Welcome to the middle of the week.
Verily, I thought we would have one more ‘below freezing’ episode before Spring put on its serious mode… but here it is. Of course it can still happen. I recall an April 3rd or 4th back in late 60’s or early ‘70’s when it was too cold for the BJU Bible Conference goo-goo eyes crowd (of which I was one once) and it was too chilly to sit out on the green-sward to speak of love and happiness through chattering teeth … It wasn’t that year but another when we lived just off Edwards Rd on Valerie Dr. we had an April snow storm that keeled over a poor non-bearing pear tree that nonetheless tried it’s best to put on a Spring face. Two little trees stood side by side… making a brave effort to look like refugees from an orchard -- even though I never saw a single ripened pear on either one. They were intended to produce fruit but I doubt if they ever got the memo.
On that chilly early spring morning came something like three inches of wooly-wet – for real – snow that keeled over one of the sisters. So when the weather warmed we put them both out of their misery and planted some medium sized flowering trees that bloom later in the year. (The name will come later today.) And they put forth a good ornamental show – except they were slightly too large for the space and needed a bit of trimming each year.
Anyway Spring is the time of hope. Were I a skilled nurseryman I would try to splice in some of the enthusiasm the dandelions manifest every year – they NEVER GIVE UP. And for little plants they grow the longest, deepest roots I ever saw. Try and root them out… something breaks off way down there somewhere and they come with their cheerful little flowers…and their widely floating air born seeds to bring another crop for this spring and summer – never mind the drought – they will blossom and bloom to the last – even till you have to rake the leaves away…entirely voluntary – never have to be watered, fed, cultivated in any fashion.
Next year I think I’ll set aside a little sunny patch to bring up leeks and onions and baby garlic… and all those pesky things you *don’t* want to see. – maybe some friends in
OK… Let us follow on and see what’s happening in this angry world.
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack
“JUST A MINUTE”
IT’S HARD TO SEE IT FROM HERE!
Jack: JUST A MINUTE: – Miz Pearlie – What do you think of Senator McCaskill’s $300,000 error?
MizP: Error? ‘bout whut?
BB: D’ya mine if’n ah tell her? – Hit seems she an her husban fergot they owned an airplane.
MizP: They did?
Homer: Rite Miz Pearl… an they missed payin’ almos three hunnert thousand in back taxes
– since 2007!
BB: At’s fergifulness all rite.
Homer: Yeah … you got to be a Senator ta fergit sumpin at big.
MizP: Well – mebbie hit was a little plane. You’ve owned a little plane Mr. Jack.
Jack: Well… sometimes I had to move it to save taxes… but not $300 thousand.
Homer: Well she’s a democrat and I speck hit jist slipped her mine.
BB: If’n hit slipped my mine they’d a clapped me in th’ hoose kow.
MizP: Do you thank she’ll lose her ‘lection over hit?
Homer: Oh ‘lection ain’t till two thousan' an twelve. They fergit it by then ….
BB: Well they woun't fegit ‘bout hit fer me.
Homer: D’ya thank they flew Mr. Obama on that plane?
MizP: Oh – hit’s likely a little ‘un.
BB: Ah don’t know – When they sees Miz Pelosi a ridin’ them big planes back an forth ta Californi…
Homer: Rite… rite tha-ut cud mek ‘em jealous.
MizP: She done tole her husbin ta sell th’ plane an sell hit NOW!
BB: Hit’s sorta like gitting yer han stuck in th’ cookie jar.
Jack: MizP the government gets billed for every trip the Congress people take ya know.
MizP: The congers people at lives in Ha Wah yah… cleans up on tha-stuff.
Jack: It doesn’t quite match the cost of flying AF one and the backup and all the
rest of the staff out to
BB: Everyone needs to stop being selfish… getting their’s before somebody else.
MizP: Do you thank we’ll ever git spendin under control Mr. Jack?
Homer: We ourt to have a anti-selfishness law.
Jack: There is one … it’s the last of the ten commandments – not to covet anything that belongs
to your brotherI …
Miz Pearl: RITE!
Jack: OK… till next week. --- I’m Jack Buttram (END)
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