Spring Plant Sale 2014

After a long, cold winter and late spring, it is wonderful to see greenery, color and new life again! Come and join us at Monroe Technology Center’s annual Spring Plant Sale where you are sure to find a plant (or a cartload) you will love. Whether you’re looking for an herb, tomato or berry plant from our edible collection, a favorite perennial or annual, native plant or hanging basket…we want to help make your visit enjoyable. Look for students wearing bright yellow T-shirts that say CS Monroe Technology Center Spring Plant Sale designed and provided generously for us by world famous CustomInk! Or you may find a student or staff eager to help you in a green apron designed especially for Monroe also by the artists at CustomInk! We will have trees, shrubs, aquatic plants and over 600 hanging baskets to choose from so come early for best selection.

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Hours are Wednesday, April 30, 10am-8pm; Thursday, May 1, 10am-6pm and Friday, May 2, 10am-5pm. 715 Childrens Center Rd, Leesburg, VA.

Oh, and bring your appetite also as the Monroe Culinary Arts Department will be selling pizza rolls and lemonade to raise funds to send students to a national culinary competition.

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DAILY EPIPHANIES

Do you look for and expect surprises daily? I try to. I found one this am and it was a great epiphany for me.

Recently, I have been dealing with left knee pain. I had it checked and x-ray said, no cartilage! Oh, yes, I have a new focus now. I am having to babysit my knee. It’s been like this for a few months. Needless to say, kneeling must be a big problem for ones like me with a hurting knee. So, no kneeling have I done. Although, every once in awhile I felt like deep inside I wanted to kneel and pray but, my prayer ended up being about my knee.

This morning I was slowly painting my face with makeup when it occurred to me I wanted to pray ‘saving faith and saving grace’ for someone(s) I knew. I really wanted to kneel because I felt pain for them beyond my knee. I took off and threw myself down next to my bed. It was a cloud! The best kneeling ever. When I finished I looked down and my down comforter had fallen to the floor to catch me and my knee. I didn’t want to leave. What comfort for my knee. But, most importantly, I felt the power of the Holy Spirit moving with even more comfort to those that I felt to take my little nothing cosmetic time and my babysitting job and kneel and pray to meet a power beyond my imagination. I had an epiphany!

Look for and expect daily epiphanies! Yes, moments of sudden revelation or insight.

Noonan says, we are never alone and prays for us; “AWESOME CREATOR GOD, you made springs of water cascade between the mountains and rush to flood my heart with re-creation and gladness. I lift up my voice and sing praises to my Maker, from whom all blessings flow.”  And, I add, God said in Ezekiel, I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing…..Amen and Amen!

What did you just say?

I have been walking around trying to say continually, The Lord has pleasure in my prosperity. Really,? Peace, Joy, Love, Prosperity, Health, Hope and bundles more. I love all these items on my list of; ‘to have and to hold forever more!’  If I have, I can give wherever I go or more appropriately for my day, wherever my fingers go on my IPad. When my thoughts flow off I strew a few of those good seeds in their or it’s way.  What did you just say?

I’m a believer that say brings Vision and Vision brings the reality of things. And, hopefully, those things will bring pleasure to The Lord! Hey, what did you just say?

“…let them say continually, ‘Let the Lord be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.’ ”
(Psalm 35:27, NKJV)

Veggie Sprouts, Farm Dreams, and Cats!

Posted by dawn collins on March 17, 2014

I realized about 3 weeks after New Year’s that I left a woodland Santa hanging by my pantry doors. It’s still there and I intend to leave him there until I take down Christmas again in 2015. The reason I’m saying this is because I just looked up and he caught my eye. I really like him. Oh my gosh, I don’t know about where y’all live but its so so so cold here! Calling for ice and snow and I just had the windows open again last week. And I’m freezing. And I have to run errands today…post office and grocery store. This week’s menus are (in no particular order): steamed cabbage with pinto beans, stewed or fried potatoes and homemade rolls; pan fried hot dogs with homemade slaw and chili and potato salad; slow cooker chicken pot pie stew with homemade bread; chicken and dumplings with green beans, salad and country white bread; french dips peppers and mushrooms served with seasoned potato wedges, thin steaks for pan frying and served with sticky rice and roasted veggies; eggplant parmesan with spaghetti and garlic bread. Right now I’m adding on to my grocery list by writing needed but forgotten items on my hand to be transferred to my list when I go back to my desk in the kitchen where my food book is and I might pick up some apples too. Our sprouts are getting so big so fast! I haven’t planted my herbs yet but I’m pretty sure I’m going to put a bag of potting soil in an old suitcase and plant the herb seeds directly into it! I’m so excited about it! I bet you could grow potatoes or onions or radishes that way too and not have to look for them in the garden! I love gardening! I love love love cooking fresh and organic and knowing we planted it and took care of it and now it’s feeding our family! That’s very satisfying just like the food itself. Wayne and I often think we should have been hippie artist farmers. We would like to grow Christmas trees too and pumpkins and have hay rides and hay bale throwing contests and sale our veggies and homemade salsas and preserves and jams and jellies and ciders from a tiny little general store on our property which would be in the mountains. Piper keeps getting on the mantle to steal the hand and arm Sky made from clay I don’t know she really seems to want it but she does. I just had to move it again. Now it’s hidden on my bookshelf…don’t tell her…Ok, so much to do today and my cup is empty of course, where does the coffee go? Y’all have a good day!  dawn 

Sara’s tag…I love having Dawn as a friend! I woke up on St. Patrick’s Day, 2014 with about 10″ of snow, or so I was told. And, more on the way!  My dear friend kept me from losing my joy with negative thoughts and words. I’m a seer so I saw each and every word she shared and my snow fit right into her Santa! Have a fun day with Dawn. And, don’t forget to visit and shop in her Esty shoppe!