2013 Summer Reading Club

The theme for the Summer Reading Program this year is 
"Dig Into a Good Book."
So, we've got 5 weeks of  Digging  lined up.
Join us for fun with Worms, Dirt, Caves, Mines, and Zombies.
We will be celebrating Harry Potter's birthday on July 31
so, the last week we will be digging into some Hogwarts Wizardry.

Here's a bit of inspiration from Captain Jack Sparrow:

Some Circus Fun

Dr. Seuss is everyone's favorite author.

Tyrannosaurus Time Traveled To Participate

Fierce Big Cat

Cannon at the ready to shoot Mr. Majestic across the riing

The Beautiful Lady Marshmallow

They call me Dr. Worm

Ta Da!

Dancing Feet

And Now In the Center Ring...

The Grand Finale In Which the Amazing Marsh Beast Jumps Through The Blazing Hoop of  Sweetness !

And then we ate them.

Instructables Gardening Contest Winners Announced.

Instructables Gardening Contest









My No-Dig Slacker Gardening Technique
didn't win, but check out the entries.
There are some very cool ideas there.
Specifically the Hugelkultur posts.

Hugelkultur
http://www.instructables.com/id/Never-Water-Plants-Again-with-Hugelkulture/

Bill Waterson (Calvin and Hobbes) on Fun

"A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. 
If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in new experience, I think you’ll find it functions as a sort of shock absorber for the bumpy road ahead."

"We’re not really taught how to recreate constructively. 
We need to do more than find diversions; we need to restore and expand ourselves. Our idea of relaxing is all too often to plop down in front of the television set and let its pandering idiocy liquefy our brains. Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery — it recharges by running."



"You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. 
The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. 
It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, 
because you’ll probably take a few."


"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. 
In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive."
Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success."
 
"Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential 
— as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth."

"You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, 
to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, 
who you are, and what you’re doing."


"To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble."

Found this on  Brain Pickings  
a blog dedicated to interestingness and creativity.