Sunday, April 27, 2014
Yellow Dock Babies and their neighbors
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Dream Gates! (by Robert Moss and inspired this post)
The tree that leaves me with no trace
Of yesterday or the human race....
I find that my 'new' life is a part and wholly for me. (or,,,
The whole life is for all.
My life is a part and a whole for all.
We share this life in all of it's mysteries and novelties.
It's lows and it's highs.
Dreams uncover mountains of life.
The fear, the celebrations, the let downs and the up lifts.
They are all together a part, and a part they are all together.
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Of yesterday or the human race....
I find that my 'new' life is a part and wholly for me. (or,,,
The whole life is for all.
My life is a part and a whole for all.
We share this life in all of it's mysteries and novelties.
It's lows and it's highs.
Dreams uncover mountains of life.
The fear, the celebrations, the let downs and the up lifts.
They are all together a part, and a part they are all together.
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| Dinner and a good book! ©Allisonians |
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Turtle and the Blood Moon
Abscond the turtle of the full blood moon
Be wary of the big high tides.
As she was heading away you see,
Upon the ocean sea was she. (undone, instead of 'was she')
The Floor reflection over head,
The lowly off's of the lowly beds
She looked above for the moon to be,
And raised her eye for the light of thee
Upon the wave as it did break,
She glided down its firey wake
And up and down she contemplate
Is the earth flat or is it round
Or is it plainly up side down?
She saw the color ebb and flow,
She knew not whenced that she would go (at least not the way 'we' know...)
But move ahead she did, she did
She swam back up to ride again!
Steady did she go, my friend!
Upon the sand and water gleamed
The white and pink of the big moon's beam
She crossed the wake
And was not late
To the edge of her world
She did contemplate!
The sand did glow as she moved ahead,
To the place she'd go to lay her eggs
So go she did without a doubt
Even though the world was inside out.
She had her clutch...
By ©Allison Dahl
The Full Blood moon is for certain one interesting moon!
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Sea Turtle links;
http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=behavior
and a list;
https://www.google.com/search?q=turtle+wisdom+mythology&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS533US576&oq=turtle+wisdom+mythology&aqs=chrome..69i57.7956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
Be wary of the big high tides.
As she was heading away you see,
Upon the ocean sea was she. (undone, instead of 'was she')
The Floor reflection over head,
The lowly off's of the lowly beds
She looked above for the moon to be,
And raised her eye for the light of thee
Upon the wave as it did break,
She glided down its firey wake
And up and down she contemplate
Is the earth flat or is it round
Or is it plainly up side down?
She saw the color ebb and flow,
She knew not whenced that she would go (at least not the way 'we' know...)
But move ahead she did, she did
She swam back up to ride again!
Steady did she go, my friend!
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| Full Moon thru cloth |
Upon the sand and water gleamed
The white and pink of the big moon's beam
She crossed the wake
And was not late
To the edge of her world
She did contemplate!
The sand did glow as she moved ahead,
To the place she'd go to lay her eggs
So go she did without a doubt
Even though the world was inside out.
She had her clutch...
By ©Allison Dahl
The Full Blood moon is for certain one interesting moon!
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| Planters, Full Moon 4.15.14 taken at the same location some time before the eclipse, about half passed eleven; same photo as 'thru the cloth' is, and at the same time... |
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Sea Turtle links;
http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=behavior
and a list;
https://www.google.com/search?q=turtle+wisdom+mythology&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS533US576&oq=turtle+wisdom+mythology&aqs=chrome..69i57.7956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
My Dream House!A
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| An Elder, CHECK! |
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| With DAN DE LION~~CHECK and Chevy looks happy here too! Tee-Hee! and Horah |
And a baby elder protected right in the middle. Not mowing this baby down! What a smart mamma!
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| Look at this place! This elder is also friends with miss cliver! Me Too! CHECK~~~ |
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| ...and look, a FOR RENT sign! CHECK~~~ just beautiful! My dream house... would like it in the woods, but not too worried, it's a dream, I'll add it, right? Cheers |
Teeny Tiny is Just Fine with Me!
My tiny Garden is fairng it's own.
There is a teeny tiny somebody/thing that has taken a tiny bulb from on tray, which I replaced because I found one teeny tiny bulb in the box of dry dirt that had a few nasti seeds. So, I sow the nasti seeds hittler kilter on the right edge of my teeny tiny garden.
I moved the bulbs up on a temporary shelf for sunning and also to let the earth below the peet seedling boxes dry.
It's kind of cool the way the two boards are, I can move the shelves to let more or less sun and so that I can lower the plank that protects my seedlings from the down pours.
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| I enter this photo upside down because it won't load right. aka right side up? So weird because when I tried to load this particular area shot last time the same thing happend. There is no way to correct it on blogger. Maybe I will try to save the photo upside down and load it again and see if that rights it. But for now, here is my topsy turvy little seedings. and bulb babies! |
There is a teeny tiny somebody/thing that has taken a tiny bulb from on tray, which I replaced because I found one teeny tiny bulb in the box of dry dirt that had a few nasti seeds. So, I sow the nasti seeds hittler kilter on the right edge of my teeny tiny garden.
I moved the bulbs up on a temporary shelf for sunning and also to let the earth below the peet seedling boxes dry.
It's kind of cool the way the two boards are, I can move the shelves to let more or less sun and so that I can lower the plank that protects my seedlings from the down pours.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
.... a little bit closer look at Salmon Berry(Rubus Spectabilis) blossoms
The most Bright and beautiful and jazzy of bloom to berry, in my opinion.
Bright Pink blossoms, and beautiful bright orange fruit.
nice link;
http://www.nwplants.com/business/catalog/rub_spe.html
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Bright Pink blossoms, and beautiful bright orange fruit.
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| My view.... they are looking so good this year! :D |
nice link;
http://www.nwplants.com/business/catalog/rub_spe.html
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April Walk back at Ostrander; as spring progresses
Went walking after work this afternoon...
One of my favorite places, easy local for a quick refuge;
Sun hit me as I drove in to my driveway after work,
Bonus;
The sun stayed out for the whole walk,
Double Bonus;
From the course of the day I would not have expected sun; I really only semi noticed the distant
April rays as I ran a couple of errands after work.. nevertheless...
.....
Earlier;
I felt another of our mother earth's elements in wonderment, and looked up from my work of this regular day, which really rather wore on as a reflection of it's transcending atmosphere.
I worked hard as if to help the clock ever so slowly turn.
Not fighting the slow flow, nor just being that...
then,,,
It was all transmuted to heaven's liquid splendor.
And there it was; the fine mist of rain so thin yet filling the air completely.
It was just a mist, and yet a full on thin mist.
Although I am sure there were down pours throughout the morning, I hadn't noticed the day's climate, not really.
But this liquid dew of flight drew me out.
I couldn't even really have told you what I was doing before that.
I just awakened, and was completely enchanted like nothing before existed,
and yet this simple existence was born.
And then,
It only really took a moment to be revived!
I am so grateful for that little moment.
I love weather patterns. This year is amazing...
As someone passed I was brought back to the task at hand.
I stocked, then scrubbed the bristo with bravado! I still have a few layers and that work is never ever done,
Hence the job security....
I simply call it, shining diamonds...
The mist out the window today felt just like at the beach I haven't been to in two years!
I was transported right then and there!
Folks east of the Rockies call us coasties.
They consider where I live the coast.
I know, comparatively, it's true;
But it's an hour plus to get to the sea from here.
I do have my rivers and the valleys and streams
The Ostrander Brook is my refuge to nature these days.
So it goes that my herbs of study are those I know and can find in my environment;
Ostrander gave me these beauties to say hello to today;
Cleaver
Wood Sorrel
Salmon Berry
Horsetail and Nettle(didn't get photo)
©Allisonians Please ask me for permission to use my photos or writing
One of my favorite places, easy local for a quick refuge;
Sun hit me as I drove in to my driveway after work,
Bonus;
The sun stayed out for the whole walk,
Double Bonus;
From the course of the day I would not have expected sun; I really only semi noticed the distant
April rays as I ran a couple of errands after work.. nevertheless...
.....
Earlier;
I felt another of our mother earth's elements in wonderment, and looked up from my work of this regular day, which really rather wore on as a reflection of it's transcending atmosphere.
I worked hard as if to help the clock ever so slowly turn.
Not fighting the slow flow, nor just being that...
then,,,
It was all transmuted to heaven's liquid splendor.
And there it was; the fine mist of rain so thin yet filling the air completely.
It was just a mist, and yet a full on thin mist.
Although I am sure there were down pours throughout the morning, I hadn't noticed the day's climate, not really.
But this liquid dew of flight drew me out.
I couldn't even really have told you what I was doing before that.
I just awakened, and was completely enchanted like nothing before existed,
and yet this simple existence was born.
And then,
It only really took a moment to be revived!
I am so grateful for that little moment.
I love weather patterns. This year is amazing...
As someone passed I was brought back to the task at hand.
I stocked, then scrubbed the bristo with bravado! I still have a few layers and that work is never ever done,
Hence the job security....
I simply call it, shining diamonds...
The mist out the window today felt just like at the beach I haven't been to in two years!
I was transported right then and there!
Folks east of the Rockies call us coasties.
They consider where I live the coast.
I know, comparatively, it's true;
But it's an hour plus to get to the sea from here.
I do have my rivers and the valleys and streams
The Ostrander Brook is my refuge to nature these days.
So it goes that my herbs of study are those I know and can find in my environment;
Ostrander gave me these beauties to say hello to today;
Cleaver
Wood Sorrel
Salmon Berry
Horsetail and Nettle(didn't get photo)
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| Here is my example of the progression of the very same Cleaver clump I posted back on February 25th. And today I donned my jean jacket as well! Nice to have the warmth of the world and be in it! |
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| Wood Sorrel in bloom! |
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| Salmon Berry blossoms on Waters... |
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| Here's a little of everything. There is Salmon Berry blossoms, Cleaver, and Sorrel, and much much more! :D |
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| This is my favorite water whole! The background dons sorrel and such! |
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
GUIDED SLEEP MEDITATION TALKDOWN - Insomnia - Relaxation
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Oranges! Not for fools! Happy April! Showers, flowers.... You decide!
Going on a spring orange date.
Read about Sanicle tea.
Interesting little article from this site;
True Health and Healing
http://www.truehealthandhealing.org/sanicle.html
Orange Date:
5 to 8 glasses of Orange Juice a day
Drink the juice as soon as the oranges are squeezed or the juice box is open.
Slippery Elm downing.
After 5 to 10 days, eat very plain, simple, and nourishing meals.
Also, if someone wanting to do this orange date(s) is feeling week many modifications are just fine and in order! Apples chewed to full mastication, or blended; a few nuts and what ever else is needed, but oranges are a wonderful treat and if you are like me, you will learn to live on oranges more than once a year!
I eat the whites and on occasion the outers. The skins boiled with cinnamon are wonderful for the air and the smell is divine!
©Allisonians Please ask me for permission to use my photos or writing
Read about Sanicle tea.
Interesting little article from this site;
True Health and Healing
http://www.truehealthandhealing.org/sanicle.html
Orange Date:
5 to 8 glasses of Orange Juice a day
Drink the juice as soon as the oranges are squeezed or the juice box is open.
Slippery Elm downing.
After 5 to 10 days, eat very plain, simple, and nourishing meals.
Also, if someone wanting to do this orange date(s) is feeling week many modifications are just fine and in order! Apples chewed to full mastication, or blended; a few nuts and what ever else is needed, but oranges are a wonderful treat and if you are like me, you will learn to live on oranges more than once a year!
I eat the whites and on occasion the outers. The skins boiled with cinnamon are wonderful for the air and the smell is divine!
©Allisonians Please ask me for permission to use my photos or writing
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SOURDOUGH STARTER with WILD YEAST
Wild yeasts exist in the air around you and to some extent on the wheat berries. There are wild yeasts on grapes (unsulphured) and apples and other fruits. It is those wild yeasts which are 'captured' to make a sourdough starter. The process takes from 3 to 5 days. I wish I had specific amounts for you, but you could start with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of flour and mix in enough warm (not hot) water to make a thin paste. DO NOT make it too soupy. That, in fact, is the trick to a good starter, according to the French bread makers, and I think they should know. And after you've fooled around with the flour and water thing, you might wish to branch out into adding those unsulphured grapes, apples, sour milk, etc as a catalyst in order to capture other strains of yeast. Each of these strains has a slightly different taste. In fact if you move to another area, you might end up with a starter that produces an entirely different flavor. For instance, San Francisco sourdough bread is well known and has a distinct taste due to the wild strains in the air there. On day one you mix the flour and water (and add any catalysts to encourage fermentation) and place in a warm spot. After 3 days, the dough should be moist, inflated, and slightly sour. More flour and water is added (mixed in) and left to sit in a warm spot. After 2 days the process is repeated. Then the next day it is done again. Note the order: 3 days, 2 days, 1 day. At this point you should be able to make a loaf of bread using part of the starter and adding back what you took out in the form of more flour and water. Rule of thumb: Use about 10% starter to size of loaf. In the case of a 2 lb loaf this is a bit over 3 oz of starter (3.2 to be exact). For a 1 lb loaf 1.5 oz would be used. A book that describes this process in great detail is The Village Baker by Joe Ortiz, copyright 1993, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkley CA. If it's not still in print, try the used books stores, that's where I got mine. Or try your local library. If they don't have it, they might be able to get it for you. ©2008 by Ernestina Parziale
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