"Letting Go"
"Remember that which held us fast
that only we could know.
Think only good for only good
can come from letting go.
Accept the things that come to pass
for life controls the flow.
Holding on can only hurt
far better letting go.
Sadness holds no place for us
nor pain its sorrow show.
For happiness was all we knew
before our letting go.
Let the things that used to be
the things that made us whole.
Slip quietly into yesterday
and bless the time we stole.
In time we'll come to understand
the good in you and I.
We'll hold the love we shared so fond
as the years they quickly fly.
The stars we put there way up high
will always keep their glow.
The light we lit in both our hearts
will stay and never go.
So here's to you and here's to me
and here's to all we knew.
Here's to the hardest thing I've done
my letting go of you."
- JUST BLOOMED TODAY
- AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
- TWEET TREATS
- DID YOU KNOW...?CHILDREN'S SONG ORIGINS
- GARDEN UPDATE
- DOG CONFESSIONS
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0088 TRIED & TRUE MUFFINS
- WHAT IN THE WORLD?
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY
AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
TWEET TREATS
bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across.
DID YOU KNOW...?
you can make a wonderful cheap dog toy your dog will love! Wash out a 20 oz plastic soda bottle,remove cap, place it inside a long sock and tie off the top. Dogs love the crackling sound it makes. Environmentally and health-conscious? Choose a BPA-free plastic bottle.
GARDEN UPDATE
Lovely, lovely Indian Summer. Such a pleasure to be outside. Darkness falls sooner, days are getting shorter, getting to be snuggle weather soon!
Harvested some seeds from the beautiful pond plants and set some up to dry for dry flower arrangements. They will air-dry for a while in the workshop.
DOG CONFESSIONS
ORIGIN OF CHILDREN'S SONGS- JIMMY CRACK CORN
How We Know It Today:
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,
My master's gone away.
We're guessing the whole "master's gone away" line is probably going to be the source of the trouble here. Although admittedly, that's apropos of nothing: We have no idea who Jimmy is, or why everybody is so indifferent to his zealous corn-fracturing.
What It Actually Means:
Some dude fell off a horse and died; let's get hammered!
Called "Blue-Tail Fly" when it was first written in the 1840s, the original lyrics weren't "Jimmy crack corn," but rather "Jim crack corn". If you actually read through the full song lyrics, it tells the story of an unhappy slave whose job is to follow around his horseback-riding master and shoo away the flies. However, a "blue-tail fly" bites the horse, causing it to buck, and the master to be thrown and killed. An investigation follows, for which the slave avoids being blamed for the death.
And how many times did that blue-tail fly kill again?
Now, remember what we said about the refrain, that it used to be "Jim crack corn"? A quick search of Ye Olde English Dictionary finds that "Jim crack" or "gimcrack" used to mean "cheap," and "corn" was shorthand for corn whiskey. In other words, what at first sounds like a lament from a strangely loyal slave suddenly reads like the man is kickin' back and enjoying some cheap booze after his jerk master's "accident." It makes way more sense this way: Nobody would mourn the death of a corn-loving slave driver, but of course an oppressed slave would celebrate his temporary freedom with a cheap bottle of rotgut. We're not saying the song is bad or anything; rejoicing at the death of evil isn't necessarily evil itself. Still, it means your children are singing a song about gettin' drunk to commemorate that time a guy got his brains bashed in.
GARDEN UPDATE
Lovely, lovely Indian Summer. Such a pleasure to be outside. Darkness falls sooner, days are getting shorter, getting to be snuggle weather soon!
Harvested some seeds from the beautiful pond plants and set some up to dry for dry flower arrangements. They will air-dry for a while in the workshop.
DOG CONFESSIONS
ORIGIN OF CHILDREN'S SONGS- JIMMY CRACK CORN
How We Know It Today:
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,
Jimmy crack corn and I don't care,
My master's gone away.
We're guessing the whole "master's gone away" line is probably going to be the source of the trouble here. Although admittedly, that's apropos of nothing: We have no idea who Jimmy is, or why everybody is so indifferent to his zealous corn-fracturing.
What It Actually Means:
Some dude fell off a horse and died; let's get hammered!
Called "Blue-Tail Fly" when it was first written in the 1840s, the original lyrics weren't "Jimmy crack corn," but rather "Jim crack corn". If you actually read through the full song lyrics, it tells the story of an unhappy slave whose job is to follow around his horseback-riding master and shoo away the flies. However, a "blue-tail fly" bites the horse, causing it to buck, and the master to be thrown and killed. An investigation follows, for which the slave avoids being blamed for the death.
Now, remember what we said about the refrain, that it used to be "Jim crack corn"? A quick search of Ye Olde English Dictionary finds that "Jim crack" or "gimcrack" used to mean "cheap," and "corn" was shorthand for corn whiskey. In other words, what at first sounds like a lament from a strangely loyal slave suddenly reads like the man is kickin' back and enjoying some cheap booze after his jerk master's "accident." It makes way more sense this way: Nobody would mourn the death of a corn-loving slave driver, but of course an oppressed slave would celebrate his temporary freedom with a cheap bottle of rotgut. We're not saying the song is bad or anything; rejoicing at the death of evil isn't necessarily evil itself. Still, it means your children are singing a song about gettin' drunk to commemorate that time a guy got his brains bashed in.
GARDEN GIGGLE
EVER WONDER ...
Why the sun lightens our hair,
but darkens our skin?
Why women can't put on mascara
with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline
'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what
they do 'practice'?
Why is lemon juice made with
artificial flavor, and dish washing
liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all
your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the
slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored
cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle
for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black
box that is used on airplanes? Why
don't they make the whole plane out
of that stuff?!
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments
when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is
Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call
the airport the terminal?
FAUNA
GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0088 TRIED & TRUE MUFFINS
Have to share with you this tried & true recipe. I have used this recipe I cannot tell you how many times with many variations, including making dumplings, cornbread and all sorts of other twists with it.
There is a cute story that goes along with it.This recipe was in my Home Economics book I was required to have in High School. Going to a private school was expensive and the books on top of that were horrendous. This book cost 22$, which at the time was one expensive cookbook, and my Mom said, "You had better use this your whole life!" and so far I have!Below you will find the basic recipe. Here are some add in ideas: blueberries, poppy seeds, peaches, cinnamon, chocolate chips, banana, cherries, nuts, streudel, pumpkin...etc etc.
You Will Need:
(1) cup milk
(1) egg
(3) T oil (for a lower fat version substitute 1/3 cup applesauce)
(2) T sugar
dash of salt
(3) tsps of baking powder
(2) cups flour
Combine all ingredients and spoon into greased muffin tins or greased muffin liners. Cook at 400F for 20 minutes.
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1540 Jesuit order established
1779 John Adams appointed to negotiate with the British
1938 FDR appeals to Hitler for peace
1939 Resistance fighters in Poland surrender
1942 Bandleader Glen Miller leads his last orchestra as a civilian after enlisting in the Army
1967 My Mother The Car, the TV show is exported to France
1989 ZsaZsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom
1996 F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued
2012 Local Charter School Superintendent resigns after racist remark goes viral
1540 Jesuit order established
1779 John Adams appointed to negotiate with the British
1938 FDR appeals to Hitler for peace
1939 Resistance fighters in Poland surrender
1942 Bandleader Glen Miller leads his last orchestra as a civilian after enlisting in the Army
1967 My Mother The Car, the TV show is exported to France
1989 ZsaZsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom
1996 F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued
2012 Local Charter School Superintendent resigns after racist remark goes viral
Don't let go of me! Liked the poem. That awkward photo looks like the fat guy is pregnant. Thanks for the muffin recipe...i've been looking for that one! :-)
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