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he language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers—a way to send a message through flowers and flower arrangements. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Plants and flowers are used as symbols in the Hebrew Bible, particularly of love and lovers in the Song of Songs, as an emblem for the Israelite people and for the coming Messiah. In Western Culture, William Shakespeare ascribed emblematic meanings to flowers, especially in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

Interest in floriography soared in Victorian England and in the United States during the 19th century. Gifts of blooms, plants, and specific floral arrangements were used to send a coded message to the recipient, allowing the sender to express feelings which could not be spoken aloud in Victorian society. Armed with floral dictionaries, Victorians often exchanged small “talking bouquets,” called nosegays or tussie-mussies, which could be worn or carried as a fashion accessory.

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The renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople and an obsession it held with tulips during

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the first half of the 18th century. The Victorian use of flowers as a means of covert communication bloomed alongside a growing interest in botany.

The floriography craze was introduced to Europe by two people: Englishwoman Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), who brought it to England in 1717, and Aubry de La Mottraye (1674–1743), who introduced it to the Swedish court in 1727. Joseph HammerPurgstall’s Dictionnaire du language des fleurs (1809) appears to be the first published list associating flowers with symbolic definitions, while the first dictionary of floriography appears in 1819 when Louise Cortambert, writing under the pen name ‘Madame Charlotte de la Tour,’ wrote Le langage des Fleurs.

Floriography was popularized in France about 1810–1850, while in Britain it was popular during the Victorian age (roughly 1820–1880), and in the United States about 1830– 1850. La Tour’s book stimulated the publishing industry especially in France, England, and America, but also in Belgium, Germany, and other European countries as well as in South America. Publishers from these countries produced hundreds of editions of language of flowers books during the 19th century.

British floral dictionaries include Henry Phillips’ Floral Emblems published in 1825 and Frederic Shoberl’s The Language of Flowers; With Illustrative Poetry, in 1834. Shoberl was the editor of the popular annual “Forget Me Not” from 1822 to 1834. Robert Tyas was FLowers—cont’d on page 2

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another popular British flower writer, publisher, and clergyman, who lived from 1811 to 1879; his book, The Sentiment of Flowers; or, Language of Flora, first published in 1836 and printed through the 1840s, was billed as an English version of Charlotte de la Tour’s book. One of the most familiar of the language of flower books is Routledge’s edition illustrated by Kate Greenaway, The Language of Flowers. First published in 1884, it continues to be reprinted to this day.

In the United States the first print appearance of the language of flowers was in the writings of Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, a French-American naturalist, who wrote ongoing features under the title The School of Flora, from 1827 through 1828, in the weekly Saturday Evening Post and the monthly Casket; or Flowers of Literature, Wit, and Sentiment. These pieces contained the botanic, English, and French names of the plant, a description of the plant, an explanation of its Latin names, and the flower’s emblematic meaning. However, the first books on floriography were Elizabeth Wirt’s Flora’s Dictionary and Dorothea Dix’s The Garland of Flora, both of which were published in 1829 (though Wirt’s book had been issued in an unauthorized edition in 1828).

During its peak in America, the language of flowers attracted the attention of the most popular women writers and editors of the day. Sarah Josepha Hale, longtime editor of the Ladies’ Magazine and co-editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, edited Flora’s Interpreter in 1832; it continued in print through the 1860s. Catharine H. Waterman Esling wrote a long poem titled, “The Language of Flowers” which first appeared in 1839 in her own language of flowers book, Flora’s Lexicon; it continued in print through the 1860s.

Lucy Hooper, an editor, novelist, poet, and playwright, included several of her flower poems in The Lady’s Book of Flowers and Poetry, first published in 1841. Frances Sargent Osgood, a poet and friend of Edgar Allan Poe, first published The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry in 1841, and it continued in print through the 1860s. Osgood also edited a special gift book, The Floral Offering, in 1847.

Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo, author of several flower books, was associate editor of the Universalist monthly The Ladies’ Repository in Boston from 1839 to 1842. Her book, The Flower Vase, was first published in 1844. She also edited the books Fables of Flora in 1844 and The Floral Fortune Teller in 1846. C. M. Kirtland is probably Caroline Matilda Kirkland, editor of the Union Magazine of Literature and Art from 1847 to 1851 and the Unitarian weekly Christian Inquirer from 1847 to 1852. First published in 1848, Kirkland’s Poetry of Flowers continued to be in print at least until 1886. One of the more comprehensive books, its 522 pages contain an extensive dictionary and numerous flower poems.

Meanings

The significance assigned to specific flowers in Western culture varied — nearly every flower had multiple associations, listed in the hundreds of floral dictionaries — but a consensus of meaning for common blooms has emerged.

Often, definitions derive from the appearance or behavior of the plant itself. For example, the mimosa, or sensitive plant, represents chastity. This is because the leaves of the mimosa close at night, or when touched. Likewise, the deep red rose and its thorns have been used to symbolize both the blood of Christ and the intensity of romantic love, while the rose’s five petals are thought to illustrate the five crucifixion wounds of Christ. Pink roses imply a lesser affection, white roses suggest virtue and chastity, and yellow roses stand for friendship or devotion. The black rose (actually a very dark shade of red, purple, or maroon) has a long association with death and dark magic.

Language of flowers in literature

William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, and children’s novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett, among others, used the language of flowers in their writings.

Shakespeare used the word “flower” more than 100 times in his plays and sonnets. In Hamlet, Ophelia mentions and explains the symbolic meaning of pansies, rosemary, fennel, columbine, rue, daisy, and violets. In The Winter’s Tale, the princess Perdita wishes that she had violets, daffodils, and primroses to make garlands for her friends.

In 2009, Vanessa Diffenbaugh published a New York Times-bestselling novel centered on floriography, The Language of Flowers, as well as her own flower dictionary.

Language of flowers in art

Ophelia by John Everett Millais (1852) is part of the Tate Gallery collection. His painting influenced the image in Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet Several Anglican churches in England have paintings, sculpture, or stained glass windows of the lily crucifix, depicting Christ crucified on or holding a lily. One example is a window at The Clopton Chantry Chapel Church in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, UK. The Victorian Pre-Raphaelites—a group of 19th-century painters and poets who aimed to revive the purer art of the late mediaeval period - captured classic notions of beauty romantically. These artists are revered for their idealistic portrayal of women, emphasis on nature and morality, and use of literature and mythology. Flowers laden with symbolism figure prominently in much of their work. John Everett Millais, a founder of the PreRaphaelite brotherhood, used oils to create pieces filled with naturalistic elements and rich in floriography. His painting Ophelia (1852) depicts Shakespeare’s drowned stargazer floating amid the flowers she describes in Act IV, Scene V of Hamlet.

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6 Birds Galore: Spring!

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The Woodland/Kalama Masonic Lodge #17 Welcomes You! The Woodland/Kalama Masonic Lodge meets on the 1st Tuesdays of the month with a dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Lodge meeting at 7:30 p.m.

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BOOK SALE: The Friends of the Library Kalama book sale will be on Friday, February 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Due to the flood of the library and city hall, the temporary location for the sale will be Kalama Kids Resale at 299 North 1st Street (next door to Lucky Dragon). The entrance is in the back, along the Frontage Road. Hardbacks will be $1 and paperbacks 50¢ each and there will be many children’s books available. This is the perfect time to add to your winter stash of books! TEENS: Friends of the Library Kalama are having a Teen afternoon program from 3–5 pm on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. Due to the recent flooding, the Teen afternoon program will temporarily be held at Kalama Kids Resale located at 299 North 1st Street. Come and join friends, play games and have snacks! STORY TIME: Come and join Storytime sponsored by Friends of the Library Kalama every Wednesday starting at 11a.m. This program has also been temporarily moved to Kalama Kids Resale at 299 North 1st Street until cleanup of the flooded library and city hall can be completed. Come and join fun and games!

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Volunteer plantings to Restore Endangered Columbian WhiteTailed Deer Habitat What: Habitat restoration at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is heading into its second planting season for the Columbian White-tailed Deer.

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Registration is encouraged, but not required. To do so, please contact Aiden Forsi or Lynn Cornelius at the information listed. Training provided, no prior experience is necessary. All ages are welcome. Everyone must sign a volunteer service agreement (available the day of the event or online, see link below); volunteers under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian signature. Projects are sponsored by the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Where: All work days are from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.

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The Rev. George Watkins, an awesome speaker, will be at the Vancouver Aglow meeting on February 1st. Rev. Watkins, a pastor for 29 years at Christian Life World Outreach and Training Center in Mt. Vernon, Washington, also ministers to equip the Body of Christ through a radio broadcast and Bible courses.

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o here we are, February already, and the time for getting back into the garden is rapidly approaching. This month is for planning. If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to drag out all those catalogs with those lovely pictures of the new and old plants you covet. Hmm, mine never seem to look like that; it must be trick of the light or something. But having a garden, big or small, is not just about the looks.

By Cheryl Spaulding Benefits, including both physical and mental, abound from creating and maintaining a garden.

And there is a lot more to the benefits of a garden than just filling our tummies. Let’s face it, gardening is good for you. I recently read a study that said that 88% of people find that mental well being is one of the key benefits of working in the garden.

Experts on disabilities and gardening say “the strong therapeutic value of gardening can help people connect with others, reducing feelings of isolation. It makes us more active, gaining both physical and mental health benefits.” That’s right! Understanding our relationship with our garden can aid us in creating a more comprehensive garden design.

The primary reason why people decided thousands of years ago to grow plants was as a more convenient food source. This reduced the need for hunting, gathering and by the way, prevented starvation. This is still a very valid reason today, but there are many other reasons why gardening is beneficial to our physical and mental health:

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his February 12th (207 years ago) Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, was born in a log cabin in Kentucky.

“I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends.

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and heartstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

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The quote above is at the end of President Abraham Lincoln’s first Inaugural Address on March 16, 1861. Lincoln was referring to the battlegrounds and patriot graves of the Revolutionary War. The beginning of the Civil War between the North and the South was less than a month away.

Our country was very different then. Five hundred wagons a day were passing though Fort Kearny, Nebraska carrying settlers on their way west. Horse stages took 23 days from St. Louis to San Francisco. The Pony Express could make the same distance in just 11 days. Their horsepower was the real thing. It took 500 horses and 80 different riders to carry the mail that far.

Factories in the North were making everything from guns to cheap jewelry for that era’s “Dollar Stores” and newly invented farm equipment that was doubling and tripling crop yields for farmers.

The South was producing cotton, the United States leading export, supplying most of the global market. Their work force was slave labor. In 1860 there were 3, 953,761 slaves (12.6% of the U. S. population). Abraham Lincoln was strong and resilient, the right man to lead our nation during the Civil War. People often mentioned his sad countenance. The only thing that would cheer him was telling stories. He told a friend, Colonel John F. Farnsworth, “Some of the stories are not as nice as they could be, but to tell you the truth, when I say, if it has the element ofgenuine wit, it has the same effect on me as a good square drink of whiskey has on an old toper ( a habitual drinker); it puts new life in me.”

Currently, strained passions also threaten “to break our bonds of affection”. As our 2016 National Election process begins, there deep divisions in our United States.

While it does not compare with the horror of brothers fighting brothers during the Civil War, the challenges we now face as a nation threaten both the quality of our lives as well as our liberty.

In 1860, 81.2% of registered voters went to the polls, while only 54.7% of eligible voters cast their votes in 2012. I do not believe that allowing others to decide who shall govern our United States is what our forefathers had in mind for us.

Like President Lincoln. I hope to see “the better angels of our nature” touch all of us this election. forget concerns and find myself in ‘the zone’, so to speak. Experts call that being in a Zen state, when we are totally immersed in our activities and are in that timeless moment. Hey, works for me!!

A garden-based study in England found that beneficial effects are brought into play through just looking at nature. In one study, post-operative heart patients were asked to look at a landscape, an abstract art work, or no picture at all. Those who looked at the landscape had lower anxiety, required less pain medicine, and spent a day less in the hospital than the control group patients.

Gardening can indeed feed the body, mind and spirit in ways you may not have thought possible. When we are in our garden we are surrounded by the beauty we have created.

And the term “beauty” doesn’t apply to just flowers, trees, shrubs, and vegetables. All growing things are beautiful. Add the attraction of harmony in design and all these elements add up to a pleasing and soothing garden.

In other words to reap these restorative benefits of Nature, just plant some flowers a few trees or whatever suits you and enjoy Nature’s gift to us! And to quote Permaculturist Geoff Lawton: All the world’s problems can be solved in a garden. So rather than staying inside reading a book, or watching television this winter, grab your shovel and get your hands dirty. It’sone of the perfect antidotes to the stressful world we live in today.

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I like to be alert for sightings of the eight or nine varieties of Lady Beetles that live in the Pacific Northwest. The little Psyllobora members of the Lady beetle family are smaller and not even red like most of its other family members.

They are black and white checked on their shells. They even have a different food need than their predatory relatives. They are vegetarians and eat powdery mildew with their specially designed rake like mandibles. I usually only find them in late summer or early fall after the damp air and dew have enabled the powdery mildew to grow on many of my larger leaved plants in the garden. When I see that blush of white on the leaves I start looking closely to see if the Psyllobora have discovered that their favorite food is back in season. I have to be very alert to see them because they are so tiny, only about 1/16th on an inch or so in diameter. Their larval form is also tiny and white. They do look similar in texture and shape as the larval Lady beetle cousins, just much smaller, a ghost like version.

Green Lacewings are so delicate, especially their wings. Even though they look delicate and lace like they are very tough on aphids as adults and in the their larval stage. Their other family member the Brown Lacewings are also very welcomed in the garden for the same reasons. They seem to be less common or maybe just a little more difficult to see due to their coloring. The young are so hungry when they hatch out that Mother Nature has built in a sort of safety device when the egg is laid. When the egg is laid, usually on the back or underside of a leaf, it hangs down from a little thread like attachment. They are also spaced apart or even laid singly on a leaf. This helps insure that we end up with a larger number of survivors instead of the newly hatched larva eating the first thing it sees which could be another young lacewing.

I often see Seven-spotted Lady Beetles as I begin garden clean up and prep early in the spring. They are not native, but have been in the United States since about 1973. They have adapted very well and are found all across the continent now. They are suspected of displacing the native species of Ninespotted Lady Beetles. Both of these red beetles have black spots on their wing covers. They are pretty consistent with their markings and coloring unlike their cousins the Asian Multicolored Lady Beetles.

I just about never fail to see Asian Multicolored Lady Beetles all summer long. They are also not native, but were imported several different times with little success until about 1988 in New Orleans by accident. They’ve settled in just about all over

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now. They get there name from the variability in their shell coloring and spot patterns.

They can range in color from light orange red to a deep red with little or no spots to a few small spots to many medium to large dark spots. The best way to identify these and most of the Lady beetles is by the black and white patterns on their pronotum which is the piece of their exoskeleton right behind their head. Each kind of Lady beetle has a specific pattern on their pronotum that really helps isolate better who they are.

The other smaller Lady beetle I look for is the Polished Lady Beetle. They are a nice bright shiny red little beetle about half the size or so of the other more common varieties of Ladybugs. They too have their own unique black and white pattern on their pronotum. Their shells look like they are highly polished.

These little guys are also helpful in the gardeners battle with aphids and the like. insects—cont’d on page 9 TOP:

Vegetarian diets seem to suit these little Psyllobora Lady beetles just fine. This one is searching for powdery mildew to rake up with its special mandibles.

UPPER MIDDLE: Sometimes Mother Nature sends a Valentine. One just has to look carefully.

LOWER MIDDLE: Painted Lady Beetles such as this one favor the adelgid type of aphid which can be damaging to fir trees and other evergreens. I found this Lady beetle under the big fir tree in my yard which had a mild infestation of woolly adelgids on its needles.

BOTTOM: Asian Multicolored Lady Beetles can have wide variation in their coloring and spots. Even their pronotum markings may be slightly different. These beetles can be a problem as they gather together to ride out the winter. They tend to choose a high window or wide crack near the top of some building or even in a home. They can give off an odor after a time as they hang around sharing their warmth as a mass.

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es, Spring! Just look around and check it out; there are signs of Spring all around us. This morning while coming into La Center we spotted hundreds of beautiful swans circling over the bridge looking for a place to settle. There is water, lots of it, under and on both sides of the bridge.

When we left La Center we spotted the swans that had settled in on the North side of the bridge in a quiet backwater area. It was a beautiful sight to behold. It seems that the migration back into the Lewis River area has begun and we are thrilled.

Recently we took a drive to see what we could see in the bird world around our very own Wild Life Sanctuary which is The Woodland Bottoms. You must go and see for yourselves soon; this is a little of what we saw on this drive: Over 200 sandhill cranes; hundreds of Canada Geese; at least six wet and bedraggled redtail hawks sitting on fence posts drying out; a pair of bald eagles; about 200 common white

egrets; many American Kestrels; flotillas of scaups on the Columbia; some long neck grebes and on and on the list went. It was a wonderful day for birds.

Not only were we blessed with sighting these birds we enjoyed hearing the sandhill cra ‘talking’ to one another as they danced around. The Geese have their own language which a joy to hear. Sometimes we just stop, turn off the car, roll down the windows and soak their happy sounds. To be able to hear, see and experience our very own WWR (Woodla Wildlife Refuge) is something we thank our Great Creator for every day.

I forgot to say we saw the great-blue heron rookery with over 35 nests that are empty the moment. We did see the herons in every field all around the dike drive. The ospreys ne were also empty, out on the pilings in the Columbia River, but it won’t take long for all the last year’s nests to be full again with new nestlings begging to be fed. We only hope t future generations will be able to enjoy nature as we have right here in the Lewis River ar Many rare birds fly through here in their comings and goings during migrations so kee sharp eye out for anything unusual when you take a trip of your own around the dike like just did and enjoy!

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ABOVE: A flock of Grey Cranes does a mating dance in anticipation of Spring.

FAR RIGHT: A Canadian Goose is mirrored in the water while he looks for his dinner.

NEAR RIGHT: A Male Greater Scaup (Aythya marila — this photo taken at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California), flotillas of which can be seen on the Columbia and other rivers in our area. photo courtesy of wikipedia.

BELOW, CENTER: A Common White Egret strikes an elegant pose while watching for a snack to come around. photo courtesy of wikipedia.

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ne of Neil Simon’s most recognizable and timeless comedies, The Odd Couple has been entertaining audiences with side-splitting laughter and classic comedy for nearly 50 years. After their thoroughly fed up wives throw them out, sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison (played by Richard Barr of Vancouver) and uptight neat freak Felix Ungar (played by Gary Corbin of Camas) decide to move in together, thinking they’ll save on expenses and have a few laughs. It turns out the laughs are on them.

Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies include Murray the cop (played by Matt Brown), Speed (played by Mark Raynor), Vinnie (played by Wayne Yancey) and Roy (played by Tom Golik of Woodland). Their neighbors, the Pigeon sisters Gwendolyn and Cecily, (played by Lynn Greene of Vancouver and Corrie Graham of Ridgefield) add extra spark and laughter to the already hilarious production.

Love Street Playhouse opens its 2016 Season with the iconic

Loads of laughter fill the theater as neat-freak Felix Ungar (played by Gary Corbin of Camas) and the sloppy Oscar Madison (played by Richard Barr of Vancouver) collide in this American classic comedy,The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. See it at Love Street Playhouse, now running February 5th–28th.

American comedy The Odd Couple, directed by Tony Bump, February 5th through 28th (Fridays and Saturdays) at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. at Love Street Playhouse (located at 126 Loves Ave in Woodland, WA). Every performance has an exciting pre-show “Ballpark” warm-up including your favorite stadium concessions like popcorn, peanuts and crackerjacks. February 5th, opening night, is a Grand Slam Basket Dinner, “Oscar Madison” style including tasty BBQ, Jumbo Hot Dogs, Kielbasa, Soft Pretzels and your favorite sides. It’s the perfect way to start off your Odd Couple evening celebrating the hilarious antics of Oscar and Felix. Dinner reservations are required and are only $45 for the February 5th performance. “Show only” seats are also available for the evening of the 5th and are only $18. Beer and wine will be for sale at this performance. oDD coUpLe—cont’d on page 11

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A Brief List of Floral Messages Amaryllis Pride Ambrosia Love is reciprocated Anemone Forsaken, sickness (negative), anticipation, unfading love Apple blossom Preference Aster Symbol of love, daintiness, talisman of love, trusting Azalea Take care, temperance, fragile, gratitude, passion, Chinese symbols of womanhood Baby’s breath Innocence, purity of heart Bachelor button Single blessedness, celibacy Begonia Beware, a fanciful nature Bird of paradise Liberty, magnificence, good perspective, faithfulness (given by a man to a woman) Carnation general Fascination; distinction; love red Deep romantic love, passion green Secret symbol of the followers of Oscar Wilde white Sweet and lovely, innocence, pure love, faithfulness pink A woman’s love, a mother’s love yellow Rejection, disdain, disappointment purple Capriciousness, whimsical, changeable, unreliability mauve Dreams of fantasy striped Refusal solid color Yes, affirmative Columbine The emblem of deceived lovers, ingratitude, faithlessness Crocus Youthful joy, love, abuse not Daffodil Uncertainty, chivalry, respect or unrequited love, return my affection; new beginnings Dahlia Elegance and dignity Daisy, general Innocence, loyal love, purity, faith, cheer, simplicity; or, dissembling as in Shakespeare’s Hamlet red Beauty unknown to possessor Forget-me-not True love Gardenia Secret love, joy, sweet love, good luck Geranium Gentility, determination

Gladiolus Strength of character, honor, conviction Heather purple Solitude, beauty, admiration white Protection Hibiscus Rare and delicate beauty Hollyhock Ambition Honeysuckle Devoted affection, bonds of love Hydrangea Frigidness, heartlessness (negative), heartfelt gratitude for being understood Iris Good news Ivy Dependence, endurance, faithfulness Jasmine Unconditional and eternal love (in the Philippines) Lavender Devotion, distrust Lettuce Never give up Lilac purple First emotion of love white Youthful innocence, memories Lily white Purity scarlet High-souled aspirations orange Desire, passion, hatred (negative) Lily of the valley Sweetness, humility, returning happiness, Trust Narcissus Unrequited love, selfishness Nasturtium Patriotism Olive Peace Orchid Refined beauty Pansy Thoughts (according to Ophelia of Hamlet) Sometimes referring to “lover’s thoughts” Peony Shame, bashfulness

Prosperity, honor (in China)

Masculinity, bravery (in Japan) Primrose Eternal love Poppy, general Eternal sleep, oblivion, imagination red Pleasure white Consolation, dreams, modern, peace yellow Wealth, success

Rose red True love blue Mystery, attaining the impossible, love at first sight white Silence or innocence, wistfulness, virtue, purity, secrecy, reverence and humility dried white rose Sorrow black Death, hatred, farewell, rejuvenation or rebirth yellow Friendship, jealousy, infidelity, apology, a broken heart, intense emotion, undying love, extreme betrayal pink Grace dark pink Gratitude light pink Desire, passion, joy of life, youth, energy burgundy Unconscious beauty coral or orange Desire, passion lavender (violet) Love at first sight red & white together United red & yellow together Joy, happiness and excitement thornless Love at first sight Sweetpea Gratitiude Tulip red Undying love purple Forever love white One-sided love yellow Hopeless love Violet general Sapphic desire blue Faithfulness purple Daydreaming white Modesty Winged seeds (any kind) Messengers

won’t and can’t stay. They fly off in search of their desired and needed food: aphids.

Dragonflies are very frequently in my yard during the summer and early fall. I’m just not sure where they start out from, but there must be a water source to their liking somewhere nearby as they never fail to visit and patrol during the day and sometimes in the early evening. There have been several times when I have had them spend the night in my yard, but I won’t know that until morning. If I go out early when the dew is still glistening about I may and have found a dragonfly sort of frozen in place where it had perched to rest the night before.

It will be covered in dew awaiting the morning sun to warm and dry it so it can again patrol about the garden.

Even my plants send me valentines sometimes with a special heart shape hidden in a flower or leaf. Sometimes it is just the opportunity to get to see something new that is so special. Sometimes I may get to see a behavior acted out that I was not aware of such as the time I happened upon a spider going through the stages of changing or shedding its old exoskeleton. That is quite a process and not that quick either. All these wonders that I get to see in my garden are what makes my garden a sweetheart to me.

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program please call Moze Meeker at 225-6501 or June Jones at Woodland Real Estate 225-8278. Deliveries are in the Woodland, WA, metro area.

insects—cont’d from page 5

Other Lady beetles I look for include the Convergent Lady Beetle, but I have only seen those in more remote places such as McCall, Idaho when we were on vacation there several years ago. This the type of Lady beetle often sold by nurseries and in garden catalogs due to their tendency to migrate and gather in large groups at higher elevations to sort of hibernate in the winter months under logs, large rocks and debris. This behavior makes them easy to capture for resale. The main thing to be aware of with possible use of these in your garden is if there is not enough food for them in your intended environment they what’s happening—cont’d from page 3

Tops #1489 Meets in Kalama The Kalama Tops (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group meets every Tuesday at 9 am for their weigh in and meeting at the Kalama Methodist Church at 111 N 2nd Street. It is a low cost, educational support Group.

Any questions call Debbie at 360-673-5183.

TOPS #1056 Meets in Vancouver TOPS WA 1056 Vancouver, meets every Wednesday at the Shiloh Fellowship Church located at 10709 SE 10th Street Vancouver, WA 98684. Weigh in begins at 8:15. The meetings are 9:30 to 10:30. Any questions, please contact Barbara Smith at 360-901-4634 or at Barbarassouthern breeze@gmail.com.

TOPS #1407 Meets in Longview TOPS #1407 Longview, meets every Wednesday at the Heron Pointe Recreational Center located at 5815 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview, WA 98632. Weigh-in begins at 9:30 am and the meetings start at 10:00 am.

Any questions, please contact Ellen at 360-355-4353.

SW Wash­ing­ton Gold Prospectors Meet!

The SW Washington Gold Prospectors club meets every 2nd Sunday every month at 1:00 p.m. at the Minnehaha Grange Hall at 4905 NE St. Johns Road in Vancouver, WA. For more information contact Steve at 971-212-5996 or go to www.swwgoldprospectors.org or see their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Swwgp.

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ASSE International Student Exchange Pro­grams (ASSE) is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls. These students are 15 to 18 years of age, and are coming to this area for the upcoming high school year

Volunteers Needed Woodland Mobile Meals is in need of volunteer drivers.

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We are at the Three Rivers Mall in the former Fibre Credit Union space on Friday and Saturday, the 3rd weekend of every month.

We will have cats and dogs for adoption. All are microchipped and current on shots; all cats, and many of our dogs are already spayed/neutered. For a complete list of all adoptable animals at the Humane Society please direct indiDOWN TO viduals to www.cowlitzhumane.com or www.

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“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.” Proverbs 3:5–8 NASB

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eady?” I keep being asked in various forms and arenas. “Ready for what’s coming? Time now to invest in gold. Time to buy silver. Commodities is the way to go. Get into stocks and bonds before it’s too late.

Get out of stocks and bonds before it’s too late. A depression is coming. A recession is coming. ISIS is coming.

The next bubble is about to burst. North Korea has the hydrogen bomb. Iran is testing missiles and is close to having nuclear capabilities. Iran and Saudi Arabia have cut ties and are threatening each other which is threatening the entire region. China’s economy is about to topple.

Our economy is about to topple. The world’s economy is about to topple. World War III is coming. The dollar is going to crash. Gas prices are going to sky-rocket. Gas prices are going to plummet. Better have savings in the bank. Better get your money out of the banks…” And on and on it goes.We are living in scary and confusing times. Mixed messages are swirling about. What does one do with it all? Putting our heads in the sand just exposes our back sides. Being flushed out into some knee-jerk reaction by fear like birds are flushed out of the bushes just makes us easy prey. Planning ahead is difficult enough. Preparing for the future is hard already.

Add to it the triggers, pressures, and messes of this world and it is OVERWHELMING! What should we do?

Where should we turn? Who should we listen to?

What, where, and who indeed! These are the real questions. Unfortunately, there are as many different answers/opinions as there are people on the planet. So what do I do? I read my Bible!

Yes, you read me right. I read my Bible. Who is the ultimate authority? Congress? The President? The United Nations? The Pope? Nope! The Creator God is. Where do we get His comfort, information, insight, wisdom?

The Bible.

Believe it or not, the Bible tells us all that what we are dealing with was coming. It shows us this dilemma is as old as time. It explains there have always been struggles and difficulties, famines and wars, downturns and disasters, earthquakes and tragedies, evil governments and despotic regimes, tyrants and elitists,(and you name it) to face. It warns us things will get worse before they get better, encourages us to overcome by Jesus’s power, and advises us, ready or not, THE DEADLINE is coming for us all.

Deadlines are funny things. Some of us (myself included) push deadlines out. Take my articles for example. They are due by the 15th of the month BEFORE they are published. That means I SHOULD have them thought out, written, rewritten, and polished BEFORE the 15th. Do I? Well, at first I did. Religiously.

Unfortunately, somewhere along the way I grew complacent and allowed the tyranny of the urgent to interrupt the truth that I have commitments, responsibilities, and deadlines that I promised to take care of.

I even have done that with my garbage and recyclingdeadlines. Every Tuesday I need to make sure garbage is gathered and out for pick-up the next morning. Every other Tuesday, I also need to have my recycling set out.

Usually I am pretty good about it but I admit, I am not ALWAYS ready for what I know is coming (Wednesday morning pick-up). There are times I am preoccupied.

There are times I am sick and indisposed. I hate paying for a service that I do not get, so I call for a special pickup. Well, there are only so many of those that a person gets until they are penalized and charged extra for not being ready for the deadline with the garbage company.

Most places do not even have special arrangements for not meeting deadlines. Many actually have serious consequences for missing deadlines. If you do not get your assignments in at college, and you fail to show up for

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class, you will fail the courses.If you are not at the airport in time, the plane will leave without you. If you do not make your interview appointment for a new job on time, you will most likely not get that new job. If you do not get your mysterious lumps, pains, and lesions taken care of in a timely manner, you could face serious health issues, even death.

Death. That’s the most serious deadline. We may or may not have the dollar crash or face World War III or another depression but ready or not, I can guarantee, death is one hundred percent assured for one hundred percent of the population at any time. Are you ready for that deadline? Are you ready or not to find out what’s on the other side?

There was a time I was not ready. There was a time I believed there was nothing on the other side. A time when I believed the lie that we are all just animals; there is no long tomorrow; what is here is all that there is; milk the most out of today for yourself; take what you want; do what you want; what does it matter anyway? Indulge while you can. No right or wrong. No God. No Heaven.

No Hell. We are all here by chance.

What did that belief, that rejection of good and evil get me? Tons of regret and bad consequences. And, like Randy Alcorn says in his novel Deadline (that I am rereading for the umpteenth time), all my rejection didn’t change reality one bit. Hell is merely Heaven refused.

Randy is also right in the fact that the reason for all my denial and rejection was to justify my own desires. How could I continue to live following my own lusts if I admitted there was a God that would hold me accountable for every word, deed, and thought in my lifetime here on earth. I was a fool for a very long time. At first for denying and rejecting God and then, after I admitted there was a God and He sent His only Son, Jesus, to save us all from ourselves, I was a fool for denying and rejecting any characteristic and command of God I didn’t like.

(For example, His command that I forgive and love my enemies!!! NOT a popular one with me at the beginning.) Even yet, after accepting the entire word of God as THE INSPIRED Word of God, I am a fool for not making the best of every moment I have left here on earth doing something to show my adoration of Jesus/ God/The Holy Spirit and to get ready for my last deadline.

We all keep being asked in various forms and arenas if we are ready for what’s coming here and now but the more important question is, are we ready for what’s coming for all eternity? The Bible helps us deal with things here in this temporary home and reality, but makes it clear that our focus should be on the long tomorrow. Are you ready or not for eternity?

In Deadline, one of the characters is faced with this: “God created us to know Him and to find great joy in our relationship with Him and each other.

But He gave us free choice, and we chose to rebel against Him. The Bible says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death (Romans 3:23; 6:23). It says God is holy, that He is so utterly righteous He has to judge sin.

Somebody has to pay the price. Either we pay the price, through an eternity in hell, or Jesus pays the price for us. It’s just that simple…

“Jesus died for our sins, but His death doesn’t guarantee forgiveness for everyone. What it guarantees is the availability of forgiveness for everyone. If you want it, it’s yours: “Whoever is thirsty,

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let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life” (Revelation 22;17).

Christ offers the gift of forgiveness and eternal life, but we must choose to accept it or it isn’t ours.

“Death is the one certain thing in all our lives.

No intelligent person would face death without seriously examining the claims of Jesus. Don’t turn away from Christ until you’ve taken a close look at Him. …Are you open-minded enough to give Jesus a chance before the Deadline’s past?”

So the question remains. Are YOU ready or not?

New American Standard BibleCopyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.All rights reserved Deadline, Randy Alcorn ©1994 by Eternal Perspectives Ministries, published by Multnomah Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

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s you can imagine, we have a very busy household.

Not only are Ben and Daniel almost constantly heard to be in motion, there is a flurry of coming and going from the older kids too. Nathan is currently running the newspaper route, and Jason and David are into basketball season practices. Jason and Christa are both in a school play and all three have jobs off and on. A person can get tired just watching them come and go!

Because of that I sometimes long for a little more peace.

A peaceful environment exists in some of the homes I visit. Often I find that sitting in the home of an older person is a peaceful experience. Apart from the fact there is no background noise of busy children, there is something about the atmosphere, the older furniture and fluffy pillows. I long to stay and nap, but have to swing back into my racing life.

Paul’s benediction in 2 Thessalonians 3:16–18 mentions peace twice. First, Jesus is the Lord of peace. He can give you peace of soul if you make Him your Lord.

You find that with Jesus in your life, you no longer have to fret over the most important issue of all, your eternal destination.

Secondly, Paul prays that the Lord of peace would “grant you peace in every circumstance.” It is possible to have inner peace, even in a busy or troubled life. You have to look to Jesus for peace. And you might pray, “Father, grant me the peace that passes all understanding.”

You’ve entered the home of the Circuit ‘Riter. Come on in and sit a spell, put your feet up—make yourself at home.

We’ve been waiting for you. Walk through a delightful series of homespun devotional messa ges with author, Michael Ullrich. Visit his site at http:// www.in-his-steps.com/

VACATION MEALS We’re renting a condo on the beach for two weeks this summer. We don’t want to spend a lot of money in restaurants, but I don’t want to spend the whole vacation in the kitchen. My solution is to do much of the cooking before vacation. I’ve been doubling up on a number of meals for the last few weeks. The second meal goes into the freezer. I’ll be taking them along on our trip. After putting the extra meal in the oven or microwave for a few minutes, I’ll add a little salad (no hard prep there) and a dessert. We will eat great and I won’t have to spend much time in the kitchen!

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idden away in the old section of Longview Washington is a truly “hidden gem” of a restaurant. My Thai Kitchen is sandwiched between a decades-old tiny grocery store and a laundromat. These decades-old shops, built long before the term strip mall was ever coined, huddle together at the corner of 20th Avenue and Beech Street in the Highlands district of Longview.

But while the buildings may have seen many different owners in their lifetime, owner Pam Suksamran has breathed new life into the structure. Walk through the door and enter into the world of Bangkok, Thailand and My Thai Kitchen.

Decorated in tones of browns and reds and highlighted with glimmers of gold, My Thai Kitchen is already well known for its authentic cuisine, reasonable prices and its healthy take on Thai food.

What we tried: We decided to start with Fresh Rolls Shrimp.

These are My Thai Kitchens take on your typical Shrimp salad roll found in many Thai restaurants. However, the My Thai Kitchen version is looser, not so tightly compacted and definitely much bigger than I have tried in the past. One order, $5.95, is for two rolls, cut in half, with a yummy dipping sauce. The ingredients were crisp and cold and more than enough for the three of us.

We followed our appetizer with a selection of Pleasing Garlic,

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$7.95 (garlic pepper sauce on a bed of broccoli, cabbage and carrot), Mango Tango Fish, $11.95 (deep fried fillet of sole served on mango with a dressing of chili and lime) and Drunken Noodles, $7.95 (flat rice noodles, with egg, chili, onions, broccoli, bamboo shoot, carrots, bell pepper and basil). In a word, DELISH!!! One of our party commented the styling and the taste of the food reminded her of Korean food about which she is an expert. Perhaps this food should be

BY THE DIVA GASTRONOMIQUE called Thai-Korean fusion? Hmmm, just a little whimsy on my part!

We finished with an indulgence of Sweet G V I E W, WA sticky rice with fresh bananas and a toasted coconut sprinkle ($4.95) and glasses of Iced Thai Tea ($2.25) all around.

Colorful vegetables and fruits plus a traditional use of noodles, fish and chicken spice up this healthy version of Thai food offered by My Thai Kitchen. This restaurant is a ‘must try’ the next time you visit Longview, Washington or if you live in the Longview area. My Thai Kitchen should become one of your favorite dining spots. But while this small restaurant can seat an amazing number of visitors, the parking is miniscule.

My Thai Kitchen, Healthy Food and original Thai, 421 20th Avenue, Longview, Washington, 98632, 360-560-3779, Open Tuesday through Sunday 11:30 am to 3 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm.

Closed on Mondays.

My Thai Kitchen—a hidden gem!

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Tickets are $15–$18 in advance. Purchase tickets online by visiting the theatre’s website at www.lovestreetplayhouse.com or by calling (360) 907-9996. To purchase Season Tickets and Gift Certificates please see the website.

The Love Street Playhouse 2016 Season includes The Odd Couple, directed by Tony Bump, See How They Run, directed by David Roberts, Blithe Spirit, directed by Dorinda Toner and Nuncrackers directed by Bethany

Pithan. For information about Season Tickets go to the Love Street Playhouse website at www.lovestreetplayhouse.com or by calling (360) 907-9996.

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About noon the Columbia weighed anchor and steamed down the river, carrying back the freight and treasure.

“We reached St. Helena in good season, just about dark; but the fog setting in, we were compelled to lay to until nearly daylight. A strong party of us went ashore, (there being no sleeping accommodations aboard the boat,) and although the snow was some eighteen inches deep, made a night of it. We ‘russeled’ around among the half dozen houses which constitutes the aforesaid city of St. Helena, and finally succeeded in raising a landlord who was willing to undergo the punishment of getting up and building a fire—a very desirable commodity just about this time and place.

“After we succeeded in getting ourselves ‘warmed up,’ we prevailed on ‘Boniface’ to get us up a supper, which he did in true Oregon style, and about one o’clock on Wednesday morning, we sat down to a magnificent supper of Oregon ham, Oregon eggs, Oregon fruits and coffee. We amused ourselves until about four o’clock, when Capt. Hoyt called his straggling passengers, by whistling, to the bosom of the Multnomah, and we again started on our way rejoicing; but ere we had made a respectable ‘wake’ behind us, we struck a rock and came near being wrecked. We were under pretty good headway at the time, luckily for us; struck the rock about half way between the bow and the main shaft—on the side, instead of the bottom of her hull—turning nearly square across the river. The hull slipped off the rock just in time to let the wheel strike it, breaking our wheel badly. On trying the pumps, and finding her clear of water, we cast anchor, and commenced repairing damages. In the course of an hour or so we were under way again.

“We had not made more than seven or eight Captain William Dall commanded miles, however, before we again broke down. A the steamship Columbia on her large stick of timber—one of the braces of the runs between California and Oregon. Dall later achieved fame wheelhouse—working loose, was struck by the as the heroic captain of the illpaddle, and driven up through the top, breaking fated Northerner. some of the ‘arms,’ and damaging things generally. When the engine was stopped, the wheel looked like a badly made ‘brush heep.’

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last expiring spark of hope had departed.’ On a thorough examination of the damage done, it was found that the guard-timber, on which the end of the main shaft rested, was broken, and that the end of the shaft had settled some six or eight inches, causing the wheel to strike the side of the hull, so that it was impossible to turn the engine over.

Notwithstanding our crippled condition, by a little perseverance, together with a ‘Spanish windlass’, wooden ‘plumbing blocks’, ‘wood saw’, ‘meat axe’, and some hard work, we finally got her underweigh again, and reached Portland about noon on Wednesday, January 14th, 1857. “….I will close for the present, but you can look for more anon, from J. M. V.”

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SW WASHINGTON HISTORY

Harrowing Trip up the

Columbia

BY KAREN L. JOHNSON the river of the same name. Vansycle’s description of the voyage was printed in the Daily Alta California newspaper:

The steamer Columbia started life in 1850 as a three-masted ship, but later one mast was removed. She was 193 feet long, and was purpose-built for the Pacific Coast route. In her first five years, she logged 220,000 miles running between California and Oregon.

The sidewheeler Multnomah carried passengers from Astoria to St. Helens (or St. Helena, as Vansycle erroneously called it), and then on to Portland. The Multnomah first came west in 1851, shipped in sections aboard the ship Success.

She spent her entire life on the Willamette and Columbia rivers, and was dismantled in 1864.

“Having heard and read much of the Columbia bar, I thought I was fully posted up with regard to its appearance, but I was mistaken, the half not been told me, neither did the description of it which I had read convey “We anchored off Upper Astoria Friday night to put n early 1857, a Californian named J. M. Vansycle even a faint idea of what I then beheld for the first time.

“The Columbia, at its mouth, is not more than eight or off the mails. You will understand there are two Astorias, stomped up the gangplank to the deck of the steamship Columbia. The ship then ventured out into the Pacific, ten miles wide, but the lines of breakers which is dis- upper and lower. Lower Astoria being the old town, and bound for Portland. After an uneventful trip up the coast, tinctly marked by the meeting of its waters with the Upper Astoria the new town: they are only about a mile the Columbia encountered a bit more trouble once it met Pacific Ocean, which forms the bar, from the southern apart, consequently there exist the largest amount of shore of the river far out on the rocks enmity between the two—both striving for the ascenoff Cape Disappointment, or dency. Upper Astoria having the Custom House and Post Lighthouse Point, in the form of a Office, claims to be the Astoria; and as far as I am concrescent, I should judge to be some cerned, I am willing to award to her all the glory the twenty-five miles long; and when the name (for that is about all there is of the town) will bring tide is running out, and the wind from her. the ocean strong, this crescent pres“Here we received information that the Columbia river ents a fearful sight to the in-bound was frozen over a few miles ahead, and that the up-river mariner. It is so great an obstacle to steamer has not been able to make her regular trips; but in-bound vessels that they are fre- notwithstanding this information, Capt. Dall weighed quently detained off anchor soon after midnight and prothe mouth of the river ceeded up the river, determined, if posseveral days, watchsible, to reach Portland; he soon, ing a favorable opporhowever, met large fields of floating ice, tunity to enter. and supposing they were only detached “We crossed the pieces, broken loose by the flood-tide at bar Friday evening the point where the river was reported before sundown, closed, he deemed it advisable to round, The Columbia River bar put fear in the hearts of even the staunchest ship against a strong ebbtoo, which he did; and at 4 o’clock on captains, for many a vessel came to grief trying to cross the rough waters at tide; so strong, in fact, Saturday morning we were anchored off the river’s mouth. it was as much as the Astoria again. Here the passengers had Columbia could do to make the ‘riffle.’ the privilege of going ashore and remainWhen within about four miles of Astoria, ing until the river opened, and the upwe discovered a vessel close inland on river steamer resume her regular trips, our left, or starboard quarter. We run as or return to San Francisco by the Captain Richard Hoyt Sr. close to her as it was safe to do, and commanded the Multnomah Columbia. Some returned to San found she was high and dry on what is on her harrowing trip through Francisco, but most of the passengers called the ‘Middle Sands’ or ‘Clatsop the ice on the Columbia River. went ashore, among which was your Point.’ It proved to be the barque Hoyt was born in New humble servant. and came to the Desdemona, bound from San Francisco Hampshire “By 10 o’clock Saturday morning, Pacific Coast after many years to Portland, with a cargo valued at some on the eastern seaboard. He January 10th, passengers and baggage $35,000, which, together with the vessel, bought the Multnomah in were safely landed at Lower Astoria.

1854, and owned her until his will be a total loss. coLUMBia—cont’d on page 11

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