You Know You're a Plant Geek When...

Hello my beautiful budding magnolias! See the picture below to see how beautiful you truly are! It's crazy to think about how different this spring is compared to last years! We were in the 70s on this day last year. And now we are barely making 30. Weather is strange...

"Where flowers bloom so does hope." -  Lady Bird Johnson

Anyways, I've been studying for a physics exam, writing a term paper, attempting to pack for England, and actually pay attention in class. I just want to see Anna! It's so hard to believe that in 28 hours I'll be on a plane to go see her. Whilst I'm there, I also get to see my friend Zak (Tree Boy) who is studying abroad in London this semester. Hitting 3 birds with 1 stone: Anna, Tree Boy, Europe. Life is good. Also, I get to spend the week with my roomie Ky :) SO EXCITED!!

Hold a true friend with both your hands.  ~Nigerian Proverb

Oh, I am also working on another disease fact sheet - which will be my third publication!! Go Foliar Nematodes! I have some cool info to share with yall:

You know you're a plant geek when you get excited about a weed growing between the cracks in the sidewalk.
You know you're a phytopathologist when someone says rust and you think of orange pustules on the underside of a leaf.
You know you're a phytopathologist when you describe a garden as "disgustingly healthy." (I've done this numerous times).
You know you're a plant geek when your friends buy you plants as gifts!
Finally, you know you're a plant geek when your name on the scoreboard for canasta  is 'Plants' instead of your birth name :)

Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.-Sharon Gannon

As many of you know, we had to put down our yellow lab Yukon (10 years) earlier this week. He had a tumor the size of a volleyball in his stomach :(   About 8 months ago, I had to put my black lab Abbey (13.5 years) down. She was really old and one day she was having terrible seizures and couldn't stand up. I don't know what is worse, seeing your dog in so much pain and having to carry her into the vet office or not being there when your dog got put down. Here is a little poem I found for both of my dogs which I miss terribly:

A hundred hearts would be too few
to hold all my love I have for you. 

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.  ~Roger Caras

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.  For me they are the role model for being alive.  ~Gilda Radner