In yesterday’s blog, I told you about the two big golden watermelons we discovered growing on the ground next to one of Terry’s raised garden beds. But there’s a lot more than melons coming up thanks to her green thumb. When we lived in Alabama, she bought some blackberry and blueberry plants, and a fig plant. They were in big pots on the front porch of our place there, and when we moved here, we brought them with us.
They’ve been on the back deck for a long time here. We weren’t too sure if it had been worth the effort. A couple of them, one of the blackberries and the fig, both looked like they were dead, but Terry kept nurturing them along. Now, suddenly, we have blackberries growing on two bush we had given up any hope for and even some figs on the dwarf fig. She’s a miracle worker, that lady of mine.
Yesterday, Terry made shrimp and grits for dinner, and Kenny and Tiffany came over to help us devour them. Kenny always says that if he’s in prison waiting for execution and they ask him what he wants for his last meal, it’s going to be Terry’s shrimp and grits. Yeah, they’re really that good. She also made lemon posett (pudding) for dessert, topped with blueberries. It was my first time for that, and I loved it. So did the kids. Nobody ever goes hungry when Terry’s in her kitchen. 😊
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And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.
Thought For The Day – Always point your beak into the wind. That way your feathers don’t get ruffled.
Nick Russell
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