Turn Your Blue Mind On

Hi Everyone... It is Father's Day and I thought I would just repost the entry I did in 2018 about my Dad putting up pools for us to enjoy the BLUE WATER so much when I grew up!!! Yep, that is me & my Dad! You know back then they didn't know all the research on Blue Mind, but they knew it was fun for the kids, kept them home ha, exercise and busy! :-) 

Hi Everyone... Well, I had a thought...ah oh...HA! J. had mentioned trying to get the Blue Mind book in every school and aquarium etc. I know I have donated some books and I know others have as well. So here is my idea, I thought to get a sense of where we are at, how many have one and to check to see who has one and who does not, I'd create a spreadsheet and put it in Google Docs for others to be able to edit with their donations. If you would like to be able to view it and add your donations, simply email me at turnyourbluemindon@gmail.com and I'll share it with you and make you an editor. :-) Lets try it! 

Hi Everyone... I do academic coaching and the other day I had a coping with stress session and was discussing the virtual water links I have on my TurnYourBlueMindOn.org website . It dawned on me that I did not have any links of rain. J. mentioned in an email about a week ago that he loves the sound of rain and thunder. I also do!!! So, you guessed it...I have rain links now! :-)  I have some soft rain, some rain with birds and other animals and some hard rain with thunder. :-) Of course, like the other water links, I have a variety of time frames. I'm currently listening to the Rainforest one with thunder and animals. :-) If you have any favorite rain links, email them to me at turnyourbluemindon@gmail.com and I'll see if I can include them. :-) 

Hi Everyone... I wanted to share with you a few pieces in my Ocean themed bedroom that Turns My Blue Mind On. :-) These are tiles made from organic clay imprints and recycled glass. Cool huh! :-) Some have a hole on back to hang or have little pads like a coaster/trivet or you can cement/glue on wall or floor anything really! I just have mine propped up on shelves etc.  They are made by Robert Rossel of  Symmetry Tile Works . I met them at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show a number of years ago. They have some cool backsplashes and murals on their website.  I love the colors, definitely Blue Mind! I'd really love to learn how to make them myself. Seems like it would be so much fun & allow one to be creative. Kinda of the grown up version of those stain glass kits I had when I was a kid! :-) Whenever I'm in my bedroom relaxing I will just look at one for a while and I "Feel the Blue!"  :-) 

Hi Everyone... I am actually certified in Tai Chi for Wellness & Tai Chi in a Chair. This is an interesting piece on  Ai Chi ...Aquatic Tai Chi. :-) Injured soldiers in Virginia are using it to help with their recovery. Tai Chi helps with blood flow, flexibility, balance, breathing and muscles which are weak and stiff. Water really is Medicine!

Hi Everyone... Last year I fell in love with this material. I made a fleece blanket for myself, two pillows for my bed and then one for my fur baby Sterling. Really puts me in a Blue Mind! :-) Please excuse the mess on the floor...pulled apart something to reorganize Ha.  Sterling with his favorite toy...his turtle! Word got out and some other Marine Life showed up! HA! Even some new friends came for Sterling! HA!  I did buy extra material to make some more! :-) 

Hi Everyone... I was thinking about what to write for today. Trying to think of water places I had been to that I really loved and all of a sudden a smile came over me when I thought of going to Wisconsin Dells as a kid. I have to check on some details with my parents, but I think we went twice. I am much older now & I'm not sure how my memory is, but I seem to recall loving the Duck rides. I thought it was sooo cool they traveled on land and then went into the water! :-) I loved the water and the huge rocks!  I also LOVED going to see the Native American Dance at night. All the pretty colored lights and the costumes similar to this one I think, but I remember 2 men with arms like birds dancing round and round. :-) I also remember going to Paul Bunyan's for breakfast eating at long tables with other people. :-)  The first time we went I was little and we stayed at a cabin and I met the owner's daughter who was my age and named Rachel. Yep, still rem...