath; this silence, beneath every sensation; this emptiness, of a quiescent mind; this peace of being, aware and Unbound. Free." ~ Brian Thompson, Zen Thinking

Violet is the color of the 7th chakra, the crown chakra and is Vital in activating consciousness

"Written to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks during times of plenty, reminding them that providing sustenance requires more than putting food on the table." ~ Goodreads synopsis

Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, phloem being the other.

Zen Thinking post for today     April 30, 2016

Saturday, April 16 and 17, 2016

"A traveller puts his head under the edge of the firmament in the original (1888) printing of the Flammarion engraving." ~ wikipedia

Black and white is  impressive

Camille Flammarion, L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire (Paris, 1888), pp. 163, Public Domain

Crimson Clover at Three Sisters Community Garden

East of the Moon, West of the Sun. A Norwegian Fairy Tale

"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live." ~ Rumi 

Ginger sweet potato soup - yum! check out this recipe I used cinnamon instead of sugar. so Good!

"He who has led you so far will guide you further." ~ Rumi

"Infinity" by Roberta Weir 

John B Law Jr's birthday - April 17th "Birthday Buddy" Matthew John Mitchell

Kindness Kindles love

“Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.” ~ Rumi

Margaret and Matsuei - a dynamic duo indeed! 

"Most powerful force on earth is the human soul on fire." These two are on fire! :)

"Only when one learns to determine his true location by looking at the stars will he be able to chart an accurate course to his final destination. The tools needed are simple enough..." Brunonia Barry, The Map of True Places, Part 4:  August 2008

Prepare

Question

Rest, Relax, and know, all is well

“Still round the corner there may wait / A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by / A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths...” ~  J.R.R. Tolkien

"Take the hidden paths that run west of the Moon and east of the Sun." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Video adaptation of  "East of the moon, West of the Sun"

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

Yes!

Zen Thinking : Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self as undifferentiated awareness, unaffected by time, past, present or future, and enter Peace. ~ Adi Shankara