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Founders Ridge 05-2021 The Ridgeline May 2021 Take Me Out to the Ball Game! rab those Homer Hankies, the Minnesota Twins are back! On April 8th, we celebrated the Twins Home opener day with great atmosphere in the main dining room including friends and a traditional G baseball fare. The Minnesota Twins won against the Seattle Mariners 10-2. The first official game of baseball started back in June of 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey. As for the Minnesota Twins, the president of the Washington Senators, Calvin Griffith, made the decision to move his club to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, the birth of the “Minnesota Twins” named after Twin Cities. The Griffith organization had operated the team in our nation’s capitol ever since the immortal Clark Griffith took over as manager of the club in 1912. The team moved to Minnesota sporting such names as Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Camilo Pascual and Jim Lemon. Source: https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/timeline-1960s THE RIDGELINE Butterfly Garden What’s Inside... utterflies don’t just show up without an invitation. Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1 B Select the right plants, and put out the welcome The Merry Month of May 2 mat with these ideas. Butterfly Garden 2 Include Host Plants Plants, such as fennel, dill and parsley, are popular Steps for Better Health 3 food sources for caterpillars that'll later turn into May Birthdays 3 butterflies. If you’re worried about nibbled foliage, hide the plants in an inconspicuous spot. Shining Stars! 3 Supply Nectar Plants Presbyterian Homes & Services News 4 The flowers of these plants are a food source for butterflies. Examples include butterfly bush and daylily. Plant flowers with different but overlapping bloom times, such as bachelor’s buttons and coneflowers. Make Them Comfortable The Merry Month of May Flowers aren’t the only things butterflies like. They’ll ay is named for the Roman goddess Maia, who also appreciate a sunbaked surface to warm their wings in the morning and a shallow saucer of water M ruled over the growth of plants. The ancient with a sandy bottom where they can drink any time Celts inaugurated this month with the festival of of day. Annuals Beltane to encourage fertility in the newly sown fields. Perennials aren’t pollinators’ only friends. Flowering The month that begins with dancing around the trees and shrubs also play a role, especially in spring maypole ends with Memorial Day, a poignant when many perennials have yet to bloom. But the best partners, due to their long season of bloom, are reminder of the fragility and tenacity of life. annuals. Annual that'll attract their share of pollinators include: May also brings a surge of energy that sets us to Cosmos scrubbing, organizing, and airing out every corner of Salvia the house. Outside, we clean and sharpen tools, load Zinnia the wheelbarrow with plants, and trundle off to the Source: https://www.lowes.com/n/how-to/plant-a-butterfly- garden. By the end of the month, even those who live garden in the North are enjoying more than 15 hours of daylight each day. We need every minute of it as we dance through the merry month of May. Source: Ben Franklin’s Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice By the Editors of The Old Farmer’s Almanac 6600 Auto Club Road, Bloomington, MN 55438 www.foundersridgephs.org THE RIDGELINE Steps for Better Health t has come to the forefront over the course of the I pandemic that it is necessary to take care of your body and mind. The body is an amazing and Bill Pearson 5/4 complex system that works at an optimal level when Ronald Bump 5/4 cared for well. A great takeaway from this is to focus on what we can do for our health currently, and the Connie Blodgett 5/6 steps to take to improve our baseline of health. JoAnn Mack 5/10 Let’s get back to the basics: Yvonne Heinke 5/11 Maintain a healthy weight. Doug Cannady 5/11 Get and stay active regularly in your home Florence Roberts 5/11 or outside your home. Keith Wilkening 5/14 Eat heart-healthy, well-balanced meals Roger Wahldick 5/21 and snacks. Mary Roberts 5/27 Take care of your mental health: Stay connected Rita Rosseth 5/28 with family and friends. Find healthy ways to manage stress. Dean Swenson 5/31 Practice good sleep habits to improve your mental and physical health, and boost your Shining Stars! immune system he Shining Star Program is a year-round opportunity for you and your family members As always, talk to your healthcare provider: T to express your appreciation to employees that make if you are sick, a difference in your life. We are honored to have the privilege of serving YOU! If you would like to if stress is getting in the way of your daily recognize a “Shining Star,” brochures are available activities, or at the Town Center Reception Desk. if you have a health condition, such as asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure or obesity, to David Linder develop or maintain a plan to keep it under “He did an outstanding job helping to make my control. move in go smoothly. He installed extra shelves, a hand held shower and anything else that I needed It’s not always easy to take steps for better health, done. Always professional and friendly. and every person has their own approach. The key is Thanks Dave.” to find what works for you! Chrystal Patterson “Always pleasant, always keeping us informed. -Lisa Teske, Fitness Director Worked hard to keep my husband comfortable & always aware of his needs.” For more information or to schedule a personal tour, please call Ramon @ 952-946-2005 Founders Ridge 6600 Auto Club Road Bloomington, MN 55438 952-946-2000 www.foundersridgephs.org Presbyterian Homes & Services is a nonprofit organization and an equal opportunity employer serving older adults through community services, housing, and health care. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. ALL FAITHS WELCOME. PHS Spiritual Care: Our Mission in the Margins any senior living communities offer beautiful words as, “my husband has been gone for five months M buildings, attractive amenities, lively activities, now and I feel so alone,” or “I saw something about and employees who care. However, PHS alone has a eternity of TV and wanted to ask you about it,” or mission statement that begins, “To honor God…” “I’m feeling guilty that I fall asleep when I pray, is Spiritual care within PHS carries that mission and that a sin?” weaves it into the tapestry of everyday living. Under These real questions and concerns are met with normal circumstances during a normal year, the compassion and understanding and are of the highest worship gathering, Bible studies and a variety of priority for any campus pastor to address. For when a groups that bring residents together to grow their faith community member stands before us and asks a invigorate a PHS community. These activities and question, that person becomes our number one events are open to all and, with great delight, many priority. So, we “honor God” both by coming together are able to enhance their experience by getting to to know one another and be known. Spiritual care fills know their neighbor through the gatherings. these gaps in open spaces and in the shadows. That is part of doing our mission in open spaces. If you would like personal spiritual or emotional However, during pandemic times and also in normal support or want to participate in the spiritual programs times, spiritual care happens “in the margins” or at your community, reach out to your Campus Pastor. shadows of life. A resident may not have attended a Every PHS resident is important to us and we will worship gathering, a Bible study or any hymn sing but extend our full attention and care to you. that person might knock softly on a campus pastor’s door and say, “Uh, I know you’re probably really Dr. Mark Triller, Campus Pastor busy but…” and then fills in the blank with such Fairway Knoll, Germantown, WI .
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