{"id":57794,"date":"2015-06-20T13:27:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T19:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=57794"},"modified":"2015-06-20T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T19:27:39","slug":"the-big-plant-and-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/20\/the-big-plant-and-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"The big plant and graduation\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am slow, I know but Friday we went through \u201cfinals\u201d and graduation and everyone was a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> tired\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Up early to get to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>breakfast<\/strong> and then to first class\u2026 went to the \u201cteaching\u201d greenhouses on campus so it was a short walk\u2026 they first went over a few things\u2026 and \u2026 got their first exercise\u2026 <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> a grass-sprouting worm?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2602.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2602\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2602_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a knee-high sock, put some <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>grass<\/strong> seed, some dirt, knot, and do it again twice more then glue eyes on it \u2026 when you get home water it\u2026 hum\u2026<\/p>\n<p>then out to see the greenhouses and THE BIG PLANT\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2587.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2587\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2587\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2587_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>although several big plants\u2026 in this one<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2594.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2594\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2594_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GS#1, Grandma on right and group leader on left\u2026 (leader is there to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> sure we get where and when.. )<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2583.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2583\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2583_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>pointing at plants and things of interest? or maybe HEY that is the sun we haven\u2019t seen in weeks\u2026?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2599.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2599\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2599\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2599_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C470\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>hey, I thought this flower was pretty\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2609.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2609\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2609\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2609_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>project<\/strong> was to take three plants (ore more), put dirt in a pot, add the plants (properly) and decorate with??? gnomes, fairies, or ? and houses and bugs, and rocks\u2026 fences etc.\u2026 ok\u2026 we got a gnome, his house a hose for the cricket, a sign and then\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2614.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2614\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2614\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2614_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C710\" width=\"640\" height=\"710\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A satellite antennas in the front\u2026&#160; kids of technology\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2613.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2613\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2613\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2613_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C470\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GS#1 with DR. Shelly Mitchell\u2026 I don\u2019t remember any professors like that when I was in school but?&#160; <\/p>\n<p>When the class was over they took a group photo with the plant project\u2026 and then we headed back to the dorm to rest a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> then over for lunch\u2026 \u2026 We had a long wait from about 11:30 till 1:45 to get to graduation\u2026 spent some time in the union shopping (since it was discount weekend)\u2026 and then off to graduate\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2635.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2635\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2635\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2635_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Called for his group (Plants and People)\u2026 had a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of kids in something like 13 group graduating\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2638.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2638\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2638_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very hard to get a real picture with them being in a big hurry, not much light or wrong light and \u2026 oh well, he is up there \u2026will be professional pictures later for sale\u2026 as usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2647.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2647\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2647_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C603\" width=\"640\" height=\"603\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GS#2 (Little bro)\u2026 was happy through the whole <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>thing<\/strong> till near the end\u2026 and he can really <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> sad faces\u2026 I think from watching that a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of it is for show\u2026 more than hurt feeling\u2026 although he is battling a cold and double ear infections this weekend\u2026 so he was not at his best\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This morning as they were getting ready to go and he was being forced to eat a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>breakfast<\/strong> and no phone with buttons to play with\u2026 he put on some more faces\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2648.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2648\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2648_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C563\" width=\"640\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2651.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_2651\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_2651\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SAM_2651_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C724\" width=\"640\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All this between laughing and playing and ??? I think he is already learning how to push for his way\u2026 ha!&#160; He has the faces for it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am slow, I know but Friday we went through \u201cfinals\u201d and graduation and everyone was a bit tired\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Up early to get to breakfast and then to first class\u2026 went to the \u201cteaching\u201d greenhouses on campus so it was a short walk\u2026 they first went over a few things\u2026 and \u2026 got their first exercise\u2026 make a grass-sprouting worm?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a knee-high sock, put some grass seed, some dirt, knot, and do it again twice more then glue eyes on it \u2026 when you get home water it\u2026 hum\u2026<\/p>\n<p>then out to see the greenhouses and THE BIG PLANT\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>although several big plants\u2026 in this one<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>GS#1, Grandma on right and group leader on left\u2026 (leader is there to make <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/20\/the-big-plant-and-graduation\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;The big plant and graduation\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The big plant and graduation\u2026 - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/20\/the-big-plant-and-graduation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The big plant and graduation\u2026 - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am slow, I know but Friday we went through \u201cfinals\u201d and graduation and everyone was a bit tired\u2026 Up early to get to breakfast and then to first class\u2026 went to the \u201cteaching\u201d greenhouses on campus so it was a short walk\u2026 they first went over a few things\u2026 and \u2026 got their first exercise\u2026 make a grass-sprouting worm? 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