An occasional bit of wit 'n' wisdom as gleaned from the wise and learned. Family fun and times to share.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Note Card Party~~August
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Mosaic/Macro Monday~~Air Plant
I was introduced to Air Plants by a dear friend and coworker a couple of months ago. The one she gave to me then is cute and small and I have named him Simon. She went to visit family in Tennessee a week ago and I asked her to bring me two more when she went to Gatlinburg. This is one of the two she brought to me. Isn't she lovely. Sarah told me that this variety of of air plant may only bloom once every ten years. But she also said it might also keep its bloom for up to a year. Well, here's hoping for I think Miriam is just beautiful!
Tillandsia is a genus of around 540 species in the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), found in the forests, mountains, and deserts, of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southern United States in North America. Tillandsia recurvata and another Bromeliaceae species on electric wires near San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela Flowering Tillandsia and daughter plant The thinner-leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick-leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought. Moisture and nutrients are gathered from the air (dust, decaying leaves and insect matter) through structures on the leaves called trichomes. Tillandsia species are epiphytes (also called aerophytes or air plants) – i.e. they normally grow without soil while attached to other plants. Epiphytes are not parasitic, depending on the host only for support. The genus Tillandsia was named by Carolus Linnaeus after the Swedish physician and botanist Dr. Elias Tillandz (originally Tillander) (1640-1693).
Wikipedia
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Thanks be to God!
Cathy
The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there. And though I have nothing to offer at Macro Monday Lisa has a wonderful time planned for you. The pictures all are an inspiration!
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Mosaic Monday~Boys and Trains
What is it about little boys and trains? What is it about Big boys and trains? What is it?
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"The romance of boating is gone, now. In Hannibal the steamboatman is no longer a god. The youth don't talk river slang any more. Their pride is apparently railways -- which they take a peculiar vanity in reducing to initials ("C B & Q") -- an affectation which prevails all over the west. They roll these initials as a sweet morsel under the tongue."
- Notebook #20, reprinted in Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Vol. II.
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Thanks be to God!
Cathy
The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there. And though I have nothing to offer at Macro Monday Lisa has a wonderful time planned for you. The pictures all are an inspiration!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Mosaic Monday~~Reflection
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My mom lives in an adult community in Montana that has the loveliest gardens. And a walk in the early morning allows for a stroll through it in compelling silence. From the vivid colors to the dewdrops on the roses, you find yourself reflecting on creation and it's beauty.
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Thanks be to God!!
Cathy
The Little Red House and share in the beauty offered there. And though I have nothing to offer at Macro Monday Lisa has a wonderful time planned for you. The pictures all are an inspiration!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Joy In All The Heat
Joy comes in many forms.
And this day has the potential of
being just as grand as
A bit of humor
being just as grand as
During all the heat and humidity
we must bear.
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Joy today must be shared in the humor we find in life itself. It is miserable outside. It's been that way for weeks...I have to laugh, because there is nothing I can do about it. I have not control of it. Then today a friend, Father Tim Tenbarge sent the following! Please enjoy!
"IT'S SO HOT!!! REALLY?.....HOW HOT IS IT?....."......the birds have to use potholders to pull the worms out of the ground.
.....the trees are whistling for the dogs.
.....the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance
.....hot water comes from both taps.
.....you can make sun tea instantly.
.....you learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
.....the temperature drops below 90 F and you feel a little chilly.
.....you discover that in July it only takes two fingers to steer your car.
.....you discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
.....you actually burn your hand opening the car door.
.....you break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 A.M.
.....your biggest motorcycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death"?
.....you realize that asphalt has a liquid stage.
.....the potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter.
.....the cows are giving evaporated milk.
.....farmers are feeding their chickenscrushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.
IT'S SO DRY!!! HOW DRY ???
.....that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling
.....the Methodists are using wet-wipes
.....the Presbyterians are giving rain checks
..... and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water!
TRY TO KEEP COOL !!!
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Thanks to Father Tim
And
Thanks be to God!!!
Cathy
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