Memorial Day May 27th

For all those in heaven who will forever

remain in uniform......

Thank you.

This is more than a three day holiday,

more than barbeques and family reunions.

It's about the ultimate sacrifice to the greater good.

Few can say they would lay down their lives

for their fellow man.

You who died while serving,

whether we know your names or not,

are our heroes.

I send a prayer of thanks.

 

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Parsley

When we got this plant it looked like

it was dying.

We repotted it and used compost

and

just a little TLC.

Looks great now!

 

Basil.

We have three kinds.

Sweet Basil, Thai Basil and Christmas Basil.

All have similar tastes.

Great, versatile herb.

 

Yukon Gold's

or,

Maybe alien potatoes.

How cute are these?

 

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Marigolds

 

Petunias

 

Chrysanthemums.

More Chrysanthemums about to bloom.

 

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Ethel...... brooding.

She doesn't want her picture taken.

She fluffed out her feathers and clucked at me.

But she calmed down when I

patted her.

Nugget posing

Hazel and Pepper trying to capture a lizard.

He got away.

They weren't happy so they stayed there eyeballing him.

 

Chicken Facts

1) As hens get older they lay larger but fewer eggs.

2) Humans see in 3 color bands (red, blue and green).

Chickens see those too but also have UV vision.

The thought is that UV helps determine which

eggs will hatch or not, explaining why hens

sometimes kick an egg out of the nest.

3) Chickens have exceptional hearing. It has been

shown that they can pinpoint sounds to within

a few inches. They are also able to regenerate

hearing cells as needed when they age.

Scientists are studying this as to how they

may apply it to human deafness!

4) The number of chickens on Earth is around 25

billion. The number of humans on Earth

is around 7.7 billion. We are outnumbered

3 to 1!

5) Scientists have isolated "Chicken speak" like

they have done with whales. Chickens makes

assorted different sounds to announce that

they've laid an egg, there's a predator in the

air or a different call for a predator in the sky,

or to identify individually their many offspring.

 

We think that they recognize their names

as well as come when we call them.

Silly birds!

 

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I don't get political,

but in light of all the so called

"politically correctness"

and turn to democratic socialism

in the world today,

I'm reminded of a quote from

George Orwell's classic

1984

 

  He wrote this in response to Nazi Germany......

 

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But wait!

 

When I worked at Kmart, I was explaining to a woman

why we could not take back the item she wanted to return.

She was growing more incensed and continued to argue with me,

as I told her that we did not

sell that particular item nor would she be getting a refund.

In a huff she says to me...

 "Well, at least you can call me a cab!"

I took a breath....

"Ok"

"You're a cab!"

and I simply walked away.

(drop the mike)

 

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

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