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21 mei 2006
Lilacs
YPSIDIXIT and her faithful friend stopped off at a friend's house for a special gift: a lilac seedling grown by my friend's erstwhile partner. I was moved to receive something so lovely. We admired his farm, then nestled the lilac in the back and headed south on the time-honored Rural Route to my folks' house to celebrate my mom's birthday.
It was a fun day. We sat around yakking, then my sis and brother-in-law & 2 nephews arrived. Faithful friend and I went out to prune my mom's rampant lilac. We pruned it, all right. What started as a rambling mass the size of a small hot-sir balloon transformed into a frieze of sticks. "It'll grow back," I assured my duibous mom, who is so tender-hearted she cannot even bring herself to pinch back her geraniums. I potted up some rooted sprigs of her lilac for my sis and I to take home and plant.
We played "school" with the kids outside under the deck in the cool concrete plaza. My sis was the teacher. We had a lesson on the planets. My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. We had a fire drill, and marched studiously out of the plaza. We had a tornado drill, too, and marched studiously out of the plaza before remembering that one doesn't go outside in a tornado drill...
The "school" went on a field trip. "Let's go visit the old cabin," said my sis, pointing to her and my old playhouse at the back of the yard. "The old pioneer cabin?" I asked. "Yes," said Iss, "let's go see what life was like...thirty years ago."
We laughed. Poignant and sweet moment.
Driving back, my faithful friend and I made up a rhyme to describe the finger-high corn we observed in the fields, to go with "knee high by the fourth of July." It is "A finger's run by May twenty-one." We also coined the term "young green" to describe the corn-color, and admired the pretty pearly sundown clouds. A lovely, memorable day.
Posted by ypsidixit at 21 mei 2006 22:23
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In Roman mythology, Neptune ruled the sea, and in his astrological incarnation, he reigns over the sea of the collective unconscious, imagination, art, fashion and music. He is the original, groovy "soul patrol." Today, he begins an inspiring retrograde cycle. Your own inspiration comes from viewing your soul from an objective and artistic headspace.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). If your blood pressure rises five times today, it's five times too many. These are the normal stresses of everyday living. By learning to deal with them gracefully, you add years to your life.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you're tapped out of new ideas and/or the energy to go further with a project, seek help from the wind, the sky and the sea. The elements respond, and you deliver an inspired piece of work by the day's end.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). One way to stop worrying about the future is to visualize it hopefully, thoroughly, exuberantly. Once you have a vision, you can clearly see what's coming, so there's no reason to fret.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You'll meet new people and be impressed by just how friendly and open the world can be. This is also the perfect day to implement tips from friends, especially having to do with systems to make your life easier.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What used to be a gray area is now very clearly a right-or-wrong issue ... for you. It may be time to come to terms with the fact that others don't share your beliefs and possibly never will.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It's a kick to spend at least part of the day as your alter ego. As a result, someone new finds you sexy. Family drama has to do with an inheritance. Where there's a will, there's a relative.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Be careful not to become so fixated on practical matters that you lose your joy and creativity. Note: Without joy and creativity, almost everything you do is in fact (SET ITAL) impractical (END ITAL).
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It's a fine day to fight for a cause, even a hopeless one. There's something noble about sacrificing your time and energy for a seemingly futile purpose. Later, you'll see how meaningful your actions really are.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). This is your day of fresh starts, truces and bright new prospects. However, giving up your old way of thinking about a problem is required. No problem for you!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you're doing something because you feel you have no choice, your energy will be drained. It helps to view your duty as something you want to do in order to live the lifestyle you enjoy.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your sphere of influence grows when you explore different cultures and art forms. Be fearless. You have a wonderful take on things, even if you don't have much experience talking in esoteric terms.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Two sides of you go to war -- the shrewd, analytical side and the extravagant side. Note: The extravagant side will not give up. Sooner or later, it gets what it wants.
Posted by: Balsas Teosinite at 22 mei 2006 08:57
Thank you dearest Oracle; I hope it's not too corny to say I'm grateful for today's horoscope.
Posted by: Zea mays at 22 mei 2006 10:02
...after all, there's a kernel of truth in it.
Posted by: Husker Du at 22 mei 2006 10:03
The green-n-yellow "oooh" made me guiltily and foolishly happy.....so thank you! Mom's misplaced present was found.....in back of my furnace. I had it all along. FedEx'ed it off today and called to apologize. Nevertheless we had a nice time and I am off to plant lilacs.
Posted by: Old Tyme Pioneer Woman at 22 mei 2006 15:05
Ack! Don't plant those yet! Keep 'em moist and plant them this fall! No Planting!
Posted by: Laura at 22 mei 2006 15:08
OTPW, the green and yellow 5-level cake was absolutely beautiful, and SO tasty!
I really liked it--and I am not a cake person and usually don't like cake. Not so with this marvel.
Posted by: Laura at 22 mei 2006 15:09
I think that you'd like this photo, Laura:
http://flickr.com/photos/aricee/149218259/
Posted by: Andrew at 22 mei 2006 18:46
Andrew: I do love that photo. You can practically smell the lilacs. Thank you for linking to it.
The lilacs are done. Time to prune the lilac bush! Make sure to reserve some time this weekend to thin out, open up, and shape your lilac bush. Now is the time! Prune those lilacs!
Posted by: Laura at 22 mei 2006 21:41