Some days are color, some are Black and White!

Nite all...Trying to get my bedtime regulated here..lol

Ahh, Rest at Last!
Sherry Stewart©2005

I

Think

The Petals

Are more

Pronounced in Black and White..

Cafe' Monday

The new Diet book  

(mentioned below)

 says to have coffee later in the day when your energy is wilting,

 not first thing in the morning.

This is Turkish Coffee.

 Easy to prepare:

 Put a  H. Tablespoon into the pot, and add water. 

Boil  until it almost boils over, do that again.

 Let it sit until the grounds sink, (only takes a minute)

Drink Black

I forgot to mention yesterday that you should fuel up before walking!

So for optimal energy, eat before you walk, not after you walk.

If you'd like to join The Cafe Monday, please post on your blog and comment here.

'Think' and Grow Thin, and Toned, I like it.

Well..... I did walk this morning, (around the block). 

That is probably why I ended up buying this magazine in the first place, for encouragement. 

It has a journal in the back to keep track of your program with..

The mag is by prevention, cost ..Yikes 9.99?

And here are a few pictures, so if any one wants to join me in the quest of getting into better shape, if it is possible after my neglect, please, run out and buy this book, and we'll at least 'think' about losing weight and toning up together.
For sexy Shoulders, ( remember sexy shoulders)?
CLick here
sexy shoulders in two moves

Here are the photos to motivate you!

Hmm, I wonder, will I 'think' the aged look to go away?
Yes, I 'think', I will!
I posted a picture of me at top about 7 years ago here, to have something for me to 'think' about achieving!

Join me?

So, guess what I remember of the book?

You can eat dessert, smores, are king!

You can drink chocolate milk, low fat of course, and should.

Best Of All...

You can 'just think' about it, and build muscle, and loose weight!
As I said, I really like that part..

15 minutes of 'thinking' will strengthen your little finger by 35% 

(I believe it was..numbers aren't important)!

Unless they're pounds on a scale or inches around a waistline!

I'm exhausted already just 'thinking' about it!
It must be bedtime!

more info on the magazine below after photo's...

Fight fat by just 'thinking about it'!

'An Orange a day', now I never heard that before!

A banana a day, yes!

Eat an egg a day for brain health.

How does one eat only a few slices of avacado a day? Throw the rest away?

Here is the cover..

Yoga of course, and meditate only 3 to 5 minutes at a time to reduce stress..

My lazy women's workout on the floor!

(only don't call it that)

The best salad

The best foods

The best dessert

Drop Ten Pounds Fast!

Walk off Weight

Attack Belly Bulge

Power Foods for Women!

All in all a great magazine packed with info and recipes, etc for 10 bucks!

Prevention Magazine.

So, yeah, I went to the store today, it only cost me a quarter tank of gas and  $110.00 to get carrots, celery, strawberries, bananas, olives, mozzarella, tomatoes, cilantro, chocolate soy milk, salad dressing, and they were fresh out of basil.

 Another quarter tank of gas should remedy that.

Ok, and I got hair spray, and some touch up by Loreal, allergy meds, and eye drops, those kinds of things...

..and..

 I got this great book to motivate me.

 

So far it has worked!
I have taken photographs of the book, and read it, now blogging it!
And the part I like best is that you can loose weight and tone up, just by thinking about it!
How easy is that?
I have always suspected that was the case, since you can gain weight by thinking about eating cake, and by thinking about being lazy!

It was worth the price of the book for that bit of info alone..

I have always said that you have to think skinny to lose weight.

Maybe I'll write the hitherto famous book entitled

"Think and Grow Thin."

Meanwhile I learned that of course, everything I thought I needed to eat was the right food, and all my lazy woman exercises lying on the floor raising my legs are now touted by experts as being the way to go..wouldn't you know it?

I always called it the lazy women's work out, but actually, that title would be self defeating..but actually being lazy wouldn't be!

Merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream! See, it's true, what Avasa told me years ago, Reality is for those who lack imagination! That's exactly what my bumper sticker says that he gave me 4 years ago. 

Eat: melon, bananas, avacado, walnuts, an orange a day, whole wheat toast or bagel, peanut butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, salmon, grains,  dried cranberries, some chicken or Turkey thigh, stuff I usually eat, (but don't eat regularly enough)

Go to sleep at the same time each night, 

don't use a computer at least for an hour before bedtime, 

(the light makes your brain think it's time to get up) A TV is a little more relaxing for sleep, it says.

get up same time each day.

(isn't this all pretty common sense)? 

But why don't we use what we know?

Ok, I'll speak for myself! ~grin~
You know this right?

Eat foods of color, blackberries, kidney beans, blueberries, etc.

And don't forget:

think thin

think toned

think healthy

think what you want to become, and make it all good!

Banana Trees At Moorehaven Koi Gardens, Mukilteo

I was surprised to find banana tress growing in the PNW. I guess our two months of summer, with such long long days that just get heated up by 3PM are ripe for most fruits and vegetables. So maybe my garden planted mid June still has a chance..

I have baby radishes about 2" tall, and carrots coming up, squash, and lettuce that is almost 3 inches tall already.

 Now, if I can protect this garden from the infamous "banana Slugs" of the PNW, maybe I'll even get food! One year I had giant sunflowers about 3.5 ft tall, One day the flowers were 3" across, and the next morning, no flower at all, Banana Slugs!

Even seen one, my they are ugly slugs!

Darjeeling Banana 6 Seeds - Musa sikkimensis - HARDY!
Super Dwarf Patio Banana Plant -Musa- SALE*
Rare Bronze Banana Tree 10 Seeds
1 Cold Hardy Musa Basjoo Tropical Banana Tree Plant Nursery Trade Gallon Size

I just bought one of these to raise my Mums, and etc.
Gardman R688 Walk-In Greenhouse
a better greenhouse
RIGA III s 81 Square Foot Greenhouse Base
even better green house
Rion Greenline 6- By 8-Foot Backyard Hobby Greenhouse

Extensive site of exquisite surfaces

I would love to have this floor! (above)

cement floors 

Exquisite Surfaces

The Exotic World of Moroccan Tiles

Ever noticed how planning a trip, or going to an art gallery, reading a magazine is so pleasant, and inspiring, even fulfilling?
Taking a trip alone? Being alone? Ahh..I enjoy it.
Planning a trip may be better than taking some trips I've been on!
The internet gets me around this planet good and fast.

Sure seeing the real thing is 3 D and more full of life, and all that, but at my fingertips, I can get all the news on art and life that my little soul yearns for at thedrop of a hat.
Did you know the technology existed for the internet wayyy back when Tesla was alive?

Down in the depths of my blog ( scroll scroll) all the good stuff is down there..I think it is underneath that collage of photos of where I live)is a long video worth watching about Tesla, and how Edison was actually threatened by his genius. What a great awake man Tesla was, how his lab was mysteriously burned to the ground and he built it back up. He had one of those famous memories , and could recall anything at all, exactly as it was.
Now where but the internet would I find this info on Tesla so entertainingly portrayed. He was so far ahead of his time, it isn't even funny. In fact, so far ahead, it scared people!

So we could have had internet a long time ago actually! I try to imagine grandma on the net..lol but you know , she was a real progressive woman. She had a Model T, first rattle outta the box.
When I was 5, we had 3 vehicles at our home, and when I was 3, we traveled to Mexico for the first time, out of the country, and one of my earliest memories is in that place. I am certain that was what gave me my interest in primitive cultures, places and things, different foods, folklore and ways of life.

My goodness...I miss my Grandma,and I'd give just about anything to sit down with her and show her my macbook, that ties me to my friends and the world, in a NY minute, (anywhere, anytime) or would that be a Tokyo Minute? I don't think she'd be amazed at all, I think she'd take to it like a duck outta water..

It's a beautiful day here, but my eyes are so irritated by something outside. I spent most of yesterday in my studio. (After painting it, floor, walls etc, well, drawers are stuck shut, GREAT!) I am transferring chemicals ( used for glazes) into nice plastic airtight containers. ( It's so moist here) And it is a small studio, with an outside sink, a small sink at that) and I wanted less of a busy look. Chemicals I use for glazes, like Gerstley Borate; Silica, Om 4 Ball clay, spudemene, Bi carbonates, oxides, barium, lithium, frits and fluxes, bonders,( the list is as long as my arm) are sold in double brown paper bags, and it is busy looking, and they are exposed to moisture. So I needed containers that would hold 100 lbs down to 1 lb of these chemicals.
I think by the time I figure out how to do this, inexpensively, I may just do all my work in a sawdust fire and forget the chemicals and glazes almost entirely.. I'll be so tired of the challenges of getting it all orderly, and air tight and easy to access.

Meanwhile I can treat myself to my bookmarks of lovely tiles, and keep my creative juices running...
Ahh, the internet is such a great highway! Who says we don't travel in time? I think I do!

Ok enough rambling on.. I hope if you visit you like my tent shot, my view is beautiful, and the rest that particular place is A- mazing.

Mosaic House

This site has a variety of mosaic tiles; 

hand-painted, chiseled, borders, loose tile, screens, stone, cement, sidewalks etc. Unfortunately I can't pull a photo from it to show here.

Upon looking further I managed to capture these from some magazines they advertized in, or were hosted in..

But  do take a look at the site, Moroccan Tiles....

This site, Arabesque has a music on /off button bottom left. It is a bit tricky looking around the site I think, but if explored is pretty amazing, The music helps propel you through it, click on it, you'll see why!

Here is a painted Andalusian Tile from that site:

These are wall tiles, fountains and columns: