Harvest Time

Each year we say this was the year of ...

It was hard to pick one this year.

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Big Thank You to my husband for his amazing garden again this year!  ♡

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August 2016

What was it?

The Apples

The Pears

Spaghetti Squash

Beans

Peppers

Tomatoes

Onions

More Apples this year than ever before. Boxes picked.

I picked 2 pails of pears from our small tree and that was after removing lots after blossoming and then again later.

Lots of delicious Peppers and Tomatoes being eaten and lots of Tomatoes are spreading out into the neighborhood as usual.

The squash vine was trimmed  as it was taking over and there were already over 20 happily growing. Lots to give away and they keep great in our cold room over the winter.  We cooked some from last year in the late spring and they were great.  The dogs really like it so we put a bit on their supper occasionally.

The beans grew lots but they weren't so good this year.  Hubby will get a different one next year.Yes the dogs also like a bean on supper.

Not too many walla walla onions. They are delicious and always go fast. Last year we had lots so I cooked and froze some for French Onion soup.

Decision Time!

I'm calling it a tie for the 

apples & pears so will call this the year for the  ... 

fruit trees.

My Husband has Visions of an Apple Pie in his future.

Here's another post about food and my husband !

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An old Chinese Proverb says ...
He who plants a garden, plants Happiness

Lots of happy here and another Yes, the dogs like apples too. 

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A Short Indulgence

I can still taste these

Picture of the cherries is from a couple of years ago but
the memory is still there.

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Moving Forward from the Heart

A few hints about what you'll find in this 2 1/2 page Chakra Meditation

Garden in your dreams

I really enjoy visiting this nurturing garden meditation.

Right from the beginning it shares comfort, nourishment and love.

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Begin to visualize a dream garden

Spend time in this garden where every day is a good day.

Soften your eyes and let yourself escape to a place where your inner eyes open 

Let's start with the beautiful Red Roses, breathe in and let their beauty fill your heart

Now - Can you imagine happy shades of Orange ... can you taste something orange

Gradually discover yourself gazing at the Yellow sunflowers confidently waving at you

The yellow dissolves and is replaced by the color Green like the color of grass ... walk over to it and feel its softness underfoot

When you're ready move to the cool colors of blue, indigo and violet.

Look up to the sky for the first color of blue and then walk around to see the lilacs, lavender and violets.

"Relax in this place knowing that you are complete,

you have everything inside you to succeed,

nothing is missing,

and

You are beautiful"

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Air. J.S. Bach Bobby Mcferrin

Do you like great MUSIC ?

You'll want to hear this ... 

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If you haven't heard about Bobby Mcferrin, 

here's one of many videos to get you started.

I listened to this years ago and was amazed.

Thanks to my husband for playing this recently so I was again

amazed  and thought I'd share it with you.

Enjoy! 

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What can 3 Breaths do?

One Rose Wellness Message

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                                              When One Rose will do ...

                              Dona's Dream - help others and send wellness out into the world.  

Here's a message for you today.

Thank You for sharing this message to help others.

Softly say to yourself, 

As I breathe in,

I bring awareness to my whole body ...
as I breath out,

I feel my body and mind slowing down ...

I have a chalkboard in the kitchen and most of the time it just has the one word SMILE on it.

Visitors to the kitchen say when they see it they automatically smile.

I find the same thing happens when you hear the word BREATHE, we tend to automatically take a breath.

So here goes ...

Focus on your next breath and let it come and go naturally.

With the following breath, bring in more awareness as you breathe in and then feel your whole body releasing as you exhale.

Let's do one more ...

Slowly Breathe In bringing awareness to your whole body 

Slowly Breathe Out feeling your whole body and mind slowing down.

3 Breaths later, how do you feel? 

You did great!

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This is where I'll be on the Weekend

Nautical Days Festival - Comox BC

Comox Nautical Days 

Tricked you with a post on Friday

This replaces the one for August 2

I'll be exhausted after the long weekend and sleeping in!

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I'm off to participate in Comox Nautical Days Festival.

I enjoy being at this 3 day event as it is family friendly and we get visitors from around home and beyond. There's lots of food, events, and entertainment.

The weather has always been HOT and this year it's suppose to be ........ not too HOT

YIPPEE!

I don't do well in the Heat so I'll have a big container of water and a spray bottle of water to cool myself especially my feet.

Each year I've attended the festival as a vendor, I've handed out One Rose Wellness card samples. It is a wonderful opportunity to introduce myself and talk with others. 

The conversations are as varied as the people. 

Some of it might be what they're eating, where they're from, where I'm from, or books they're reading.

Some tell me about current life difficulties, health and of course lots of talk about yoga, meditation and other wellness practices. 

I have a couple of ladies who come to get a new card each time they see me and they love it.  

Now that I have 2 books - I'm asked which one they should buy.  

The first time I was asked that I hesitated for a moment.  

I don't know why I never thought about being asked that question so I hadn't thought about an answer and it felt uncomfortable. 

I felt like I was comparing which of my pups I liked better or something similar. You know what I mean.

Anyway it's getting better.  I think this previous post will help tell a better story. 

Take Care & Have a great weekend !!

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Elton John and Billy Joel - Piano Man live

Remember this Song

Elton John and Billy Joel together

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Sharing an old song with you today!

Enjoy - Sing - Smile - Clap

Special Discoveries

One Rose Wellness Message

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                     Dona's Dream - help others and send wellness out into the world. 

                      Messages are from the pages of Simply, One Breath At a Time.

I picked this message to share with you today ...

This message has a special place in my heart.

Let each breath be familiar, welcoming, 

like opening the door to an old friend ...

How do you feel when you open the door and there on the outside is one of your old friends, a special relative or someone else that is a treasure in your life.

Have you ever thought of the breath as being familiar, welcoming, opening.

It is all these and much more.

It is with us every minute of every day.

We really do want that next breath to breathe life in.

We can't live without it, yet we don't think about it very often we just do it!

Perhaps on occasion we can think about how important it is,

celebrate and say thanks.

Have a great day!

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Daniel Goleman - Leadership and Compassion - Empathy and Compassion in S...

Are you a Leader?

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Science is getting quite interesting.

Super Soul Sunday introduced me to Daniel Goleman.

After watching the show I wanted to learn more about him and his work.

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Huge Mistake

Confession

I was telling the story but it was worse than I thought

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A couple of years ago when we were heading to Arizona after going the the Hay House I Can Do It Conference  in San Jose, we passed the San Luis reservoir in California.

Although it was a beautiful spot it didn't take long to see the water was so low and hearing about all the water shortages in the western states it was very devastating and worrisome.

The big mistake I made goes along with this picture from the Information Center at the reservoir. 

By the time I got home a month or so later, I was telling people about this display and I said ONE BURGER took 65 gallons of water.  (I need to clean my glasses more and take a longer moment to look at things...)

Wrong - Take a close look at the picture and you'll see it says 698 1/2 gallons. 

One burger takes almost 700 gallons of water to get it on our plate.

Now IMAGINE all the food wasted and thrown out in our homes and then think about the restaurants, grocery stores, distributors, farms and so on...

We can't do that anymore!

Last summer we were on a very tight water restriction and couldn't water the lawns and other things. That is nothing compared to other places that have little or none but it was enough to make me stop and think more about how we use water. Its always been around and plentiful to us so unfortunately lots is wasted.

It really annoys me when I have to buy a package of more than I want and know half of it will go bad before I can use it up so I will often give some to a neighbor instead of wasting the work, water, energy, packaging and more that went into it. Simple Example - I bought a package of mini cucumbers and shared with 2 neighbors.

Last summer I started saving tap water in a cute red pitcher I got from IKEA and am still doing it in those times when I'm waiting to get hot water, replacing the water in the kettle or when washing vegetables and other things.

I know this is little, baby steps but it's something I can easily do, makes me feel better and I always use it. I even like the pitcher on the counter!

It's not a surprise that the words Reducing and Conserving take on more and more importance in more and more places.   

Something to think about. 

Our trip south this winter took us by the same reservoir so we stopped in and were happy to see the water level had risen some. I took this picture of the display after I noticed my huge mistake.   

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