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Vegetable Crops Where Are You!

Deborah Leigh — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:19:47 +0000

This is it. The first vegetable to come out of the garden. A small little booger isn’t it. Well let me tell you the rabbits that flirt around my gardens all day are definitely fat and happy. They keep eating my zucchini and bell pepper plants. But maybe, just maybe, we’ll at least get some tomatoes. They don’t seem to care much for those.

Although we’ve been absent from the blog, we’ve been super busy lately…with revamping our store, moving a child out of the house, moving another child into a new house and helping repaint several rooms, attended outdoor concerts, and had frequent guests over for BBQ in the backyard. It is summer time folks and we seem to be busy every spare minute we have. I hope you too are enjoying a little family time while it’s nice to be outside.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Father’s Day weekend!!!

Dedicated to Doris…and The Honey Bees!

Deborah Leigh — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:00:57 +0000

Doris is a devoted follower…and lover of the honey bees. She is on a mission to bring awareness to save the bees on this planet. So Doris when I took these photos while in California, I automatically thought of you! Thanks for bringing so much cheer and kindness to this world. You make it a better place to be

Acts of Kindness

Deborah Leigh — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Did everyone enjoy their 3 day weekend? We sure did! But I’m glad the regular work week is here so I can rest and do a little sewing again.

Last week I took this bouquet of peonies, lilac and lamb’s ear to my brother at his work to surprise him. He did such a sweet thing for me and Mom this past week so it was a little thank you for his kindness. I think he was pleasantly surprised when he received them. I love how old fashioned the bouquet looks too.

Memorial Day

Deborah Leigh — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:26:15 +0000

We spent Saturday mulching our gardens. All day Saturday. My body is so so sore and tired that I’m glad Sunday is a day of rest! Today we will be visiting with friends and having a BBQ; Monday a BBQ with our family. We hope everyone is enjoying their time this holiday weekend with those they love.

How Ladybug got Her Name

Freda Marie — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:00:42 +0000

Thank you to Doris Strum in Atlanta, one of our most devoted readers, who gave me a link to the history of our ladybug.

The following information was taken from the following link:

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme/ladybugs/history.html

Here is some of the information I obtained, it is very well worth the read.

The main question that comes up when speaking about the history of Ladybugs is how they got their name.

In the middle ages, farmers were having great difficulty controlling the pests that kept plaguing their crops, mainly aphids and other such plant chewing critters.

In an attempt to fix this problem, they resorted to praying to the Virgin Mother Mary to help them with this terrible aphid problem. Shortly after, their prayers were seemingly answered with the arrival of these new new red polka dotted beetles.

From then on these bugs became known as “beetles of Our Lady.” Over time the name has become Ladybug, Ladybird, Lady Beetle, Ladybug Beetle, etc.

So as you can see throughout history, Ladybugs have been viewed as a gift from heaven.

Thanks again Doris for enlightening me and I hope others!!!