SUMMER!!!! June 21, 2013

Already
Began
Celebrating the Summer Solstice
Dawn Dew Drops from Darling noses
Emotions surfacing... Envelop with Empathy
Full moon coming soon
Gardens are everywhere
Included this year...
July yoga plans
Ken class will be that same Wednesday in the Vineyard
Look for the circumstance ... if you can't find them, make them
Monsters University 
New Nintendo DS 
Open to Possibility
Plans for a Personal Victory Garden
Quality and Quantity of time
Revise and Revamp
Sunrise Surfacing
Take joy from each day
Unfettered imagination ~ SBB Simple Abundance June 20
Vineyard Yoga, July 24th
Weeds of old emotions choke creativity ~ SBB Simple Abundance June 20
Yes!
Zest!!
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ABCs of Plant Parts

Aril: "special covering of certain seeds that commonly develops from the seed stalk, often a bright-coloured fleshy envelope, as in such woody plants as the yews and nutmeg and in members of the arrowroot family."
Blade of a leaf is the expanded, thin structure on either side of the midrib most conspicuous part of a leaf 
Calyx: the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower
Dentate:Having teeth ending in an acute angle, pointing outward.

Epidermis a layer of thickened, tough cells, the primary function being protection of leaf tissue
Fibrous root system primary root ceases to elongate, leading to the development of numerous lateral roots
Guard cells regulate the passage of water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide through the leaf.

Heartwood : The innermost, hardest wood of a tree. Compare to sapwood.

Inflorescence : a term which refers to a cluster of flowers and how they are arranged on a floral stem
Juvenile leaf : Term applied to first few leaves with green, expanded lamina developed by seedlings
karyogamy: fusion of nuclei
Midrib:  The vein running down the middle of a leaf from the petiole or leaf base to the leaf tip

Nodes areas of great cell activity and growth
Ovule: The haploid female reproductive cell, located in the Ovary
Peduncle: The stem or stalk of a scape, topped by the inflorescence.


Quizlet: Plant Biology Terms
Receptacle: see above
Sepal: a part of the flower of angiosperms(flowering plants). Collectively the sepals are called the calyx 
Terminal bud: the bud located at the end of a twig marking the end of that year's growth
Umbel: Inflorescence in which several nearly equal flower stalks radiate from top of the peduncle The result is a hemispherical to spherical flower head.
Venation refers to the patterns in which the veins are distributed in the blade.

Whorl is an arrangement that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem
Xylem vessels conduct water and minerals, while phloem tubes conduct food
Yellow carotenoid pigments found in the chromoplasts of leaves and petals are called Xanthophyll
Zone of elongation in which cells increase in size through food and water absorption

sources: http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/botany/plantparts.html



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My ABCs of sad songs

Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson - 1982
Come Away With - Norah Jones - 2003
Do What You Have to Do - Sarah McLachlan

Eddie Vedder - Without You
Forever Love - Reba McEntire
Gilbert, Doug - Crystal Gale's 'Til I Can Gain Control Again - 1984
How Far - Martina McBride - 2004

I've Never Been to Me - Charlene - 1982

Key Largo - Bertie Higgins - 1982
Landslide - Stevie Nicks
My One True Friend - Bette Midler

"Nothing compares to you" Sinead O'connor
Oasis - "Sad Song"

"Queen of My Heart" by Hank Williams, Jr.
Remember When it Rained" by Josh Groban

"Tell Me a Lie" - Janie Fricke
Underwood, Carrie: "Jesus Take the Wheel"
Van Morrison's "My Lonely Sad Eyes"
Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss
X, as in "Why" by Annie LennoX :) 
You Had Me From Hello - Kenny Chesney - my favorite video? Jag clips
Zach Sobiech's "Clouds" is the most uplifting "sad" song I've ever heard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDC97j6lfyc
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