Fairy Ring(s)

There is a huge Fairy Ring in the grassy area right in front of Great Southern Bank in West Plains.  I took this picture on Sunday and after I got back in the car Tami noticed other rings without mushrooms.  One loops into this fairy ring on the right and there is one in the background by the ATM.  One is not shown in the picture to the right of the Pizza Hut.  I always thought these were caused by decaying old tree roots that still remain in the ground but actually there are a couple of theories regarding their formation. (read about it here)   But I did find one site that backs up my theory (read about it here)

Summer Rain

Thank you Heavenly Father for the rain!

I am presently sitting by (one of) my garden(s) watching it grow.  I got my gardens out real late and I guess you could call it a "hail Mary" attempt. I figured it would dry up and be like last year but I sowed anyway with little faith and lots of disgust.  Well, this "Thomas" has canned 8.5 quarts of green beans, had our  first ripe tomatoes for supper, the beets are ready to pick an I just spied at least two cukes ready to pick!  Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Postage Stamp Lawns

Now if you don't know what a "Postage Stamp Lawn" is, let me enlighten you.  It's a yard the size of a postage stamp...Some of the thousands of readers of my blog are saying right now, "What is a postage stamp?"  OK, OK, I'm blogging about a very very very teensy tiny yard.

I see the most amusing things when I am out and about.  There is a guy with a huge beer belly (amusing), half-dressed (NOT amusing), mowing the lawn/yard with a RIDING MOWER!!  He can't even turn the mower around without executing a seventeen point turn!  He is very near to defying one of the principles of Quantum Physics - the Pauli exclusion principle. (clueless? - read about it here)  The only way this could get worse is.... if it is the wife doing the mowing....and I won't even go there...

My yard is small.  Not postage stamp size but definitely monarch envelope size.  I do have a belly.  Not a beer belly but may be a root beer belly.  I do not have a riding lawn mower.  This is the reason.  It is commonly referred to as the "Yard Enlargement Rate Theorem" or YERT.  It states:  "The size of the yard is in direct proportion to the size of the equipment used to mow said yard"  Hence:
Tiny yard - push mower (no engine)
Small yard - push mower (with engine)
Medium yard - conventional style rider
Large yard - Zero Turn mower
Humungous yard only a deranged person would have - A Tow-Behind Golf Fairway Mower

So...in keeping with the YERT, I have purchased a new lawn mower.  The picture below will give you some idea of the size of my yard.

It is a Sears Craftsman with 190cc OHV self-priming engine.  It has a bagger and the little green thing on the deck is a hose hookup to wash the underside after mowing.  Purty neat!

Hope you have enjoyed my rant and happy mowing!!

Redburn Peaches

One of my old friends passed away a couple of weeks ago.  Carl Redburn was a good man that served the Lord in his own quiet way.  We lived neighbors to the Redburn family for a few years and went to church with them basically my whole life.  When I think of people like Carl and Elaine Redurn, the song "Good People Are The Salt Of The Earth" by Ricky Skaggs comes to mind.

A year or so ago, Brother Carl gave me some peach tree seedlings.  I planted a couple and gave some to my father-in-law.  The drought last summer put the hurt on them but as you can see in the picture below, they are thriving.  I dubbed them my "Redburn Peaches" and am looking forward to my first peach cobbler!

In the picture below, Brother Carl is on the right and Brother AE Young (with cup) is on the left.  Thank the Lord for good, Godly examples like these men!