A Rosy Day

I have a lot to 'get to' this morning-- oops, it is afternoon-- but I seem to be fastened to this chair.  I am going to make my famous (yeah, right) Fresh Mango Salsa to take to my ToastMasters' Beach Party tonight (so called because the fellow who volunteered to host the party lives right on the beach).

I spent a good hunk of the morning trying to get a decrepid Epson Perfection 1250 scanner to work... it has done it before, but I guess, now, I must face the music.... my son told me that it was "toast" and I guess it is.

Another few hours in the morning were spent in watering the yard, front and back.  It's a glorious warm sunny late June day... even though the doomsayers were projecting that it was going to be nasty and miserable from now until the weekend... well, if they are wrong about today, they could well be wrong about the weekend, and that is great, since our Surrey family is coming, as well as Ed's neice and her husband.... to celebrate Canada Day (my daughter-in-law's first Canada Day). I was hoping that the blueberries would be ready to eat, but that won't happen... we'll have to see if we can go and pick some strawberries at the nearby U Pick place, Ash Berry Farm although they had an ad in the paper and might be all picked out....hehehe.

I was sniffing at the beautiful roses out front (I'm not bragging-- someone else planted and tended them for years, and I'm just in awe).  The ones with the most pronounced scent look like a tarted-up version of the wild roses that grow all across Western Canada, while the really dazzling art display roses have very little scent.

The rose  below is large and showy-- the heads are absolutely huge, almost the size of a head of iceberg lettuce, no kidding... maybe they would be good to eat -- didn't consider that today (have been told that quite a lot lately).  This one was so heavy that it had fallen over, bringing the branch with it.  But did it have a lovely rose scent?  No.  If you were to choose roses to give to someone, would they be like this one, or scented?  Probably like this one-- an indication of how 'visual' our culture has become.

Now, this more pedestrian looking clump of roses-- the ones I describe as looking more like their Wild Rose cousins-- had a most alluring rose scent.  If this rose were grown on acres and acres of land and then the petals were picked on a warm sunny day and put into a distiller, it would only take about a ton of them to make one pound of rose essential oil.

I'm off to make my Mango Salsa now!  Ciao!

The Heart-Healthy Cayenne Pepper and Essential Oils!

The following is written about dealing with a heart attack by my friend Jeff Kaplin, Massage therapist, essential oils advocate and RN.

I would say, "Indus Organic Cayenne Pepper Powder, 40,000 Shu, 1 Lb Jar, High Purity, Freshly Packed...">Cayenne pepper, Cayenne pepper, Cayenne Pepper, at least until the paramedics arrive. I would also say, Lavender on the hands and chest. Drink a glass of water, with two drops of Peppermint Oil in it. Press hard at the base of your (or their) thumb, at the top portion of the thumb pad on the left hand. Hold for a moment, let up, and press again, continuously. Indus Organic Cayenne Pepper Powder, 40,000 Shu, 1 Lb Jar, High Purity, Freshly Packed...">Regarding cayenne, take a teaspoon of the powder in a hot cup of water. Or just take it in a small glass of juice. Do not take capsules! They don't work fast enough, and the person could be dead by the time the gelatin wears off on the capsule in the stomach. Its best to take cayenne tincture you have made up ahead of time.

Here is Nurse Jenn talking about the Benefits of Cayenne Pepper

 You may also order cayenne tincture from www.herbdoc.com which is Dr. Richard Schulze's website. Take two droppersful of cayenne tincture at the first sign of chest pain. This is what
Dr. Richard Schulze recommends regarding cayenne pepper. You can also learn more by going to:  www.curezone.com/books/herbal_cayenne1.html or www.whale.to/w/cayenne.html or  email Thomas Harrels at: Tharrels1@yahoo.com for information on Dr. Schulze's cayenne formulas for stopping chest pain and M.I


[original referenced videos have been removed from Youtube but you can view a variety of Dr. Richard Schulze videos  here] . Good information to know, not only what the symptoms are but what to do about it! If its "too hot", don't worry about it. Better to be too hot, than stone cold from death. As a matter of fact, I think I will have a couple of droppersful myself. Ahhhhh! GREAT!! You talk about a whoosh of fresh oxygenated blood going to your heart (and everywhere else!) in less than 30 seconds-WOW!~ Jeff