August 2007

August 1 — Gaming for Grownups - Patsy Brautigam enlists her Net-Generation son to demonstrate the mental and physical benefits of video games for all ages.

August 8 — Tangerine Trees and Marmalade Skies - Get into the seventies with Melissa, Rose and Tracy. Tie dye your white tee shirt and start feeling groovy.

August 15 — How do Artists Compose a Painting? - Learn the basics of composition with art instructor and artist Tony Kram.

August 22 — Face First with Balanced Health - Dr. Mary Alavi is back with some innovative ways to look your best. It’s not just for women anymore!

August 29 — Tulipmania - We won’t scare you with talk of the tulip crash in Holland, but Freddye Kelly will share sights from her trip to Holland and give tips on planting and storing bulbs.

Tulipmania with Freddye Kelly

Here are two references Freddye recommended in her hand out:
1. Flowering bulbs: Culture and Maintenance by Diane Relf and Joyce Latimer. Virginia Extension. Publication Number 426-201, Revised 2004.
2. Bulbs. Arizona Master Gardener Manual. Arizona Cooperative Extension. 1998.

Harris County Cooperative Extension
http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort

The Harris County Master Gardener Association.
http://hcmga.tamu.edu/

The two plants that were given away were Cannas and Crocosmia. The first on is the one that was a hard thick stalk cut down, and the second is the one that was kind of like a spider grass with several long thin leaves.

August 8 - Tanerine Trees and Marmalade Skies

Tie-Dye...
Send a picture of your tie-dyed shirt!
Pictures coming soon....

August 1 - Gaming for Grownups

Here are some of the websites that Patsy shared with us...

Cool Websites for Brain Games!!

http://fun.eons.com/brain_builders

-Play Brain Builder games

-Target specific brain areas

-Track your progress over time

-Play against yourself or others

-Must be 50+ to join

http://www.thirdage.com/living/games/

-Includes spatial, language, memory, visual acuity, and reflex games

-Compare your results with other players

-Play against yourself or others

http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/cognition/tutorials/index.html

-Five games from NASA that teach about cognitive psychology (includes recognition, mnemonics, recall interference, and short-term memory)

http://www.aarp.org/fun/puzzles/

-Fun daily games and puzzles

http://www.math.com/students/practice/arithmattack.htm

-Timed random math problems

http://enchantedmind.com/html/puzzles/interactive_puzzles/creative_java_puzzles.html

-Pentominos; word search; perceptual refinement (slider, scrambler)

http://www.freebraingames.com/

-A variety of free brain games and puzzles

http://www.queendom.com/mindgames/index.html

-If you like more challenging games

Http://www.puzzlepirates.com

-virtual world where you can chat with others.

-all actions in the games are puzzles.