Alkali Earth Metal of the Week

Magnesium is a light, silvery-white, moderately hard metallic element that in ribbon or powder form burns with a brilliant white flame. It is used in structural alloys, pyrotechnics, flash photography, and incendiary bombs. Atomic number 12; atomic weight 24.305. I am fascinated by magnesium fires, they are brilliant.

Colors of Food

Greens galore, we just ate five greens tonight-we need to clear out the refrigerator before our trip. Reds-strawberries, tomatoes, red bell peppers, radishes are all common in our refrigerator. Yellows-bananas, squash, lemons, peaches, yellow bell peppers are yummy. Black-figs are my favorite fruit, blackberries, sesame seeds (black) can strengthen the Water. White-turnips, and more turnips. Orange-carrots, orange bell peppers--they come in all the colors apparently. We also eat various yams, orange, white, yellow. Etc. etc. etc.

Light spectra from gas discharge

These are the unique fingerprints of individual elements. They are beautiful and amazing! The colors of elements sprayed into the meeker burner are also fabulous and are formed when excited states of electrons fall back to base state.