Passion Flower

In 1919 the Passion Flower was named the Tennessee State Wildflower.  In 1939 the iris was named the Tennessee State Flower.

Larry found a couple of vines of the passion flower.  The fruit may be in the picture, too.  I didn't notice it when I took the picture, but it seems to be to the left of the open flower and immediately next to the unopened flower on the right.

Larry pointed out a fruit but all the pictures I took were fuzzy.  But the fruit is supposed to be edible and good for treatment of insomnia and anxiety.  I feel anxious about trying stuff we find.  I don't know when to harvest it or what to do to it.  Maybe I can find out more.

Visualization Antics

I have trouble sleeping and have tried a number of different things.  Last night I had decided to visualize the woods with a darker path leading into the woods and fireflies.  I was looking at that scene from the porch thinking how peaceful it was and that it might allow me to drop off to sleep.
Later when I tried to picture that scene, it was just totally black.  I was trying to bring up the scene and all of a sudden I had a picture in my mind of colorful lego-looking animals standing in a line like chorus dancers.  Where did that come from?  It was not what I'd intended to visualize!

Visualization

I've tried a lot of things to help me sleep.  Larry says he thinks about what he wants to accomplish the next day and then drops right off to sleep.  I tried that but I just wanted to get up and write my list down.  I have tried a lot of things. I tried keeping my mind totally bland, counting sheep, saying the alphabet backwards, drinking (I wake up about 2:30 a.m.).
This past week I have been visualizing myself sleeping...like I'm above the bed looking down.  I look very comfortable, relaxed, and asleep. This has been good.  I've dropped off to sleep without getting back up after an hour and a half, reading another hour or so, and then trying again.
I don't know if it will continue to work, but I'm pretty happy with it right now.