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Celebrate Garden Meditation Day
Is there anything more relaxing than a well-appointed garden? The quiet trickle of a water feature, the buzz of insects pollinating your flowers, the chirping of birds in the trees, there’s little that feels so much like a slice of paradise. So what better place to settle in and relax and spend some time meditating on things in your life?
Being so close to thriving life and nature, gardens make a perfect place to seek an inner spiritual and connection with the world around us. Garden Meditation Day encourages us to take time to truly enjoy our gardens (or those of others) with a little soul-searching and peaceful meditation.
History of Garden Meditation Day
Garden Meditation Day was developed by C.L., otherwise known as the Garden Lady over at www.gardenlady.com. She has had a lifelong dedication to the wonders of the plant world and the wonderful places we can make in our home with gardens. She believes that gardens can help connect us to ourselves, the natural world, and each other in deep and moving ways. So it was that she decided to set up an entire month of holidays celebrating her passion, gardens!
Gardens have a long history, being found in every country and time period around the world. Throughout this time they’ve served many purposes, from simple backyard gardens that serve as combination retreats and small food gardens, to expansive complex gardens set to exacting designs known as ‘formal gardens’. These latter were preferred by the rich and important as lavish displays of their power, and likely as retreats from the difficult and harrowing life that came with being part of the aristocracy.
Garden Meditation Day encourages us to get out and enjoy these little sacred spaces by spending some time with the sacred within us through meditation.
Joke of the Day
Ah! Being young is beautiful but being old is comfortable.
Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
Word of the Day
Zen or zen
Zen crossword puzzle
Across: 1. Nothing
Down: 1. Nothing
MEANING:noun: An activity, approach, state of mind, etc., emphasizing intuition and insights, instead of fixation on goals.
adjective: Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
ETYMOLOGY:After Zen, a school of Mahayana Buddhism. From Japanese zen (meditation), from Chinese chan (meditation), from Pali jhanam (jhanam), from Sanskrit dhyana (meditation). Earliest documented use: 1727.
USAGE:“Periods in my life have been very zen and calm. But after a while of swimming around in a blissful lake of contentment, I chuck a gigantic rock in it, cause huge ripples and start again somewhere else.”
Shappi Khorsandi; Happiness?; The Independent (London, UK); Oct 26, 2019.
adjective: Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
Shappi Khorsandi; Happiness?; The Independent (London, UK); Oct 26, 2019.
Idiom of the Day
What does 'At the end of the day' mean?
This is used to mean 'in conclusion' or 'when all is said and done'.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, May 3
Thoughtful and involved, you express yourself well, possess quiet charm, and easily endear yourself to others. You have an artistic bent that is undeniable, and your creative mind can help bring financial success. You are multi-talented and many of you spread yourself over multiple career paths and hobbies as a result. You expect a lot from yourself, and sometimes too much, which can lead to indecisiveness. Famous people born today:
Blend for Wellness
Four Thieves Oil
COFFEE
thanks, Ella
Pictures of the Day
True tarantulas are all spiders of the family Theraphosidae, sometimes called bird spiders or monkey spiders, which are native to South America and Central America. However the name 'tarantula' is often loosely applied to a range of large spiders. The name was originally applied to the Wolf spider Lycosa tarantula, found near the town of Taranto in Southern Italy, that was once believed to cause a fatal condition called tarantism.
DIVER IN MAGIC KINGDOM
knit
thanks, Nancy
knit
thanks, Ethel
knit
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C2F = Slip 2 Hold Front: Knit 2 + Knit 2 from Cable Needle
C4B = Slip 4 Hold Back: Knit 4 + Knit 4 from Cable Needle
• Knit into 1 stitch, remain on needle
• YO + K 2x (makes 5 sts)
• Turn P 5, Turn K 5, Turn P 5
• Turn SSK, K1, K2Tog (3 sts remain)
• Turn P3
• Turn Slip 1, K2Tog, PSSO (1 st remains)
crochet
crochet
CROCKPOT RECIPE
VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE
Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.
SWEETS
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What Is The Strangest Tradition In Your Family?
QUOTE
CLEVER
Splash cinnamon on seeds to start 'em strong
Cinnamon helps to prevent fungus, so your seeds can have a sunny, healthy start.
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