Sunrise

A sunrise always brings hope

Sunrise, the beginning of a new day! My grandfather would say "the only thing that counts is right now." Yesterday is always behind you and tomorrow is always ahead of you. If you want to change anything you must do it today(right now). We need to try not to worry too much about the past and not to fear too much about the future. Just do what you need to do "right now".

The country boy

Planting The Garden

 

I started planting in the garden today. I set out some cabbage sets and some onions bulbs. No, my garden does not yet look like the one in the above picture. My Grandfather always said, "if you don't start you can't finish." Well, I have started and I hope to show you the finish in the fall!

The country boy

Spring Has Sprung

I'm glad its finally spring!

Spring has sprung and time has sprung forward by one hour! Every spring the earth is reborn. Trees, bushes, and flowers are blooming, and the grass is turning green. Birds are singing and kids are tire swinging. I love spring so let us enjoy it because all too soon it will be gone!
The country boy

Time to "Break" the garden

Looking at this picture makes me love my tiller!

My grandfather would say " you can't grow something unless you break something." That something you break is the soil. Grandaddy broke his garden with a mule and plow. Today I use a tiller to break the garden. I put down 100 lbs. of fertilizer and tilled it into the ground. I will began to plant in about two weeks. There is a old country saying " good soil, good food, good life." You accomplish this one step at a time and today is step one.

The country boy

Disaster in Japan!

The people of Japan have been hit by both a earthquake and a tsunami! Now they are facing a possible nuclear meltdown! But the Japanese people still possess hope. A elderly man and woman (who lost their home, all their possessions, and some of their friends) expressed this hope in a news interview. They said "we are too old to rebuild, but the younger generation will build back even better than before." I believe this hope (to see the future as bright even when facing such a terrible disaster) is why mankind has survived on this earth for thousands of years!

The country boy

My Dad's Birthday

Call the fire department!

My dad pass away several years ago. His was born on Friday March 13, 1921. He would say Friday 13 was his lucky day! He lived through the great depression and World War II. People of this generation were hard workers, honest, patriotic, and the creators of the modern world! Happy Birthday Dad!!

The Country Boy

Earthquake

Reelfoot Lake at sunrise

I live in West Tennessee not far from Reelfoot lake created by the earthquakes of 1811 and 1812. Today (200 years later) you can still see the scars on the landscape. Nature and time have actually turned these scars into things of beauty! But the true scars of any earthquake can only be seen on the faces of the survivers. These scars will last a lifetime and will never turn into things of beauty. Let us remember the people of Japan and do whatever we can to help them!

The country boy

golf joke

Bob and Bill (two old guys) are on the first tee. Bob says " now that I'm old I can't see where my ball goes." Bill says " Don't worry about that, I can still see perfect." They both tee off and drive down the fairway but can't find either ball. Bill, I thought you said you could see the ball? I can, said Bill, but I can't remember a dang thing!!
I am now sixty years old and I play golf, so I guess this is my future!
The country boy

My favorite "wife" joke!

Bob, you may be in heaven sooner than you think!

Bill and Bob are talking about their wives. Bill says "I am a lucky man because my wife is a angel! Bob says "you are a lucky man because my wife is still living!!"
The country boy

My Wife's favorite joke

Honey, the rest of the packages are in the car!!

People who say that money can't buy happiness are shopping in the wrong stores!

Money Can't Buy Happiness

Smile And The World Smiles With You

This is both true and false. Research shows that to be happy you must have enough money to buy food, clothes, and shelter. The hardships of not having these basic needs makes life very difficult! Under these conditions happiness is very hard to achieve. But ( and there is always a but) once you have enough money to buy these basic needs any additional money(no matter how much) will not create happiness!
I believe that happiness comes from within. You don't find happiness you create it! Yet, most people are searching for happiness from some outside source. Happiness found from outside sources are short lived and must be repeated over and over! This forms bad habits  that creates unhappiness.  If you want happiness look within!
The country boy

My uncles favorite Joke

This is my uncle's favorite joke. There are two drunks walking down a railroad track. The first drunk says "this is the longest stairway I have ever seen." The second drunk replies "I don't mind that, but these low handrails are killing my back." He probably told me this joke a dozen times, and I would laugh each time. Jerry Clower once said,"I don't tell funny stories. I tell stories funny." My uncle could tell stories funny and that is why you would laugh even if you had already heard the joke before. He passed away several years ago, but I was thinking about him today. When a person leaves this world all that is left of you is pictures and words on a page. People may study the pictures and the words, but they never really know you. They will never know he could tell a story funny or that he loved trains!
The Country Boy

"Time Flies"

I know this is true because today I turned sixty! Time steals our youth and leaves us in the dust and dirt we call old age, with our broken dreams and our fading memories. But if you find one person in your lifetime that really loves you (loves you more than they love themselves) then life is worth all the trouble!
The Country Boy