The Vegetable Gardens

found this in the Lanc. Co. Amish Cookbook and thought it was a perfect idea for a garden.

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

First plant five rows of peas
PATIENCE
PROMPTNESS
PREPARATION
PERSERVERANCE
PURITY

Next plant three row of squash
SQUASH GOSSIP
SQUASH CRITICISM
SQUASH INDIFFERENCE

Then plant five rows of lettuce
Let-us BE FAITHFUL TO DUTY
Let-us BE UNSELFISH
Let-us BE LOYAL
Let-us BE TRUE TO OBLIGATIONS
Let-us LOVE ONE ANOTHER

And no garden is complete without turnips
Turn-up FOR IMPORTANT MEETINGS
Turn-up WITH A SMILE
Turn-up WITH GOOD IDEAS
Turn-up WITH DETERMINATION

To make everything count for something good and worthwhile.

"Fear is the most potent force that prevents parents from allowing their children the freedom they themselves enjoyed when they were young. Fear is the emotion that separates a developing childs from the full, essential benefits of nature. Fear of traffic, of crime, of stranger-danger------and of nature itself."

-Richard Louv , Last Child In The Woods-Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

a night into memory...

So after years of singing his songs in my car or waking up in the morning with his melodies in my head i FINALLY got to go to a Jack Johnson concert. WHAT an amazing feeling. The atmosphere, the people, weather, music......just perfect!

I just love going to a concert where you can sing along to EVERY song, not just a few known HITS. but EVERY song. might have been annoying to my friends and fellow lawners, but most of them were probably too drunk or were doing the same thing. As the sunset behind us....my friends and I sat on our blankets, with our local micro-brewed beer....chatting, laughing and getting to know one another (since we just met them in the parking lot).....and when Jack came on everyone got up and started to sing a long in a mellow toned voice. relaxed. chill. and having the best time.

I fell in love with Jack Johnson's music in the spring of 05'. I would drive up every weekend from my internship at Longwood Gardens to visit my friend in the hospital after a bad car accident. I woke up at his Uncle's house with Jack Johnson playing on the CD player in the kitchen, grab my coffee and just sit and mentally prepare for the day at rehab. So I bought his In Between Dreams album for the hetic 4 hour drive(one way) and while sitting in traffic in the Jersey Turnpike I would be rocking side to side, singing along with a big smile on my face....so relax that it probably pissed the people in the next car off even more. but...His music just does that too you.....puts you in a good mood.

I love how music, in general can put you in different moods, can make you remember a certain event, or bring back a certain feeling. It can bring you down or make you happy, relax your soul or boost you up for a work-out.

If you want to feel all around. GOOD. happy. relaxed and smile through every song........listen to my man, Jack!

http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/

beer in a can...Yuengling per say

now....i use to be a fan of drinking a beer from a can. College parties. bonfires. drinking games. still....when it is given to me for free. but, most of the time......I'd have to say that beer (Yuengling per say) in an ice-freeeeezer cold pint glass on a warm day, or an ice-freeezer cold bottle while taking a hot shower from getting back from a long day of work is just......BETTER! the taste seems fresher, you really feel like you are drinking more, no wierd after taste.
However, I had recently purchased the canned form of beer (Yuengling per say) and it wasn't THAT bad (maybe b/c it was a Yuengling) But! I would have enjoyed to sit down and watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympics with a bottled beer. but what's done is done. Guess i'll have to take a trip to the store. and for those of you who have never heard of Yuengling and have never had the chance to enjoy it. Educate yourself and keep your eye out. for on the east coast.........there is nothing better than a Yuengling

http://www.yuengling.com